Parsley

Parsley, or garden parsley, is a flowering plant of the carrot family, native to Greece, the Balkans, Algeria and Morocco and grown widely as a herb and a vegetable. Cunningham calls it masculine, with Mercury and air, gives the deity Persephone, and lists powers of lust, protection and purification. He says the Romans tucked a sprig into their togas each morning for protection, and that it is added to purification baths. Kynes gives it air and fire, the signs Aquarius, Gemini and Libra, and the deities Hera, Juno, Jupiter, Persephone and Zeus. She notes the Greek link to Persephone and the underworld, and brides in Poland and Spain carrying it against evil spirits and witches. Hazards from both Wikipedia and the American Herbal Products Association are set out in the safety notes.