Bottle Gentian, Dasystephana andrewsii

Supports clear-sightedness

This brilliant sapphire blue Flower has a strong signature of closed bottle shaped blossoms. As a Flower Essence, it offers a very different wisdom than open petaled Flowers, one of containment in the face of all challenges.

Bottle Gentian helps us to hold our own, see events clearly and know our own strength no matter what is taking place around us. With its wisdom about calm at the eye of the storm, it is of particular support to people in a whirlwind of change or traumatic events.

Seeing clearly is the heart of this Flower’s wisdom. Studies have shown that traumatic events often affect people’s vision. During traumatic events, we will sometimes blur our vision in order to feel protected or buffered from what is happening. When prescription glasses are made for us before the trauma is resolved, we can find ourselves with glasses that hold our eyes in the traumatized position. Bottle Gentian’s support to help us see clearly during turmoil helps prevent this cycle of freezing our vision in a traumatized place and makes this one an immeasurable support to our vision.

While I have made Bottle Gentian Flower Essence many times, never was there a more symbolic experience with this Flower than when I made this Essence in a forest where a microburst tornado had swept through. I was guided to make Bottle Gentian Essence on a riverbank that looked out to a hillside upon which every tree had been demolished. With its specific vibrational wisdom about serenity, calm, clear sightedness and poise in the face of upheaval and forceful change, this batch of Bottle Gentian really amped up our inventory of Bottle Gentian Essence and continues to inform it to this day.

-Seeing clearly is the heart of this Essence's gift. It helps with vision issues, especially when traumatic events have stressed our eyesight.
-With its wisdom about remaining calm at the eye of any storm, it is of particular support to people in a whirlwind of change or traumatic events.