Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter March 29, 2021
CIRCULATORY: high blood pressure
GENITO_URINARY: tonic for the womb
IMMUNE: regulates immune response, infectious diseases
DIGESTIVE: weakness of bowels and stomach, colic, flatulence
NERVOUS: hysteria, strengthens the nerves, stress, may reduce fight or flight response, helps to soothe instinctive responses and triggers
PSYCHOLOGICAL: stress, PTSD, chaotic thinking
ENERGETIC: cutting energetic cords, protection, purifying the physical form to handle greater amounts of spiritual energy, purifies the basic and sex chakras
SPIRITUAL: sustained awareness, facilitates meditation and ceremony
- in ancient times rue was seen as an antidote to poison, this could be the poison of an unregulated basic chakra which was referred to as wickedness or poison
- Used in Pagan traditions for protection and magic spells
- In the past the Catholic Church used rue mixed with holy water and sprinkled on the congregation
- Hasidic Jews were taught to use rue in an amulet as a protection from plagues
- One of the ingredients in the original “ four thieves” formula from the great plagues of Toulouse France in 1628-1631