Collection: ☴ Wind/Wood — Strong Yin | רוח/עץ — יין חזק

☴ Wind/Wood — Strong Yin | Gentle Persistence, Deep Penetration

Wind/Wood is strong yin in full penetrating depth — persistent, flexible, finding every opening without force. The primary yin force in motion: neither aggressive nor weak, but inexorably, gently present.

Wood grows without haste, bending in the storm yet never breaking. Wind moves without resistance, carrying seeds of change into every corner of existence. The penetration of Wind is without end.

🌿 The Eight Oils of Wind/Wood

Each oil in this collection is assigned to one of the eight Wind/Wood hexagrams by Jonathan Benavides & Manuel Silva — a complete map of strong yin energy expressed through plant intelligence:

• Citrus limon — Lemon · Hexagram 57 · Wind/Wind · Pure Penetrating Force
• Litsea cubeba — May Chang · Hexagram 48 · The Well · Inexhaustible Nourishment
• Eucalyptus globulus — Eucalyptus · Hexagram 44 · Coming to Meet · Opening & Clearing
• Origanum vulgare — Oregano · Hexagram 50 · The Cauldron · Transformation & Purification
• Zingiber officinale — Ginger · Hexagram 32 · Duration · Sustained Warmth
• Helichrysum italicum — Helichrysum · Hexagram 18 · Work on the Decayed · Deep Healing
• Melaleuca alternifolia — Tea Tree · Hexagram 28 · Preponderance of the Great · Resilient Strength
• Fokienia hodginsii — Siam Wood · Hexagram 57 · The Gentle · Meditative Depth

✦ Anchor Oil: Lemon on Hexagram 57

Lemon (Citrus limon) is the anchor of this entire group — clear, penetrating, gently relentless. The citrus that cleanses without stripping, brightens without forcing. On Hexagram 57, Wind doubled, Lemon embodies the pure penetrating principle: finding every opening, clearing every stagnation, refreshing every space it enters.

🔯 Explore the Wind Hexagrams → 🌿 Lemon Monograph →

Sources: Jonathan Benavides & Manuel Silva · Robert Tisserand · Gabriel Mojay · Salvatore Battaglia · Richard Rudd