Sweetgrass Braids, Sweetgrass Smudge Braids - Sweetgrass

The smoke of burning Sweetgrass is said to purify and clear objects, places, and people. Sweetgrass braids smolder and doesn't produce an open flame when burned. Just as the sweet scent of this natural grass is attractive and pleasing to people, so is it attractive to good spirits. The thing that makes sweetgrass sweet is coumarin, a naturally occurring aromachemical that in its pure form has a scent somewhere between vanilla and warm hay. As the grass dries, the scent of coumarin becomes more pronounced.

Sweetgrass is also one of the herbs frequently included in medicine bundles and amulets. Some Native used to chew sweetgrass during ritual fasts, and it was also used as a medicinal herb in some tribes. Sweetgrass still holds great spiritual importance to many Native Americans today, but these days it is almost always burned as an incense, not chewed or eaten. More prosaically, sweetgrass is also used in traditional basket-weaving. In the myths of some tribes, such as the Ojibwe and Cree, sweetgrass is said to be the eldest of all plants and sometimes referred to as the hair of Mother Earth.

1 Braid per order - Delightful sweet smell

⫸Size: 20"-22" inch long

Due to the nature, please note shades of green mary vary by season

Sweetgrass Braids, Sweetgrass Smudge Braids - Ceremonial Incense - Native Sweetgrass

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