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	Vervain Mill - Vacation Destination - Nevis, West Indies
		Vervain Mill - Vacation Destination - Nevis, West Indies
		Built during the days of grand sugar plantations, Vervain Mill was originally a working, wind-powered mill for processing sugar cane.
		The current owners bought the property in 1995 and converted it into a beautiful rental property and part-time getaway for themselves.
	www.vervainmill.com (112 words)

	Vervain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain (Verbena) is a genus of about 250 species of (A reference book that is published regularly once every year) annual and (A plant lasting for three seasons or more) perennial (additional info and facts about herbaceous) herbaceous plants in the (Family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees) Verbenaceae.
		The (A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms) flowers are small, white, pink, purple or blue, with five petals, and borne in dense spikes.
		Vervain is believed to be a (Agent that induces milk secretion) galactagogue.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/ve/vervain.htm (175 words)

	A Witch's Garden: Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain was a necessary part to many an ointment, brew, and love philtre, and was also necessary in the preparation of a hand of glory.
		"Vervain was said to give strength ('tough as iron', 'hard as steel') and to act as an aphrodisiac (the hardness of iron was said to be transferred to the penis)" (Rätsch 172).
		Vervain is also known as Dragon's Claw (in Scotland), Common Vervain, Verbena, Simpler's Joy, Holy Herb, Tears of Isis, Tears of Juno, Persephonion, Demetria, Frog-foot, Verbinaca, Peristerium, Juno's Tears, Mercury's Moist Blood, Pigeon's Grass, Columbine, and Sagmina (Miller - Vervain).
	www.shanmonster.com /witch/plants/vervain.html (343 words)

	Vervain Family
		Vervain is an herb; weeds, shrubs and trees, usually with flowers in spike-like clusters or heads.
		One of the most prized of all vervain is the Teak tree, which wood is used for making the finest furniture and decorative pieces indicating a "life of leisure and luxury." Many vervain are grown as ornamental; verbena and vitex in particular.
		Rose Vervain is an erect or reclining plant with a hairy stem and a dense, flat-topped cluster of pinkish-lavender tubular flowers with flaring corolla lobes.
	wildflowers.jdcc.edu /Verbenaceae.html (1360 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain comes from the Celtic word "ferfaen", fer meaning to drive away and "faen" which is stone, and medicinally is used for cleansing the urinary tract and treating problems such as kidney stones.
		Vervain is a common ingredient in purification and protection spells.
		Vervain is one of the traditional ingredients in a brew known as "Mead of Inspiration", a brew common in both Celtic and Norse mythology to gain insight, inspiration and creativity.
	www.earthchylde.com /en-us/dept_98.html (335 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain (Verbena officinalis) is a leggy weed which grows wild across most of Europe.
		Traditionally vervain was taken as a “cure-all” due to it’s many actions.
		Vervain is associated with Venus the planet which rules the sexual-urinary tract of the body.
	www.herbal-euphoria.co.uk /Vervain.htm (283 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Blue vervain should be avoided if there is a history of heart disease.
		Vervain is used extensively by perfumery houses because of its delicate aroma.
		Blue vervain works in much the same way as aspirin, although the two are not chemically the same.
	www.innvista.com /health/herbs/vervain.htm (830 words)

	Vervain : by Ray Sahelian, M.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain has a number of compounds, including tannins, flavonoids such as hispidulin, jaceosidin, apigenin, 4'-hydroxywogonin, verbenalin and hastatoside.
		The in vivo sedative property of the total aqueous extract of the aerial portion of Vervain hastata (Verbenaceae) (TAEV) was studied in male rats to establish its scientific basis in herbal medicine.
		All of the analyzed vervain samples showed a common flavonoid pattern, in which hispidulin and jaceosidin were the major compounds and nepetin was the minor compound.
	www.raysahelian.com /vervain.html (246 words)

	definition of verbenate
		To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
		Ancient, And, As, In, Or, Strew, To, Verbena, Vervain, With
		Ancient, And, As, In, Or, Rites, Sacrifices, Strew, To, Vervain, With
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/ve/verbenate236985.html (47 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain has been traditionally used for the treatment of a variety of complaints, including rheumatism, dyspepsia, menstrual complaints, and for respiratory ailments.
		Vervain is used in the treatment of kidney stones, and as an analgesic.
		Vervain is also reported to exert estrogenic effects.
	altmed.creighton.edu /preg/vervain.htm (88 words)

	Blue Vervain Restaurant - Manitou Springs, CO - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Blue Vervain is a modest little herb growing in the wild waste places of the Intermountain West.
		Despite the inconspicuous nature of its little lilac-blue flowers, Vervain was the foremost magical herb of antiquity.
		Vervain was also considered an herb of peace and often used as a flag of truce between warring factions.
	www.bluevervain.com /whatisbluevervain.htm (134 words)

