CARD – Plantable Tea Card – Chamomile and Bergamot (Երիցուկ)

Elevate your stationery by sending a card no one can forget. This handmade tea card is crafted with seeds of chamomile and bergamot. Chamomile was widely used in ancient Armenia, externally on the body, to reduce skin irritations, as it was understood to have an antiseptic effect. Today, chamomile is enjoyed as part of numerous herbal tea blends for its calming effect, as well as to fight colds and relieve menstrual cramps. Similarly to chamomile, bergamot (also called "bee balm") was believed to have antiseptic properties due to the herb's high concentration of thymol, and used to heal stings and wounds. The front of this tea card is painted with mineral pigments and egg yolk, employing Medieval techniques used in religious iconography and Armenian manuscript painting. It displays a vishap, which is a proto-Armenian water dragon commonly depicted with the head of a bovine and the body of a fish or serpent. Vishapakar, or dragon stones, were carved monuments dating to the Bronze a