L’herbalism is a medicine shared by all indigenous peoples including the Celts. “In Antiquity, the Celts had a very deep knowledge of plants and trees. They worshiped trees to the point of calling themselves” those of the Yew “(Eburones) or even” people of the Elm ” (Lemovices) “, teaches Marilyn Brentegani, ethno-herbalist, picker and certified in permaculture. She is the author of Celtic plants to Editions Leduc.s (November 2021).
Today we can benefit from simple herbal remedies from Celtic medicine and even from older peoples: herbal tea, infusion, decoction, maceration (cold to lukewarm water), moon and sun infusions, mother tinctures (TM) , hydro-alcoholic macerates, alcohol. “It was a shamanic medicine in addition to herbalism”, informs the ethno-herbalist.
Care brooms, for example, are essential and common to many shamanic traditions. You can thus create medicine brooms, using fresh branches of wild plants, oak, hazel, ash, depending on the season. “During an energetic treatment, the brooms make it possible to smooth the energetic bodies, to sweep away the stagnant energies …”, informs Marilyn Brentegani.
Marilyn Brentegani was able to identify 24 ancestral herbal remedies, such as black elderberry, yew, birch, wild garlic … We invite you to discover 9 with their indications.
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