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Keeping Your Cool with Herbs: Summer Allies for Heat & Stress

Keeping Your Cool with Herbs: Summer Allies for Heat & Stress

Luckily, the herb world knows exactly how to meet the overheating and overwhelm that can come with summer. Let's look at a few cooling herbal allies—plants that don’t just act as 'refrigerants' for the body, but also help us ground, unwind, and ride the heatwave with a little less fiery tension. 

July 02, 2025 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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Herbs for Summertime First Aid

Herbs for Summertime First Aid

Dwelling amidst the rich flora of the Appalachian mountains means that I am never too far from a tall blooming yarrow, some golden-glowing Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) plants, or a little comfrey, plantain, or calendula for the moment. But I also carry preparations with me ready at a moment's notice for life's summertime troubles.

May 22, 2025 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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What to Avoid in Your Herbs

What to Avoid in Your Herbs

Ironically, just because a product is made for "wellness" or considered a "superfood" or "healthful" doesn't mean it's non-toxic. When shopping for herbs, do your best to avoid these popular, but harmful, sneaky ingredients. Choose quality, fresh herbal preparations made with integrity instead.
May 09, 2024 — Red Moon Herbs
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Five Essential Herbs to Carry With You

Five Essential Herbs to Carry With You

Here are five herbal preparations that are some of the most essential to supporting everyday health issues. Carrying these five herbs around with you may just change your life, improving your self-reliance, herbal and health know-how, and your ability to care for yourself and your family with safe, effective herbal helpers. Don't be caught without them!
February 23, 2024 — Red Moon Herbs
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Herbs for LGBTQIA+ Support & Trans Care

Herbs for LGBTQIA+ Support & Trans Care

We want to raise our voices in allyship towards our LGBTQIA+ friends and family members who benefit from the support of herbalism in so many ways. Herbalism is inherently gender-affirming. Here are some herbs that target optimum nourishment, overall endocrine health, and resourced well-being.

On an energetic level, there are herbs surrounding us that aid in identity-affirming no matter what step of the journey you are on. On a very physiological level, herbs can help tip the hormone scales to favor one over the other, balance above all, and support whatever goals you have.

January 27, 2024 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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The Deep Immunity of Chaga Functional Mushroom

The Deep Immunity of Chaga Functional Mushroom

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a notably revered mushroom that could be mistaken for a hollow of a tree, a shadow, or even the leg or paw of a black bear...
April 19, 2023 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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Weeds at Our Feet: What Do They Mean?

Weeds at Our Feet: What Do They Mean?

Living in the Wise Woman Way In my heart, the practice of the Wise Woman Tradition is an ancestral health-affirming belief that passes down from generation to generation even in...
June 21, 2021 — Jeannie Dunn
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The Role of Invasive Herbal Preparations: Kudzu, Mimosa, Wild Rose...Plantain? Dandelion?

The Role of Invasive Herbal Preparations: Kudzu, Mimosa, Wild Rose...Plantain? Dandelion?

Within our materia medica of common 'weedy' beneficial plants native to the Appalachian mountains where we are based, you will also find a sprinkling of so-called invasive plants which are not native...
September 02, 2020 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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DIY Herbal Eyewashes and Herbs for Eye Health and Optimal Vision

DIY Herbal Eyewashes and Herbs for Eye Health and Optimal Vision

  How to Make an Herbal Eyewash   Try making an herbal eyewash next time you have an eye irritation. I purchased this little vintage ceramic eyecup a few months ago...
August 09, 2020 — Red Moon Herbs
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Sugar Cane Grown Organically

Cane Alcohol vs. Grain Alcohol: Myths and Truths

All of our alcohol-based extracts are made with 100% organic cane alcohol (as in sugar cane), a gluten-free alternative to grain alcohol that we have found sits better with our ethics, customer preferences, and extract preparation methods than grain alcohol. Here's more on how we make our herbal preparations for highest potency and safety. 
May 05, 2020 — Red Moon Herbs
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One Herb at a Time: Simpling Herbs vs. Herbal Formulas

One Herb at a Time: Simpling Herbs vs. Herbal Formulas

Using simples in appropriate situations is a fun and effective way to create herbal preparations that you have a deep, intimate, and powerful relationship with. Using a single herb at a time allows for a deeper understanding of the individual characteristics and actions of each herb. The more you use a particular herb, the more you become familiar with its unique qualities and how it works. This approach also simplifies the process of matching bodily signals to specific herbs.
April 27, 2020 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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Herbs for a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth Part 4: Nursing and Lactation

Herbs for a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth Part 4: Nursing and Lactation

I can't imagine going through this nursing journey without the help of botanicals. Let's delve into the areas of lactation where herbs can offer their benefits the most: increasing and decreasing milk supply and in specific breastfeeding complications. Since tiny amounts of some herbs taken internally can wind up in your milk supply, it’s critical to be aware of what you’re ingesting and in what form and what amount, whether it’s chamomile or catnip. 
February 12, 2020 — Red Moon Herbs
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