Wild lettuce – (Lactura virosa or scariola)- Organic tincture

Leaves and latex
Flavor and nature: bitter, pungent, fresh - Fire of Liver (and Stagnation of Qi).
The wild lettuce has a fast action and in very small doses on the psychic tensions linked to the Fire of the Liver. Its strong acrid taste quickly undoes Liver Stagnation and its fresh nature combined with the bitter taste drains Fire and Evil Heat. Traditionally, its latex was harvested to make it a sleeping pill, a powerful pain reliever comparable to opiates. In the first century AD, Dioscorides compared the action of this plant to that of the sleeping poppy (Papaver somniferum). This opinion is still widespread, and it is wrongly considered that virgin lettuce is toxic. Wild lettuce and "Cold in the Liver".
A prolonged emotional suffering, buried deep and unconscious can cause a stagnation of Liver Qi without however causing visible Liver Fire ... the person keeps "everything
in its internal ". Sometimes its internal heats up (Fire Liver) but sometimes also on the opposite the Qi freezes and the Liver and its meridian cool. The person can appear extinct, complain of strong muscular tensions and his pulse can even be slow and hard. This same state can happen following a violent emotional shock or the use of hard drugs. In this case, the wild lettuce finds its place very specific. The subtle energy of the wild lettuce goes towards the respect of the other sex and the couple.
It helps to find a fair vision of the other sex, far from the advertising sexual bludgeoning. Text inspired by Viviane Le Moullec's book "Alchimie des plantes" Ed. Du dauphin. Paris

Form and dosage: Tincture: 3 to 7 drops, two to three times a day to disperse the Qi and Fire of the Liver; in larger doses, it may be sleeping.

33 ml bottle

Delivery times: France 2 to 3 days / Overseas 5 to 7 days / Europe, Switzerland and international 3 to 8 days /