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Herbs

Benefits of Herbs

HealthRenee

The following is a list of many of the herbs that we carry, and a short description of their potential benefits. Dosage is only recommended amounts and you should contact a health care profession if you would like information specifically for your health condition/regimen.

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

1. Organic Goji Berry

Provides High Levels of Antioxidants and Nutrients. Improve Immune Function and Fight Cancer. Protect Eye Health. Help Stabilize Blood Sugar. Detoxify the Liver. Keep Your Energy and Mood Up. Boost Fertility. Lowers high blood pressure, fever, and age-related eye problems.

Dosage: Chew berries or boil into a juice.

2. Organic Ashwagandha Root

Improves Thyroid Function. Relieves Adrenal Fatigue. Combats Stress and Anxiety. Improves Depression. Balances Blood Sugar Levels. Helps to Fight Cancer. Reduces Brain Cell Degeneration and Improves Memory. Boosts Immune Function boosts fertility.

Dosage: 8-12 oz of boiling water over 1-2 tspn and allow to steep for 5-10 minutes.

3. Organic Holy Basil Leaf Powder (Rama)

The Hindu name for holy basil, Tulsi, means "the incomparable one." relief from respiratory disorders, as well as treatment of fever, asthma, lung disorders, heart diseases, and stress.

Even going close to a tulsi plant can protect you from many infections. A few leaves dropped in drinking water or food can purify and kill the germs within as well. Even smelling it or keeping it planted in a pot indoors can protect the whole family from infections, cough, cold, and other viral infections. Relieves headache.

Dosage: ½ tspn  daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

4. Organic Bitter Melon Powder

Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd health benefits includes managing blood sugar and treating diabetes, enhancing body immunity, hemorrhoid relief, help sharpen vision, relieving asthma, enhance skin and treat skin conditions, plays role in cancer prevention and helps treat HIV and herpes. Other benefits includes reducing cholesterol levels, promoting bone health and promoting weight loss and good digestion.

Dosage: ⅛ tspn  daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

5. Organic Artichoke Leaf

Artichoke leaf increases bile production, protects the liver, reduces cholesterol, promotes urination, and stimulates appetite.

Dosage: Pour 8-12 ounces of boiling water over 1 tspn of artichoke leaves. Steep for 3-4 minutes.

6. Organic Amla Berry Powder

Amla is one of the richest sources of Vitamin C known to man. Amla enhances food absorption, balances stomach acids, fortifies the liver, nourishes the brain and mental functioning, and supports the heart. It also strengthens the lungs, regulates elimination of free radicals, enhances fertility, helps the urinary system, improves skin quality, and promotes healthier hair.

Dosage: ½ tspn daily in water or a smoothie.

7. organic Slippery Elm Powder

Slippery Elm is a tree whose inner bark is used as medicine. People take slipper elm for coughs, sore throat, colic, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bladder and urinary tract infections, syphilis, herpes, and for getting tapeworms/parasites out of the body.

Dosage: 8-12 of boiling water should be poured over 1-2 tspn.

8. organic Elderberry

Elderberry helps fight against cold and flu symptoms as well as fighting against cancer.

9. Acai berry root powder

Acai is known as a superfood and one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world with immune system/energy boosting, anti-aging, and weight loss properties. These berries improve eye and heart health, reduce symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and increase blood circulation while lowering risk of blood clots and acheive health cholesterol.

Dosage: 1 tsp daily in smoothie, tea, or water.

10. Damiana Leaf Powder Wildcrafted

Reduces anxiety/nervousness and treats depression. Reduces estrogen forming hormone to help women with fibroid issues, reduces hot flashes. Strengthens sexual organs and increases sexual drive and potency. Treats constipation.

Dosage: ⅛ tspn in water, smoothie, or tea.

11. Organic Dandelion Root Powder

Rebuilds cells/fights cancer. Relieves itching or irritation from eczema, ringworm, psoriasis and other skin infections. Fights diabetes by removing excess sugar that’s stored in the body (diuretic). Cleanses the liver, avoid tooth decay, muscle tension and high blood pressure and calcium deficiency.

