Valerian Root, Organic

1/2  oz Folk Names: All-Heal, Amantilla, Bloody Butcher, Capon's Trailer, Cat's Valerian, English Valerian, Fragrant Valerian, Garden Heliotrope, Phu, Red Velerian, St. George's Herb, Sete Wale, Set Well, Vandal Root Gender: Feminine  Planet: Venus  Element: Water Astrological Primary: Libra, TaurusAstrological Secondary: Cancer, Pisces, ScorpioGoddesses: YemayaGods: ElegguaPowers: Love, Sleep, Purification, ProtectionMagickal: This rather ill-smelling root, is used in protective sachets, hung in the home to guard it against lightning, and placed in pillows pinned to a woman's clothing will cause men to "follow her like children." Valerian root is also added to love sachets. If a couple is quarreling introduce some of this herb into the area and all will soon be calm. The Greeks hung a sprig of Valerian under a window to charm away evil.  Valerian root, powdered, is sometimes used as "graveyard dust."  Valerian root is associated with the planet Jupiter and the element of water. It is