Insight Guidance: Connecting you to the web of cosmic potential - reigniting possibility, Angelica Archangelica can remind you how to live a divine life on earth. This plant meets us on the level of the etheric, where it may have been weakened by shock, unexpected grief, or illness, bringing you back into connection with your soul self. Tapping you back into the vast web of life and your place within it.

Traditional Use: Traditionally used in conditions of the lungs and digestion which respond well to warmth and stimulation, such as poor digestion, linked to nausea, anorexia nervosa, and for asthma which has a psychological component, and for deep-set lung infections helping to clear congestion and phlegm.

Angelica Archangelica has also traditionally be used to support the birthing of the placenta.

Caution: Do not use during pregnancy due to its strong emmenagogue effect

Insight Guidance: Dissolve into yourself. Take time to sink, find your own edges, shine and glow with definition. To be seen we have to be willing to see ourselves. With Calendula, there is joy in knowing our own solidity, and to shine gently into the darker parts of ourselves welcoming them with a soft, warming glow.

Traditional Use: Marigold flowers are soothing and anti-inflammatory for skin conditions. They help to heal and prevent the spread of infections - they literally work with repairing the boundaries of the skin - reforming our edges. They have a similar action when taken internally and can be used to treat chronic infections and support in the healing of gastric and stomach ulcers and support the ulceration and inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Caution: Marigold is considered a bitter herb and has a history of use as an emmenagogue so best avoided in medicinal doses during pregnancy without proper supervision from a medical herbalist

Insight Guidance: Subtle enforcement, gentle nudge into rest. Allow the soporific effect to take you, and surrender into the tender softness of sleep. In a world that insists there is no time to slow down, Chamomile reminds you that rest is always possible.

Traditional Use: An anti-inflammatory with a pain relief effect, it is a soothing internally for inflammation and ulceration in the digestive tract, and when used topically for inflamed or irritated skin from burns, bites and stings and infections.

Caution: Do not use large medicinal doses in pregnancy. Some people are allergic to plants in the Asteraceae (daisy) family.

Insight Guidance: For those who yearn to be close to nature and live in natural rhythms of the earth, yet may feel restricted by the modern world, Cornsilk helps you to feel grounded, clear and nourished. Steady reassurance. Trust and remember that the earth, the land, is your home - let yourself be filled and nourished.

Traditional Use: Traditionally used to soothe acute inflammation and irritation in the Genito-urinary system including conditions such as cystitis and interstitial-cystitis, soothing frequent urination and bladder irritation.cornsilk can help to reduce the formation of kidney stones and relieve existing stones.

Caution: Theoretically could lower blood pressure and its diuretic action could affect potassium levels. seek guidance if you have diabetes. Do not use if you are allergic to corn.

Insight Guidance: Blood mysteries, womb wisdom, sinking into the belly of your own knowing… Cramp Bark relaxes and softens us into the body, helping to let go of tension both mental and physical that, when held on to, can lead to stagnancy for life experience lost or unfulfilled. Cramp Bark really invites us to let go of the mind and trust in the wisdom of the body, listening to a deeper voice from within - our own intuitive knowing.

Traditional Use: Traditionally it has been used for relaxing uterine muscles for painful periods, during childbirth and for threatened miscarriage, Its astringent quality makes it useful in excessive blood loss during menstruation, especially within peri-menopause. It also have a traditional use for asthma, high blood pressure, and digestive issues when anxiety is the cause

Caution: Do not use if there is a sensitivity to aspirin, due to the salicylic content. Can lower blood pressure. Seek guidance if pregnant. Caution should be taken on blood thinning medication.

Insight Guidance: How deeply do you sink into your own knowing? Sitting not in the mind, or even in the heart. But dropping right down into the belly - your womb space. Lady’s Mantle is a benevolent but potent ally of the womb. She allows the spaciousness for deep quiet listening, to allow your own soul voice to be heard - perfect for solo times of contemplative reflection.

Traditional Use: Lady’s Mantle’s astringent properties help to tone and strengthen tissues in the body, particularly the muscles of the womb. Used to treat fibroids and endometriosis, as well as diarrhoea and staunch wounds.

Caution: Some sources list Lady’s Mantle as an emmenagogue, therefore not recommended during pregnancy.

Insight Guidance: Restoring reconnection, softening into being, dissolving into being held. Marshmallow can take it all. All of you. Allow yourself to feel yourself, stepping into the sensuality of the body, all is safe and all is well with mallow as our companion. Mallow brings us into contact with the soft sensuality of the animal body.

