Common boxwood is a species of evergreen shrubs with a distinctive smell. First recognized for the quality of its hard and homogeneous wood, it is now used in the manufacture of wind instruments, combs, tops and acclaimed for building chess pieces. Topiary art, which gives original shapes to box trees, is particularly popular with royal gardeners. To try topiary art is to sculpt from the living! The leaves, which contain buxine, were once used to purify the blood and promote hair regrowth! The decoction of boxwood leaves is a powerful sudorific used in cases of chronic rheumatic affections, arthritis, gout… If you want to stop under an imposing boxwood, it is likely that you will have astonishing sensations. and memories of the past come flooding back. Boxwood invites continuity and liberation from past trials. Although surprising and captivating, boxwood leaves us strange and perplexed.
The hidden power of trees by Thierry Beaufort – forest therapist, told by Magalie Rohm – Gestalt therapist