MANDRAKE ROOT

EUROPEAN MANDRAKE ROOT  OFFICINARUM   IS ONE OF THE OLDEST HERBS KNOWN TO MAN AND ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE METAPHYSICAL HERBS

European Mandrake root was imagined by the ancients to look human in form and was often pictured in various texts as a man with a very long beard, or a woman with a very bushy head of hair. If the root was split into two, it was considered female. If not, it was male. The Female roots were the most valuable and believed to be a useful charm to promote luck and wealth.