Healing, recomposition, and cure of Obaluaê
Confrei is the herb that mends. Governed by Obaluaê, it is used in compresses and baths for those who need to recompose themselves after a break, whether in the bone or in life.
💡 "Confrei was sold as tea in Brazil for decades until sanitary surveillance prohibited internal use. Today it is only used externally, and the terreiro tradition respects this limit."
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 Confrei (Symphytum officinale), harvested with respect to the botanical cycle and the axé of nature.
Always check the botanical origin. The legitimate root of Confrei has a rustic texture, no smell of mold, and an intact woody consistency.
In Afro-Brazilian cosmology, each plant acts as a condenser of the forces of the Orixás. Confrei 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 Confrei 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. Ruling Orixás of this plant: Obaluaê, Nanã (Nana Buruku), Ossaim (Osanyin).
Healing poultice: crush fresh confrei leaves until they form a paste. Apply over the intact skin of the injured area, cover with a clean cloth and leave for 20 minutes, once a day.
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.
For external use only. Confrei has alkaloids that cause liver damage when ingested. Never make tea.
*"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, Confrei 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, Confrei acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Orixá owner of the leaves and the herbs
Under the domain of Ossaim, Confrei acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Known in Europe as osso solto or consolda, confrei was used to treat fractures before the existence of modern plaster. It arrived in Brazil through folk medicine and entered the healing rituals of Obaluaê.
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.
Confrei was sold as tea in Brazil for decades until sanitary surveillance prohibited internal use. Today it is only used externally, and the terreiro tradition respects this limit.
Your safe harbor of axé, candles, and sacred herbs in Southern Minas.
At Joia Mística Laroyê, we treat every herb as sacred matter. Our confrei is carefully selected, free of impurities, weighed and packaged with full 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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Objective answers for practitioners, mediums, and spirituality enthusiasts.
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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