Name: Carpinus betulus
Toxicity: not known
Common Name: Hornbeam
Continent: Eurasia
Habitat: IV
Applicable Plant Components: cambium, herb, root, bark
Fortificational: cambium, root, bark
Amoristic: cambium, herb
Vulnerary: cambium, herb
Plenarial: cambium
Affixal: herb
Resurgent: cambium, root, bark
Anecdotal: Carpinus is Bird and Squirrel Medicine. It is an agent of fertility, inner strength, resilience and relinquishing children into their own lives. It is deeply associated with resolving women’s issues that have caused a loss of will or self-expression. Carpinus has been called “the great provider”, tied to ritual or circumstantial birth, death and rebirth. Its fine properties are extended to the tool handles made from its wood and support poles in lodges.