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Sweetgrass is widely used by native peoples,
especially in groups of the great plains, as incense in holy ceremonies.
It is braided and lit or placed on hot coals and burned as an offering
during many gatherings and activities. It is used for purification.
When participants in a ceremony undertook a prolonged fast, sweetgrass
could be chewed to prolong their endurance. Sweetgrass is
mixed with tobacco and smoked during some ceremonies.
Sweetgrass is also used as medicine, because
it is considered holy. Sweetgrass tea is used to help relieve
coughing, vomiting, sore throats and bleeding, and to help a woman expel
afterbirth. Externally, it can be used to treat sore eyes, saddle
sores and chapped skin, to keep hair from falling out, and to purify a
woman after she gave birth. The smoke of burning sweetgrass is inhaled
to stop nosebleeds and to relieve colds. The sweet smell of this
grass comes from coumarin, a chemical that also acts as a potent anticoagulant.
In homes, the sweetgrass is sewn into clothing or placed with stored items
as a natural sachet. Because of its long spreading rhizomes, sweetgrass
stabilizes loose soil on slopes. Often it is found on roadsides and
in other disturbed areas of our area.
Traditional Sweetgrass Ceremony
The Traditional Sweet Grass Ceremony begins when the Sweet Grass or Smudge is lit. First the Sweet Grass is offered to the Creator, then to the Spirit Keeper of the East, then the South, West and North. It is offered to Mother Earth and finally to Father Sky. After the area has been cleansed each individual present is then smudged. Each person is to fan the Sweet Grass smoke first to their heart, second to their mind, third around their body and lastly return the smoke to their heart. Sweet Grass is a sacred herb which has the property to bring the positive energies of love. A Traditional Sweet Grass Ceremony is a cleansing, purification and healing process. The Ceremony serves as an opening for prayer circles, gatherings and other higher ceremonies. The Sweet Grass Ceremony is over when all the people have been smudged. Once the area has been cleansed a sacred place now exists for any events to follow.
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