potatoes
Potatoes are a vegetable.
- botanical information
- origin
- nutritional information
- Chinese herbology
- care and storing
- magick correspondences and uses
botanical information:
Botanical name: Solamum tuberosum
Common name: potato
origin:
Origin: South America.
nutritional information:
Potatoes are a protein-rich food and an important source of amino acids.
Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: yin (cool)
care and storing:
Care: Store potatoes in a dark, well-ventilated area. Do not store inside plastic bags. The storage temperature should be between 45 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit (or 7 to 10 degrees Celsius).
Do not store potatoes in a refrigerator. The potato starch will convert to sugar, adversely changing the flavor and color of the potato.
magickal correspondences and uses:
A magick spell for prosperity is to carve a money sign into the skin of a potato before baking it. This money sign can be a baht sign (Thailand), bolivare sign (Venezuala), cedi sign (Ghana), colone or colón sign (Costa Rica, El Salvador), cruzeiro sign (Brazil), dinar sign (Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Tunisia), dirham (Morocco, United Arab Emirates), dollar sign (American, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.), dong sign (Vietnam), drachmae or drachma sign (Greece), escudo sign (Portugal), euro sign (European Union), forint sign (Hungary), franc sign (Belgium, France, Switzerland), guilder sign (Dutch, Holland, Netherlands), hryvnia sign (Ukraine), kip sign (Laos), koruny sign (Czech Republic, Slovakia), kroner sign (Denmark, Norway), kronor sign (Sweden), kronur sign (Iceland), krooni (Estonia), kuna sign (Croatia), lkwacha sign (Zambia), ei sign (Romania), leke sign (Albania), leva sign (Bulgaria), lira sign (Italy, San Marino, Turkey, Vatican City), liri sign (Malta), mark sign (Deutche, Germany), markkaa (Finland), naira sign (Nigeria), ounce sign (Palladium), peseta sign (Andorra, Spain), peso sign (Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines), pound sign (British, Cyprus, Egypt, Ireland, Lebanon, U.K.), rand sign (South Africa), real sign (Brazil), rial sign (Iran, Oman), riel sign (Cambodia), ringgit sign (Malaysia), riyal sign (Qatar, Saudi Arabis), ruble sign (Russia), rupee sign (Bengal, India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), rupiah sign (Indonesia), schilling sign (Austria), shekel or sheqel sign (Israel), shilling sign (Kenya), sole sign (Peru), taka sign (Bangladesh), tolar (Slovenia), won sign (South Korea, North Korea), yen sign (Japan), yuan sign (China), zlotych sign (Poland), or any other monetary sign (ancient or modern).
 baht sign |
 Bengal rupee sign |
 cent sign |
 colon sign |
 cruzeiro sign |
 dollar sign |
  dong sign |
 drachma sign |
 European Union original ECU sign |
 euro sign |
 franc sign |
 generic money sign |
 guilder sign |
 kip sign |
 lira sign |
 mil sign |
 naira sign |
 peseta sign |
 peso sign |
 pound sign |
 Reichsmark pfennig sign |
 riel sign |
 rupee sign rupiah sign |
 shekel sign |
 tugrik sign |
 won sign |
 yen sign |
yuan sign |
