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Liquorice – Sweet Root & the Art of Right Relationship

Oct 21, 2025 | body connection, herbs, how to make, new moon ritual, seasonal

🍁 A warm welcome to seasonal video of rooty goodness! 

Under the New Moon in Libra, we meet Liquorice — Glycyrrhiza glabra, the sweet root of harmony. This moon restores balance after the fiery Full Moon in Aries, helping us find peace between the self and the other, between inner and outer worlds.

Liquorice is medicine for the edges — the mucous membranes of the body where we meet the world through breath, digestion, and touch. It soothes inflammation, moistens dryness, supports the adrenals, and teaches the gentle strength of right relationship.

💌 Read the full article: https://substack.com/@mothermouthmedicine/note/p-176571362?r=orzi2&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

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🎥 Watch the companion YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/Qjq6tCIlVCs?si=gQ7Qi0tvuZeVh5KN

In this video we’ll:

⚗️ Make a simple Liquorice & Thyme Cough Syrup for the throat, lungs, and nerves

🌿 Explore the folklore, medicine, and sweetness of Liquorice — herb of Venus and Mercury

⚖️ Reflect on balance, harmony, and right relationship under the Libra New Moon

With rooted sweetness,
Steph ✨

✨ Thank you Rasheeqa Ahmad from the Community Apothecary in Walthamstow for the cough Sirup recipe and showing me how to make it. 

Look at the fab work they are doing here: https://www.communityapothecarywf.org

https://www.instagram.com/communityapothecary.wf?igsh=MTZmb2ZhMmgyMzQ4Nw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

https://www.facebook.com/communityherbalhands

Thank you Mrs Grieves for all the folklore and related history.

Thank you Nicholas Culpeper and …. for anything related to herbal astrology.

🏞️ Picture credits:

Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Юрий Данилевский, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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