I was raised in Illinois, roamed around some while aging
(NOT growing up, NOT, NOT, NOT!)...have lived in NYC, Florida, toured the USA in a VW Van Hippy Fantasy Traveling Wonderment Show with 2 babies, settled in Boulder, Co. in 1973 for a few years... pausing the journey (been rooted 25 years or so)here in Arizona. Grew three sons here. I, my dog Taylor,and 5 hens share a small property and feel at ease for now...continuing to learn and grow, practicing being in each Now moment with as much awareness as possible ...Isn't that the Way?
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DANDELION: offers abundant good wishes! It is highly nutritive, tones the bodies organs and passages, and stimulates the pancreas, spleen and kidneys. The urinary system and liver benefit greatly from dandelion. This wonder-full plant is also associated with spirit calling , divination and weather magic. Nurture your dandelion! Fresh tincture or decoction(tea)is preferred. Raw young leaves are good in salads, older leaves are more medicinal.All plant parts can be used.
HOREHOUND: ...has been in medicinal use since the time of the Pharaohs.For coughs, as a strong tea;or, using fresh plant, with honey and a little Osha added for greater effect, boiled slowly until thick for a cough syrup.Horehound brings clarity to the aura. It is an herb of mental and emotional creativity. One of my favorite plants.
AHHH, beautiful energy of lavender. Widely used as a tea for stomachache, especially in babies.Use the flowers. Also excellent for alleviating gas or acid indigestion in adults.It is an herb of love, joy, peace, and long life. Lavender eases stress headaches, nervous exhaustion and insomnia. Drop some of the essential oil in a warm bath before bed, and dream of a clear path on which blessings flow.Crush some of the dried flowers and add to the batter of cakes & breads.
BORAGE:A useful remedy if home-grown and fresh. Use as a remedy for fever,if needed, taken warm, not hot.The strained clean tea is a good eyewash for dust and wind irritation. Sometimes used in combination with lavender for colic in babies.Borage is a gladdening herb, offering vitality, courage, and cheer during challenge. It is used as a bath herb for sore muscles. Used as a tea or amulet, or smoked, may enhance psychic ability.
White sage is closely related to our garden sage. Used as a smudge, it can clear the air of intrusive or negative influences, & purify ceremonial objects & spaces. Can be used powdered or as a tea wash for skin infections.
Do not confuse the above sagebrush, an artemisia, with the aforementioned white sage, a salvia. They are two entirely different plants. The above pictured shrub is the sagebrush which covers a large part of the high desert West. Although generally regarded as toxic, most artemesia species have been used medicinally from the time of the prehistoric Anasazis until the present. The common sagebrush has as it's most profound attribute, a highly microstatic quality, used frequently as a first aid, disinfectant and cleansing wash. Even more than Juniper, Sagebrush is the old respected sweat lodge plant for ritual and spiritual purification of the body.I keep one as a plant ally in my yard. It transports me to an ancient pre-Columbian site North of here where I feel great peace and home-space.
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