Name: GNAPHALIUM spp.
Toxicity: not known
Common Name: Cudweed
Continent: North Temperate Zone
Habitat: acidic range
Applicable Plant Components: herb, flower
Sanctificational: herb
Psychical: herb, flower
Pacificatory: flower, herb
Reconciliatory: flower, herb
Reversional: herb
Theurgical: herb
Amoristic: herb
Preserval: herb
Sanguinary: herb
Plenitudinal: herb
Soporific: herb
Affirmational: herb, flower
Anecdotal: Gnaphalium is entreated to exorcise, among others, the spirits of the deceased who continue to torment loved ones. The fluff is used to line headdresses. The spirit within Gnaphalium is invoked to address spiritual pain that has caused the severe attrition of expression, awareness or clarity. It restores peacefulness and ones sense of vision. Gnaphalium exorcises the malevolent spirits believed responsible for the theft of clarity or personal identity and drives them away. The smudge or steam of Gnaphalium, remarkably, when inhaled, is thought to intervene against foolish behavior.