Adrenals & Stress

Stress Tonic

This powerful tonic tastes as good as it feels.  The familiar peach plant starts this blend off with its array of antioxidants, there to counteract the effects of physiological oxidative stress accumulated by the body.  Next, motherwort performs her magic on the circulatory system, calming the heart and thereby dissipating anxiety.  The sedative Skullcap is a classic reducer of excess heat in the head, helping to ease anxiety.  Schisandra then lends her adaptogenic essence to this blend, alleviating depression, fatigue, and anxiety.  Everybody’s favorite feel good flower rounds out this blend with a hit of the loving essence of rose.

Ingredients: Organic peach leaves and twigs, organic motherwort, organic schisandra berry, organic rose petals and organic skullcap infused in organic spirits, non-gmo vegetable glycerin.

More about the herbs:

Peach Leaf: Peach leaf calms and soothes anxiety particularly when tension and irritation is involved. Peach leaf is soothing, cooling, and deeply restorative. Peach leaf can help resolve hurt and anger. Peach leaf is additionally soothing to the digestive tract especially when nausea is involved.

Motherwort: Motherwort is a gentle nervine that can be sued to sedate and calm excess nervous energy as a result of stress, lack of sleep, tension, and anxiety. Motherwort has an affinity for and strengthens the heart as a whole. Motherwort can be particularly helpful for stress that is affecting the heart. Bringing a sense of calmness and care, Motherwort can feel like a reassuring hug.

Schisandra Berry: Schisandra is an amazing berry full of compounds that support and nourish the whole body. Schisanda is an adaptogen that works to reduce stress by modulating stress hormones and enhancing the body’s physiological adaptive responses to stress. Schisandra helps improve focus, coordination, endurance, and reduces fatigue. Anti-inflammatory properties of Schisandra can benefit the whole body including the cardiovascular, nervous, immune, and lymphatic systems. Schisandra has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a tonic herb to be consumed daily throughout one’s lifetime.

Skullcap: Skullcap is a relaxing nervine tropho-restorative, meaning it soothes nervous tension while renewing and reviving the central nervous system. Skullcap improves the internal flow of energy and stress and can help relieve stress related tension headaches.

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He is our fiercely armored heal-all, the Native Indigenous healers believe.  We were taught not to fall into his trap of hauntingly beautiful spines, his latin name ringing true of their horror.  Perched within the damp forest so familiar to us, he is the gatekeeper of that mindset some of us find ourselves in; the Seattle depression, the winter blues, and it’s continuum to introspection and self reflection. When you feel like you have nothing more to give, your energy depleted, he stands tall.  Can you feel the heaviness of his surroundings? You stumble upon him in the thick fog of the cold Pacific Northwest rainforest, with a glimmer of light in a limited clearing, so reminiscent of ourselves. Are you searching for that glimmer? His red berries hanging like ornaments on this holiday tree, showcasing the danger he’s capable of. Yet he’s not there to harm you.  He’s there to protect you.  Let him carry your burdens. Devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus) is used extensively in spiritual practices; burning, smudging, and bathing, for it’s supposed protective nature. It’s bark and stem are used in teas, decoctions and tinctures as an adrenal adaptogen aimed towards the mesomorphic soul, prone to diabetes, hypertension, and high lipid levels.  The fatigue that comes with this adrenal depletion is one of dark exhaustion. His power is rooted in the ginseng family line. We are proud to highlight him in our Adrenal TONIC, appropriately paired with the Desert Queen (ashwagandha) to his Forest Kingship, tulsi glycerite to add a little pizzazz to the gloom, and ginger to push it through. We hope you enjoy this true adrenal blend.

Ingredients: Wildcrafted devils club, locally grown organic ashwagandha root, and locally grown organic tulsi (holy basil), and ginger infused in organic cane spirits and non-gmo vegetable glycerin.

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A delicious and calming blend of locally grown organic tulsi tea (holy basil), organic catnip, and organic lavender blossoms to put the racing mind at ease. 

The act of drinking tea itself is part of the stress treatment plan. Sit down, sip up, breathe and rest. 

Catnip is a gentle calming herb in the mint family with subtle notes and flavors worth exploring (it’s not just for cats despite popular belief!). While catnip is exciting to your feline, it will be soothing to you. Tulsi is an adaptogen which helps your body deal with stress and cortisol management and is one of our favorite tea backbones for its gentle yet robust flavors.  Lavender is a quintessential anxiety herb, known well to those in the essential oil world for diffusing next to your bed for relief, it’s internal workings beyond its volatile oils include helping digestion as a mild bitter.

If you need an extra kicker, we recommend our Stress Tonic to make it a daily duo.  Even if you are not a stress monkey, this tea is one of our all time favorites for it’s flavor profile; as it will surely be enjoyable to the common tea connoisseur. 

Ingredients: Organic Catnip, Organic Lavender, Organic Tulsi. 

Tapping into the parasympathetic nervous system takes more than just herbs, but this tonic can help with the process.  Our parasympathetic nervous system helps with “rest and digest”.  We use our Vagus Tonic for not only the neuronal recouping, but also for gut problems with a nervous system etiology; like lower esophageal dysfunction, delayed gastric emptying, and other gut disturbances reliant on the neural networks.

We use fumaria as our powerhouse in this blend, then taper it to a tolerable taste with chamomile and ginger, both helping the digestive pathways.

