Healing, body closing and protection
Barbatimão is the herb of closing. Its bark heals the skin and, in spiritual phytotherapy, it closes the field of those who walk around too open, absorbing everything that passes nearby.
💡 "Barbatimão is registered in the Brazilian pharmacopeia as a healing agent for scars. It is one of the few cases where the use of terreiro and official medicine point to the same function."
Navigate through the different facets of the plant: from its native biome to the ritual preparation in the garrafada and in the terreiro.
The foliage and energetic structure of Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens), harvested with respect for the botanical cycle and the axé of nature.
Always check the botanical origin. The legitimate Barbatimão root has a rustic texture, no moldy odor, and an intact woody consistency.
In Afro-Brazilian cosmology, each plant acts as a condenser of the forces of the Orixás. Barbatimão operates direct transformations in the subtle body:
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth element, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth element, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth element, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Learn how Barbatimão is traditionally used by priests, herbalists, and healers:
Consecrated use with the force of Obaluaê.
Consecrated use with the force of Obaluaê.
Consecrated use with the force of Obaluaê.
Consecrated use with the force of Obaluaê.
Identify the energetic signs and situations in which the power of this plant is the key to restoration.
When waking up requires superhuman effort, the body feels like it is carrying lead, and you feel your vital energy being drained by dense environments or envious people.
Before difficult negotiations, competitions, lawsuits, or professional decisions where cowardice has no place and you need the courage of Ogum (Ogun) and the cunning of Exu (Eshu).
Lack of drive to achieve, stagnation of personal projects, and emotional coldness. The fiery force of this herb warms the vital centers and restores the desire to live and conquer.
Select the type of preparation to see the list of ingredients, ritual time, and detailed consecration instructions.
Recipe consecrated in the knowledge of terreiro and popular healing
Take the ritual bath on a favorable day. Orixás governing this plant: Obaluaê, Ogum, Nanã (Nana Buruku).
Closing ritual bath: boil 2 tablespoons of barbatimão bark in 2L of water for 15 minutes. Strain well. Use from the neck down, at most once a week, visualizing the body closing.
Keep your thoughts elevated and speak to the plant during the entire handling, asking it to awaken its virtues.
Strain the herbs gently and take the ritual bath from the neck down after your usual hygiene.
Return the strained leaves to a garden, flowerbed, or plant pot, thanking the axé of Ossaim (Osanyin).
Prolonged internal use overloads the liver. Pregnant women should not use it. For a sitz bath, follow the guidance of a health professional.
*"Kó s'ewé, kó s'òrìṣà"*: Without leaf there is no Orixá. Every plant is sacred and requires respect with the axé:
Discover the divine vibration that commands this herb and how to connect your ritual bath to the strength of each divinity.
Lord of health and the earth, the doctor of the Orixás
Under the domain of Obaluaê, Barbatimão acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Warrior orixá, lord of iron
Under the domain of Ogum, Barbatimão acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Grandmother of the Orixás, lady of the mud and ancestry
Under the domain of Nanã, Barbatimão acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Barbatimão is the cerrado tree that indigenous peoples used to treat wounds before pharmacies existed in Brazil. Its astringent bark closes the skin, and in terreiros it also began to close the spiritual body.
In the traditional garrafadas of Central Brazil, the raizeiro masters recognized in the knotted shape of the root the living metaphor of firmeza: the capacity to tie knots in adversity and remain standing even in arid lands.
Barbatimão is registered in the Brazilian pharmacopeia as a wound-healing agent. It is one of the few cases where the use in terreiro and the use of official medicine point to the same function.
Your safe harbor of axé, candles, and sacred herbs in Southern Minas.
At Joia Mística Laroyê, we treat each herb as sacred matter. Our barbatimão is carefully selected, free of impurities, weighed, and packaged with all respect for terreiro traditions.
No mixtures, pure with preserved axé.
We deliver to all of Brazil or for pickup in Extrema, Minas Gerais.
We create the exact combination of herbs for your ritual bath.
Ask questions about firmeza directly with Joice.
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By ritual safety precept, we recommend that the ritual bath be taken from the neck down, unless you have received express guidance from the priest of your terreiro to wash your head.
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