ARTICLE CATALOG - HAZELNUT TREE IN MEDICINE AND MAGIC
HAZELNUT TREE IN MEDICINE AND MAGIC
General Information
Family: Hazel (Corylaceae Mirb) (previously: Birch (Betulaceae))
Botanical name: Corylus avellana L.
Pharmacological: Avellana
Genus name: Corylus
Common names: Hazelnut, filbert, orishina (Ukraine), forest nut, Turkish nut, bear nut, lescha, leschka, zaleshchina, wooden nuts, hazelnut, lyazga, liazgovina
In ancient manuscripts - the Latin name of the hazelnut from the Greek korylos; avellanus, a, um - Avellana from Avella - the city of Avella in Campania (now the city of Avellino) near Naples.
Planet: Sun (Mercury)
Zodiac Sign: Gemini (Virgo)
Element: Air
Aura: Warm
Language of flowers: Nut - foolishness.
Main properties: fertility, protection against evil forces, mental abilities
Description:
Common hazel - Coryllus avellana - is a large shrub from the hazel family (formerly birch) with branching stems up to 7 meters in height, covered with brownish bark. Plants with gray bark are also found. The leaves are alternate, large, oval or round, unevenly serrated along the edges, with petioles. The flowers are small, wind-pollinated, unisexual. Plants are monoecious. Male flowers in dense, drooping, multi-flowered catkins; female flowers - two in the axils of scales, hidden inside buds, elongated stigmas are only exposed outward. Male flowers have four divided stamens, female flowers have one pistil with a lower ovary and two elongated stigmas. The fruits are single-seeded nuts of various shapes and sizes, with a dense shell, surrounded by leafy green husks from dispersed bracts.
Habitat:
Hazelnut is widely distributed in the forest and steppe zones of the European part of the USSR and in the Caucasus in an altitude zone up to 2000 meters above sea level. It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, on edges, clearings, in forest ravines. In Norway, common hazel is found up to 66°, then the distribution boundary crosses Finland in its southern part. In the south, the boundary passes through Spain and Asia Minor.
Parts Used:
The leaves (infusions, medicinal potions), bark (infusions, decoctions, medicinal potions), and nuts (folk medicine, culinary) are mainly used. For gathering and harvesting: Hazelnut, leaves You can start collecting hazelnuts in September when they are fully ripe. It is usually easy to determine if the hazelnut is ripe, as the shell of the nut darkens when ripening. Then the collected nuts need to be dried. There is no need to remove the husk right away, just place the nuts under a shelter in the open air or, if the first option is not possible, in well-ventilated rooms, frequently stirring. Thanks to the above, the nuts ripen - substances from the husk transfer to the kernel, making the nut more tasty and nutritious. There is a special type - roasted nuts, which are dried in an oven at 110°C. For Medicine: Preparations made from hazelnut bark have astringent, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, diuretic, enveloping, tonic, anthelmintic, antipyretic, and venotonic effects.
In the form of decoctions, hazelnut is taken for varicose veins, varicose ulcers, and thrombophlebitis. For these diseases, infusions and decoctions of hazelnut are recommended. In addition to these diseases, decoctions, brews, and infusions are used for the treatment of anemia, vitamin deficiency, rickets in children, and intestinal diseases. Malaria is also treated with a decoction.
The nuts themselves have a tonic and tonic effect. Preparations made from nuts are prescribed for anemia, rheumatism, and ascariasis. Hazelnut leaves and bark have a vasoconstrictor effect. Infusions made from them are recommended for varicose veins and phlebitis.
Active Substances:
Hazelnut contains a large amount of beneficial substances, such as vitamins of group B (B1 and B2), C, E, PP, provitamin A, iodine, as well as iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, zinc.
Wild hazelnut leaves contain essential oil, which, as known, has a vasoconstrictor effect, the glycoside miricitrinzoid; in the bark - similarly to the leaves, there is essential oil, tannins, coloring substances, lignoceryl alcohol, betulin.
Traditional Medicine:
Hazelnut leaves In traditional medicine, hazelnuts are often used against kidney stone disease, and hazelnuts with honey are used for rheumatism, anemia, and as a general tonic. The oil squeezed from them, mixed with egg white, is used to treat burns domestically. This oil is also applied to the head to strengthen the hair. Sometimes it is used for deworming (ascariasis). In Georgia, hazelnuts are used as a carminative and to improve milk secretion in lactating women. By rubbing hazelnuts with water, they can be used for hemoptysis, kidney stone disease, lung diseases, and febrile conditions.
