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Mortar Dye tea kettle

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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Mortar Edible Dye tea kettle

Also Known as: Goosegrass, Barweed, Catchweed, Clivers, Goosegrass, Grip Grass, Sticky-willy, Zhu Yang

Uses: Culinary, Pot Herb, Medicinal, Dye, Detox, Coffee Substitute, Love Potion, Weight Control, Anti Aging, Tonic

Parts used: Seeds, Flowers, Leaves, Roots

Preparation: Fresh, Dried, Tincture, Tea, Flower Essences, Tea, Juicing, Poultice, Wash

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Symbolizes: Finding Love
Language of Flowers meaning: Tenacity, I am determined to win your love.
Associated with: Binding Love, Crown Chakra
Element: Water
Governed by: Saturn, Venus, Moon

Culinary

Cleavers are from the Rubiaceae family, the same family as coffee. The seeds can be dried ground into a coffee substitute. Cleavers are valued more as a medicinal than an edible tho’ young shoots can be eaten fresh and added to bulk up soups, eggs and stew type dishes. The best way to extract this plants nutrients and medicinal values is through cold infusion, making it great for juicing. However the pulp may need to be filtered out.

Health and Wellness

Cleavers are highly valued as a medicinal remedy and diuretic in Asia as an internal and external agent. Externally it is used as a poultice for inflammation and wound care, and a wash for calming for edema inflammation, treating rashes, boils and cysts. Infusing it as tea can brings down fevers, be calming for sleep and a powerful detox for the lymphatic system and liver. It has been used to reduce high blood pressure, weight loss and due to its astringent properties to tighten skin.

Dye Plant

The roots of the Cleaver plant is used to make red dye.

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