Herbal Substitutions

Finding the right herb for a particular spell can behard, but finding a substitute can be easy. Belladonna can be hard to find but Tobacco is readily available. Please check the chart below for alternative herbs that can be substituted.
ACACIA= Gum Arabic
ACACIA GUM= Gum Arabic
ACONITE= Tobacco
ARABIC GUM= Frankincense, Gum Mastic, Gum Tragacanth
(for binding wet ingredients, not for incense)
AMMONIAC GUM= Asafetida
ASAFOETIDA= Tobacco; Valerian
BALM OF GILEAD= Rose buds, Gum Mastic
BDELLIUM , GUM= Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood
BELLADONNA= Tobacco
BENZOIN= Gum Arabic; Gum Mastic
CACHANA= Angelica Root
CARNATION= Rose petals anointed with a few drops of clove oil
CASSIA= Cinnamon
CASTOR BEAN= A few drops of Castor Oil
CEDAR= Sandalwood
CINQUEFOIL= Clover; Trefoil
CITRON= Equal parts of Orange Peel & Lemon Peel
CLOVE= Mace, Nutmeg
CLOVER= Cinquefoil
COPAL= Frankincense; Cedar
COWBANE= Tobacco
CYPRESS= Juniper; Pine needles
DEERSTONGUE= Tonka Bean (not for internal use); Woodruff; Vanilla

DITTANY OF CRETE= Gum Mastic
DRAGONS BLOOD= Equal Parts of Red Sandalwood and Frankincense
EUCALYPTUS OIL= Camphor oil; Lavender Oil
EUPHORBIUM = Tobacco
FRANKINCENSE= Copal; Pine resin
GALANGAL= Ginger Root
GRAINS OF PARADISE= Black Pepper
GUM AMMONIAC= Asafetida
GUM BDELLIUM= Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood

HELLEBORE= Tobacco; Nettle
HEMLOCK = Tobacco
HEMP= Nutmeg; Damiana; Star Anise; Bay
HENBANE= Tobacco
HYSSOP= Lavender

IVY= Cinquefoil

JASMINE= Rose

JUNIPER= Pine
LAVENDER= Rose
LEMONGRASS= Lemon Peel
LEMON PEEL= Lemongrass;
LEMON VERBENA= Lemongrass; Lemon peel
MACE= Nutmeg
MANDRAKE= Tobacco
MASTIC GUM= Gum Arabic; Frankincense
MINT(any sort) = Sage
MISTLETOE= Mint; Sage
MUGWORT= Wormwood
NEROLI OIL= Orange Oil
NIGHTSHADE= Tobacco
NUTMEG= Mace; Cinnamon
OAKMOSS= Patchouli
ORANGE= Tangerine Peel
ORANGE FLOWERS= Orange Peel
PATCHOULI= Oakmoss
PEPPERMINT= Spearmint
PEPPERWORT = Rue; Grains of Paradise; Black Pepper
PINE= Juniper
PINE RESIN= Frankincense; Copal
RED SANDALWOOD= Sandalwood mixed with a pinch of Dragons Blood
ROSE= Yarrow
ROSE GERANIUM = Rose
RUE= Rosemary mixed with a pinch of black pepper
SAFFRON= Orange Peel
SANDALWOOD = Cedar
SARSAPARILLA= Sassafras
SASSAFRAS= Sarsaparilla
SPEARMINT = Peppermint
SULFUR = Tobacco; Club Moss; Asafetida
THYME = Rosemary
TOBACCO= Bay
TONKA BEAN= Vanilla
TREFOIL= Cinquefoil
VALERIAN= Asafetida
VANILLA= Woodruff; Deerstongue; Tonka Bean
VETIVERT= Calamus
WOLFSBANE = Tobacco
WOOD ALOE= Sandalwood Sprinkled with Ambergris Oil
WOODRUFF= Deerstongue; Vanilla
WORMWOOD= Mugwort
YEW = Tobacco

Herbal Substitution information courtesy S.Cunningham's Book of Incense, Oils & Brews

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