Magic:
Magical wands are made from ordinary hazel wood. Such magical wands were usually used by powerful, peaceful, and calm sorcerers. For example, a magical wand made from hazelnut wood was used by Celtic sorcerers. In addition to magical wands, staffs and rods were made from hazel wood.
Hazel rods were previously used in the search for hidden treasures. You just need to cut a forked branch and, pointing it in front of you, search for what you need to find. In action, it is similar to a metal detector and metal, only the common hazel can find absolutely any object when used correctly. It is most effective for finding hidden objects.
To attract happiness to the home, hazelnuts were strung together. To prevent any negative outcome, hazelnuts should be carefully chosen to ensure they are not infected with anything and have no broken pieces. In addition to bringing happiness, strung hazelnuts could also protect against infertility. Another way to bring happiness into the home with hazelnuts was to tie them with red or golden thread to form a cross.
Hazel is, above all, a protection against evil forces. One example of its possible use is to outline a circle around oneself with a hazel branch in case of imminent danger. When a storm approached, shepherds rushed to attach a piece of hazelnut bark to their clothing, trying to avoid not only lightning strikes but also the devil.
Smart magicians advise carrying hazel with you. In this case, the forest nut will heal your emotional wounds and maybe even protect you from them.
From ancient times, a "magic twig" was made from hazel.
Myths and Legends:
There is a belief that hazelnut drives away snakes. According to other data, not only them, but also other chthonic beings (mythological characters) that resist higher powers.
There was a belief among the Czechs that if you beat the walls of a house with a hazel branch, all the mice would escape from it.
To this day, there is a belief that hazelnut is associated with the afterlife. In the past, during the Christmas celebrations, hosts scattered hazelnuts on the floor and in the corners to feed the souls.
The saying "let go of the nut tree, take the cornel tree" was usually spoken by Bulgarians and Czechs when a lamb was born. "Let go of the nut tree" meant losing all ties to the chthonic sphere, and "take the cornel tree" meant growing and strengthening.
Recipes:
Culinary
Hazelnut Bark-Stuffed Dates
Ingredients
Dates - 200 g
Hazelnut kernels - 100 g
Egg white - 1 piece
Honey - 1 tbsp
Lemon - 1/2 piece
Instructions
Cut dates lengthwise and remove pits. Prepare a mixture from beaten egg, crushed hazelnut kernels, and honey, adding grated lemon zest to it. Fill the dates with this mixture.
Baturin Cakes
Ingredients
3.5 cups flour
3 large egg yolks
2 raw egg yolks
1.5 cups shelled nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, or sweet almonds)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
200 g butter
2 tbsp white dry wine
Instructions
Mix the large egg yolks with the raw yolks, add sour cream, butter, sugar, wine, and mix well. Gradually add flour and grated nuts little by little, and mix well.
Roll out the dough into a 1 cm thick sheet, cut out round cakes with a glass, place on a buttered baking sheet, brush with egg yolk, sprinkle with sugar and nuts, prick, and bake in the oven.
Torun Gingerbread ("Katazhinki")
Ingredients
500 g honey
2 cups granulated sugar
250 g rendered pork fat (or butter)
1 kg flour
3 eggs
3 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk
4 tsp mixed spices, including mostly cardamom, cloves, cinnamon
3 tbsp candied lemon peel
1/2 cup grated nuts
Instructions
Mix honey, fat, and sugar, heat but do not boil. Let cool. Gradually add flour and all other ingredients. Dissolve the baking soda in milk. Knead the dough thoroughly, roll into a ball, place in an enameled (or clay) dish, cover with a linen cloth, and store in the cellar for 3-4 weeks (it can also be stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, but it is much worse).
Roll out the matured dough into three layers and bake on a sheet without greasing it, dusting with flour. Cool cakes are spread with thick plum jam, stacked one on top of the other, covered with paper, and a weight is placed on top. The hard, board-like cakes become soft and tender after three days and do not become stale for almost two weeks.
