Self-Heal Wallpaper, Prunella vulgaris

Check out these Self-Heal wallpaper images we made for you!

This week we’re featuring Self-Heal, Prunella vulgaris, which is probably the single most studied herb in the world.

Self-Heal is a small plant in the Mint family – in fact, along with Ground Ivy and Dead Nettle, it’s one of the very the smallest plants in the Mint Family. And that’s a big part of the reason why, although it’s one of the most studied plants in the world, it’s not super easy to buy in the US – because it’s very labor intensive to harvest and space-intensive to grow. But if you are growing it for yourself, those aren’t such big concerns: if you have a yard, you can grow plenty of Self-Heal! All you have to do is toss a bunch of seeds out in Fall (they need the winter to be cold and damp in order to germinate) and in the Spring they’ll do their thing – all that’s left is to go pick the purple flowers!

But why should you bother – and why are they studying Self-Heal so much?

Self-Heal is best known as a lymph mover and a vulnerary. Honestly, those two aspects would be enough all by themselves – in our sedentary lives, we need all the help we can get to keep the fluids flowing. And although usually we think of vulnerary plants as “wound healers”, and we tend to think about wounds as something on our skin, these days it’s important to recognize how important this action is internally, and what a huge role it plays in overall health.

Basically our entire insides are lined with the same kind of skin cells that are on the outside of our bodies – they line the digestive tract, the blood vessels, the tubes of the urinary system – anywhere there are tubes, there’s endothelium lining them (endothelium means skin that’s on the inside). But that’s not all! Organs have endothelial linings too! And it turns out that many, many things can wound these internal skin cells – everything from rancid oils and high-sugar diets to viral infection to lack of movement and more. And wounds to your inside skin can kick off lots of different disease states – so it’s important to “take care of the skin you’re in” but even more to take care of the skin that’s in you!

Between keeping the fluids moving so that you don’t end up with stagnant inflammation, and keeping your internal skin healthy so you don’t end up with wounding inflammation, Self-Heal plays a huge role in controlling inflammation and managing inflammatory diseases.

But that’s not all! Learn more about working with Self Heal:

In relation to vascular health, varicose veins, and cholesterol levels in the Cardiovascular Health course
In relation to menstrual support & uterine health in the Reproductive Health course
In relation to nervous system and mental health in the Neurological & Emotional Health course
In relation to lymphatic stimulation and the inflammatory process in the Immune Health course

And naturally, Self-Heal is featured in our Materia Medica course, where you’ll learn over 100 of the most important herbs in our practice!

Download the wallpapers:

Laptop/desktop wallpaper:

For the high-resolution version, click on the image. That will open the higher resolution image – right-click on the image to download. Then find the image on your device and select “Set Desktop Picture”.

Phone wallpaper:

For the high-resolution version, click on the image. That will open the higher resolution image – right-click on the image or hold on the image for the alt-menu, then select “Save to photos”. Find the picture in your photos and select “Use as Wallpaper”. You may need to “pinch” it in or out to either scale it down to fit your phone or scale it up to fit your phone, depending on which model you have.