by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP – Living in Natures Love Lifestyles @insideawareness.com
Betony
Also known as: common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony, wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop’s wort
Uses: Dye, Herbal, Tea, Medicinal, Poultice, Topical Skin Products, Sleep Aid
Parts used: Flowers, Leaves & Roots
Preparation: Tea, Tinctures, Flower Essence, Skin Care, Soap-making, Lotions, Ointments, Infused Water
- Symbolizes: Protection, Purification, Love
- Language of Flowers: Surprise, Healing
- Associated with: Jupiter
- Element: Water
- Governed by: Venus, 3rd Chakra
Properties
Betony is anthelmintic, antiseptic, astringent, carminative, mildly cathartic, cholagogue, digestive, diuretic, mildly emetic, emmenagogue, expectorant, nervine, sedative, sternutatory, tonic and vulnerary.
Culinary
The leaves can be brewed into a caffeine-free substitute for black tea similar in flavour and colour.
Health and Wellness
Betony works directly on the nervous system and is a remedy for headaches and nervous tension and in combination with its muscle relaxing properties it makes an effective remedy for sleep issues. Betony can be taken for anxiety, headaches, pre-menstrual complaints, poor memory and tension. It’s astringent properties makes it an effective mouth wash and topical for wounds.
Dye Plant
Picked fresh, all parts of the plants are used to make dye. Used with Alum it produces chartreuse.
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Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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