Nuremberg Gingerbreads ("Elisenlebkuchen")
Ingredients
2 egg whites
140 g hazelnuts
180 g sugar
50 g candied lemon peel or fruits
50 g flour, lemon zest, and orange zest
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in the order listed, spread the mass on ready-made waffles or a buttered paper-flat form. Bake for 25 minutes at a low temperature in the oven, not exceeding 180°C.
Then, the gingerbread should be glazed: dilute 140 g of powdered sugar in beaten egg white and glaze the still warm gingerbreads on all sides with a pastry bag or pastry brush. Add lemon zest to the glaze.
Medical
For jaundice
Hazelnut leaves should be dried in the oven (make sure the gas in the preheated oven is turned off). Take a glass of white wine and add one teaspoon of finely chopped hazelnut leaves. Take the infusion on an empty stomach three times a day. After 12-15 days of consumption, jaundice will subside.
For varicose veins
Ingredients: Perforated St. John's Wort (herb) - 30 g, Chamomile flowers - 30 g, Field horsetail (herb) - 25 g, Hazelnut leaves - 40 g.
Pour 2 tablespoons of the herb mixture mentioned above into 0.5 liters of boiled water. Boil again for about 8-10 minutes. Then, pour into another container and let it infuse for 1 hour. Strain through cheesecloth. The infusion is ready to be consumed warm, in 1/4 cup servings. Add honey (the amount depending on your taste), 3 times a day, half an hour before meals. For greater effect, take 1/2 teaspoon of flower pollen.
Tibetan recipe for adenoma
Prepare a mixture of bitter wormwood (1 part), ground ivy, hazelnut leaves (2 parts), chamomile (3 parts), and infuse for 1 hour in 1 cup of boiling water. Drink half a cup three times a day before eating.
Additionally, I would like to add:
Hazelnut in Magic and Priesthood is an excellent conduit for Deities and Powers. It can be used for attracting luck and prosperity, as well as for attacking "victims" (objects of curses and hexes). Regarding its planetary correspondence, Hazelnut has a very indirect connection to the Sun and a direct connection to the planet Mercury. In Satanic Temple, particularly in the organization of the Order of the Nine Angles, incense made from Hazelnut is regularly burned during Ritual Ceremonies.
HAZELNUT TREE IN MEDICINE AND MAGIC
General Information
Family: Hazel (Corylaceae Mirb) (previously: Birch (Betulaceae))
Botanical name: Corylus avellana L.
Pharmacological: Avellana
Genus name: Corylus
Common names: Hazelnut, filbert, orishina (Ukraine), forest nut, Turkish nut, bear nut, lescha, leschka, zaleshchina, wooden nuts, hazelnut, lyazga, liazgovina
In ancient manuscripts - the Latin name of the hazelnut from the Greek korylos; avellanus, a, um - Avellana from Avella - the city of Avella in Campania (now the city of Avellino) near Naples.
Planet: Sun (Mercury)
Zodiac Sign: Gemini (Virgo)
Element: Air
Aura: Warm
Language of flowers: Nut - foolishness.
Main properties: fertility, protection against evil forces, mental abilities
Description:
Common hazel - Coryllus avellana - is a large shrub from the hazel family (formerly birch) with branching stems up to 7 meters in height, covered with brownish bark. Plants with gray bark are also found. The leaves are alternate, large, oval or round, unevenly serrated along the edges, with petioles. The flowers are small, wind-pollinated, unisexual. Plants are monoecious. Male flowers in dense, drooping, multi-flowered catkins; female flowers - two in the axils of scales, hidden inside buds, elongated stigmas are only exposed outward. Male flowers have four divided stamens, female flowers have one pistil with a lower ovary and two elongated stigmas. The fruits are single-seeded nuts of various shapes and sizes, with a dense shell, surrounded by leafy green husks from dispersed bracts.
Habitat:
Hazelnut is widely distributed in the forest and steppe zones of the European part of the USSR and in the Caucasus in an altitude zone up to 2000 meters above sea level. It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, on edges, clearings, in forest ravines. In Norway, common hazel is found up to 66°, then the distribution boundary crosses Finland in its southern part. In the south, the boundary passes through Spain and Asia Minor.
