Herbal Substitutions For Incense Image
Finding the right herb for a particular spell can be hard, 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.

* Rosemary can be used in place of any other herb

* Rose can be used in place of any flower

* Frankincense or Copal can be used in place of any Gum Resin

* Sage can substitute for any mint

* Tobacco can be used in place of any poisonous herb

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 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 and Brews


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