Cornus Sanguinaria is a tenacious hardwood tree that grows on calcareous hillsides throughout Europe (1). There are two sexes to the Cornus tree. The Sanguinaria represents the female Cornus as each summer solstice its leaves turn red, symbolizing blood and the cyclical flow of this vital life force (2). In ancient Celtic mythology, Cornus Sanguinaria came to represent the symbol of the heart (3). Based on this doctrine of signatures, this tree has a strong affinity with issues of the heart, ranging from blood re-absorption from traumatic hemorrhages (4) to assistance of cirulatory flow. Its primary actions are to clear clogged arteries especially where there is plaque formation leading to coronary insufficiency (5). The secondary action is to assist in moderating the functions of the thyroid gland with thyrotoxicosis especially when this is associated with symptoms of extrasystole and hyperhydrosis (6), (7).
(4) Tétau and Scimeca 78.
(16) Tétau and Scimeca 78.