Sarsaparilla Root cut

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Money powder: grind the root and mix it with cinnamon and sandalwood, then sprinkle it around the home or the place you work.
• Love sachet: add a piece of root to a sachet with rose petals to carry for attraction.
• Prosperity tea: steep a pinch as a wash to wipe down a cash box, wallet or shop counter.

A Simple Working

• Grind a tablespoon of sarsaparilla root in a mortar.
• Mix in a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of sandalwood powder.
• Stir clockwise while naming what you want to draw in.
• Sprinkle a little in each corner of the room where you handle money.
• Leave it for a week, then sweep it toward the centre of the room and keep it in a jar.

Pairs Well With

• Cinnamon, the traditional partner in sarsaparilla money powders.
• Sandalwood powder, as a base for powders and incense.
• Rose petals, for love sachets.
• A green chime candle, for money work on the same day.

What You Receive

Cut dried sarsaparilla root, available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 1 lb.

Origin & Lore

Sarsaparilla is the dried root of climbing Smilax vines of Central and South America and the Caribbean. It was traditionally used for teas and tonics, and later as a flavouring in the root drinks that became popular soft drinks.

In the 1500s, sarsaparilla was one of the first New World roots to cross the Atlantic in quantity, shipped to Europe by the bale.

European herbalists of the sixteenth century prized sarsaparilla as an expensive import from the Spanish colonies. By the nineteenth century it was a household name in America through patent tonics and soda fountain drinks.