Parts Used:
The leaves (infusions, medicinal potions), bark (infusions, decoctions, medicinal potions), and nuts (folk medicine, culinary) are mainly used. For gathering and harvesting: Hazelnut, leaves You can start collecting hazelnuts in September when they are fully ripe. It is usually easy to determine if the hazelnut is ripe, as the shell of the nut darkens when ripening. Then the collected nuts need to be dried. There is no need to remove the husk right away, just place the nuts under a shelter in the open air or, if the first option is not possible, in well-ventilated rooms, frequently stirring. Thanks to the above, the nuts ripen - substances from the husk transfer to the kernel, making the nut more tasty and nutritious. There is a special type - roasted nuts, which are dried in an oven at 110°C. For Medicine: Preparations made from hazelnut bark have astringent, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, diuretic, enveloping, tonic, anthelmintic, antipyretic, and venotonic effects.
In the form of decoctions, hazelnut is taken for varicose veins, varicose ulcers, and thrombophlebitis. For these diseases, infusions and decoctions of hazelnut are recommended. In addition to these diseases, decoctions, brews, and infusions are used for the treatment of anemia, vitamin deficiency, rickets in children, and intestinal diseases. Malaria is also treated with a decoction.
The nuts themselves have a tonic and tonic effect. Preparations made from nuts are prescribed for anemia, rheumatism, and ascariasis. Hazelnut leaves and bark have a vasoconstrictor effect. Infusions made from them are recommended for varicose veins and phlebitis.
Active Substances:
Hazelnut contains a large amount of beneficial substances, such as vitamins of group B (B1 and B2), C, E, PP, provitamin A, iodine, as well as iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, zinc.
Wild hazelnut leaves contain essential oil, which, as known, has a vasoconstrictor effect, the glycoside miricitrinzoid; in the bark - similarly to the leaves, there is essential oil, tannins, coloring substances, lignoceryl alcohol, betulin.
Traditional Medicine:
Hazelnut leaves In traditional medicine, hazelnuts are often used against kidney stone disease, and hazelnuts with honey are used for rheumatism, anemia, and as a general tonic. The oil squeezed from them, mixed with egg white, is used to treat burns domestically. This oil is also applied to the head to strengthen the hair. Sometimes it is used for deworming (ascariasis). In Georgia, hazelnuts are used as a carminative and to improve milk secretion in lactating women. By rubbing hazelnuts with water, they can be used for hemoptysis, kidney stone disease, lung diseases, and febrile conditions.
Magic:
Magical wands are made from ordinary hazel wood. Such magical wands were usually used by powerful, peaceful, and calm sorcerers. For example, a magical wand made from hazelnut wood was used by Celtic sorcerers. In addition to magical wands, staffs and rods were made from hazel wood.
Hazel rods were previously used in the search for hidden treasures. You just need to cut a forked branch and, pointing it in front of you, search for what you need to find. In action, it is similar to a metal detector and metal, only the common hazel can find absolutely any object when used correctly. It is most effective for finding hidden objects.
To attract happiness to the home, hazelnuts were strung together. To prevent any negative outcome, hazelnuts should be carefully chosen to ensure they are not infected with anything and have no broken pieces. In addition to bringing happiness, strung hazelnuts could also protect against infertility. Another way to bring happiness into the home with hazelnuts was to tie them with red or golden thread to form a cross.
Hazel is, above all, a protection against evil forces. One example of its possible use is to outline a circle around oneself with a hazel branch in case of imminent danger. When a storm approached, shepherds rushed to attach a piece of hazelnut bark to their clothing, trying to avoid not only lightning strikes but also the devil.
Smart magicians advise carrying hazel with you. In this case, the forest nut will heal your emotional wounds and maybe even protect you from them.
From ancient times, a "magic twig" was made from hazel.
Myths and Legends:
There is a belief that hazelnut drives away snakes. According to other data, not only them, but also other chthonic beings (mythological characters) that resist higher powers.
There was a belief among the Czechs that if you beat the walls of a house with a hazel branch, all the mice would escape from it.
To this day, there is a belief that hazelnut is associated with the afterlife. In the past, during the Christmas celebrations, hosts scattered hazelnuts on the floor and in the corners to feed the souls.
The saying "let go of the nut tree, take the cornel tree" was usually spoken by Bulgarians and Czechs when a lamb was born. "Let go of the nut tree" meant losing all ties to the chthonic sphere, and "take the cornel tree" meant growing and strengthening.
