Flower Essence- Vervain

£10.00

(Verbena officinalis)

Quietening of thought, clarity of awareness in the present. State of clear awareness. An increase of hope, happiness and mental stability, calming after shock or trauma.

The decreased mental chatter makes one more observant and an easier contact with spirit worlds - particularly those close to the physical - can occur.

Colour Correspondences: Blue
Chakra Correspondence: Throat, Brow
Element Correspondences: Water, Air

10mls

(Verbena officinalis)

Quietening of thought, clarity of awareness in the present. State of clear awareness. An increase of hope, happiness and mental stability, calming after shock or trauma.

The decreased mental chatter makes one more observant and an easier contact with spirit worlds - particularly those close to the physical - can occur.

Colour Correspondences: Blue
Chakra Correspondence: Throat, Brow
Element Correspondences: Water, Air

10mls

VERVAIN

Relief from the oppression of the gods (melancholy, epilepsy, exhaustion) 

A wand of blessings – light-bringer 

Smoothing communications between systems, understanding, acceptance, transmission, reducing ‘noise’. 

Charm against headaches, snakes, venomous bites (worn around head). 

The lifting of oppressive states. 

Driving away maleficent energy. 

The descent of grace (blessings of the gods) 

Clear sight. 

What is weighing you down? 

There are things that need to be dealt with, to be well-handled, before you are able to feel at ease. 

Something to be done. 

Things will soon improve if you pay attention to what needs to be done. 

Heavy clouds dispersed by a freshening breeze; cobwebs cleared. 

A return of vitality, energy and optimism. Tidy up, clean up, smarten up, wake up – new day.

 

Skill:  Dexterity 

Failing: Oppression 

Lesson: Burdens

 

Vervain: Essential in the rites of purification for Greeks, Celts and German peoples, vervain (Verbena officinalis) is native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It.is a slender delicate perennial with spikes of tiny pale lilac flowers. Used in garlands of the celebrated and holy; known as a great healer. Aids wherever there is spasm, exhaustion, anxiety, depression and poor response to infection; very compatible with St. John’s Wort. Called  wizard’s herb (llysiau’r hudol ), ‘fer faen’ to drive away a stone, herba veneris – Herb of Grace. A plant of peace, love and negotiations. General immune enhancement; antispasmodic, nervine (broadly restorative, for epilepsy (the touch of the gods), galactagogue, emmenogogue, diuretic, tonic, hepatic, bitter, relaxing and stimulating (but as a tisane (tea) is relaxing nerve tonic); melancholia, debility and depressive states. Nervousness, ‘stress’, migraine, insomnia, headaches, neuralgia, dysmenorrhoea, stimulates birth contractions and helps to tail off contraction pains, early stages of fever, convalescence, kidney stones. Effective at very small doses though takes several days to act. Said to heal holes in the aura. A truly sacred plant, psychoactive but not recognised as a psychotropic.