Springtime is naturally
a time of renewal.
My writings and teachings point to
“The Reason for Every Season.”
By following the nature of Nature, we naturally align our well-being with Life itself! It’s thyme to Return to what my years of service as a Herbalist and what ‘The Power of Weee’ calls;
“Om Medicine or Original Medicine!” For decades we have incorrectly called this “alternative medicine.” When in fact, for tens of thousands of years this is how those that walked before us cared for themselves and
their beloved ones!
Dandelion has been cherished by our forefathers as a reliable food source. Many ancient societies, revered the long forgotten category of bitters as a great detoxifier and toner. Yet, another reason to allow the Season to direct the Reason for your choices. Herbalist around the planet are stirred every spring, remembering the ways of ancient days. Pliny the Elder included; dandelion’s multifaceted healing in his famous Naturalis Historia,
in 77 A.D.
God gave us a ‘Garden-of Eaten’ providing a cornucopia of
‘foods as medicine.’
A world full of nutrients and tools to keep us balanced. Wellness begins with living as a human being not as a human doing. All of Nature has a grand design and purpose, supporting our Well-Being.
I have dedicated a lifetime of work to
Learn the nature of Nature; which we are naturally part of;) We must return to Gaia’s garden. Thyme to relearn Nature’s Apothecary with its’ infinite Intelligent design, created for the well-being of all sentient beings.
🐝 BeeResponsible 🐝
In Part 1 of this Springtime Cleanse Blog, much detail was offered to explain TCM’s ways of long ago days. The nature of Nature is a reliable teacher of how to live in harmony by utilizing what
Gaia offers you, in every season on your life.
The In my ‘Chakra Alchemy’ Workbook,
Dandelion can be found in the index for the crown chakra. It reads:
“The humble but mighty dandelion flower, is one to contemplate; with its versatile properties, from its roots and leaves, to full zenith blossoms.” Associated with Liberation
Many use when Healing rigid mental belief systems and toning the body as a bitter. In the final stage of procreation,
the dandelion lets go of it’s seed heads, as our desires are released through the wind of our breath.“ -cas
Dandelion, the humblest of flowers, that many call a “pesky weed.” For a penny from roots, shoots, leaves and its buttery flower heads are staples in Gaia’s pantry. I love its versatility, as eaten in many dishes, or can land in a cup of tea or a balm to calm the skin. Since childhood, this Dandy-Lion’s seed-head wishes hark a spark in the Imagination.
I am about to share a read from my Master Reference book that has been in my view since 1997. This wonderful tool for education; for 25 years is no longer “allowed to be in print.” This alarming shot of censorship took place in January 2020 before the madness really set in!
Photo by Tatiana Kanevakaya
🎵 Buffalo Springfield’s Lyrics
ran through our heads:
“There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun shot over there
Telling me I got to beware” 🎵
🌼 🌼🍀🌼🌼
I will only quote two sentences from a full page of small print. This 25 year old collection had always contained heavily ‘Referenced’ vetted material.
📚 For educational purposes. 📚
“The Dandelion plant thas been used in Chinese and European cultures for centuries for combating liver disease. Today, scientific studies have confirmed this common garden weed contains vitamins, protein, pectins, and other catalyst substances, which may help the liver and gallbladder filter out toxins and
purify the blood.”
Dandelion root may be taken as a vitamin or as a nutrient in a cup of tea. Every part of this humble plant has been steeped and sipped in many cultures for centuries. Dandelion in all of its sum of parts, may cleanse and support the blood, gallbladder, kidneys, skin and liver healing, by
flushing out toxins.
At the root of good health is the smallest of daily choices. Mindful choices sets a lifelong routine, a daily ceremony of good habits. We use roots to shoots, flower heads, and everything in between. My daily
teacup overflows
with choices, like our
hOMe grown ginseng.
🫖☕️🫖
I have been known to blend burdock, chicory, dandelion, milk thistle and/or red clover as a tonic in my bedtime tea cup. But wait there’s more, will wonders ever cease in
Gaia’s gifts to humanity?
