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🌻🌞SUMMER SOLSTICE😎⛱️
In the traditional Japanese calendar June 21st-26th is 'Natsukarekusa karuru' (乃東枯), 'Self-heal withers'. This is part of the June 21st-July 6th micro season known simply as 'Geshi' (夏至 'Summer Solstice').
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In the traditional Japanese calendar June 21st-26th is 'Natsukarekusa karuru' (乃東枯), 'Self-heal withers'. This is part of the June 21st-July 6th micro season known simply as 'Geshi' (夏至 'Summer Solstice').
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Self-heal, known as 'utsubokusa' (ウツボグサ) in Japanese, is an amazing little plant, both eaten and used for medicinal purposes (especially to treat sore throats). Anti-inflammatory in nature, the Chinese believed the plant was able to "change the course of a chronic disease".
Self-heal also goes by the name woundwort & heart-of-the-earth.
🌿The plant leaves/stems are said to be antibacterial, diuretic, astringent, hypotensive, and a powerful antioxidant.
🌿The flower spikes are believed to restore liver damage.
🌿The herb also aids the gall bladder.
🌿The plant leaves/stems are said to be antibacterial, diuretic, astringent, hypotensive, and a powerful antioxidant.
🌿The flower spikes are believed to restore liver damage.
🌿The herb also aids the gall bladder.
