Red Moon Herbs. Fresh Local Extracts

At Red Moon Herbs, we wildcraft or consciously cultivate our herbs and make fresh herbal extracts straight from the source. If we can't grow it or wildcraft it, we carefully choose farmers who share our philosophy with protection of the planet. We use...

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Our dear health-focused community, We have been overwhelmed with orders and because we value each and every one of you, we are putting our online store on a temporary hiatus. We are so humbled and grateful for your support and in order for us to catch up with our current orders and inventory, we must place ourselves on a brief hold. Please know that if you have already ordered from us, we are working around the clock to fulfill that order ASAP and existing orders will be fulfilled to the best of our ability. We so look forward to opening the store back up so that we can continue serving you the finest, freshest Appalachian plant medicine that we love so much. In the meantime, here's what you can do: 1. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter for herbal recipes, wildcrafting tips, herbal info and more to be the first to know when we re-open. Scroll all the way down to subscribe. 2. Follow us on IG and FB for continued updates on the situation, along with a good dose of springtime in Appalachia wild, weedy abundance. 3. Check out our constantly updated COVID-19 Herbal Resource Hub for our thoughts on the pandemic we're living in/through. 4. If you have an order that you would like to place, email [email protected] with your name, shipping address, phone number, and exact order. As soon as we are ready to re-open, you will receive an email notification with an invoice attached and we will process and ship your order out to you ASAP. We are offering this on a first-come-first-served basis and this is no guarantee that we will be able to fulfill your entire order, though we will do our best. This will help us assess our harvesting and medicine making needs for the rest of the year and will be tremendously useful in helping us catch up with our inventory needs. 5. Keep calm and don't panic. Please don't take this for a time to hoard herbs. By all means, support your family, community, and/or clients/patients with medicinals if you are in that role, but don't purchase more than you and yours can use. We are limiting dried elderberry and dried linden flowers to 3/person (currently out of stock of both, but more coming soon) and may begin...(cont. in comments) https://ift.tt/33NId5D

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A weedy Wednesday reminder for all of us of some of the herbs that cover so many bases in everyday, home health care. And so many of our favorite herbal allies in this illustration! Chamomile, usnea, bitters, astragalus, reishi, elderberries, lemon balm, elecampane, tulsi, echinacea, nettles, honey. This looks like (1/20th) of our apothecary here at the office.⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ We're re-sharing, but if you know the original artist please let us know! They are beautifully talented. ⁠ https://ift.tt/2JdDgcT

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Some fabulous info on yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simpliccisima) from our friend Juliet at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine: "I have been gathering and using yellowroot for almost twenty years; it is one of the top twenty herbs used in my practice...The tea is yellow and bitter, but quite serviceable and very appropriate for topical use as a strong wash or compress. Yellowroot has the following properties: bitter, cholagogue, hepatic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial (anti-bacterial, anti-protozoan, anti-fungal, anti-viral). The Cherokee used it as a topical remedy for hemorrhoids and sore eyes, and chewed it for sore throats and mouth...Bass is quoted as saying, 'It is one of the finest remedies we have. It’s been used ever since time for sore mouth, sore eyes, and stomach trouble.'"⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ We're clearancing out a few of our rarer herbs to make way for new batches of goodies - but never fear, the shelf life on these extracts is looong and we make our tinctures fresh and with the best organic ingredients, so you're not getting an inferior product (some tinctures have been known to last 50 years or longer if stored in a cool, dark place). If you've had this herb on your stock up list, now's the time! Find yellowroot in the shop for 40% off. ⁠ https://ift.tt/2xY8MJu

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A few excerpted teaser pages from our ebook - Five Herbs to Always Carry With You - available for FREE to all of you and anyone you'd like to share it with. If you haven't downloaded it yet, go grab it at your leisure and cuddle up with a cup of tulsi to get ready to read. Just head to the home page and wait for the popup offering it to you. https://ift.tt/3965HEi

