7 Earth-Body-Soul: Learning Strength from the Echinacea
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.”
Daily Word of Intention
strength
Centering Thought
I am like the echinacea, I grow strong; I attract abundance.
Questions
When you are weak, how do you find your strength?
Do you grow your own echinacea?
Did you know that echinacea comes from Greek and means spiny like a hedgehog or sea urchin?
Gratitude:
I am so thankful for my ability to learn. I am thankful for the internet that makes research so easy. I am thankful for history. I am thankful for all of the insights I have learned today about this flower. I am thankful for the joy I experience every time I see my bed of hardy echinacea growing in my garden. I am thankful that I too can be hardy and as strong as this beautiful flower.
Reflection
I am the Yah'pehu, the echinacea, from the Greek echinos, meaning spiny, or prickly. I was so named because I resemble a sea urchin. Native to the Great Plains of North America, I am also known as wetop or widows’ comb, ashosikwimia ‘kuk, or smells like a muskrat, inshtogahte-hi, eye, and purple coneflower. I am cousin to the sunflower and coreopsis. From head to toe, I am beautiful and useful. I am wild harvested by many and even poached. If you buy me, make sure I have been sustainable sourced. Best to grow me yourself. I am easy to grow and very hardy. Chew my roots to relieve your sore throat. I dispel colds. My tea is healing. I am great for your lungs and your whole respiratory system. Make me into a salve and sooth skin irritations. I will bolster your immune system. I protect cells from viruses and bacteria. I reduce inflammations. I am potent. Don’t use me continuously for more than two weeks at a time; avoid my extract during pregnancy. Juice me, or adorn your salads with my brightly colored petals. Use me in tinctures, brew me into teas. I am healing. I am a blood purifier. I cleanse the body. In difficult times, carry me with you for inner strength. I draw prosperity and abundance.
Works Cited
Heinzel, Jennifer. “The History of Echinacea, Part 1.” The Mother Earth News. https://www.motherearthliving.com/wiser-living/the-history-of-echinacea-part-1. assessed 3 July, 2021.
Starbuck, Jamison. “Echinacea’s Healing Touch.” Better Nutrition, vol. 63, no. 2, Feb. 2001, p. 62. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=4182054&site=eds-live.
William. Anthony. “Echinacea.” https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/echinacea. Assessed 3 July 2021.
Blessings
Thank you for joining me today! I hope you have a beautiful day! Please leave a comment below. I would love to hear from you. Peace for now - and remember, stay CHARMED ~