[Herbal mixture to stand upright under the Sun of the Dog's Days, special for feverish (and ardent) Hearts.]
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The plants' Spirit here are all pickable near where I live.
It is a very effective and useful herbalist preparation in these heats, it will help the blood to do its job better and will relieve the work of the heart.
If you're dumb enough not to research your intolerances first, that's not my problem.
Note also that this mixture is for hypo-tense people, not for hyper-tense people.
I'm from the herbalist school that says harmony is only recreated through chaos, so I often seek to have an odd number of herbs when I need to harmonize something within me.
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We therefore start from the bottom, the legs and the veins which must be stimulated to carry the blood made heavy and lazy by the heat.
Red Vine
Cassis
Cassis is the big star of this part of the recipe. Cassis has a lot of qualities, it's almost a panacea as the ancients said. It reminds me of my grandmother's delicious syrups. Red vine is a classic, and this time I pay homage to the grandfather.
I didn't have any witch hazel around…
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We go down a little deeper. As it's hot we can't stop drinking. So we have to remineralize all the time.
Nettle. The god, the master, the wise Nettle.
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We must now really go down to the depths and attack the Master of the High Castle, the Heart.
It is necessary both to support it by stimulations, but also to help it to clear certain paths which are precious, a little more quickly and efficiently than they would have been, otherwise.
Rosemary
Licorice.
Rosemary is, and Rosemary will be. Not us. You can say a prayer to Marie on the way, it won't be lost. Rosemary is a panacea. Something universal. Which of us can boast of universality?
Liquorice, very powerful spirit for the hypo-tense, of a formidable effectiveness even to raise the tension and fight against dizziness, therefore. (There always must be something you don't like in a herbal tea...) The only spirit that I don't have near my home but I was constrained by the force of things.
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#Enjoy
I put the plants in cold water. I heat gently until boiling, then I turn off the heat and leave to macerate for 15-20 minutes.
Every herb, even licorice root, makes sense to me. I didn't make 2 hours of offerings before asking for help from these spirits, but I give a lot, without taking, in general.
The magical meaning of this recipe is also very clear for anyone who wants to have fun reading it.
It also goes without saying that never all the components are revealed. There are, however, 5 plants in this form.
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To good use and good understanding.