How to start your day in a way that is kind to the liver may be in a “Good to the last drop” kind of way. A clean Organic sustainable Coffee without a load of additives, like sugar may benefit the liver according to umpteen studies for generations! Studies demonstrate coffee free of pesticides and chemicals may lower liver enzymes, which suggest reducing inflammation in the liver.
In Medieval Latin “dens leonis,” means “lion’s tooth,” referring to tooth-like leaves of the plant. In days gone by, many a cleaver fellow would be found in the cellar; turning these buttery yellow flowers into a spirit of Meade. Making the humble Dandelion a dandy in my book. I assure you their leaves may provide an invaluable Bitter to your liver’s bile, but won’t bite! Dandelion leaves can be used as a
long forgotten Bitter.
Dandelion’s countless uses is stymied only by your culinary imagination. All parts have landed in our
tea cups, instant presto pesto, soup pot, salad bowl
or stir fry.
For the love of Gaia please develop an awareness of what it takes to be a good steward!
Between you, me and God-this was never the way!
It is important to have gratitude, while leaving a portion of any Flora harvested for our beloved Fauna. Not to mention your Children’s Children.
“As Above So Below.”
It has been said “Dandelion is the only flower that represents the
3 celestial bodies of the
sun, moon and stars.”
“The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars. They open to greet the morning and close in the evening
to go to sleep.”
Why, Dandelion even made it into my first children’s book as a character. Flora’s characters were based upon FES’s system known as the “Doctrine of Signatures.” Based upon my daughter Rose Harrigan’s first grade classroom experience in 2020. Below is the
book’s review:
Review and Critique written by Jefferson from FirstEditing:
“This is a wonderful book—one that I think is going to resonate with child readers, who might be particularly anxious in these challenging times. Cathryn has succinctly and accurately captured the challenges that we are all facing with this pandemic, but she has also done a marvelous job of showing the good that has come from it, both with the healing natural world and with the coming
“alone together” of people and families all over the world.”
This children’s story is based upon an American grade-school classroom’s real experiences with Covid-19 and how a class project for Mother's Day was saved. As Mother’s Day seeds emerge into flowers, the story’s characters bloom. The flowers reflect the heroes’ personalities and unique expressions. That is, the archetypes and insights of each flower’s essence guide the reader to their
true nature.
Medicine woman Simply Cathryn’s forty years of plant experience draws the reader into what she calls the language of flowers. This tale teaches the reader to treat life’s changes as opportunities to become a problem-solver, and it tunes into plant wisdom to teach lessons, such as the virtues of kindness.
The moral of this floral story is
“Bloom right where you are. “
Every part of the humble Dandelion, is a beautiful example of using food as our medicine in Gaia’s abundant apothecary! Mother Earth’s Pantry is complete in her Soul Purpose to support all living entities when caring for the children in her
‘Garden-of-Eaten.’
Mother Nature has always cared for our body as a temple, housing the holiness of wholeness in Body-Mind-Heart and therefore Spirit’s Soul.
This is what the ‘Power of Weee’ Wishes is “A Return to Original Medicine!”
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We must Find + Stay Calm to Carry on
🙏 “God Bless Us, Everyone” 🙏
An apple a day, and now “The rest of the story.” The Medical Journal actually studied this. Here’s the results: “The study tells us that the ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ aphorism was coined in 1913 but was based on the original form with a different rhyme, some 149 years ago in Wales: ‘Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,’ went the proverb in Pembrokeshire. The daily apple eaters in the study were more likely to successfully avoid prescription medication than the people who did not eat apples.”
🍎 “How do you like them apples?” 🍏
“Will wonders cease to exist?”
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Talk about Original Medicine
🍏Thyme to Upset the apple cart…🍎
That being said, here goes the dreaded and wretched Disclaimer! And I quote “Statements regarding dietary supplement meds, have not been evaluated by the FDA I am not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.”
How do y’all like my ‘CYA’ small print?
