#heal-all

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Self heal

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Nature Heals-All

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💚Heal-all💚

Prunella vulgaris

Aka. common self-heal, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter's herb, brownwort, blue curls, kalyuth, xia ku cao, thimble flower, sicklewort, hook heal

General info. A member of the mint family, heal all is native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America. (These ones were found in Dunkirk and South Dayton, N) They grow in gardens, roadsides, woodland edges, and waste places.

Heal-all is edible. They're used in soups, salads, and stews. The herb is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat dizziness, red eyes, dry cough, dermititis, and boils. It's used in herbal teas in southern China and in commercial beverages. In Kashmir it is boiled and used as a wash to relieve muscle pain. Heal-all was also used to cure diphtheria.

Symbolism. (Mostly Upg since they're not in my books)Healing, Apollo, eir, Asclepius, Jord, Gaia, deities associated with healing. earth, good health, strength, motivation,

What do you associate with Heal-all?

🌿sources🌿

Wikipedia prunella vulgaris

Self heal

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Clown's heal-all / marsh woundwort / hedge nettle Sumpf-Ziest Stachys palustris

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Common self-heal Kleine Braunelle Prunella vulgaris

Historically used to treat diphtheria and herpes. Modern studies show a possible effect against HIV.

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Prunella vulgaris (Heal-all, Self-heal, Heart’s Ease, Woundwort etc.)

Heal-all

To most gardeners this little plant is just an annoying weed that grows in the lawn. It spreads by seeds and creeping rhizomes, like so many other ‘ weedy’ species, However, in Europe in the Middle Ages it was an essential herbal medicine and would have been found in every doctor’s bag. Although native to Europe, Asia and North America it is now found in suburban lawns throughout the world.  

In Medieval Europe, it’s medical uses were legion and one of it’s common names was Heal-all. The word Prunella is derived from the German word for quinsy a type of throat infection and Heal-all was used as a gargle. In Ireland it was called Heart’s Ease and it was believed that it was good for cardiac issues and blood disorders. Another common use involved wound care and a poultice was made to promote healing. New born babies were bathed in a tea made from this humble plant.

Interestingly, the Greeks and the Romans made no reference to it in their medical books. It was very popular in the Middle Ages but rapidly fell out of favor in the 18th century (with the advance of science) and Heal-all has now returned to the obscurity from whence it came.

Note: Photos 1 and 3 show the plant as seen from above but the photo in the middle shows the actual flower structure from below.