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Pansy
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used for skin support and mild inflammation.
Witch Use: A flower of love, remembrance, and heart-healing magic.

Papaya
Herbal Remedy: Used to aid digestion and reduce inflammation, especially the fruit and enzymes.
Witch Use: Associated with cleansing, renewal, and gentle abundance.

Paprika
Herbal Remedy: Used to stimulate circulation and digestion.
Witch Use: A warming spice for energy, courage, and spell activation.

Papyrus
Herbal Remedy: Limited medicinal use; historically practical.
Witch Use: Symbol of knowledge, record-keeping, spells, and sacred writing.

Parosela (Prairie Clover)
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used for digestive and blood support.
Witch Use: Associated with earth connection, resilience, and prairie magic.

Parsley
Herbal Remedy: Used to support digestion, kidneys, and freshen breath.
Witch Use: A classic herb of purification, protection, and releasing negativity.

Passionflower
Herbal Remedy: Used to calm anxiety, support sleep, and ease nervous tension.
Witch Use: Worked with for peace, dream magic, and emotional balance.

Patchouli
Herbal Remedy: Used aromatically to ground emotions and support skin health.
Witch Use: Strongly linked to prosperity, attraction, grounding, and sensual magic.

Pau D’Arco
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to support immunity and fight infection.
Witch Use: Associated with inner strength, protection, and resilience magic.

Paw Paw Leaf
Herbal Remedy: Used traditionally for digestive and antiparasitic support; strong.
Witch Use: Linked to cleansing, breaking cycles, and removing energetic parasites.

Pea
Herbal Remedy: Nutritive food supporting energy and digestion.
Witch Use: Symbol of growth, fertility, and small beginnings becoming abundance.

Peach
Herbal Remedy: Fruit supports digestion and gentle nourishment.
Witch Use: Associated with love, sweetness, protection, and long life.

Pear
Herbal Remedy: Used to support digestion and cooling hydration.
Witch Use: Linked to affection, longevity, and gentle emotional healing.

Pecan
Herbal Remedy: Nutritive; supports energy and brain health.
Witch Use: Associated with wisdom, prosperity, and grounded success.

Pelargonium (Scented Geranium)
Herbal Remedy: Used aromatically for mood balance and skin support.
Witch Use: Worked with for emotional harmony, protection, and love magic.

Pennyroyal
Herbal Remedy: Highly Toxic; not used medicinally.
Witch Use: Symbolic herb of banishment, boundary enforcement, and strong protection.

Peony
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to ease spasms, pain, and support nervous balance.
Witch Use: Associated with protection, warding evil, and calming chaotic energies.

Pepper (Black Pepper)
Herbal Remedy: Used to stimulate digestion and circulation.
Witch Use: A fiery spice for banishing negativity, protection, and spell acceleration.

Pepper Tree
Herbal Remedy: Toxic not used medicinally.
Witch Use: Symbolic tree of warding, protection, and repelling harmful intent.

Peppermint
Herbal Remedy: Widely used to ease digestion, headaches, and nausea.
Witch Use: Associated with clarity, healing, prosperity, and energetic refreshment.

Periwinkle
Herbal Remedy: Toxic not used medicinally.
Witch Use: A plant of memory, binding love, and enduring connection.

Persimmon
Herbal Remedy: Fruit used to support digestion and nourishment.
Witch Use: Linked to patience, sweetness earned, and ancestral abundance.

Pilot Weed
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to support digestion and circulation (regional name).
Witch Use: Associated with guidance, navigation, and safe passage magic.

Pimento (Allspice)
Herbal Remedy: Used to aid digestion and ease cramps.
Witch Use: A warming spice for luck, attraction, and confidence.

Pimpernel
Herbal Remedy: Historically used for melancholy and skin issues; little modern use.
Witch Use: Associated with emotional protection and light against despair.

Pine
Herbal Remedy: Needles and resin used to support respiratory health and immunity.
Witch Use: A powerful tree of cleansing, endurance, and prosperity.

Pineapple
Herbal Remedy: Used to support digestion and reduce inflammation.
Witch Use: Linked to hospitality, warmth, and joyful abundance.

Pipsissewa
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to support urinary tract health.
Witch Use: Associated with self-reliance, quiet strength, and independence magic.

Pistachio
Herbal Remedy: Nutritive; supports heart health and energy.
Witch Use: Linked to success, abundance, and opening opportunities.

Plantain
Herbal Remedy: Widely used to soothe wounds, inflammation, and insect bites.
Witch Use: A practical herb for healing, protection, and roadside magic.

Pleurisy Root
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to support lung health and chest pain.
Witch Use: Worked with for deep healing, breath magic, and easing grief.

Plum
Herbal Remedy: Fruit used to support digestion and gentle laxative action.
Witch Use: Associated with renewal, sweetness after hardship, and emotional resilience.

Plumeria (Frangipani)
Herbal Remedy: Limited medicinal use.
Witch Use: A flower of love, devotion, spirit offerings, and ancestral connection.

Poke (Pokeweed)
Herbal Remedy: Highly Toxic not used medicinally.
Witch Use: A powerful symbolic plant for purging, uncrossing, and deep shadow cleansing.

Pomegranate
Herbal Remedy: Used to support heart health, fertility, and antioxidant balance.
Witch Use: Sacred fruit of fertility, abundance, death-rebirth cycles, and sacred union.

Poplar
Herbal Remedy: Buds used traditionally for pain relief and inflammation.
Witch Use: Associated with underworld journeys, protection, and dreamwork.

Poppy
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used to ease pain and promote sleep; potent.
Witch Use: Linked to dream magic, rest, forgetting, and ancestral realms.

Potato
Herbal Remedy: Used externally to soothe burns and inflammation.
Witch Use: A grounding root for earth magic, protection, and practical stability.

Prickly Ash
Herbal Remedy: Used to stimulate circulation and nerve function.
Witch Use: Worked with for invigorating stagnant energy and defensive protection.

Primrose
Herbal Remedy: Traditionally used for nervous tension and skin support.
Witch Use: A fae-linked flower of new beginnings, youth, and opening hidden doors.

Purslane
Herbal Remedy: Highly nutritive; used to cool inflammation and support hydration.
Witch Use: Associated with resilience, protection, and thriving under hardship.

This information is for education purposes, please consult a health professional before using any of these remedies.

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