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This is incomplete and a work in progress, but here we go. We want to offer our herbal and natural health community the best of resources as we come together to support each other's nervous, immune, and respiratory systems right now. For people, plants, and planet! <3 https://www.instagram.com/p/B966rdTgsaN/

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My 40th week of pregnancy landed me in late July with a ‘guess’ date of July 22nd. But I had a sneaking suspicion that my son would push the envelope and wait until it was leo season, my husband and I both being leos. He was born at 41+6, on August 4th during the hottest summer on record here in the Appalachians. It was all I could do to stay hydrated during the three days of labor, sweat, projectile vomiting, and trying not to pee in the birthing tub we’d set up on our front porch of our 1914 cabin. Watermelon chunks and coconut water were my only allies in the whole world, I felt. ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ As an herbalist, my ‘nesting’ time had been characterized by all sorts of miscellaneous tasks that get pushed to the bottom of a medicine maker's list: brew nettle infusions for drinking immediately postpartum, make freezer space for placenta, eat dates, get yarrow ready for the cord healing, do one more red clover harvest to dry the blossom for infusion before baby comes. All the crunchy mom stuff, and then some. I couldn’t bend over anymore but I sure as sugar could sit in a field of flowers and pick. ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Our whole house was plastered with lists on every wall, lists I’d made for the midwives of what herb I wanted them to use for what delivery complication, lists for myself reminding me of what I wanted my birth to look like, lists for the doula of what herbs I wanted to use directly after birth. Herbs were the backbone of my birth plan. And while there’s plenty they can’t do, there are many more situations during labor and birth during which herbs can play a major role in supporting a healthy mama and healthy baby. ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ While I’m not going to post my whole birth story here (like I said, it was THREE days of labor), I will share with y’all a few of my favorite herbs to have on hand to support birth, whether medicated or not, at home or in a hospital. I recommend including these herbal extracts as part of your birth kit, and letting your birth team know where they are. --> blog post link in bio https://ift.tt/392R0l6

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One of the most recognizable flower blossoms is also one that looks most like Dr. Seuss invented it. Spilanthes (Acmella oleracea), or toothache plant, another common traditional name for it, is a potent herb that supports the optimal health of the detoxifying, restorative, and cleansing pathways of the body, particularly in the digestive system and the mouth. Spilanthes has a zesty zing to it and an unmistakable taste that is somewhat similar to echinacea. It is often used as an ally for nourishing oral health. ⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ We're clearancing out a few of our rarer herbs to make way for new batches of goodies - but never fear, the shelf life on these extracts is looong and we make our tinctures fresh and with the best organic ingredients, so you're not getting an inferior product (some tinctures have been known to last 50 years or longer if stored in a cool, dark place). If you've had this herb on your stock up list, now's the time! Find spilanthes in the shop for 40% off. ⁠ ⁠ https://ift.tt/3a1Zv16

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An after school treat snack of golden milk makes for a calmed, satiated (but definitely turmeric-stained) child. I mix up turmeric (both dried powder and a few squirts of our fresh turmeric extract), our ashwagandha extract, our astragalus extract, a little slippery elm powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, coconut oil, and raw milk and honey to make a rich, satisfying, and deeply nourishing beverage that feels like a meal and is packed with nutrients and herbal allies. ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ If you guys would want the recipe for this, let me know! You can make up the powder in big batches and then just add a little to the wet ingredients (milk, honey, extracts, coconut oil) to cut down on prep time. It's really no more involved than mixing up some hot cocoa, but so tremendously beneficial on an anti-inflammatory level. https://ift.tt/2QkFACS

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The lungs of the planet are our own lungs. Let’s nourish them both with herbs and tenderness. 🌿🌱🍃🌸🌺 https://ift.tt/2voakvr