While this might not be the most delicious blend we craft, it has worked wonders in my patients who know.

ingredients: organic fumaria, organic chamomile, organic ginger, infused in neutral spirits and non-gmo glycerin

PNW grown ashwagandha, known around the world for its adrenal adaptive qualities, mild flavor, and gentle effects.

Licorice root is a TCM staple and has a variety of functions in herbal medicine including gut dysfunction, acid reflux, adrenal dysregulation, skin problems, liver support, hormonal balance, and will soothe a sore throat.

Licorice root should be used under the supervision of a natural physician, and is contraindicated if you have high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythm, chronic heart failure, or low potassium. Licorice root should not be taken for extended time periods.

Ingredients: Organic licorice root infused in organic cane alcohol and blackstrap molasses.

Disclaimer:  The information on this website is for educational purposes only.  The information on this website has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Flower essences are water extracts used to address emotional well-being, personal development development, and mind-body health. They are part of an emerging field of subtle energy medicine, which also includes homeopathy, acupuncture, color therapy, therapeutic touch and similar modalities.  All of our flower essences are odorless and neutral tasting.  The power is in the energy.

Peach Flower

Peach helps us find pleasure in the mundane. We love her fruits for their sweet, juicy flesh and she’s a reminder to us that we too, are sweet and juicy. These human bodies of ours are a deep source of joy and pleasure. For those of us who struggle to feel embodied, Peach can show us the way home. 

When feeling lost, alone, overwhelmed or exhausted, we begin to lose touch with our bodies. Daily tasks can become tedious, going through the motions without fully experiencing life. Passion is often the impetus for change but can be hard to find when bodily connection has been lost. For the person who feels rigid, stuck, dry or resentful, Peach might reconnect you with your juicy, sensual, playful self.

Flower essences are water extracts used to address emotional well-being, personal development development, and mind-body health. They are part of an emerging field of subtle energy medicine, which also includes homeopathy, acupuncture, color therapy, therapeutic touch and similar modalities.  All of our flower essences are odorless and neutral tasting.  The power is in the energy.

Linden

Linden nourishes the internal space to develop our own sacred, private life. In a world rich with social media, sharing the intimate parts of ourselves has become commonplace. To quietly nurture our passions and keep the stars in our own eyes, can be a radical act. It makes no difference what others see; the truth of who you are is yours, to see and hold in your own way.  

In working with Linden, we might remember who we are, where we came from, and how to relax into our roots. 

My own personal experience with Linden has been a softening of the rigidity that was protecting me from imagined judgements. Linden’s energy feels like being swaddled and rocked in a cradle. I have the capacity to unconditionally love myself, the way a mother loves her child.

 Flower essences are water extracts used to address emotional well-being, personal development development, and mind-body health. They are part of an emerging field of subtle energy medicine, which also includes homeopathy, acupuncture, color therapy, therapeutic touch and similar modalities.  All of our flower essences are odorless and neutral tasting.  The power is in the energy.

Yarrow is wild and fierce, gentle and kind. Above all, yarrow is a protector.

We all have aspects of ourselves that are vulnerable and tender, the places where words become sharp and intentions can wound. Yarrow softens the sharpness and strengthens boundaries, creating a buffer of protection extending out around us, clearing toxic energies and unwanted influences. Inside this sphere of protection, we are safe enough to kindle our own heart’s flame and expand into our fullest expression of self. 

Yarrow is unique, as she protects internally and externally. Because of this, I like to use Yarrow as a maintenance ritual, a monthly deep clean of vibrational influences and reset back to my own true north. I find this to be even more important during times of discord, when energetic influences become confusing. Yarrow cuts a discerning swath through them, centering, balancing and reorganizing energy to shine your brightest light.

Flower essences are water extracts used to address emotional well-being, personal development development, and mind-body health. They are part of an emerging field of subtle energy medicine, which also includes homeopathy, acupuncture, color therapy, therapeutic touch and similar modalities.  All of our flower essences are odorless and neutral tasting.  The power is in the energy.

Feral Rose

With the ferocity of a lioness she roars, the colors of her words painting the skies. Rose speaks the truth with unparalleled courage. She stands tall; soft of belly, long of spine, shoulders back, eyes soft and wise, love pouring forth. Her strength and confidence hold space for her softness. 

Rose’s story is one of boundaries. Her soft beauty coexists with her thorns. She is unyielding in her confidence; rebellious, tough and gritty when need be. She demands respect and makes no apologies when her thorns draw blood. You were warned. 

She is resilient and tough, fragile and delicate. The intoxicating fragrance draws us in, her beauty on full display. Through her, I’m reminded of my own wild beauty, my deep love shining out for the world to see. Rose teaches me that holding my boundaries as sacred allows me to stand confident in my own authority. 

Sourced from the waters of the Pacific Northwest to British Columbia, this simple blend of common seaweeds helps to regulate yin and nutrient deficiency.  A uniquely warming herbal microcosm from the metaphorical kidneys / water source, whereas many water oriented herbals are considered cooling or cold.

Try sprinkling some over popcorn, add dashes to soup broths, or take 1/4tsp in water to promote adrenal / thyroid / HPA health.  

Ingredients: Wildcrafted bladderwrack, wildcrafted bull kelp.  Contains shellfish / crustaceans.