The use of Cornflowers dates back to ancient Egypt and is typically added to herbal infusions, steeped as cornflower tea, used to create natural dyes, or added to potpourri.
Cornflower petals have been used in long standing wellness practices, often blended into herbal teas for both their beauty and their healthful qualities. Cornflower tea has been used to treat fever, constipation, water retention, and chest congestion.
According to Greek legend, the cornflower was a favorite of an admirer of the goddess Flora and its species name, Cyanus, was named after him. Cornflowers were even worn on the lapels of young men in love. It was said that if the flower wilted quickly, then the love was not reciprocated. The cornflower is the national flower of Estonia and a symbol of numerous European political parties and educational institutions.
Magically Cornflowers can be used for psychic awareness, ritual, fertility, love, sex, creativity, abundance, heal intuitive blocks and access inner wisdom. They have been added to herbal teas to promote divination and open the Third Eye. Cornflower petals can also be used to make a wonderful mystical blue-colored handmade ink
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