Recipes:
Culinary
Hazelnut Bark-Stuffed Dates
Ingredients
Dates - 200 g
Hazelnut kernels - 100 g
Egg white - 1 piece
Honey - 1 tbsp
Lemon - 1/2 piece
Instructions
Cut dates lengthwise and remove pits. Prepare a mixture from beaten egg, crushed hazelnut kernels, and honey, adding grated lemon zest to it. Fill the dates with this mixture.
Baturin Cakes
Ingredients
3.5 cups flour
3 large egg yolks
2 raw egg yolks
1.5 cups shelled nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, or sweet almonds)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
200 g butter
2 tbsp white dry wine
Instructions
Mix the large egg yolks with the raw yolks, add sour cream, butter, sugar, wine, and mix well. Gradually add flour and grated nuts little by little, and mix well.
Roll out the dough into a 1 cm thick sheet, cut out round cakes with a glass, place on a buttered baking sheet, brush with egg yolk, sprinkle with sugar and nuts, prick, and bake in the oven.
Torun Gingerbread ("Katazhinki")
Ingredients
500 g honey
2 cups granulated sugar
250 g rendered pork fat (or butter)
1 kg flour
3 eggs
3 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk
4 tsp mixed spices, including mostly cardamom, cloves, cinnamon
3 tbsp candied lemon peel
1/2 cup grated nuts
Instructions
Mix honey, fat, and sugar, heat but do not boil. Let cool. Gradually add flour and all other ingredients. Dissolve the baking soda in milk. Knead the dough thoroughly, roll into a ball, place in an enameled (or clay) dish, cover with a linen cloth, and store in the cellar for 3-4 weeks (it can also be stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, but it is much worse).
Roll out the matured dough into three layers and bake on a sheet without greasing it, dusting with flour. Cool cakes are spread with thick plum jam, stacked one on top of the other, covered with paper, and a weight is placed on top. The hard, board-like cakes become soft and tender after three days and do not become stale for almost two weeks.
Nuremberg Gingerbreads ("Elisenlebkuchen")
Ingredients
2 egg whites
140 g hazelnuts
180 g sugar
50 g candied lemon peel or fruits
50 g flour, lemon zest, and orange zest
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in the order listed, spread the mass on ready-made waffles or a buttered paper-flat form. Bake for 25 minutes at a low temperature in the oven, not exceeding 180°C.
Then, the gingerbread should be glazed: dilute 140 g of powdered sugar in beaten egg white and glaze the still warm gingerbreads on all sides with a pastry bag or pastry brush. Add lemon zest to the glaze.
Medical
For jaundice
Hazelnut leaves should be dried in the oven (make sure the gas in the preheated oven is turned off). Take a glass of white wine and add one teaspoon of finely chopped hazelnut leaves. Take the infusion on an empty stomach three times a day. After 12-15 days of consumption, jaundice will subside.
For varicose veins
Ingredients: Perforated St. John's Wort (herb) - 30 g, Chamomile flowers - 30 g, Field horsetail (herb) - 25 g, Hazelnut leaves - 40 g.
Pour 2 tablespoons of the herb mixture mentioned above into 0.5 liters of boiled water. Boil again for about 8-10 minutes. Then, pour into another container and let it infuse for 1 hour. Strain through cheesecloth. The infusion is ready to be consumed warm, in 1/4 cup servings. Add honey (the amount depending on your taste), 3 times a day, half an hour before meals. For greater effect, take 1/2 teaspoon of flower pollen.
Tibetan recipe for adenoma
Prepare a mixture of bitter wormwood (1 part), ground ivy, hazelnut leaves (2 parts), chamomile (3 parts), and infuse for 1 hour in 1 cup of boiling water. Drink half a cup three times a day before eating.
Additionally, I would like to add:
Hazelnut in Magic and Priesthood is an excellent conduit for Deities and Powers. It can be used for attracting luck and prosperity, as well as for attacking "victims" (objects of curses and hexes). Regarding its planetary correspondence, Hazelnut has a very indirect connection to the Sun and a direct connection to the planet Mercury. In Satanic Temple, particularly in the organization of the Order of the Nine Angles, incense made from Hazelnut is regularly burned during Ritual Ceremonies.
