Category: healing
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Kansas Girl ~Sunflower
Today was all about paying homage to my roots ☺️Ks. Born & raised , I couldn’t let this amazing summer of wildcrafting end without working with sunflower 🌻 , I grew some amazing ones this yr & I didn’t harvest them I let them go from seed to done & then left mother nature so…
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The search for Goldenrod begins..
Wanted : GoldenrodHas anyone seen this plant? 🤣 I think I jumped the gun just a bit 🤣 this cool weather had me all ready for fall & summer isn’t exactly over so…I went out yesterday looking for “GoldenRod” & found so much more i love when that happens, & I’m also paying the price…
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Wild “Prickly” Lettuce
Isn’t she beautiful ☺️Wild “prickly” lettuce , I marked the pics so you could see before & after shaking.I also took it outside into the sunlight so you could see the beautiful layers I keep it in a dark otherwise.This is the 1st tincture in the process, this will sit for weeks before I start…
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Bee Balm/ Wild Bergamot
Today’s foraging gifted me with beautiful Bee Balm. Bee Balm is from the mint family & has a square stem, & a very distinct scent. All parts of the plant edible but there are few precautions. So always do your own research. Native Americans dried & ground to a fine powder them rubbed it on…
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My Dark night of the soul ~Waking up~
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ Carl Jung I’m amazed every single day when I hear my alarm , &…
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Foraging Full Force
Tomorrow’s foragingI spied with my lil eye beautiful Bee Balm ( Wild Bergamot) yesterday, & today, I’ve also been watching several huge mullein plants flower, I’m getting more mullein to dry now that I’ve got the first of it out of the way &: waiting to be processed & finished up,The flowers I’ll add with…
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Lamb’s Quarter
Lamb’s QuartersPower Packed Plant( Weed **cough cough) 😆 They are high in fiber, protein and is loaded with both Vitamins A and C. Lamb’s quarters is also high in manganese, calcium, copper and has a bit of iron, and is high in both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Like spinach and other greens, both orach…
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Moxibustion Mugwort
Moxa- MoxibustionThe art of moving illness & disease, moving prana,chi,energy through the meridians by using the smoke of “Mugwort” ( some use other herbs but Moxibustion is traditionally Mugwort) First things first Moxa-Moxibustion is more than smudging! Traditional Chinese medicineNative American shamanssome Reiki, & some acupuncturists use Moxa .Sometimes the Mugwort is Smoked by the…
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More on Mugwort
More on Mugwort“Like plants, so men also grow, some in the light, others in the shadows. There are many who need the shadows and not the light.” Carl Jung, The Red Book” Most will tell you it’s best to harvest Mugwort during the full moon, & I will ☺️But the world is never ever all…
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Herbal News 6/25/23
Herbal News : First foraging Tip of the day ;Ditches are a lot deeper than they look , & embankments/ ditch hills are a lot steeper than ya think 🤣 So I ended up with 3 quarts packed full of dried wild lettuce off my first harvest ☺️ got it all dried & stored to…
Wyzard's Wyld Euphorium 