A couple of days ago my Bible verse of the day was Psalm 51:7, 10-12 "Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Don't throw me from your presence and don't take your holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit."
It reminded me how much I love reading about the essential oils and herbs used in the Bible and that I have been slacking big time in blogging. So here's to a new strat!
Today I'm going to blog about Hyssop.
It's official name is Hyssopus officinalis.
It is an evergreen, bushy herb,
growing 1 to 2 feet high, with square stem, linear leaves and flowers in
whorls, six- to fifteen-flowered. The flowers are cultivated for use as an expectorant, diaphoretic, stimulant, pectoral, and carminative.
Historically it was used to disinfect and purify.
Making a tea with the fresh green tops can be beneficial for asthma and rheumatism.
Benefits of the essential oil:
bruises, colds, cough, fatigue, fevers, flatulence, indigestion,
inflammation, loss of appetite, nervous tension, sore throat, stress
related conditions, wounds
Not to be used when pregnant or if you have epilepsy.