Fall Medicine Cabinet Bundle

We reach for elderberries during the change of season, back to school, travel and general wellness. It’s wonderful for nipping an active infection in the bud, as well as nourishing our innate immunity when taken preventatively. Enjoyed on an on-going or seasonal basis, we can become stronger and more resilient!

Ginger is a powerful rhizome with traditional and modern usage spanning centuries, cultures and traditional medical systems. Found in cuisines and in our kitchens, ginger is a true example of food as medicine. Its a wonderful circulatory stimulant, heart tonic, digestive aid and infection fighting herb. Hot and dry, ginger has a diffusive effect on the body's vessels and organs, helping drive the effect of ginger, and other herbs with it, into the tissues.

A Chinese food therapy pantry staple, jujube dates are believed to strengthen the spleen, tonify qi and replenish blood. Sweet, nourishing and versatile, jujube dates are delicious additions to bone broth or tea. Its also a well known traditional post-partum food. Similarly to licorice, jujube is considered a harmonizer to herbal formulas, thanks to their sweet and nourishing flavor and taste.

Licorice has demulcent, moistening and cooling qualities. It assists in alleviating conditions related to hot, inflamed, irritated or dry tissue states. With an affinity for the throat and GI tract, licorice soothes the mucosal lining helping to produce an environment conducive for healing. Licorice is known as a harmonizer in many herbal formulas in Chinese medicine, entering all 12 meridians of the body.

Elecampane is strength and beauty. This gorgeous yellow flower stands tall in the garden when it blooms during its third year of growth. A special and courageous plant to grow and work with medicinally. It's root is used traditionally as a trophorestorative for the respiratory system. Elecampane lends itself as a great expectorant for a damp constitution, thanks to its warming aromatics and pungent qualities.

Mullein is traditionally used for respiratory ailments such as a dry hacking cough or when one needs help expelling phlegm or particulates from their lungs.