This is Annie's all-time favorite flower as well as color. Periwinkle. The name flows so sweetly from the lips, doesn't it? Natural remedies given by her Earth happen to be one of Annie's favorite subjects.
Medical uses:
Lesser periwinkle is employed as an astringent and blood-staunching herb. Its astringency makes it a useful mouthwash for sore throats, gingivitis, and canker sores. Its staunching ability is effective against internal bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, and nosebleeds. Since vincamine was discovered in the leaves, lesser periwinkle has been used to treat arteriosclerosis and for dementia due to insufficient blood flow to the brain.
Magical/Energetic uses:
Like many herbs, periwinkle once had ties with magic and superstition. Supposedly the herb could ward off evil spirits, and in some places lesser periwinkle was held that no witch would dare enter a home where it hung at the entrance. In France the flower of lesser periwinkle is sometimes referred to as violette des sorciers, or "violet of the sorcerers."
----- Herbs 2000
Some day, our friends at Blogger will help us make the blog a Periwinkle Place! :o)
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