Elimination, release and spiritual cleansing (descarrego) of what is stuck
Sene is the herb of letting go. A potent laxative for the body and, in terreiro readings, the herb of someone who is clinging to a situation and needs to let go.
💡 "Sene is so potent that the label of industrial laxatives frequently lists the plant extract as the active ingredient. It is not a tea to be taken out of habit."
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 Sene (Senna alexandrina), harvested with respect to the botanical cycle and the axé of nature.
Always check the botanical origin. The legitimate Sene root has a rustic texture, no musty odor, and an intact woody consistency.
In Afro-Brazilian cosmology, each plant acts as a condenser of the forces of the Orixás. Sene operates direct transformations in the subtle body:
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth and air elements, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth and air elements, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Vibrational activation under the regency of the Earth and air elements, acting on the breaking of blockages and the restoration of essential forces.
Learn how Sene 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, Exu, Iansã (Oya).
Elimination tea: half a teaspoon of sene leaves in 200ml of boiling water, covered for 8 minutes. Take at night, a single time, and do not repeat the next 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 (Osanyin).
Strong laxative. Do not use for more than 3 consecutive days. Forbidden for pregnant women, children, and people with intestinal disease.
*"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, Sene acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Lord of the paths and the crossroads
Under the domain of Exu, Sene acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Queen of the winds, lady of the lightning and the éguns
Under the domain of Iansã, Sene acts as a conductor of firmeza, opening paths and breaking stagnation.
Sene is one of the oldest known natural laxatives, used in medieval Arabic medicine. In Brazilian herb houses, beyond its physical function, it gained the reading of letting go of what a person cannot release.
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.
Sene is so potent that the label of industrial laxatives frequently lists the plant extract as the active ingredient. It is not a tea to drink out of habit.
Your safe harbor of axé, candles, and sacred herbs in Southern Minas.
At Joia Mística Laroyê, we treat each herb as sacred matter. Our Sene 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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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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