PLANT NAME:  Alyssum
KNOWN BY OTHER NAMES:  Alison, Madwort
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POWERS:  Protection, Moderating Anger
RITUAL USES:  
MAGICAL USES:  Dioscorides recommended the Alyssum
as an amulet, for it has the power to "expell charms:.  Hung
up in the house it protects against fascination, that magical
process which is also known as "glamour".  Alyssum also has
the power to cool down as angry person if placed in the hand
or on the body, and was even said to cure hydrophobia
(rabies).