Black Cohosh Root powder 1oz (Cimicifuga racemosa) Wildcrafted

A Mars-and-Fire root of courage. Cunningham names courage among black cohosh's powers; carry the powder when you need to face what frightens you.

Protection and driving-off. Sprinkled through a room or across a threshold, it is worked to drive off ill will and clear a space of hostility.

Wildcrafted and ground fine. A powder folds easily into sachets, dressings, and charm bags, ready for the working shelf.

• Botanical name: Cimicifuga racemosa (also Actaea racemosa; black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugbane, fairy candle)
• Sourcing: wildcrafted
• Tradition: Cunningham places it under Mars and the element Fire
• Form: dried root powder
• Weight: 1 oz
• For spiritual use only; not a food, drug, or supplement, and not for ingestion
• Storage: keep sealed in a cool, dark place

Black cohosh is a plant of the eastern North American woods, its folk names, black snakeroot, bugbane, rattle-root, fairy candle, clustered around its tall flowering wand and dark, knotted root. In the magical herbals it belongs to Mars and the element Fire, and Cunningham names courage, protection, love, and personal power among its workings. That fiery, martial nature is what practitioners reach for.

You can sprinkle the powder through a room or across a threshold to drive off ill will and clear hostility, carry it in a sachet for the courage to face what frightens you, or fold a pinch into love work for Mars-and-Fire warmth and strength. Plentiful Earth offers this wildcrafted root powder strictly for ritual and spiritual use, never as a food or supplement, and it should not be taken internally.

1. Sprinkle for protection. Scatter a little through a room or across a threshold to drive off ill will.
2. Carry for courage. Add the powder to a sachet and keep it with you when you need to steady your nerve.
3. Warm a love working. Fold a pinch into love sachets and dressings for Mars-and-Fire strength.
4. Build a charm bag. Combine it with protective herbs and stones for courage and warding.
5. Store it sealed, in a cool, dark place between workings.

• Protection Oil: dress protection and courage work.
• Black Salt, Fine: for driving off and warding ill will.
• Basil Leaf Cut, 1 oz: a folk herb of protection and love to pair.
• Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham: the source of these attributions.

What is black cohosh used for in magic?

Under Mars and Fire it is worked for courage, for protection by sprinkling to drive off ill will, and folded into love sachets for warmth and strength. A fierce, bright root for workings that need backbone.

Can I take black cohosh internally?

No. Plentiful Earth sells this wildcrafted root powder strictly for ritual and spiritual use, never as a food or supplement, and it should not be taken internally. Keep it to charms, sachets, and dressings.

Why is it called black snakeroot or bugbane?

Both are old folk names for the same woodland plant: black snakeroot for its dark, knotted root, and bugbane for the flower's insect-repelling scent. Fairy candle and rattle-root are two more.

What are its correspondences?

Cunningham places black cohosh under the planet Mars and the element Fire, naming courage, protection, love, and personal power. That martial signature shapes how it is used, toward nerve, defense, and warmth.

How should I store it?

Keep the powder sealed in a cool, dark place, away from heat and moisture, so it holds through many sachets and sprinkles.