People may know the antiseptic, decongestantand anti-oxidant properties of the Helichrysum Italicum, the “golden sun” of the Mediterranean Sea; but perhaps not everyone knows that …

In mythology, Elicrisa is the nymph who gave her name to the Helichrysum, because it was the first to pick it up. According to the legend, the plant of Helichrysum comes from a beautiful nymph with golden hair, who loved a God but wasn’t loved in return. When she died, she was transformed into this flower from the other merciful gods.
An ancient proverb says: “Who is adorned with Helichrysum is filled with luck”. A lucky charm, therefore, useful to propitiate love meetings. A bunch of Helichrysum, let dry all year and then burnt on the night of St. John, would allow to conquer the loved one. This plant is very linked to the “fire ritual” of St. John festivities. In some places in Sardinia, on the morning of the feast of St. John, people used to wash their hands with the water that was prepared on night before soaking an odd number of bunches of this plant.

How much magic in this gift of the Mediterranean. How much Rebirth, in one little flower!