aspelladay:

Southernwood

(Artemisia abrotanum) Do not take if pregnant.

Folk Names: Appleringie, Boy’s Love, Garde
Robe, Lad’s Love, Maid’s Ruin, Old Man.
Gender: Masculine.
Planet: Mercury.
Element: Air.
Powers: Love, Lust, Protection.

Magical Uses: Southernwood is used in love spells, either carried or placed in the bedroom. Sometimes southernwood is placed
beneath the bed to rouse lust in its occupants. Burned as an incense southernwood
guards against trouble of all kinds, and the
smoke drives away snakes.

(from Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham)