Seasonal Tinctures/Elixirs

Tinctures are a great way to get herbs into your body.  Alcohol extracts and preserves the power of plants making them easy to use and long lasting. They are available in a 1oz or 2oz glass bottle.

Calm + Restore: A blend of bitter, cooling herbs to help calm and restore an exhausted mind and body. Blue vervain helps you get out of your head. If you are too hard on yourself it helps create balance within. Great for calming nerves and easing tension and headaches caused by neck pain stress. Wood betony helps calm feelings of hysteria, it relieves stress and irritability by easing tension.  It helps to move energy and blood and can clear your mental pallet helping with brain fog and headaches.  Motherwort is a superior heart tonic that helps calm the sympathetic nervous system. It helps you create healthy boundaries, and strengthens your inner voice. It evokes a sense of kindness, peace and acceptance into the heart. Lemonbalm is a classic nervine that calms your central nervous system to ease the mind and help you wind down, great for people who are always on the go. It is also a superior antiviral herb, great for reducing the infection of certain viruses. Ingredients: VT vodka*, fresh blue vervain***, fresh wood betony*, fresh motherwort*, fresh lemonbalm*, raw VT honey**     Organic* Pesticide Free** Ethically wildcrafted***

Nettle+ Dandelion: Dandelions are great to detoxify the liver. The root is better known for this while the leaves are also helpful but more so in the kidney department as they have diuretic properties and are great for getting rid of extra fluids or fluid retention. Also great for urinary tract health. They help support the body's natural ability to cleanse while also giving loads of nutrients in the form of iron, calcium and their bitter properties aid with digestion. Nettles are a powerhouse weed. One of the Chinese herbs known for a long life.  I always think of them as the seaweed of the land as they are rich in vitamins and minerals including magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron and calcium. This blend will help boost and gently cleanse your body after a long winter. Ingredients: Vermont vodka*, fresh nettle leaf*, fresh dandelion leaf*    Organic*

 
Elderberry Elixir - Elderberries have been used throughout the years to boost immune function.  This elixir (which just means tincture plus honey) is crafted with home grown elderberries +flowers, handpicked by yours truly, rosehips, herbs, VT vodka, bee pollen and raw honey. The berries and rosehips are powerhouses rich in antioxidants and rich in vitamin C (and more) and elder flowers are great for colds and can help with nasal drip and a runny nose.  The bee pollen and honey are also loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to help boost your immune system. Ground ivy is helpful with colds and cardamom is warming to your system. Ingredients: VT vodka*, elderberries*, raw honey**, rosehips*, ground ivy*, bee pollen**, cardamom*, elder flowers*
Organic* Pesticide Free**

 
Before Bed: a blend of fresh california poppy and skullcap (made with local, organic vodka and herbs).  ~40% alcohol, 1:4 herb to menstruum ratio.  Both of these herbs are known to help lessen anxiety, relax your nervous system, calm your body and mind. Ingredients: VT vodka*, fresh california poppy*,  fresh skullcap* Organic* ~40% alcohol, 1:4    

Milky Oat Tops:  Make your nervous system sing with the help of beautiful milky oats.  One of my go to, favorite herbs.  Cooling and nutritive, oat tops are from the same plant as oats, only harvested immaturely before they form full blown oatmeal.  Known for revitalizing an overloaded, exhausted nervous system.  Helpful anytime you feel yourself starting to spin in too many directions or need to rest from a busy lifestyle. Ingredients: VT vodka*,   fresh milky oat tops* Organic*  ~40% alcohol, 1:3

Ashwagandha Elixir: Known for its adaptogenic properties and beautiful ability to reduce stress. It calms while giving energy also. Great for stamina and helps with nervous tension. It takes good care of you. This elixir is made with local ashwagandha roots, Vermont organic gin and raw honey. Ingredients: VT gin*, VT Honey**,  fresh ashwagandha root* Organic* Pesticide Free** 

Motherwort Elixir: Motherwort, the lion heart. A superb tonic herb known for heart health and also a superior aid with women’s health. Traditionally used for menstrual irregularities (late or scanty periods, cramps, water retention) and also on the other end of the spectrum with menopausal symptoms. Great for postpartum to help with sleepless stress. It always evokes a sense of kindness, peace and acceptance into the heart. Let’s face it, having babies is an amazing gift but your life will never be the same. Motherwort helps. FYI: it is an emmenagogue so not to be used during pregnancy. Made with beautiful fresh plant material, raw honey (because motherwort is a bitter herb) and local, organic vodka.  Be well, you are a lioness. Ingredients: VT vodka*, VT Honey**,  fresh motherwort* Organic* Pesticide Free**     

Hyssop + Echinacea: a blend of beautiful herbs and flowers to aid with immunity. Ingredients: VT vodka*, VT raw honey**, fresh echinacea tops*, fresh hyssop*, fresh hollyhock flowers*, fresh self heal flowers***   
Organic* Pesticide Free** Ethically Wildcrafted*** ~40% alcohol

Stamina: a blend of oat tops, nettles and schisandra (made with local, organic vodka). ~40% alcohol, 1:4 herb to menstruum ratio. The herbs:
Oat tops: are  rich in calcium and trace minerals that help balance and calm the nervous system.
Nettles: are vitamin powerhouses, rich in calcium, iron, vitamin c and a, zinc and more. They can help detoxify your body and increase energy levels.
Schisandra: a prized adaptogen. Beneficial to the adrenals and the liver. They help destress your body and keep your immune system strong.
Ingredients: VT vodka*, fresh nettles*,  fresh oat tops*, schisandra berries*  40% alcohol, 1:4     Organic* Pesticide Free**


Lemonbalm: sooth and calm your nerves. Great for people on the go! Ingredients: VT vodka*,   fresh lemonbalm* Organic*  ~40% alcohol, 1:3
 
 
 
Discontinue use if irritation occurs. This product is not intended for children. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. I always recommend using common sense and caution with plants if you are pregnant, nursing, using on children or have any other medical conditions or if you are on prescription drugs.