Turkey bush: properties, benefits and uses (Australian Flower Essence and Remedy)


Turkey bush is an Australian flower remedy made from Calytrix exstipulataIt gives confidence in one’s creativity and ability to express itself and is also useful for recontacting the inner and innate healing force . Let’s find out better. 


Description of the plant

Calytrix exstipulata– the shrub reaches 3 meters in height, with twisted and cracked stems; the minute leaves are similar to small green flakes attached very close to the small branches to decrease the leaf surface exposed to the sun during the dry season, thus reducing water loss.

The flowers are star-shaped with narrow petals and a mauve-pink color that fades with aging, and bloom from May to August. In common with most Calytrix is ​​the characteristic of the down that extends from the lobes of the calyx beyond the petals.

The shrub grows along roads, on poor, gravelly soils and in the plains of Australia’s Top End. The remedy comes from a particular area of ​​that region, from the Katherine Gorge, a series of thirteen gorges: it was prepared where the oldest aboriginal rock paintings are found: Turkey Bush is the remedy for creative expression at every level.


Property of Turkey Bush

  • It favors contact with creative energy and the expression of one’s creativity, helping to eliminate emotional blocks or traumas that can inhibit such expression.
  • It favors the acceptance and appreciation of one’s own expressive uniqueness, supporting the confidence in one’s creativity and capacity for creative expression.
  • Useful for regenerating the creative inspiration of artists. 
  • By contributing to the rebirth of the creative force, it can help to recontact the inner and innate healing force as well.

Preparation and use

In a 30 ml bottle, combine ¾ of natural water and ¼ of brandy to preserve the product; add 7 drops for each chosen flower. 7 drops of this personal blend are taken under the tongue , morning and evening, upon awakening and before bed.

The drops can also be applied locally as well, combined with neutral cream as a carrier, in the bath water or vaporized in the environment to create a harmonious place.

They can also be prepared without brandy, making sure that they do not degrade (if necessary, the preparation is repeated). They can be diluted in a little water or herbal tea, even for children.

It can be combined with She Oak and Flannel Flower to rebalance infertility problems (inability to create, generate). 


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