Rayven Michaels

In doing energy work for someone I channeled "bodark" as a treatment for the situation. I was not familiar with this so I did research and learned this was a colloquial name for the Bois d'arc tree which bears a green brainlike fruit also known as the hedgeapple, horse apple, Osage Orange among others. The wood of the tree was used to make bows and comparable to the Yew tree for that purpose. In fact, the French name Bois d'arc means bow wood. Most articles indicated that the fruits most common value was as a pest repellent comparable to DEET only safer. The sticky white milk that oozes from wounds to the fruit makes it mostly unpalatable. However, I did find that when both a male and female tree are present, the fruits bear seeds much like pumpkin seeds and quite delicious but very laborious and unpleasant to harvest.

The trees were planted during WPA years for soil erosion and when planted closely together created an interlocking hedge and their wicked thorns make for a nice protective barrier.  With ample room these trees can grow to 50 feet. They grow in 38 states and are plentiful in my home area.

Then came the really exciting part which made it clear why I channeled such a thing. It is used for treating cancer! Now I have a lot of research to do. ;0)