11/03/2025
🍂 Autumn plant medicine calls on roots, barks & seeds.
🌲 In the fall/winter, leaves fall back, and plants’ energy descends to the roots. Naturally, our bodies follow nature’s rhythm & the colds, flus, digestive issues that accompany the season are best supported by root-based medicines. 🤧
🫚 Roots, barks, seeds, & berries need more time & heat to release their medicine. So we prepare them as a decoction on the stove. 🔥
Be sure if you’re adding any flowers or leaves to only add them after the decoction once removed from heat. Otherwise, the volatile oils from the infusion will be lost in the boiling. 🌹
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SHADOW SPELL BLEND
aka the base of my Licorice Hex mocktail 🖤
Decoction:
🫐 elderberry ≈ 2 tsp
🌱 fennel seed ≈ 1 tbsp (lightly crushed)
⭐️ star anise pod ≈ 3 pods
🍊 dried orange peel ≈ 1 tbsp
🫖 3 cups boiling water
Optional infusion or decoction:
🌿 licorice root ≈ 2 tsp
🍸 For a mocktail, I’d recommend
adding to your decoction for a stronger flavour & deeper immune-supportive energetics.
💧 For more cooling, moistening energetics, try an infusion for dry coughs, stress, & digestive irritation. 🧝🏼♀️
