Herbal Spirit Healing
Intuitive Healing with Plant Wisdom
Herbal Healing Tip for Winter: Elderberry
Elder has the ability to regulate the immune system to the appropriate level depending on what is needed. It can be taken as a cold and flu preventative, but will also shorten the duration once onset has occurred. Having an affinity to the upper respiratory tract, Elder can help coughs and congestion, including allergies, sinus infection and sore throat. It cools, tones and moistens mucus membranes, making them more resistant to infections. May this Guardian spirit of Elder support your health and immune system during these winter months!
Herbalist Matthew Wood, in his book The Book of Herbal Wisdom, says that planting an Elder in the corner of an herb garden is considered to be beneficial to the medicinal plants growing there because the Elder serves as a Guardian spirit for the herbs. This protection is one of its strongest qualities. It is believed that elder can disarm viruses before they replicate and then flush them out of the system. It appears to strengthen the cell membrane to prevent viruses from penetrating the cell walls.
Plant Wisdom
Plants are sentient beings and have unique gifts to share. My deepest joy is directly communing with the plants – listening and calling forth the healing they provide. Our consultations and healing sessions will be enhanced by my deep and personal experience with the herbs.
The herbs are willing to teach us their gifts. We receive these teachings by being in relationship with the herbs, initiating the conversation and then listening and attuning to their ways of communicating. Making my own tinctures for personal use has been vital to creating these relationships. Walking in nature and experiencing the environment they thrive in, harvesting, touching, tasting, smelling, engaging all my senses…and then embodying their essence in that first drop of tincture…this is the beginning of invoking their wisdom.
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With Gratitude,
Nancy Ondov
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