	Blue Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Blue Vervain was used used for malaria and dysentery in China.
		Blue vervain is one of the best herbs to use to help alleviate the onset of a cold, especially with upper respiratory inflammation of the lungs.
		Blue Vervain is a mild laxative and has the overall effect of inducing relaxation.
	www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com /blue_vervain.htm (761 words)

	Venerable Vervain
		Purportedly, a crown of Vervain was worn by Druids during initiatory rites, and Grieve shows us how its magical and medicinal paths cross when she relates in A Modern Herbal, "...the druids included it in their lustral water, and magicians and sorcerers employed it largely.
		Christianity maintains that Vervain was discovered growing on the Mount of Calvary, where the leaves were used to staunch the blood of the wounds of the crucified Jesus.
		Vervain is a natural sedative, but that’s not all Vervain can be used for.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/6193/36197 (503 words)

	Vervain - David L. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H. - HealthWorld Online
		Indications: Vervain is a herb that will strengthen the nervous system whilst relaxing any tension and stress.
		Vervain may be used to help in seizure and hysteria.
		King's Dispensatory gives these uses: "Vervain is tonic, emetic, expectorant, and sudorific it has proved beneficial in intermittent fever, given in warm infusion or in powder.
	www.healthy.net /scr/article.asp?ID=1753 (303 words)

	Venerable Vervain Author
		Vervain's widespread use as a sacred herb of protection and purification, as well as its use as a mild aphrodisiac, carry forth today.
		Vervain is an ideal herb for the making of wands, for purifying and consecrating ritual tools, for use in the ritual bath, or worn for protection.
		For magical purposes, Vervain is traditionally gathered at Midsummer or at the rising of the Dog Star, at the dark of the moon, thus when neither the sun nor moon are in the sky (Hopman).
	members.cox.net /azyza1614/herbalism/venerable_vervain.htm (929 words)

	Blue Vervain
		The leaves and roots of Blue Vervain are a valuable alternative medicine used as an abortifacient, antidiarrheal, analgesic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic, astringent, diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, sedative, tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary.
		Vervain was considered a cure-all and sacred plant, helping to save those of the medieval plagues.
		The name Vervain is derived from the Celtic ferfaen, from fer (to drive away) and faen (a stone), as the plant was much used for affections of the bladder.
	www.altnature.com /gallery/Blue_Vervain.htm (764 words)

	Vervain - Vitacost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain also has a reputation as a traditional remedy for stimulating production of breast milk.
		A tea of vervain leaves and flowers is prepared by adding 1–2 teaspoons (2–4 grams) to a pint (500 ml) of hot water which is left to steep, covered, for 10–15 minutes.
		Vervain should be used during pregnancy only under the guidance of a healthcare professional experienced in herbal medicine.
	www.vitacost.com /science/hn/Herb/Vervain.htm (715 words)

	Vervain Herb from Alchemy Works - Herbs for Witchcraft and Ritual Magick
		They made a magical drink called the Cauldron of Cerridwen (a shapeshifter) that some say included rowan berries, sea water, lesser celandine, flixweed, and vervain, which brought the drinker creative energy for bardic song and prophecy; a drink made from vervain is still said to help poets in their work.
		However, vervain is also protective--Roman soldiers carried vervain with them into battle, and homes have been sprinkled with an infusion of vervain to keep out evil.
		A mug of vervain tea is made from 1-3 teaspoons of herb left to steep in a mug for 10-15 minutes.
	www.alchemy-works.com /herb_vervain.html (393 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Vervain - Herb Profile and Information
		The name Vervain is derived from the Celtic ferfaen, from fer (to drive away) and faen (a stone), as the plant was much used for affections of the bladder, especially calculus.
		As a poultice, with wheat-flour, the bruised leaves are used for swelling of the spleen, and for hard tumours at their commencement.
		hastata (BLUE VERVAIN, Wild Hyssop, Simpler's Joy) is indigenous to the United States, and is used unofficially as a tonic emetic, expectorant, etc., for scrofula, gravel, and worms.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/v/vervai08.html (579 words)

	Hoary Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Generally, Hoary Vervain flourishes in poor soil consisting of clay, sand, or gravel.
		Hoary Vervain occurs in almost every county of Illinois and is fairly common, although possibly less so than in the past.
		Because of the distinctive spikes of flowers and hairy stems and leaves, Hoary Vervain is easy to identify.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /prairie/plantx/hry_vervainx.htm (478 words)

	#31, VERVAIN Remedy, Spiritual Positive, Self-discipline and Restraint.
		VERVAIN relates to the soul potentials of self-discipline and restraint.
		They have developed a respect for their physical energy limitations and are careful to not over extend themselves.
		Employing their position with such willpower and action that it disables their other responsibilities, the person expressing the negative Vervain state, may encourage disrespect, ridicule, satire, defensiveness, and rebellion in those they seek to drive into an image of social acceptability.
	www.earthtym.net /ref-vervain-p+.htm (696 words)

