Wheat is a grain.

    Wheatgrass is the young plant of the common wheat plant (Triticum aestivum)..

• botanical information
• history
• nutritional information
• magick correspondences and uses
• Goddesses and deities
• Chinese herbology

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Triticum spp., especially Triticum aestivum

    Common name: wheat

    Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.

history:

    History: The popularity of wheatgrass juice started in the 1930s with experiments by Charles F. Schnabel, an agricultural chemist. In experiments with various grasses, Schnabel discovered that freshly cut wheatgrass helped nurse dying hens back to health. Subsequent experiments showed that a diet supplemented with wheatgrass resulted in double the egg production.

nutritional information:

    Whole wheat is a good source of protein.

    Wheatgrass (the young grass of the common wheat plant) is usually consumed freshly juiced or in the form of dried powder. Wheatgrass contains chlorophyll, amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and enzymes.

    Wheatgrass is among the most alkaline of all commonly available foods.

nutritional value per 1 oz (28.35 gm.) of wheatgrass juice:

• Proteins: 860 mg
• Beta carotene: 120 IU
• Vitamin E: 880 mcg
• Vitamin C: 1 mg
• Vitamin B₁₂: 0.30 mcg
• Phosphorus: 21 mg
• Magnesium: 8 mg
• Calcium: 7.2 mg
• Iron: 0.66 mg
• Potassium: 42 mg

    Wheatgrass is one of the few vegetables to have Vitamin B₁₂.

    See also Chinese herbalism below for Chinese gender and Chinese flavor.

magickal correspondences and uses:

    Magickal substitutions: Rosemary usually may be safely substituted for any herb in magick spells and rituals. Roses may safely be substituted for any flower.

deities associated with wheat:

• Cailleach (Scottish Goddess)
• Ceres (Roman Goddess)
• Demeter (Greek Goddess)

Chinese herbalism:

    Chinese gender: yin (cool)

See also: whole grains and wheat germ.

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