Echinacea, Sage, Lavender, Chamomile, Basil
A healing garden can take many forms but always provides interaction with nature. It is a place to relax, pray, reflect, connect and be comforted by the gifts from God that are the healing elements of nature. Studies show that natural environments can have a positive effect on your health and well being.
Creating a place with elements that represent life and health, such as trees, plants and flowers; and features that stimulate the senses, such as fragrances, the sounds of birds and water, and the feel of sunlight or a gentle breeze will be beneficial to healing.
Visually plants provide inspirational colors or peaceful tones. The design and development of a healing garden, just like the process of healing and recovery, takes place over time. It is that journey and the time spent with nature that heals our body and soul.
Healing Plants
Basil: Flatulence, lack of appetite, cuts, and scrapes. Harvest the young leaves of this annual plant as needed.
Chamomile: Indigestion, anxiety, skin inflammations. Most commonly used in tea, it’s leaves and flowers are full of oils that have natural relaxing, sedative qualities and it’s also used as anti-inflammatory for arthritis, rheumatism, etc. Use the flower heads for infusions and salves.
Echinacea: Used in teas or tinctures to increase the body’s immunity to colds and flu.
Feverfew: Headaches (including migraines), arthritis, skin conditions. Use leaves and flowers for teas; chew leaves to ease headache pain.
Lantana: add to steam for a great natural expectorant, and the oils are also used as an anti-inflammatory in tissue healing
Lavender: Can help clear up headaches and calm anxiety. Lavender is a good insecticide. Pouches of dry lavender put in the drawers among clothes keep clothes smelling good and can keep moths away
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Lemon Balm: Anxiety, insomnia, wounds, herpes, insect bites, flatulence, upset stomach. A relative of mint, lemon balm is a versatile medicinal herb.
Parsley: Flatulence, bad breath. This herb is loaded with nutrients as well as healing powers.
Peppermint: Commonly found in everything from toothpaste to gum, sweets, balms and cough medicine, Peppermint can be used to freshen everything from your breath to your home. It’s also used to relieve indigestion, heartburn, allergies and more.
Poppy: The California poppy has similar medicinal benefits to the opium poppy, although it is much milder, gentler and less addictive. It is even mild enough to be given to children. As an herbal remedy, California poppy tincture or extract is a relaxant and antispasmodic. It has been used to treat such ailments as insomnia, delirium, motion sickness, stress, nervousness, tense jaw and attention deficit disorder.
Sage: Mouth and throat inflammations. Sage's genus name, Salvia, means "to heal," reflecting its early use as a medicinal, not culinary, herb. The natural oils and tannins in sage have a variety of homeopathic qualities, including being a great antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, astringent and antiseptic.
St. John's Wort: Mild to moderate depression. (Talk to your doctor first.) The glossy leaves and yellow flowers are this herb's active parts.
Thyme: Coughs, congestion, indigestion, gas. The active principle in thyme, thymol, is a strong antiseptic.
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