Anti-Sorcery & Exorcism · ถอนคุณไสย
ว่านพัดแม่ชี
Wan Phat Mae Chi
Nun's Fan / Sweeping-Away Waan
Ritual purpose
Warding/pushing away สิ่งอัปมงคล, protection from khun-sai and malicious people, ถอนคุณไสย; general removal of misfortune/inauspiciousness. Facebook posts add household-protection framing: prevents เสนียดจัญไร from troubling household members and may give metta to the owner.
Botanical
Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl. (Haemodoraceae); aliases พัดยายชี, มือพระนารายณ์. Fan-like leaves and the มือพระนารายณ์ alias can cause confusion with other Narai/sword/fan-shaped protective plants.
Origin / legend
No formal legend; the fan-like leaf arrangement supports a belief that the plant sweeps/pushes away bad things and misfortune — no source describes an actual nun or ascetic origin.
Consecration method (ปลุกเสก)
No specific consecration rite (fanning, sweeping-over, burning, fumigation) found anywhere. Facebook plant-seller posts do give a planting/watering katha (below).
Katha (คาถา)
นะโมพุทธายะ
namo phutthaya
Homage/Five-Buddha seed formula, recited 3 times for planting/watering, or according to a day-force count, per Facebook seller posts (ธีรวัฒน์ว่านไทยไม้มงคล and others).
Application
Planted/kept as an ornamental-mongkhon plant or ground cover; said to withdraw khun-sai, but no method for how given beyond the planting/watering katha.
Taboos / restrictions (ข้อห้าม)
- None ritual; ordinary cultivation: medium water, partial morning sun to shade, loamy soil.
Well attested botanically and for general "ปัดเสนียด" belief; weaker for an active anti-sorcery procedure. The planting/watering katha is confirmed across multiple Facebook seller posts but is a generic formula shared with many other waan, not unique to this herb.
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