Great News! We have added about 2 dozen new products to our website. Most of them are Single Herb Tinctures, which we will feature on this blog post. We also added some Compound Tinctures, Mushroom Tinctures, as well as two new herbal salves to our line-up. As always,...
We are aware that a few of our products are out of stock temporarily. Caught off guard in our inventory, a winter grieving the loss of our furbaby, then a small run of sorts on some of those herbals… sheesh… In addition, there have been price increases...
A Favorite year-round Tonic According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), these “kingly” herbs combine to create a formula that enhance and stabilize normal body functions. Each herb boosts the beneficial actions of the other two, and all three are considered...
There of two types of chamomile, and both have a fragrant, apple-like aroma. One is the low-growing Roman Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, a perennial ground cover. The other is German Chamomile, Maticaria recutita (or M. chamomilla), a delicate looking, lacy annual...
After all, what is a Hawthorn… a shrub? a tree? Although the black hawthorn tree – Crataegus douglasii – usually grows like a large shrub, with many suckering stems arising from the ground, here in northern Idaho there are huge tree-like specimens on...
Schizandra has been called “…one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Chinese medicine” by Stephen Buhner and is considered an excellent tonic and restorative on many levels. Schizandra is native to many parts of Asia, has numerous cousins, and has been traditionally used...
Calendula officinalis – Calendula, Marigold, Pot Marigold, “calends” (Latin) Sunshine as the face of a flower, that’s Calendula. Till the clouds come out. Then she folds her petals, protecting like a collar turned up on a windy day. Calendula is a...
Native to Central and South America, indigenous people of the Amazon region have used Cat’s Claw for millennia, for conditions such as arthritis, bone pain, cirrhosis, dysentery, and shingles, to name a few. Similar species of Uncaria are used in China for...
Stephen Buhner calls this plant “a world-class invasive” and observes that many invasive species plants are useful for treating diseases. Japanese Knotweed (also called Bushy Knotweed) is a source of resveratrol and has a broad range of actions. It is especially...
