What really matters to me?

That is beautiful, Ose. I am sure your patients are very blessed to have you. Healing with homeopathy is very much an art form. This is something I love about homeopathy, acupuncture, herbalism…all require presence and listening in order to do well. Listening to the patient, of course, but also to the pattern, the remedy, the herbs, the energy, the Whole — all are necessary for healing.

This past summer while walking through the garden, an herb sort of waved at me to get my attention. I had never noticed it before, but there it was, the lovely little purple of Prunella vulgaris/Self-Heal/Heal-All. When I picked it up and held it to my chest, the anxious feeling in my heart at that moment instantly calmed and warmed. I did not know its name at that point, so went in and researched. Then I read about its traditional uses, but none seemed to fit my symptom pattern. I figured it must be meant, though, or it would not have had such an effect.

Eventually, I ran across a wonderful article by Deb Soule one the MOGFA site that talked about Self-Heal and how she started including it in many of her remedies for her clients as it deepens emotional healing. Bingo! This whole illness from which I am recovering has its root right there, so Self-Heal suddenly made all the sense in the world. I felt awed, humbled, and grateful that it presented itself to me that way.

After that initial encounter, I started seeing it all over the place, carpeting my lawn next to another beloved herb, Plantago major (Plantain), as well as at friends’ houses. All of a sudden, my world was filled with Self-Heal! It felt like a benediction. I have now made it into tincture, and an infused oil, to which I added frankincense as an annointing oil, and I believe it is helping. ❤️ Just recounting this experience of making Self-Heal’s acquaintance for the first time made me feel loved all over again!

Isn’t it amazing that people spread chemicals across their yards to rid themselves of such gifts as Self-Heal and Plantain? Plantain actually saved my infected finger when nothing else worked, but it is treated as an unwanted weed.

I had better stop. I can go on forever when I get talking about herbs and the healing power of nature! ❤️❤️❤️