Rompezaragüey rompe la mala suerte”. It is one of the most popular belonging to the Yoruba deity Changó. It is used for house clearings and purifications, removing "bad luck" and witchcraft. A cross made of this plant is placed behind the door and another one is drawn below with cocoa butter.
Also called “Curse-Remover”, it grows in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Florida and tropical America, on riverbanks, hills and thickets.
“With a single bath of zaragüey, rue, parsley, apasote, pine nut, paradise flower and scorpion-weed – all boiled
Belongs to: Shango, Oggun, Yemaya, Babalu Aye, Oshosi and the Ibeyis This plant is used to prepare purification baths or clearings for people and also to clean houses because it eliminates evil and spells. To prepare purification baths for people, rompezaragüey is cooked with rue, parsley, apasote, pine nut, paradise flower and scorpion-weed. Mixed with "vencedor" (victor), it serves to ward off evil and find the spiritual path. It is also used in Palo Mayombe to prepare the seven purification baths for the future initiate.
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