Dosage: ½ tspn of dandelion daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

12. Organic Irish Moss Powder

Irish moss produces a soothing effect on the mucous membranes throughout the body. It helps respiratory problems including bronchitis and pneumonia. Soothes the mucous membranes of the digestive tract. Contains antioxidants to help fight free radicals.


Dosage: ¼ tspn irish moss daily in smoothie, water, or tea.

13. Organic Life Everlasting Flowers

Take plant and boil it into a tea to cure a cold.

Dosage: Pour 8-12 oz of boiling water with one tspn of life everlasting.

14. Organic Black Seed/Kalonji/Nigella Sativa/Cumin Seed

Nickname: “Oil that cures all diseases but death” :)

Dosage: ¼ tspn daily in water or with food.

15. Organic Red Raspberry Leaf Powder

Treats menstrual cramps, canker sores, cold sores, and gingivitis in persons of all ages and anemia, leg cramps, diarrhea, and morning sickness in pregnant women, and as a uterine relaxant

Dosage: ¼ tspn daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

16. Organic Artichoke Leaf

Artichoke leaf increases bile production, protects the liver, reduces cholesterol, promotes urination, and stimulates appetite.

Dosage: Pour 8-12 ounces of boiling water over 1 tspn of artichoke leaves. Steep for 3-4 minutes.

17. Organic Valerian Root  

Valerian is most commonly used for sleep disorders, especially the inability to sleep (insomnia). Valerian is famous for its anxiolytic, sedative, anticonvulsant, antibacterial, anti-diuretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in the natural treatment of anxiety, sleep disorders, blood pressure, menopausal symptoms, menstrual cramps, headaches, and joint pains. This herb has been used for chronic fatigue syndrome, epilepsy, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, stomach upset, and other conditions.

18. Organic Comfrey Root Powder

Comfrey is sometimes used on tooth decay the skin to treat wounds and reduce inflammation from sprains and broken bones. Comfrey roots and leaves contain allantoin, a substance that helps new skin cells grow, along with other substances that reduce inflammation and keep skin healthy. EXTERNAL USE ONLY: Daily serving ½ tspn to make a paste and apply to skin.

19. Cascara Sagrada Bark Powder Wildcrafted

Cascara sagrada Bark cures chronic constipation and restores mucous lining and health of the intestines. Its has been used to improve stomach, liver, and pancreas secretions and break up and remove gallstones from the gallbladder. Extends liver and exocrine gland secretions to stimulate bladder and improve overall digestive health.

20. Organic Burdock Root Powder

Burdock is a blood cleanser, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antifungus, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial herb. It helps kidney & liver function and kidney repair. Treats skin conditions such as acne, eczema, psoriasis, and removes toxins from the skin.

Dosage: ⅛ tspn daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

21. Damiana Leaf Powder Wildcrafted

Reduces anxiety/nervousness and treats depression. Reduces estrogen forming hormone to help women with fibroid issues, reduces hot flashes. Strengthens sexual organs and increases sexual drive and potency. Treats constipation.

22. Organic Hydrangea Root Powder

Hydrangea is used for urinary tract problems such as infections of the bladder, urethra and prostate; enlarged prostate; and kidney stones. It is also an anti-inflammatory which help dissolve gallbladder and kidney stones.

Dosage: ½ tspn daily in a smoothie, tea, or water.

23. Organic Neem Leaf Powder

Neem leaf is used for bloody nose, leprosy, eye disorders, intestinal worms, stomach upset, loss of appetite, skin ulcers, diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease), fever, diabetes, gum disease (gingivitis), and liver problems. The leaf is also used for birth control and may cause abortions.

24. Organic Nettle Root/Leaf Powder

Helps detoxify the body. Promotes healthy blood circulation and cardiovascular health. Contains iron and vitamin C which improves the body’s absorption of iron, which aids in alleviating anemia and fatigue. Reduces tension in your arteries and blood vessels, lowering your risk for strokes. Alleviates allergic reactions. Reduces arthritis pain.

