Tracing their roots back to the earliest civilizations, herbs have always been an essential medicinal agent in traditional and holistic remedies designed to naturally help heal the body, nurture your spirit, and tend to ailments and diseases.
To help our clients understand the properties of the herbs we use in our products, we have created a simple yet detailed herbal dictionary so that you can be sure you’re choosing the best product for your needs.
Ashwagandha
Nourishes and strengths nervous, adrenal, thyroid, and immune function and decreases inflammation. Classic uses include boosting libido, relieving chronic pain, and promoting vigor, while the herb has benefits for relieving anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Assam
Gives a boost in energy and an increase in mental alertness from the caffeine
Blackberry Leaves
is high in vitamin C and hydrolysable tannins and flavonoids. Also useful for gastrointestinal inflammation and diarrhea.
Black Cohosh
is generally used for menopausal conditions, painful menstruation, uterine spasms, and vaginitis
Calendula
is healing, soothing, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying via the lymph, and slightly antimicrobial. This herb can be used in a cream or salve for dry, itchy, irritated rashes and skin conditions.
Chamomile
this herb improves digestion and helps dispel colic, gas, pain and bloating, it has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties and can be used for teething pain and topically for rashes.
Cinnamon
has astringent, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties, which help tighten, tone, and heal gut damage, ease diarrhea, and discourage pathogens. It also lowers blood sugar and cholesterol and improves hearth health.
Cloves
effective stimulant and aromatic for the lungs and stomach, antioxidants properties, and anti-inflammatory. Cloves are mildly aphrodisiac.
Dandelion
this herb is very bitter. It has digestion-enhancing, liver-detoxifying, and very potent diuretic effects, all of which make it useful as a kidney tonic and for poor digestion, allergies, acne and high blood pressure.
Echinacea
stimulates immune function to prevent and treat the cold and flu when taken in high, regular does at the first signs of infection. It helps the body fight both bacterial and viral infections.
Elder
Elderflowers and elderberries blend perfectly in syrup to help immune system fend off viral invaders. It helps block receptor sites that viruses use to get into your cells and loaded with antioxidants.
Fennel Seed
It helps with digestion and have antispasmodic action that quickly relieves colic, gas, pain, bloating, and nausea.
Fenugreek
it will increase milk flow and promote hair growth.
Ginger Root
can be used for colds, coughs, and vomiting. The uses of ginger is well known in the digestive respiratory systems. It is used for arthritic conditions and it is tonic to the heart. It relieves gas and cramps in the abdomen, including menstrual cramps.
Gotu Kola
helps energize and helps the body adapt to stress while also improving cognition and memory and relieving anxiety. It also improves circulation and heart health, strengthens the vascular lining capillaries and connective tissue and promotes skin health and wound healing.
Green Tea
This herb is used to combat fatigue, prevent arteriosclerosis and certain cancers, lower cholesterol, and aid in weight loss.
Hibiscus
has a positive effect on cholesterol and triglycerides and protective effects for the capillaries, help normalize blood sugar and insulin response and protects the liver.
Holy Basil
used for calming and energizing, relieving anxiety and grief, and balance cortisol and blood sugar levels.
Lemon Balm
the lemony essential oils gently lift mood and improve attention and cognition. This herb is considered for over activity, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, memory, and insomnia. It also has antiviral activity against the flu and herpes.
Marshallow Root
it gently stimulates immune function, quells spasms, and decreases inflammation.
Moroccan Mint
relieve digestive discomfort
Nettle
It improves overall vitality and nutrition. It also decreases allergies and histamine, tightens and tones tissue (uterine, bladder, gut, respiratory system and kidneys) and acts as a diuretic to flush toxins from the body. It also helps you eliminate uric acid, which may relieve gout.
Oat Straw
is rich in calcium, magnesium, and iron with supportive silica and B vitamins.
Orange Peel
contains a flavonoid that helps maintain blood pressure and cholesterol. It makes a natural antioxidant that helps boost your immune system and fight off germs and viruses. Also have anti-inflammatory properties that help treat many digestions and gastrointestinal problems such as diarrhea, heartburn and acidity.
Peppermint
leaves are another classic carminative tonic. The oil extracted from the leaves is rich in menthol, which acts as a potent antispasmodic, and performs well for gas, pain, and IBS. It invigorates the mind and spirit, clears the sinuses, relieves coughs, and eases pain for headaches and nausea.
Raspberry Leaf
as astringent it tightens and tones tissue, improving its function and has a particular affinity got the uterus, digestive tract, and mouth (gums). It even strengthens the muscles of the uterus
Rooibos
have antioxidants can protect against cancer, heart disease and stroke.
Rose Hips
this herb provides vitamin C, bioflavonoids, and antioxidants, all of which improve immune, respiratory and skin/connective tissue health and decrease inflammation and oxidative stress.
Rosemary
improving memory, indigestion, arthritis-related joint pain, and hair loss.
Rose Petals/Buds
act as gentle astringents for other body systems, helpful in cases of leaky or inflamed gut, diarrhea, mild bleeding, reproductive organs, and skin. Roses feature in anti-wrinkle and antiaging skin-care remedies.
Shatavari
improves libido and reproductive tonic for women. Also improves fertility, increase milk flow and has a diuretic effect. Its demulcent, soothing, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic actions target the reproductive, urinary, digestive and respiratory systems.
Slippery Elm
offers soothing, healing, slimy, mucilaginous, demulcent benefits. It temporarily coats the mucous lining of your digestive tract, which helps soothe irritation and promotes healing of inflammation and tissue damage. It helps with sore throat, dry irritating cough and respiratory conditions, urinary tract inflammation and topically for rashes.
Spearmint
is used for digestive disorders including gas, indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, upper gastrointestinal tract spasms, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bile duct and gallbladder swelling and gallstones.
St. John’s Wort
this herb alleviates mild to moderate depression. It’s an amazing nerve tonic inside and out, helps with nerve damage, pain, healing and mood-related neurotransmitter function.
Yerba Mate
can boost energy and improve mental focus, immune system, lowers blood sugar levels, protect against infections, and rich in antioxidants.