Parsley Planet: Mercury Element: Air Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Parsley is a highly nutritious plant and has ample vitamins and antioxidants which can greatly improve our health. The health benefits of parsley include controlling cancer, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis, along with helping prevent osteoporosis. Furthermore, it acts as … Continue Reading
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Blue Vervain
Blue Vervain Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Blue Vervain, the list of conditions and uses for this herb is inexhaustible. However, it can be summed up as an herb that supports the clearing of obstructions e.g. in the kidneys, liver, gallbladder and … Continue Reading
Dragon’s Blood Resin
Dragon’s Blood Resin Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Dragon’s Blood can be used to treat all sorts of ills. Many folk medicine practitioners today use this resin to treat menstrual issues, bleeding, and wound healing. It can also be used to … Continue Reading
Cassia Cinnamon
Cassia Cinnamon Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun, Venus Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Cinnamon has similar properties to clove. It is said to have the ability to eliminate melancholy to provoke pleasant memory as well as stimulating brain function. In medicine it was used to enhance digestion, … Continue Reading
Wormwood
Wormwood Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Wormwood is exceedingly bitter and thus stimulates the digestive system and metabolism like no other herb. It helps to regulate the balance of stomach juices and stimulates the flow of bile. This herb cleanses the liver … Continue Reading
Summer Savory
Summer Savory Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air Chakra Colour: Green Medicinal Uses: Summer savory is often called the “bean herb” because of the excellent flavor it adds to legumes. Although it is largely a culinary herb, it contains oils and tannins that have mild astringent and antiseptic … Continue Reading
Rhubarb
Rhubarb Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Earth Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Rhubarb Root is one of the best, most reliable and gentle laxatives available in the herbal material medica. Small doses act slightly astringent, while large doses are laxative. It acts by stimulating the peristaltic movement and thus has … Continue Reading
Willow Bark
Willow Bark Gender: Feminine Planet: Moon Element: Water Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal uses: Willow bark contains salicin, or Salicylic acid, used to make aspirin. Infusions from the bark have long been used as a remedy for colds, rheumatism, and fevers. It is an analgesic, anti-inflammatory. Great to use for … Continue Reading
Juniper Berries
Juniper Berries Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Juniper berries cleanse the body and protect against infection. The berries act as a diuretic and diaphoretic. They are specifically indicated for urinary problems, though it should be avoided in cases of acute kidney inflammation. The berries are particularly useful for the … Continue Reading
Pink Rose Buds
Pink Rose Buds Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water Chakra Colour: Green Medicinal Uses: Pink Rose Buds are mildly astringent and can be used in tea blends for respiratory complaints such as a sore throat, cleanses the body, cleanses the body of toxins, respiratory, infections, anti-bacterial, diuretic, laxative, cleanses the liver, gallbladder, increases bile flow, … Continue Reading
