Medicinal herbs make very powerful flower essences. It is as if their work with humanity as helpers in treating disease on the physical level has strengthened their healing imprints as essences. The Medicinal Herb essences are made from flowering herbs grown in pristine wild habitats or in our very lush, protected garden areas. They are made through the "sun infusion' method as developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the 1930's. The definitions of these essences were developed through "attunements" with the plants and through data collected through several years of case research. There are presently 48 medicinal herb essences. You will find longer, more clinical definitions of these flowers in the Delta Gardens Publication: Stars of the Meadow © 1999.

Each plant is listed by common and Latin name. Also listed is the color of the plant used and the main elements (earth, air, fire, water) expressed by the plant.. These elements will be useful to the practitioner in understanding the healing action of the flower essence.

To order an individual essence (1/2 ounce bottle), click on the essence name below or to the left to go to the ordering page.

To order the entire (48 bottles) Medicinal Herb Essence Set, click here.

Golden Amaranthus (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) fire/earth/air Learning to let go of over-control; becoming aware of the power of the higher self; tuning into the ease of life; developing ways to flow with the currents; eases transitions through remembrance of the power of the soul in survival over physical death.

Pink Amaranthus (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) fire/earth/air - The paradox of the heart center is that, although it is an area that demands care and protection, when opened, it possesses mighty power and resources; helps one feel the power of his or her own heartfeltness and balance tendencies to weaken, or give away strength in the process of giving love; reawakening surrender to love.

Blackberry Lily (Belamcanda chinensis) orange; earth/fire/air -For unconscious/unresolved problems in the past concerning close relationships; for healing deep fears around sexuality; releasing repressed sexual trauma

Black Currant (Ribes nigrum) yellow; air - For deep fears related to identity shifts and crises; for the fear of non-existence or loosing the ego; opens one to soul identity.

Blessed Thistle (Carduus benedictus) red-yellow; fire - Eases fear of life; fear of moving with life; eases guilt and fear of punishment; enhances feelings of enjoying life; eases stress in stomach area; eases fear of forces beyond one's control.

Bluebell (Mertensia virginica) blue; air/earth - Access to more positive aspects of personality; for those who dwell in the negative; for those who cannot cycle out of cynicism; for grumpiness, withdrawal or aloofness.

Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) blue; earth/air - For those who feel obliged to live their lives as leaders, role models or providers; for those who cannot yield to a safer, healthier, more practical approach because of pride, ambition or role identity; for those who always feel that the buck stops with them. Ease and Versatility develop.

Borage (Borago officinalis) blue; earth/fire/air - Gives peace, lightness and courage; brings relief to burden, depression or melancholy.

Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgaris) pink-purple; earth/fire/air - Strengthens anchoring forces; releasing fears of being trapped in places or situations; releasing fears of being controlled by others.

Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) orange; fire/air - A remedy for "love addiction"; helps those who cannot commit to long-term relationships; for fear and sadness when initial stages of "being in love" shift.

Canada Thistle (Cirsium avense) pink; earth/fire/air - Letting go of pain, guilt or trauma which has been group or family inflicted.

Celandine (Chelidonium majus) yellow; earth/air - Enhances many aspects of communication; for self expression; receiving inspiration or higher thought; for communication blocks and misunderstandings.

Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) white; air - A dwarf mutation of wild pink columbine; provides insight into true identity and highest purpose; helps those who feel uncertain or lost in life choices.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) purple; earth/ air/ water - Brings forward repressed parts of the self; feelings, memories and parts of the physical which may be shut-down by the subconscious are opened.

Elecampagne (Inula helenium) yellow; air/earth - Learning to identify more deeply with newly discovered power and beauty in one's self; balancing and integrating new experiences of spirituality. Use when new feelings, talents, insights are awakened.

Fraxinella (Dictamnus albus) purple; fire - Completion, purification, insight; endings and beginnings. Using this essence brings a transformative energy which helps with lingering confusion or pain. It brings rapid movement into the chakras from upper to lower; ideal for final stages of healing trauma; for healing recent trauma.

Geranium (Geranium maculatum)- Helps bring about a cheerful nature; good for children who are downcast; good for adults who are prone to worry.

Gravel Root (Eupatorium purpureum) pink air water - Helps those who suffer from loneliness or fear of being alone; helps with anxiety over friendships and relationships.

Habanero Pepper (C. chinense habanero) white; fire/earth - Holds one in connection to the physical while doing emotional work; prevents separation, drifting, vertigo; promotes clarity and presence, at the same time providing movement to repressed feelings.

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) blue; earth/fire - Releasing guilt; helps those who have built personalities and lifestyles around guilt imprints; reawakens impulses of worthiness and receiving.

Horseradish (Amoracia rusticana) white; earth/fire/air - Old recurring thoughts or ideas receive energy to come forward for action, release or manifestation; one feels more power/energy to act; obsessive thinking patterns are discarded.

Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinium) lilac; earth/air - Enhances the awareness of the interconnectedness of all things through the heart; feelings and perceptions of aloneness, or disconnectedness are eased.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) white; air/water/earth - Expanding awareness of the presence of universal love; developing a sensitivity and receptivity to a higher love vibration; seeing and feeling the love in every moment; for stages when one feels unloved.

Indian Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica) yellow; air/earth - Helps to steady irrational fears or confusions; keeps balance in the mental body during expanded states; for releasing subconscious fears of spirituality.

Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) white; fire/earth/air Enhances group awareness, sensitivity and telepathy; provides energy, calmness and insight; enhances group experience and ceremony.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) green - deep red; water - For developing authentic spirituality; helps one resolve conflicts between past spiritual experiences and present spiritual insight.

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) yellow-white; air/earth - Produces a calm which allows deeper exploration or work; one's mind remains keen while enveloped by peacefulness; useful in combination with remedies which catalyst movement or a stirring of emotion.

Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) pink-purple; earth/air - For uprightness, lightness; helps those who burden themselves, refusing help from others.

Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) blue; air/earth/fire - Courage to express, own and speak the truth regarding one's self; for shyness or shame around expressing one's sexual nature.

Loveage (Levisticum officinale) green-yellow; fire/air - Moving into the world with a sense of safety and joy; developing a sense of exhilaration in walking one's path; confidence in taking action.

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) blue-pink; air - Helps strengthen the lungs as a vehicle to release trauma, tension and deep feelings, and to bring life-energy-prana into the system; a companion to breathwork, rebirthing, yoga, kundalini or breathing meditation.

Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) pink with purple center; air - Teaches how to soften interactions with those who we do not feel connected to; helps one to feel ease around people, especially those that we do not like; helps us to feel love when angry or hurt.

Milk Thistle (Carduus marianus) purple; air/fire/water - Letting go of deep anger, resentment or other held feelings which block the flow of love; allowing forgiveness to lead the way to a deeper experience of love; provides a bridge to lessons of unconditional love.

Missouri Primrose (Oenothera missouriensis) yellow; air/fire/earth - An essence for self-esteem; helps those who cannot recognize or utilize their own power; those who will not take in their own value; those who are shy or inexpressive of their own truths.

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) pink; earth/air/fire - Balancing inner softness with strength; knowing the power of one's feminine energies; for strength, assertiveness and setting healthy boundaries.

Onion (Allium cepa) white; earth/ air/ fire/ water - For releasing sadness; helps all phases and aspects of the grieving process; for children during disappointment or loss; supports inner child work.

Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) pink; earth/air - Realizing the beauty of one's earth and human natures; for problems with sexuality; awakens relationship with nature.

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) white-yellow flower-purple tuber; earth/air - For anchoring the self on the earth plane as one expands, awakens and develops; a remedy for the tendency to sublimate or romanticize painful experiences; brings a sense of stability in the growth process by providing a deep reference point of self when new experiences pull one off center.

Scarlet Pimpernel ( Anagalis arvensis) red; earth/air/fire - Helps with many aspects of difficult emotions; can help one understand and transform intense emotions; helps with release of blocked energy in heart; treats obsession, anxiety and fear.

Skullcap (Scuttellaria lateriflora) blue; air - Increases awareness of one's intuitive response to others; helps one to feel and know another from the other's perspective; enhances empathy in the healing process.

Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum odoratum) white; earth/air - Eases-softens extreme pride arrogance, or willfulness; helps those who are not willing to change; helps one develop alternatives.

Star Jasmine (Trachelosperumum jasminoides) white; air - Helps lighten feelings of somberness, heaviness or fatigue; helps with types of depression from feeling overburdened; brings the joy of spirit closer to the physical; a "lightener" in many combinations.

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) green; earth/fire - For releasing pain and grief related to partings and endings; for those who are often in conflict with others; for healing deep hurt from abandonment.

Sumac (Rhus glabra) green; fire/air - Brings a gentle strength and stamina to the system; assists in maintaining connection with the heart during difficult phases and transitions in recovery; good for those who feel that they have somehow missed life or have been passed by.

Teasel (Dipsacus sativus) pink; air/ fire/ water - For imbalances in giving and receiving; heals energy "leaks" in chakra system; for holding and maintaining energy within the system; for treating emotional pain which causes energy depletion.

Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) white; water/earth/air - For those who attract drama; for over reliance on acting out extreme emotional states for control; for emotional ease.

Wood Betony (Stachys officinalis) purple;earth/air - Helps clarify deeper meanings of relationship, friendship and sexuality; for those who prefer to be alone but are working on authentic ways to connect with others.

Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) yellow; air/fire - Breaking and moving out old patterns that have attached to the heart; letting go of identities based on lower frequency woundedness; for removal of unconscious imprints and energetic "cords", after processing.