Evening primrose Tincture. The healing power. Strong antispasmodic for cramping, spasm and asthma attacks,nervous tension, anxiety

A Greek witch was called a pharmakis, from which we have pharmacist and pharmacology. Their basic job was herbs, medicines and poison. The odds are very good that a sick person might go see the local witch woman rather than an expensive doctor.

Ancient Greek Witches had their own practical antidote for any illness.
They new how to take the gifts from earth like roots herbs and flowers and transform them medicines.

A Forgotten Tonic Herb
Evening primrose is yet another one of our beautiful healing herbs that has been somewhat forgotten.

Evening primrose owes its name to the words wine and beast (Oenothera) because they said the wine mixed with flowers tames even the beasts hence primrose. Primrose called because its flowers open at night and spread intoxicating fragrance.

The ripe seeds are in the centuries various applications as an astringent for skin, poultice for wounds, boiled to treat cough and chant, gastrointestinal disorders, and treatment of pertussis therapists used a syrup from the flowers. Today all the attention has been given to the fact that the night flowers contain essential for our health omega-6 fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).

This wonderful ingredient indirectly plays a key role in the proper functioning of our immune system, contributes to the improvement of inflammatory diseases, particularly arthritis, administration of GLA in women suffering from premenstrual syndrome reduces irritability, cramps and breast tenderness, limits growth and shrink the size of the tumor cells (GLA is the only fatty acid which has proven this action) killing pre-cancerous cells (large study in Finland found that women who had high levels of GLA are likely to develop cancer breast was very limited), stimulates the immune system, reduces heart disease and fights diabetes, lowers high cholesterol, has antioxidant and protects and improves acne and dermatoses.

The sweetly scented flowers of this magick herb open towards evening .Eliphas Levi recommended it be placed on the altar for Moon ceremonies. Some use this plant in hunting magic, perhaps by its association with Moon and thereby with the huntress Diana. It is also a fairy plant, from which it is said the Fae collect dew to make potions. The flowers represent fickleness in the Victorian language of flowers, perhaps because as the season progresses, the flowers, which normally open only at dusk, will open in the morning but not have a scent until the evening. To me there is something very Moon-like in this "fickleness," corresponding to the Moon's shifting apparent shape.

Evening Primrose is an excellent tonic for Adrenalin type stress where the GI, liver, skin, reproductive system and kidneys tend to all be deficient but the nervous System and musco-skeletal are in excess which leads to eventual burnout and chronic digestive disorders, often accompanied by pelvic congestion. This is a gentle, neutral remedy that can be used over a long period of time without adverse effects. Certain species are more bitter than others and I prefer to use the non-bitter white flowering type here for most uses, and reserve the slightly bitter plants for more heat clearing, stomach stimulating purposes.

Evening Primrose definitely soothes the stomach, especially in tea form, being relaxing, antispasmodic, slightly astringent and somewhat mucilaginous, very healing and gently tonic. This is an ideal remedy for dyspepsia with gastric inflammation, a large, coated tongue and an overall sense of gloom. It is especially useful where there is a spasmodic cough/asthma and/or pelvic fullness and reproductive irritation. Clymer wrote that it is indicated when a person had been consuming a bad diet over a long period of time that resulted in toxins accumulating in the digestive system. This kind of diet often negatively effects the liver as well, and Evening Primrose is indicated both in modern research on the seeds as well as through traditional usage of the whole plant for a debilitated or sluggish liver.

Αcting on the peripheries of sensory nerves, relieving local and reflex excitability... It has proven useful in hyper-sensitiveness of the stomach with indigestion, uterine irritability, hysteria, hysterical vomiting, tenesmus, spasmodic cough, and other difficulties of reflex origin.”

Τhe tincture be useful for severe menstrual cramps, it doesn’t always eliminate the pain but it can lessen it on par with more powerful

Τhe plant is most strongly in nervous system and muscles, which become very relaxed but without my mental state very much. Muscle relaxant

Suggested Dosage: 1-15 drops of tincture up to 3-4 times per day

Useful for skin problems, asthma, PMS and menopause.

Fresh plant Evening Primrose tincture is perhaps a stronger antispasmodic for cramping, spasm and asthma attacks than the tea, and has very nicely effective and quick results for nervous tension, anxiety, and PMS grouchies. Use the tincture as well, if on the go, traveling or otherwise unable to use the infusion/tea.
Use either the tincture or the infusion as a wash, compress, or liniment topically for burns, insect bites and stings, bruises, swellings, hemorrhoids and the like.

I put Evening primrose in pure Tsipouro (Greek: τσίπουρο) is a pomace brandy from Greece and in particular Thassos. Tsipouro is a strong distilled spirit containing 40-45% alcohol by volume and is produced from the pomace (the residue of the wine press).