Dragon's Blood Sage with Jericho Flower

This potent combination may be used in rituals to amplify the potency of your intention and energy. It is used for protection, attracting love, healing, and manifesting. Each ingredient is considered a sacred herb used for centuries by Native Americans in the “smudging” ceremonies.

Dragon’s Blood comes from the resin of a tree native to the Canary Islands and Morocco, as well as from a rattan palm found on Indonesian islands. Just as the name infers, it is a dark-red resin that hardens much like the resin forms of frankincense, myrrh, and copal. The droplets or the dried resin are rolled into balls before they are sold.

My first purchase of dragon’s blood was the size of a softball! I had to take a hammer to it in order to break it up into smaller pieces and powder for use in the smudging blend. The powdered form can be burned on charcoal and can be incorporated into candles, lotions, soaps, and stick incense.

 Some consider it the strongest protection herb you can find. It is said to have aphrodisiac qualities, but the main purpose is protection. Dragon’s blood also comes in an oil and helps with psychic protection. The protection of this resin can also protect you from the less harmful yet still annoying challenges that may arise, especially when you are in large groups of people like at a fair, trade show, airport, or convention."

~Excerpted from All About Smudging, an eBook by Margaret Ann Lembo