I started using Milkweed two weeks ago as the main essence ( with Black Cohosh) in a blend to address wounds from a malignant narcissistic mother, in effect literally having my "wings" torn off by a woman whose mothers milk was actually poison, absolutely bereft of love and nurturance. Also in the blend was California Pitcher Plant, to enable me to connect with my earthly ( feminine!) body and it's needs which have been so denied ...Holy cow. On the first night I dreamt I was a massive she-wolf, on the hunt for food to feed my baby ( my inner child!). God help anyone who stood in my way. I was big, hairy, full of uncompromising maternal vitality of the most animalistic kind, frighteningly so. Like you didn't want to mess with this creature who had both the power and the desire to kill to ensure the safety and survival of herself and her children. lThe dream woke me up in a majorly freaked out state as my mother is the ultimate passive aggressive masquerading as some kind of refined "lady" and raised me to believe that anything other than her hysterical Jane Austenish f***** delusions of grandeur were abhorrent and disgusting. Well, as much as the wolf scared me, she started to growl and bristle and I could not hide her. As a career placater and people pleaser, I was almost looking upon myself askance as I have gone through the last couple of weeks making sone very toxic people in my immediate environment including my mother, literally almost back off in fear, yet I have remained as always calm, reasonable and polite. But the wolf is now there, and she is patrolling the boundaries that I never even thought were mine to own. Woohoo! I'm loving her. And the interesting thing is, I have suddenly begun receiving genuine caring and sincere emotional support from other women. I never had this before experiencing only the crappy competitiveness for male attention that was instilled in me.
In short, go the Milkweed, go the essences that empower the feminine body and it's glorious expression and needs, and power on!