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Dandelion
You Are: Scrappy and tough,
you’re a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps kind of person. You don’t
give up easily and you often thrive in situations that others would find
discouraging. You have an instinct to serve others and see yourself as
most useful in times or places of crisis, but you may over rely on your
toughness and forget how sensitive you really are.
Like you, dandelion holds steady, even in
unfriendly environments. It provides gentle liver stimulation and
digestive support, aiding your body’s natural detoxification processes.*
Called “the little postman” in Persian because of the belief that
dandelion brought good news, dandelion has unfortunately acquired a
reputation as a pesky weed. Its liver and digestive benefits have been
known for centuries, with reference in Arabic texts dating to the 10th
century. Dandelion is a bitter herb, a characteristic that contributes
to its digestion-supporting properties.* When roasted, dandelion root
has a coffee-like flavor that once made it a popular coffee substitute!
Peppermint
You Are: Unflappable. You
are cool in the crisis, calm in the storm, collected amongst the chaos.
You’re a breath of fresh air, a waft of inspiration to the down-and-out,
a refreshing, inspiring, uplifting person to be around. Of course, even
a cool cucumber like yourself can run into trouble. You may try to take
on too much, which can leave you feeling weighed down and not quite
yourself.
With its comforting breath of fresh air and
the peppery, sweet familiar scent that tingles your nose, peppermint is a
classic candy flavor. But there’s herbal wisdom hiding in those after
dinner mints—peppermint oil also has the power to relieve occasional
indigestion and soothe your stomach when your digestion needs a little
help.*
Long before mint became the go-to flavor of everything from gum to
candy to toothpaste, the Greeks, Romans and ancient Egyptians were using
mint leaves as a digestive aid. Peppermint’s characteristic mintiness
comes from menthol, an important part of its essential oil that, when
present in high enough quantities, will be felt in a tingle in your nose
and a strong minty scent that carries across a room
Slippery Elm
You Are: Let’s just say
you’re a vocal person. Sure, that might mean you’re chatty. But it also
means you’re the one humming in the hallway, singing in the shower,
speaking your mind, standing up and shouting if need be to get yourself
heard. You’ve got a voice and you know how to use it. Inclined to speak
up for the voiceless, defend the defenseless or simply bring joy to the
joyless, you may have a tendency to overuse your voice.
Smooth and silky, slippery elm is balm for
the voice and friend to everyone who uses it. Long a champion for tired
vocal chords and taxed throats, slippery elm’s slickness make it an
ideal companion for those who a prone to use (and sometimes overuse)
their voice.
Slippery elm or Ulmus rubra (Latin for “red elm,” so called
for its lovely reddish bark) is a beautiful, native North American elm
tree Introduced into Western herbal traditions by Native Americans. It’s
the inner bark of this tree that is actually called “slippery elm” due
to its, yes, slippery, smooth, and slimy-in-a-good-way properties.
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