RE: 🌿 5 Questions for @mtnwomanmedicine: Inner Cartography, Herbal First Aid Kits, & More 🌿
Oh god, all of them!
As far as specific plants:
The one that I'm really really getting involved with right now that I use almost daily and am cultivating for it's physical benefit is elecampane.
As far as specific aspects or associations:
When I was doing a weed walk in my yard (I do them a lot to see what's new and what's growing and to learn about the plants), I had a particular draw to yarrow, or it did to me... At the time, I didn't know what it was. A similar but slightly stronger thing happened when I first found turkeytails, which I'm also developing a relationship with for it's physical benefit. But turkeytail has kind of infected my brain lately (ask @riverflows lol).
I tend to think of plants as having primary purposes in separate realms I guess. Things like turkeytails and elecampane in the physical world, St John's Wort in the emotional realm, and things like Salvia divinorum in the spiritual world. I never gave much thought to them all having a presence in every realm, but that would make sense. We have a presence in every realm after all...
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Ha! I love it! And Yes!!!
I love plants for their mirroring teachings. (Stepping into two lanes speak momentarily)
All have associations in all realms. Some we may not want to work with in all realms..... That comes down to the Individuals Choice - power of Will. Just like some types of behavior in humans (like plant actions) we Choose to not ingest withIN, or Be around, cause their effects (like the Effects that plant actions have on the body). The more you Know, the more you can make wise defined choices!
Turkey tail, Yarrow and Elecampane all have a profound Effect Together! Like elements that become a complete (in this case) 4th Entity. It’s one of whole spectral mapping. You have the yin/yang of the auric field stabilizer - of the Yarrow. The Deep rooted tall proud brightface to the sun - of the Elecampane and the dense rainbowed nutrient Harold of Decay, ripe with fertility - of the turkey tail. A gentle tending to the tender human vulnerability. And a strong and steady ushering Out that which does not Serve (antibacterial effect of the combined three).
Setting the stage to deepen the understanding in the ways of How we Live and Die. How deeply “Aware Choices” Matter. And What’s really Important - no matter What plane your On.
These herbs broke no argument when it comes to returning to The Simple. Their bold flavors and impacts speak to the brashness within their demand for attention the moment the hit your tongue. (Take a bite out of a fresh dug Elecampane Root, chew it for a bit.... it’s an experience. Better still, make a good tea outa all three. -Equal parts. -Is say do a Decoction the Elecampane root and Turkey tail Mushroom and infuse the Yarrow.
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