Mistletoe
GENTLE HEART TONIC – RELAXING NERVES – IMMUNE MODULATION
This softly cooling, slightly sweet and mildly bitter herb has long been revered for its quiet strength and deep connection to the heart and nervous system. Mistletoe is your herbal companion when your system feels overworked, anxious, or off-balance—offering calm, regulation, and immune support. Known as a sacred plant of peace and protection, it gently steadies the heart and mind while offering resilience in the face of stress or immune challenge.
Traditional uses:
Heart & circulation – traditionally used to regulate blood pressure, ease palpitations, and support circulation. Mistletoe calms the heart, especially when emotional tension rises.
Nervous system support – settles frazzled nerves, cools tension around the head and heart, and eases mild insomnia, anxiety, and overexcitability.
Immune modulation – used by holistic practitioners as an adjunct to cancer therapies, mistletoe supports vitality, appetite, and immune response, especially during convalescence.
Menstrual regulation – historically used to support irregular or scanty cycles with a grounding, regulating effect.
Respiratory calming – offers mild expectorant support during coughs and chest tension.
As a tincture …
Take 20–60 ml per week in water, or 3–7 ml daily. (Contains 30–40% alcohol).
As a tea: Steep 1–2 tsp dried leaf in 250 ml cold water overnight. Gently warm and sip through the day.
Topical compress: For local tension or inflammation, apply mistletoe infusion-soaked cloth to area.
Most like:
Hawthorn – both soothe and support the heart; mistletoe is more calming for rhythm and pressure, hawthorn more strengthening for heart muscle.
Passionflower – both gently sedate the nervous system; mistletoe is more grounding to the heart and circulatory nerves.
Motherwort – both heart tonics; motherwort is more suited for hormonally-driven emotional strain, mistletoe more stabilizing and cooling.
Skullcap – both help with anxiety and tension; skullcap is quicker-acting, mistletoe is slower, deeper, and longer-lasting.
Hops – both calm the nervous system; hops is more sedating and bitter, mistletoe more subtle and emotionally grounding.
Caution:
Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Berries are highly toxic – never ingest.
Use only under guidance if taking blood pressure or anticoagulant medications.
Use low to moderate doses – high doses may be toxic.
GENTLE HEART TONIC – RELAXING NERVES – IMMUNE MODULATION
This softly cooling, slightly sweet and mildly bitter herb has long been revered for its quiet strength and deep connection to the heart and nervous system. Mistletoe is your herbal companion when your system feels overworked, anxious, or off-balance—offering calm, regulation, and immune support. Known as a sacred plant of peace and protection, it gently steadies the heart and mind while offering resilience in the face of stress or immune challenge.
Traditional uses:
Heart & circulation – traditionally used to regulate blood pressure, ease palpitations, and support circulation. Mistletoe calms the heart, especially when emotional tension rises.
Nervous system support – settles frazzled nerves, cools tension around the head and heart, and eases mild insomnia, anxiety, and overexcitability.
Immune modulation – used by holistic practitioners as an adjunct to cancer therapies, mistletoe supports vitality, appetite, and immune response, especially during convalescence.
Menstrual regulation – historically used to support irregular or scanty cycles with a grounding, regulating effect.
Respiratory calming – offers mild expectorant support during coughs and chest tension.
As a tincture …
Take 20–60 ml per week in water, or 3–7 ml daily. (Contains 30–40% alcohol).
As a tea: Steep 1–2 tsp dried leaf in 250 ml cold water overnight. Gently warm and sip through the day.
Topical compress: For local tension or inflammation, apply mistletoe infusion-soaked cloth to area.
Most like:
Hawthorn – both soothe and support the heart; mistletoe is more calming for rhythm and pressure, hawthorn more strengthening for heart muscle.
Passionflower – both gently sedate the nervous system; mistletoe is more grounding to the heart and circulatory nerves.
Motherwort – both heart tonics; motherwort is more suited for hormonally-driven emotional strain, mistletoe more stabilizing and cooling.
Skullcap – both help with anxiety and tension; skullcap is quicker-acting, mistletoe is slower, deeper, and longer-lasting.
Hops – both calm the nervous system; hops is more sedating and bitter, mistletoe more subtle and emotionally grounding.
Caution:
Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Berries are highly toxic – never ingest.
Use only under guidance if taking blood pressure or anticoagulant medications.
Use low to moderate doses – high doses may be toxic.