Not for use if pregnant or breastfeeding. Should be avoided by anyone taking heart medications, blood thinners, or sedatives.
ROSE
Rose is a flower for the heart. The flower itself and aroma can be a gentle reminder of beauty, of our senses and of the flow and rhythm of life. Rose is especially there for us during times of grief or loss, moments that feel disconnected, unclear, hazy, and confusing. Rose allows you to be as you are while grieving, all the while holding your hands and heart as you release emotion. If you have ever stood in a wild rose patch, you will recount the feeling of bliis and surreal beauty. Rose is the main ingredient in this elixir blend, with it's essence guiding love back to our heart. I gather the wild roses ion the most beautiful mountain side we call the Rose temple.
PASSIONFLOWER
Passion Flower is one of the most magical flowers in my apothecary garden. It's absolute unique beauty is wonderful, but the medicinal properties of Passion flower is why I grow it.
While Passionflower will not "cure" or specifically reduce the emotional pain of grief or loss, it works by binding to GABA receptors in the brain. This promotes a state of calm and drowsiness, helping to settle a mind stuck in circular, looping thoughts with anxious body tension. It is a wonderful relaxant and mild sedative that can help calm the body and mind harmoniously after cortisol or adrenaline responses. With each Passionflower that blooms I add them too my Solstice Wild Rose tincture. A perfect combination.
MOTHERWORT
Grief often manifests physically as a tight chest, rapid breathing or anxiety causeing extreme discomfort. At times this grief can cause an unsteady, fluttering or jumpy heartbeat with a tense and often twisted up chest and abdomen, Motherwort acts as a gentle cardiotonic, relaxing the heart muscle and stabilizing blood pressure caused by emotional distress. As a relaxing nervine, Motherwort calms a racing mind, soothes debilitating anxiety, and helps you find restful sleep when you are overwhelmed. Energetically Motherwort has been known as a herb that "mothers the motherless," calling in a protective, calm energy that can help you safely start processing deep emotions and regulating the heart rate.
WOOD BETONY
Heartbreak, sorrow and loss can often cause us to clench or grind our jaws, hunch our shoulders up, squish our foreheads and cry deeply. This all can create a serious headache or frontal lobe tension. Wood betony acts as an anatural pain reliever to relax tension and relieve the resulting stress headaches. Wood Betony is know for its ability to help alleviate headaches. Deep loss can easily disconnect us from reality, even people standing right next to us. fWe can become floaty, light headed and detatched very easily as the body is experiencing traum aand sadness. Wood betony can help settle your energy and brings you back to your center.
HOLY BASIL
Tulsi /Holy Basil is a gentle adaptogen for stress, mental fog and exhaustion from chronic stress and grief.
This herb is an ally for folks who are depleted, or feel burn out. Holy basil works with our nervous system by modulating the stress response, increasing adaptive energy, and specifically elevates and nourishes the “Vital Spirit.” This is helpful for people who are deep in sorrow, and cannot clarify feelings. I have often said "I can feel my spine straighten and my heart soften" when uses tulsi tincture or tea.
SKULLCAP
Skullcap is one of the most powerful herbal allies to the nervous system available. I have been using it for years and I can attest. Herbalist Alexis. J Cunningfolk writes: “Skullcap restores strength to an overwhelmed nervous system, relieving spasms, nerve pain, and cultivating calm. When dealing with nervous tension, anxiety fear, and a sense of being overwhelmed, Skullcap helps to stimulates the brain to produce more endorphins in the system due to the presence of scutellarin in the plant which becomes scutellarein in the body. Skullcap is a nervine trophorestorative, meaning it helps to strengthen the nervous system over time. I have found Skullcap very helpful in cases of shock, prolonged periods of stress or sleep deficit, longstanding anxiety, panic attacks, tension, or excessive use of stimulants.
It is always wise to do your own independent research or consult with an experienced herbalist to ensure for this plant medicine is right for you.
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