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“[Poke] speaks to our blood…What a perfect maturity it arrives at! It is the emblem of a successful life…What if we were to mature as perfectly, root and branch…like the poke!” Henry David Thoreau remarked. We're brushing off this oldie, a goodie, from the blog archives today. ⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Winter or early spring is actually a pretty ideal time to make poke oil or salve, because the plant's energy is in the roots (one of the medicinal parts of poke that we're after) and not going up into the leaves, flowers, and berries just yet. See the full blog post link 'Honoring Grandmother’s Wisdom with Poke Root' in our bio. ⁠ ⁠ https://ift.tt/33h7wN4

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Feverfew is best known as an herbal anti-inflammatory and has a special affinity for the region of the head. Those who struggle with regular discomfort there may find that feverfew helps allay occasional pressure and promotes a feeling of cranial well-being, especially when used daily and consistently for a few weeks at a time. ⁠ ⁠⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is an herb that lives up to its name, and then some. This potent aster-family plant also supports the optimal health of the digestive and reproductive systems. Feverfew is an ally for those under a variety of different physical stressors from head to toe.⁠ ⁠⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ ⁠We're clearancing out a few of our rarer herbs to make way for new batches of goodies - but never fear, the shelf life on these extracts is looong and we make our tinctures fresh and with the best organic ingredients, so you're not getting an inferior product (some tinctures have been known to last 50 years or longer if stored in a cool, dark place). If you've had this herb on your stock up list, now's the time! Find feverfew in the shop for 40% off. ⁠ ⁠ https://ift.tt/2W6P20h

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The results from a night well spent, an evening of chopping a rainbow of ingredients with friends: hibiscus calyxes, onions, oranges, garlic, horseradish, cinnamon chips, thyme, oregano, hot peppers of all kinds, sumac berries, rosemary. And to top it all off...the joy of getting to freely refer to this glorious hodgepodge as fire cider (those of you who have been following the drama of the recent lawsuit know the importance of this). ⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ In 6 weeks, I'll press this out, mix it with a little local honey, shake, and have a gorgeous, ruby-colored, jar of immune supportive fire cider to boost us through the rest of the cold season. I'll take a spoonful everyday, cook with it, make salad dressings with it, and it'll be gone in a month, or just in time for me to make another batch. https://ift.tt/3aSQojD

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In brand new news, we are super excited about what's in the works this year with our friends over at Appalachia Naturally. If you're interested in truly going local and transforming your life through the use of natural products in every capacity from medicine to food to cleaning to skincare, this is a fabulous resource to get connected with. Save the dates!⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ They are now taking applications for growers and makers so get in on it here at AppalachiaNaturally.com. Thanks to the NC Natural Products Association and NC State University’s Alternative Crops & Organics Program. https://ift.tt/2Q3oTeV

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We know gotu kola is a power herb for the mind, nervous system skin, and more. But what specific actions does it have? According to our buddy Juliet at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, gotu kola's properties include: Nervine, Antianxiety, Secondary adaptogen, Antioxidant, Alterative, Vulnerary (promotes wound healing), Antibacterial, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic. ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Juliet says, "This low-growing member of the carrot family, also known as brahmi or mandukaparni (Sanskrit), is a tonic remedy for assuaging memory loss, stress, worry, and foggy thinking. In Ayurvedic medicine—the ancient healing system of India—gotu kola is used to increase memory, concentration, and comprehension. In the Himalayas, yogis use gotu kola as an aid for meditation. Folklore tells us that daily ingestion of gotu kola keeps the mind fresh and promotes longevity and vitality. In Southeast Asia, gotu kola has long been credited as the source of elephants’ long life spans and exceptional memories. In addition to its effects on the brain, contemporary herbalists use gotu kola as a wound healer, diuretic, antioxidant, nerve tonic, and antibacterial remedy."⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ We're clearancing out a few of our rarer herbs to make way for new batches of goodies - but never fear, the shelf life on these extracts is looong and we make our tinctures fresh and with the best organic ingredients, so you're not getting an inferior product (some tinctures have been known to last 50 years or longer if stored in a cool, dark place). If you've had this herb on your stock up list, now's the time! Find gotu kola in the shop for 40% off. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ https://ift.tt/2IKw9Zr

