MOTHERWORT  Leonurus cardiaca

Motherwort speaks, “I AM a venerable and ancient being in your midst. My towering presence, my strong purple wands of Flowers and my sharply serrated leaves on stalks shooting skywards all echo my energetic strengths. I AM an anchor and liberation for mothers. I have a “Don’t mess with me!” energy that serves a mother when she is defending her children. I also support mothers when someone or something is taking a mother off task and out of a centered clarity about her pivotal role in the world.

My scope is broader than the creative task of child rearing. I offer support for the entire feminine aspect of creation. My support for creative endeavors is strong and unwavering. I will help you deliver your creation into the world without interruption, uncompromised.

There is nothing mamby-pamby about me. I help mothers know their own strength and power without the false sentimentality of your culture, a culture that really does not see or acknowledge the immense authority and creative wellspring that is motherhood. Your culture compensates for this blindness with superficial and rootless notions. I AM the response to such senseless ideas.  I AM the truth that existed before such misguided notions stepped to the fore. I will endure as a mirror of truth long after they cease.”

I AM the wisdom of the grandmothers.

“Motherwort is for mothers who need the tiger like protection of that beloved plant.”  L.K., S. Woodstock, VT