Herbs • Wild Apple Tree

All apple trees are northern trees: they do not bear fruit properly unless the temperature drops below a certain degree in winter.

The Wild Apple tree is in all likelihood the most ancient species of the Apple subfamily, and as the hardiest of its relatives, it is distributed farthest to the north. However, it is possible that it did not grow in the British Isles until the Romans brought it there.

Medicinal use:

Wild Apples, like any Apple in general, have a cooling and moisturizing effect, and therefore are useful for diseases associated with excessive heat and dryness.

Thanks to the acid they contain, they invigorate and cleanse a sluggish body (especially effectively in the morning).

They act as a diuretic in diseases of the urinary tract, as well as an antiseptic and tonic, rich in a variety of vitamins, trace elements, amino acids,
flavonoids and malic acid.

Apples neutralize excess fat and therefore they are often eaten with fatty foods. During digestion, sour fruits release alkaline substances; This process is especially active during the digestion of apple cider vinegar.

Wild apples are useful in fighting immune diseases and contain antifungal agents. Apple juice helps with skin inflammation and exfoliates dead skin particles.

The bark of the Wild Apple tree has been used as a remedy for high fevers and chills in malaria and gumboil.

However, most often the fruits of this tree are used for eye diseases: for many centuries, fresh apple slices were applied as compresses to sore eyes, and they claim that for some time they really improve vision.

Household Application:

The pectin found in apples is a gelling agent that is used to make jams and jellies. Also, wild apples are used to flavor honey drinks and make melomel (fruit honey).

Culinary Application:

Wild apples are usually made into jam with a lot of sugar, and homemade apples are used in many hundreds of recipes.

Shamanic Application:

This plant is associated with Vanaheim, the world of the Vanir. It can be used in any fertility enchantment, both on people and animals, and on the fields: behind it lies all the fertility of Vanaheim.

In addition, the Wild Apple Tree is a powerful healer. A very effective way is to rub apple slices on the patient’s body, and then bury them in the ground: the pure and fresh energy of the Wild Apple tree absorbs the energy of the disease.

In addition, apples can be charged with healing energy and eaten.

But the Wild Apple tree is unsuitable for spells to track down and destroy disease: it should be used after other plants that cope with this task better, and it, in turn, will help strengthen the body’s natural defenses.