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Traditional Herbal Strategies to Optimize Your Fertility

Traditional Herbal Strategies to Optimize Your Fertility

Our approach to fertility enhancing herbs is to rely on tried and true herbal preparations that have been known as herbs to optimize the chances for conception long before they were trending as such. Bridging the worlds between science and tradition, the herbs we highlight here fall into the category of endocrine supportive (hormone balancing) uterine and ovarian tonics which support the pre-conception phase and may help to maintain a healthy pregnancy as well: vitex, ashwagandha, black cohosh, red clover, motherwort, raspberry leaf, and more.

July 08, 2023 — Heather Wood Buzzard
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Autumn Equinox – Harvest Time!

Autumn Equinox – Harvest Time!

The cooling nights reminds us it’s time to get the last of our harvest in or move those sun-loving planters inside soon. Many get so excited to plant in spring, but autumn is a great time to plant perennials, giving the plants an opportunity to get roots firmly grounded before having to express energy in the spring.
September 24, 2014 — Jeannie Dunn
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Embracing the Darkness

Embracing the Darkness

The time of year stretching from Sahmain to Winter Solstice is a dark and often intense time, as the seasons of light turn to seasons of dark. The nights are growing longer, and the dark evenings come early. I so treasure the darkness this time of year and the quiet it brings.
December 06, 2012 — Red Moon Herbs
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Balancing the Hormones: Protecting Our Reproductive Selves from Estrogen Dominance

Balancing the Hormones: Protecting Our Reproductive Selves from Estrogen Dominance

by Corinna Wood So much of women’s health revolves around our reproductive cycles and the corresponding hormonal cycles. I get countless questions about the estrogen/progesterone balance. Women want to understand...
July 11, 2012 — Red Moon Herbs
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Senecio: A Bright Yellow Cluster of Flowers Bring Spring

Senecio: A Bright Yellow Cluster of Flowers Bring Spring

Formerly Senecio aureus is now Packera aurea. Named for John Packer at the University of Alberta, Canada who has been differentiating those Senecio species originating in the old world (Europe) and those native to the Americas, this plant, also known as liferoot, is in a category of its own. Liferoot (Packera aurea) is a beautiful golden herb that when taken 10-30 drops at a time helps promote the optimal function of the female reproductive system and menstrual cycle.
March 26, 2012 — Red Moon Herbs
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The Fertility Awareness Method: Myths and Facts

The Fertility Awareness Method: Myths and Facts

by Corinna Wood, Director, Southeast Wise Women Samantha was dismayed at the options for birth control: the side effects of the pill, the chemicals used with the diaphragm, the unreliability...
September 19, 2011 — Red Moon Herbs
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Wise Women Ways for Honoring Moontime

Wise Women Ways for Honoring Moontime

The ancient wisdom, that many women today are rediscovering, is that the Moontime is when the veils between the worlds are at their thinnest, when we as women have a unique window into our own souls, our inner guidance, our divine wisdom. The physical and emotional intensity of this time is an opportunity for healing and release–when we nourish ourselves, body and soul, and allow all of who we are.

August 17, 2011 — Red Moon Herbs
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