Name: LONICERA spp.
Toxicity: considered toxic
L. periclymenum (Woodbine, Honeysuckle) Habitat: I
L. xylosteum (Goat’s Leaf, Fly Honeysuckle) Habitat: IV
Continent: Eurasia
Applicable Plant Components: herb, bark, stem, fruit
Sanctificational: bark, stem, herb, fruit
Invitatory: bark
Convocational: bark
Psychical: bark, herb
Desistant: herb
Harmonical: bark
Pacificatory: herb
Reconciliatory: herb
Theurgical: bark, stem
Amoristic: herb
Tutelary: bark, herb
Vulnerary: bark
Sanguinary: bark
Providential: herb
Plenitudinal: herb
Plenarial: herb
Ensurant: herb
Ecstatic: stem (under pillow)
Divinatory: fruit
Affixal: fruit
Resurgent: herb
Anecdotal: Lonicera is Bird and Bear Medicine. Its wood ashes are used for tattooing soot. The woody vine can be hollowed out for pipe stems and the green stems are woven into baskets. Lonicera is associated with the maze of life, revealing hidden secrets and leading to ones spiritual center while guarding against distraction. It is also deeply connected to passion, tantric practices and sensuality while it relieves the distraction of sexual abstinence during prolonged ritual involvement. Lonicera is extremely diverse. It is sanctifying medicine associated with strength and abundance. Lonicera addresses the spirit of homesickness when it has led to deep sorrow, stress and unproductive rest. It is good luck medicine with regard to the hunts for ones personal medicine. The spirit within Lonicera is invoked to address spiritual pain that has led to a complete breakdown of expression. It is formidable incarnant for resolving related endopsychic wounds by the means of its link to birth and rebirth.