Dosage: ½ tspn of nettle leaf powder daily in smoothie, water, or tea.

25. Organic Ginkgo Leaf

Ginkgo increases concentration, reduces risk for dementia and alzheimer's. Helps fight anxiety and depression. Fights symptoms of PMS. Helps maintain vision and eye health. Helps prevent or treat ADHD. Improves Libido. Treats headaches and migraines.

Dosage: 8-12 oz of boiled water over 1 tspn of ginkgo powder. Steep 3-4 minutes.

26. Organic Blessed Thistle Herb Powder

Blessed thistle is prepared as a tea and used for loss of appetite and indigestion; to treat colds, cough, fever, bacterial infections, and diarrhea. It is also used as a diuretic for increasing urine output, and for promoting the flow of breast milk in new mothers.

Dosage: ¼ tspn daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

27. Organic Dulse Leaf Powder

Dulse has the ability to build bone health, aid circulation, optimize the digestive system, increase growth and repair, lower blood pressure, improve vision, and protect the immune system. Dulse also helps to improve the thyroid gland and strengthen the nervous system.

Dosage: ½ tspn daily in water, tea or a smoothie.

28. Organic Crystallized Ginger Chunk

Extreme immune system booster, reduces nausea, lowers cholesterol & blood sugar, boosts metabolism, reduces inflammation, Dosage: ½ tspn daily.

29. Organic Ginger Root Slices

Dosage: Boil slices with water to make tea.

30. Organic Yarrow Flower Powder

Yarrow is an herb. The above ground parts are used to make medicine. Yarrow is used for fever, common cold, hay fever, absence of menstruation, dysentery, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal (GI) tract discomfort, and to induce sweating. Some people chew the fresh leaves to relieve toothache.

Dosage: ¼ tspn Yarrow powder daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

31. Organic Calendula Flowers Whole

Calendula flower is used to prevent muscle spasms, start menstrual periods, and reduce fever. It is also used for treating sore throat and mouth, menstrual cramps, cancer, and stomach and duodenal ulcers.

Dosage: Takes some flowers with smoothie, tea, or water.

32. Organic Beet Root  Powder

Beet roots help your liver dump damaging toxins and stimulate liver cells. reduces fevers, relieves constipation and skin problems.

Reduces blood pressure.

Dosage: ⅛ tspn beet root in water, smoothie, or tea.

33. Organic Echinacea Angustifolia Herb

Echinacea boosts the immune system and reduces many of the symptoms of colds, flu and some other illnesses, infections, and conditions.

Dosage: Make tea by pouring 8-12 ounces of boiling water to one teaspoon of echinacea daily. Steep 3-4 minutes.

34. Organic Black Cohosh Root Powder

Cohosh has been used to treat symptoms of menopause, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), painful menstruation, acne, weakened bones (osteoporosis), and for starting labor in pregnant women.

Dosage: ½ tspn of black cohosh daily in water, tea, or a smoothie.

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35. Energy Adjustment Tea Organic

Blend: Organic Young hyson tea, organic eleuthero root, organic schisandra berry, organic ginkgo leaf, organic gotu kola herb, organic licorice root, and organic ginger root.

36. Memory Tea Organic

Blend: Organic ginkgo leaf, organic parsley flakes, organic alfalfa leaves, organic bilberry leaf organic Eleuthero root, organic hibiscus flower, organic gotu kola herb, organic ginger root.

Heavy Bleeding Infusion (Tea)

Combine

2 parts dried Yarrow (astringent, reduces bleeding)

2 part Shepherd’s purse (astringent, reduces heavy uterine bleeding, prevents hemorrhage)

1 part dried Nettle leaf (high in iron, astringent, prevents hemorrhaging)

½ part Hibiscus flower (high in Vit. C, nice flavor addition)

-Place a small handful of the mixture into a quart glass mason jar. Fill with just boiled water, cap tightly. Steep for 30-40 minutes. Drink 3-4 cups a day.

We do carry many other herbs, so we will periodically update this page to add new ones that are available in store.

Be Well!