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One of our favorite herbalists and herbal educators, Bevin Clare (who happens to have an academic background in infectious disease) shared her thoughts on the panic and the reality of the coronavirus below. Read her take (in the comments) and share!⁠ ⁠ Regardless of how the narrative around this virus plays out, let it be a reminder to all that health comes first. The immune system isn't something to focus on only when catastrophe strikes but in the daily rhythms of meals and medicine. ⁠ ⁠ Our health is our planet's health. Our heath is both global and local. Our health begins at home, with nourishing food and familiar, accessible herbs. ⁠ ⁠ On our home front, the first case of COVID-19 to make it into North Carolina occurred yesterday. Some large events are being postponed, and many people are beginning to think about what efforts they could make to be best prepared for the reality of a highly contagious virus. ⁠ ⁠ We don't consider ourselves 'preppers' exactly but being prepared for the effects of something so large-scale is important. As we navigate this outbreak and its potential influence on the health and social structures of our world, now is a good time to be thinking about:⁠ ⁠ 1. Hand washing and good basic hygiene⁠ ⁠ 2. Prioritizing rest, stress reduction, real food nutrition, and the intake of bioavailable vitamins and minerals such as those contained in herbal infusions of nettles and oatstraw⁠ ⁠ 3. Deep immune support, particularly using well-established tonic immunomodulating herbs such as astragalus, usnea, ginseng, and the medicinal mushrooms (Mushroom Elixir contains three of the most-studied, reishi, turkey tail, and chaga)⁠ ⁠ 4. Gathering the viral-support herbs and other immune-boosting medicines you might want to have on hand in the event that the virus spreads (Elderberry, Viral Spiral, and Immune Blend are a few of our favorites) plus the most supportive herbs for optimal lung health (elecampane and wild cherry bark, for starters)⁠ ⁠ (cont. in comments) https://ift.tt/39GxNal

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#TBT to a time when the wild red clover was high in bloom and the grass was tall and verdant. And a quick reminder that if you haven't downloaded it yet, my new ebook, Five Herbs To Always Carry With You, is available for FREE on our website (just go to the home page and wait for the popup offering it to you). ⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Photo thanks to the gorgeous @emilynicholsphotography https://ift.tt/3aAecIR

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Ginseng leaves for tea or tincture-making are 20% off in the shop until the end of the month. Leaves, you said? Yes, leaves! ⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ According to clinical research done by a group of scientists on the bioactive compounds and pharmacology of ginseng leaf and stem, “Extracts from ginseng root and leaf-stem have similar multifaceted pharmacological activities.” This covers all of the properties we know and love about ginseng - its anti-fatigue, anti-hyperglycemic, anti-obesity, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-aging properties. They are all present and accounted for in the ginseng leaf. What’s considered the active ingredient in ginseng, the magic bullet, the ginsenosides, are fully present and active in the leaf. All those delightful polysaccharides, antioxidants, flavonoids, volatile oils, peptides, and amino and fatty acids that we love about the root? You better believe they’re active in the leaf, too.⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Studies have shown that ginseng leaf extract improves learning and memory capabilities, preserves the cardiac and vascular systems, and exhibits anti-diabetes effects…just like the root. In one particular study, the leaf was shown to have significant hypoglycemic effects and prove extremely beneficial in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.⁠ ⁠~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠ Henriette Kress, a wonderful and vastly knowledgeable herbalist in Finland, tells it like it is: “The leaf of American ginseng is as good as the root. It's also much cheaper, but next to nobody sells it because next to nobody knows about it.” She explains that the tradition of using only the roots of ginseng is a relic of the storage limitations of the old-fashioned herb trade. Dried root kept in burlap bags would last in barns for years, whereas the leaf would not. ⁠ --> see the rest of this article on our blog post (link in bio)⁠ 'Ginseng’s Best Kept Secret: Missing the Leaf for the Root'⁠ https://ift.tt/2TozC5Z