Echinacea
Themes: Integrity, immunity, trauma healing, connection to one’s core Self.
“I live in integrity. I am worthy. I have healthy defenses.”
As an herbal medicine, Echinacea is renowned for its ability to reinforce core strength and immunity. This herbal medicine rouses immune defenses when needed, clearing out stagnation of blood and lymph in the body. Unsurprisingly, the spirit medicine of this flower also bolsters our defenses. Those who have been subject to harsh and formidable abuse – but also all of us who have ancestral trauma of various kinds, or a collection of our own traumas and challenges – have often experienced a fracturing of the core Self due to the hardening effect of debasing violence. This hardening – almost ironically – can weaken innate defense systems because of its tendency to sever us from the sustenance of human connection. Echinacea medicine helps to revivify core stability and integrity, improving physical immune function, as well as spiritual safeguards necessary to our well-being and ongoing trauma healing.
Information adapted from:
Kaminski, P. & Katz, R. Flower Essence Repertory, 2004.
Original image by Roberta Shepherd, HHP