Lemon Verbena Leaf Cut, 1 oz (Aloysia triphylla)

Lemon verbena is the brightest love note in the herb cabinet. The lemon-scented leaves of Aloysia triphylla are worked for love and purification, worn to draw affection, added to other charms to strengthen them, and steeped to cleanse and lift a space. These cut leaves carry that clean, sweet-citrus sparkle.

This ounce is the starter size for love charms, purification work, and spell-boosting blends; the working pound goes deeper. Reach for lemon verbena when you want to draw love or amplify a working.

Key Features of Lemon Verbena

A love attractor. Lemon verbena is worn and carried to draw affection, a bright, sweet herb of attraction.

Purifying and spell-strengthening. It cleanses and lifts a space, and is famously added to other charms and mixes to strengthen and amplify them.

Cut leaf, the starter ounce. This ounce suits charms and washes; the working pound keeps the jar deeper.

Product Details

• Botanical name: Aloysia triphylla (lemon verbena)
• Tradition: a folk herb of love, purification, and spell-strengthening
• Form: cut and sifted dried leaf
• Weight: 1 oz
• For spiritual use only; not a food, and not for ingestion
• Storage: keep sealed in a cool, dark place

The Spiritual Significance

Lemon verbena pours out a clean, intense lemon scent from leaves that hardly look capable of it, and folk magic prized that brightness for love and for power. As a love herb it is worn and carried to make the wearer more attractive and to draw affection, a sweet, sunny note in romance work. As a purifier its fresh scent cleanses and uplifts a space, clearing heaviness and lifting low spirits.

Lemon verbena's most distinctive reputation, though, is as a strengthener: added to almost any other charm, sachet, or mix, it is said to increase that working's power, making it a favorite booster in blended magic. It is bright, clean, and amplifying. Lemon verbena is also a culinary and tea herb, which is not what we offer it for; Plentiful Earth sells this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, and it is not for ingestion.

How To Use Lemon Verbena

1. Draw affection. Wear or carry lemon verbena in a love sachet to make yourself more attractive and draw love.
2. Strengthen a working. Add a pinch to any other charm or mix to amplify its power.
3. Purify a space. Steep it into a cleansing wash, cooled and strained, for external use, or keep it in a sachet.
4. Lift the spirits. Simmer a little, or keep a sachet, to brighten the mood of a room.
5. Store it sealed, in a cool, dark place between workings.

Pairs Well With

• Lemon Peel Cut, 1 oz: a bright citrus companion for cleansing and joy.
• Pink Rose Petals, 1 oz: gentle Venus love for the attraction sachet.
• Hyssop Cut, 1 oz: a purification herb for the cleansing wash.
• Damiana Leaf Cut, 1 oz: a passion-and-attraction herb for love work.
• Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham: the source of these attributions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is lemon verbena used for in magic?

For love, worn and carried to draw affection; for purification, steeped and kept to cleanse and lift a space; and, most distinctively, to strengthen other workings, added to almost any charm or mix to amplify its power. A bright, clean, amplifying herb.

Can I make tea or cook with this?

No. Lemon verbena is a common culinary and tea herb, but Plentiful Earth sells this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, and it is not for ingestion. Food-grade lemon verbena is sold separately.

How do I use it to strengthen a spell?

Add a pinch of lemon verbena to your existing charm, sachet, or herbal mix as you work it, intending that it amplify the whole. It acts as a booster rather than carrying the working on its own.

What are its correspondences?

Folk practice treats lemon verbena as a bright, Venusian-and-Mercurial herb of love and purification, with a special reputation for strengthening other magic. Its clean lemon character lends attraction, cleansing, and amplification.

How should I store it?

Keep the cut leaf sealed in a cool, dark place, away from heat and moisture. Dried lemon verbena holds its bright scent well when kept dry, so a sealed jar will carry you through many love and purification workings.