Bleeding Heart Dicentra - A Compendium of Plants

Plant Witchery: Discover the Sacred Language, Wisdom, and Magic of 200 Plants - Juliet Diaz 2020


Bleeding Heart Dicentra
A Compendium of Plants

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ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES

love, healing

This iconic plant looks just like her name—a heart-shaped blossom that has split open, with a droplet leaking out the bottom. She is also known as fleur de Marie or ladies’ locket. She is easy to care for, especially because she prefers shade over bright sunlight. Touching her can cause a mild skin rash, so be careful when handling her, and keep her away from your pets.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Bleeding heart can be made into a tincture—she will treat anxiety or grief and give you a sense of calm and well-being. You can also chew on her root to relieve a toothache.

MAGICAL PROPERTIES

Bleeding heart teaches that love is more powerful than we think, that it is a giver of life and bringer of death, and we should recognize the impact our love can have. She is of course great for love Magic, both to attract love and to heal a current relationship.

PLANT WISDOM

Bleeding heart understands what you are going through. She is deeply compassionate and will be there for you no matter how difficult your troubles may seem. She takes the pain from broken hearts and turns it into something beautiful, offering peace and healing in its place. Set your intentions for what you want to let go of, and then burn her petals for release.

If you’ve experienced a heartache rooted in childhood—if, for instance, your parents weren’t there for you, or didn’t care for you as they should have, bleeding heart will bring you into her spirit and embrace you with her mothering energy. She draws in those who need her, calling them to her so she can take care of them. She visits only those who need her in their dreams.