Reed Sweet Grass: Properties, Uses & Spiritual Significance

- Also called Holy Grass

- Fragrant vanilla-like scent

- Long, tubular-shaped leaves

- Native to North America

- Used for centuries by Indigenous peoples for spiritual, medicinal, and practical purposes

- Used in smudging ceremonies, believed to purify and cleanse

- Burned, and the smoke is wafted around a person or space

- Thought to carry prayers and intentions to the spirit world

- Can be combined with other herbs like sage and cedar

- Medicinal uses include treating headaches, stomachaches, and stress

- Sweet grass is also used in basket weaving and crafts