Black Walnut Leaf Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Black Walnut Leaf is alterative, anodyne, astringent, blood tonic, detergent, emetic, laxative, pectoral and vermifuge. Especially useful in the treatment of skin diseases, black walnut is of the highest value in curing scrofulous diseases, … Continue Reading
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Witch Hazel
Witch Hazel Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire Charka Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Witch Hazel is an excellent astringent herb. It can be used for all sorts of swellings, whether they are due to inflammation, e.g. as a gargle for tonsillitis and inflamed gums, or bruises, insect bites … Continue Reading
Prickly Ash Bark
Prickly Ash Bark Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Prickly Ash Bark can perhaps best be described as a stimulant as it brings warmth to the body by stimulating the circulation. It has a dilating effect on the blood vessels, which can be … Continue Reading
Lobelia
Lobelia Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Water Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Lobelia is a powerful antispasmodic and respiratory stimulant, making it useful for asthma and bronchitis. When applied externally it can relax the muscles and relieve pain for sprains and muscle tension. Its chemical properties are similar … Continue Reading
Cornflower
Cornflower Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Earth Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Cornflower is an easy-to-grow flower that is as practical as it is pretty. Known for its ability to curb anxiety, reduce joint pain, soothe irritated skin, calm an upset stomach and reduce eye swelling, it is … Continue Reading
Chaga Mushrooms
Chaga Mushrooms Medicinal Uses: Chaga mushrooms are composed of a dense configuration of antioxidant pigments, distinguishing it from other medicinal mushrooms. Like other super herbs, it helps to reduce the workload of the immune system as a whole. It is particularly helpful and healing for those with heart … Continue Reading
Chicory Root
Chicory Root Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element : Air Chakra Colour: Yellow Medicinal Uses: Chicory Root has diuretic properties, so it is great for detoxing and eating healthily. As with all vegetables, it contains fiber, which assists bowel movements and digestion, as well as making you feel full. … Continue Reading
Senna Leaf
Senna Leaf Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Senna leaf`s action depends on irritating the intestinal tract, which causes the muscles to contract and thus produces a bowel movement. It also binds liquids in the intestines. In Ayurveda it is also used … Continue Reading
Pleurisy Root
Pleurisy Root Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Chakra Colour: Green Medicinal Uses: Pleurisy root possesses a specific action on the lungs, assisting expectoration, subduing inflammation and exerting a general mild tonic effect on the system, making it valuable in all chest complaints. It is of great … Continue Reading
Evening Primrose
Evening Primrose Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus and Moon Element: Earth Chakra Colour: Orange Medicinal Uses: Evening Primrose, herbalists consider the leaves together with the stem bark and the flowers and the seed oil to be the valuable parts. They have been used in the treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders, … Continue Reading
