Mindful Medicine Healing With Flower Essences

摘要

Herb lovers find themselves in predictable modes throughout the year: digging roots and preserving berries in autumn, drying loads of culinary and tea herbs midsummer, and simmering soups and warming teas in winter. At two points in the green season,I hear the call of flower essences loud and clear above all else—the first in early spring, when most medicines are not ready for harvest and I'm itching for a project. The second occurs at the height of summer, when gardens burst with blooms and there's simply no better way to appreciate the flowers than to sit among them. Blossomsof ephemerals, shrubs, and trees offer healing power, and we can harness these gifts of nature in the form of healing flower essences.