Compact medicinal plant knowledge – botany, signature and application

Demarcation between inside and outside, connection between top and bottom. Internal space, inspiration. Polarity of courage and fear.

Self-limitation and excess

Resilience, perseverance, tolerance, load-bearing capacity, purposefulness

Quality, aesthetics, polarity of life and death

Unity, symbiosis, rejection of contradictions

Ideality and reality

Security, patience, gentleness, motherliness

The power of now, ‘yes’ to the present, fidelity

Shielding, containment, protective skin

Untouched quality, innocence, intactness, childlike nature

Transformation, adaptability, flow of life energy, warmth, life force

Maturation, completion of thermal processes, growing up, responsibility, protection

Extinguishing, moisturising, cooling

An eye for perceiving the obvious, finding meaning

Unity of image and mirror image, balance of polarities

Connection, love, solace, ability to form relationships, flow of feelings

Releasing and renewal, composure, revitalizing warmth

Rhythm, cooling, efficiency

Impetus through congestion and resolution

Retreat, merriment, lightness

Uprightness, lightness, self-control, collection, seriousness and merriness, light in darkness

Segmentation, structuring, clarity of thought

Self-knowledge, overcoming fear, clinging and freedom, connection of the subconscious and consciousness, bringing shadows to awareness, breaking up hardened structures

Enveloping, guarding, bringing forth

Clarification, purification; transcendence

Soothing, softness, mildness

Balm, closing wounds

Self-confidence, liberation from restriction and coercion

Softening, dissolving, calming, warming

Demarcation, protection, individuality

Silence, weightlessness

Warming up of the aqueous and luminous penetration of the dark and moist

Aggression, willpower, self-discipline, blood purification; iron

Ability to cope with stress, absorbing shocks, stabilising rhythms

Vulnerability; genuineness and illusion

Calmness of the heart, finding oneself, one’s own inner sound

Neutralisation of individuality, refreshment, relaxation

Fire, enthusiasm

Absorbing capacity, receptivity, yin

Retaining, restricting, containing life force

Light assimilation, strength to counter nervous sensitivity, stability

Drawing, purifying, detoxifying, resolving states of shock, lymph remedy

Ardour, affection, purification

Grounding, discharge, Mother Earth

Expansive force, dynamics, power, simplicity

Compassion, presence, alertness, infusing with energy of metabolic functions

Ability to discriminate, realisation of the essence

Surmounting, digestion, fragmentation