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doctrine of signatures

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doctrine of signatures,
n a principle that assigns healing properties to plants on the basis of the association between their physical characteristics and those of the disease or the affected part of the body.


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She will host Matthew Wood as he explores Traditional Western Herbalism through Plant Energetics and the Doctrine of Signatures during a weekend workshop June 24th and 25th.
Traditional western herbalism: the energies of four elements by Thompson, Jill Frink / New Life Journal
In the Doctrine of Signatures, wherein we divine the use or affinity of a plant, based on its unique physiology, "spiny-covered" certainly suggests a plant with some defensive properties.
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