	Ohio Perrenial and Biennial Weed Guide - WHITE VERVAIN
		WHITE VERVAIN is common in eastern and central parts of the U.S. and rare on the west coast.
		Among the characteristics it shares with other vervain species are small flowers consisting of 5 united petals in the form of a slender tube with a flared top.
		When medicines were in short supply during the Revolutionary War, doctors used vervain as an emetic and expectorant with favorable results.
	www.oardc.ohio-state.edu /weedguide/singlerecordframe2.asp?id=661 (391 words)

	Vervain Extract
		Vervain (Verbena officinalis) is commonly known by a variety of other names such as Verbena, Pigeon's grass, Holywort, Blue vervain, Enchanter's plant, Herb of Grace, Herb of the Cross, Simpler's Joy, and many more.
		Vervain is being studied for possible antimicrobial, antiviral, analgesic, and antihypertensive activity.
		Vervain is a popular support of the respiratory tract, nerous and digetsive disorders.
	www.webvitamins.com /Nutrient.aspx?id=1871 (231 words)

	Blue vervain
		Blue vervain is a bristly perennial native to the northern U.S. and Canada and also to be found in England and Italy, where it is found growing by roadsides and in sunny pastures.
		Blue vervain was used by various Native American tribes to treat fever, colds, coughs and lung congestion.
		Blue vervain has seen use as an analgesic in earache and afterbirth pain and is a deobstruent for menstruation.
	www.anagen.net /vervain.htm (874 words)

	Verbena Rigida - Tuber Vervain
		The Tuber Vervain is a perennial wildflower originating from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile.
		The Tuber Vervain typically grows best in full sun and grows well in any soil which explains why it is often seen in the wild.
		The lavender flowers of the Tuber Vervain are often 1/4 inch in size.
	www.ics.uci.edu /~jerenkra/bio-h90 (307 words)

	Vervain ~ UK Breeder of European Burmese cats, Asian cats (inc Burmilla, Tiffanie, Bombay), Ocicats & LaPerm cats ...
		Vervain ~ UK Breeder of European Burmese cats, Asian cats (inc Burmilla, Tiffanie, Bombay), Ocicats and LaPerm cats in Notts.
		The prefix VERVAIN is owned by Naomi Johnson, and was first registered with the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) in 1985 - now also FIFe registered.
		The cat resting on the leaf is Grand Champion and UK Grand Premier Vervain Goldberry, an Asian Ticked Tabby, photographed in 1997 by Tracy Morgan.
	www.vervain.co.uk (183 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Also known as the Enchanter's Plant, vervain was known to be used by Celtic Druids who harvested it with only iron tools and only when there were neither sun nor moon in the sky and when Sirius was rising.
		The tradition to revere vervain continued into Anglo-Saxon times and was included in many potions.
		A vervain poultice is used for eczema and sores.
	www.lynnellen.co.uk /vervain.htm (134 words)

	European Vervain
		European Vervain is commonly known as Verbena, Herb of the Cross, Holy Herb, Enchanter's Plant, Pigeon Weed, Pigeon's Grass.
		European Vervain has a couple of constituents thought to be active, glycosides, such as verbenalin and aucubin, and volatile oils.
		Research is also being done in claims that Vervain has anti-inflammatory and diuretic abilities as well as acts as a cough and broncitis relief.
	www.webvitamins.com /nutrient.aspx?ID=1013 (205 words)

	Herbal Descriptions - Blue Vervain - Verbena hastata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Blue Vervain, also known as American Vervain, False Vervain, Indian Hyssop, Purvain, Simpler's Joy, Traveler's Joy, Vervain, and Wild Hyssop, is a bristly perennial native to the northern U.S. and Canada and also to be found in England.
		The quadrangular stem reaches a height of 2 to 5 feet and bears leaves that are oblong-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, serrate, and 3 to 6 inches long.
		Blue Vervain has been called a natural tranquilizer and is used as an antiperiodic for nervous problems.
	www.viable-herbal.com /herbdesc/1bluever.htm (454 words)

	Vervain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vervain is said to have sprung from the tears of Isis herself, as she cried
		Vervain can be burned as a protection incense.
		Wear as an amulet made with Vervain to find what was taken from you.
	www.angelfire.com /magic2/bluetail/documents/1127.html (248 words)

	VERVAIN
		Externally, vervain is used in poultices for ear infections,
		Vervain was picked at the rising of the Dog Star, at the dark
		Vervain is worn as a crown during Druidic initiatory rites and
	www.shereen.faithweb.com /vervain.html (331 words)

	Vervain
		Their enthusiasm can be infectious, and they feel a strong need to persuade others to their own point of view.
		At an extreme Vervain people can become fanatics, unable to listen to alternative points of view, and they may put themselves under a great deal of stress because they find it so hard to switch off and relax.
		The remedy is given to help people in this state to pull back from time to time so that body and mind and be restored.
	www.bachcentre.com /centre/38/vervain.htm (266 words)

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