Dogwood Bud - Cornus Sanguinea

The Dogwood Bud is a resilient hardwood tree commonly found on calcareous hillsides across Europe. The Cornus tree species is dioecious, meaning it has distinct male and female forms. The female Cornus, known as Sanguinaria, exhibits red foliage during the summer solstice, signifying blood and the continuous cycle of life. In ancient Celtic mythology, Cornus Sanguinaria became a symbol of the heart. According to the doctrine of signatures, this tree is believed to help balance conditions of heightened metabolism.

Phytoembryonic plant medicine, similar to western botanical medicine, relies on the extraction of a variety of plant phytochemicals, nutrients, and energetics to exert therapeutic effects. The plant bud, composed mainly of meristem cells, is the most concentrated and vital part of the plant, since it houses all of a plant's developmental information. Meristem cells are undifferentiated embryological tissue capable of specializing function based on living conditions. Thus, meristem cells are the factory, motor, and blueprints for an immature plant, giving functional instructions to the embryonic tissue, and driving its growth to thrive in a specific environment.