Traditional Use: Mallow root has traditionally been used as an anti-inflammatory and demulcent herb. It soothes sore throats and irritated lungs, as well as lining the digestive and urinary tract with a demulcent balm, easing constipation and inflammation, cystitis and ulcers. Marshmallow leaf, though not as medicinally potent as the root, offers a more subtle layer of these qualities.

Caution: Theoretically a strong decoction of the root could inhibit the absorption of other medications, take at a separate time or seek guidance.

Insight Guidance: Witches Initiation, roots, belly, womb. Bone memory, earth memory, wisdom keeper. If any plant is the quintessential companion of the witch, the wise woman, the edge walker, the risk taker; mugwort is it. She will take you to the depth of who you are. Lovingly but potently.

Traditional Use: Mugwort is well known as a dreaming herb and has a history of being used for depression and as a mild sedative. It is supportive for menstrual health, regulating irregular, or scant but drawn-out bleeding. Mugwort can tone and stimulate the womb, helping to bring on delayed menstruation and can be supportive in preparation for conception both physically and mentally. It is also supportive for digestive health and supporting the liver.

Caution: Do not use during pregnancy due to its strong emmenagogue action which can cause miscarriage or preterm birth. Member of the Compositae (daisy) family, which some people are allergic to. It is advisable to seek support when intentionally working with mugwort if you have a history of mental health instability.

Insight Guidance: Few plants are as earthy and grounding as nettle. They are a call to us to fully engage nourishment; to fully engage life and bring vitality to our embodiment.

Traditional Use: Nourishing tonic plant, rich in minerals, it is well known for its blood building qualities helping this who may be depleted, such as after child birth, heavy menstrual flow and depletion from anaemia.

Insight Guidance: Oat Straw is the quintessential herb for the nervous system. So seemingly mundane is our relationship with oats that it would be easy to overlook the potency of this gentle native plant kin. Oat Straw brings - like a gentle blanket, a soothing balm to our nervous system and works as a preventative and protective agent in times of stress.

Traditional: Oats have long been used for those convalescing after illness and after childbirth; mineral-rich, restoring a depleted body. Their action on the nervous system makes it a supportive herb for depression, melancholia, neuralgia and insomnia and they can be used to help with pain associated with and recovery from shingles.

Insight Guidance: Hold your own. how much do you trust your capacity to strengthen and grow, to expand? Raspberry Leaf has been used by women for eons to strengthen and tone the muscles of the uterus and pelvic bowl making her a long-time friend of easeful labour and postpartum recovery.

Traditional Use: Raspberry Leaf both strengthens and tones uterine muscles, which if drunk regularly will indeed be beneficial for labour. But this action extends to tonifying and strengthening other organs and muscles of the pelvic bowl at all times throughout a woman’s life. It is rich in Calcium and other key minerals which may be depleted during pregnancy and during a woman’s later years. Raspberry Leaf’s astringency also makes it useful for diarrhoea. it can also be used, along with other herbs, to support breastmilk production.

Caution: Some sources recommend only using Raspberry Leaf in the third trimester of pregnancy, though it is likely safe to drink throughout, seek guidance if necessary.

Insight Guidance: Throughout many cultures, all over the world, there is a connection between Rose and our soul journey - or path of the heart. She is a potent gateway, an Axis Mundi into your inner landscape. With Rose you will find a loving companion to bring you into your own centre, soften the edges and allowing you to feel, listen and respond to your own heart.

Traditional Use: Cooling, astringent, useful for reducing fevers it can be used to bring down a high temperature and clear toxins and heat from the body causing rashes and inflammation. Supportive in regulation menstruation especially in reducing excessive flow.

Caution: Some sources will say to avoid the use of Rose during pregnancy. This is most likely due to its cooling (refrigerant) and drying quality. However, like much herb safety this seems to be erring on the side of caution. If in doubt consult a professional herbalist and always listen to your own body, and seek guidance from your healthcare provider.

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Insight Guidance: The quiet space between. This plant brings a sense of quiet calm. It provides the space for peace and level-headedness when thoughts, feelings emotions, or outside influences may get the better of you. Like a beacon of silver light, Wood Betony anchors the central channel in sovereign alignment, connecting us to our solar plexus and soul guidance.

Traditional Use: Wood Betony is both strengthening and relaxing, making it a usual remedy for nervous exhaustion, anxiety and tension. It has traditionally been used to treat headaches caused by a sluggish liver and to support IBS-type symptoms. It is supportive during illness and convalescence and can be drunk over extended periods of time replenishing depletion.

Caution: Seek guidance if pregnant, or if you have low blood pressure.