Moonrise Herbs Blog

Hello, dear Moonbeams! Welcome back for more Tarot & Tea. Our card for this week is the listless Six of Swords. This card is about moving away from a stressful situation. Although the fight is finished, we might still be feeling a little traumatized. Feelings of low-key depression or exhaustion are likely indicated and it would benefit us now to just try to focus on getting ourselves through the day. Although this card is certainly not a high point, it also isn't the lowest we've been. When we see this card, the worst is over and we can expect our...

We don’t know about you folks, but we feel like summer is the perfect time to get out, live joyfully and actively engage with the world around us! These are wonderful things for those who are in balance but some of us may not feel that we are in a balanced state or we may take our summer activity a bit too far, so we’d like to offer some therapeutic notions for when we’re not quite at one with the fiery energy of the season.   Summer is all about movement and healing so for this installment of our Summer Skin...

In honor of our new Bitters Bar section, we wanted to share #herbalwisdomwednesday with you by talking about the herbs we have available and a couple recipes for you to try with them!   Cinchona officinalis – Also known as quinine, this bitter bark has been proven effective as an anti-fever/anti-malarial agent as well as a bitter tonic to promote digestion, anti-parasitic, anti-protozoal, anti-spasmodic, anti-arrhythmic and a cardiotonic.  It is indicated in the treatment of blood vessel disorders; such as varicose veins, hemerrhoids and nocturnal leg cramps. Traditional uses of the South American tree bark include much of the above,...

Hello again, Moonbeams! Welcome to this week's edition of Tarot & Tea. Our card for today is the dreamy Seven of Cups. This card traditionally depicts a figure who is contemplating seven floating cups which hold a variety of different things. Here is a person with a lot of options to consider! Not all of what's on offer is beneficial or realistic, so we must be careful in determining what's actually feasible for us. On the flip side, it doesn't necessarily hurt to daydream sometimes; we must remain in touch with our imagination because it can open us up to...

Continuing our Summer Skin Care series, we wanted to talk about some ways you can incorporate them into your skin care routine and topical first aid.  Happy #floweressencefriday, moonbeams! The first flower essence that comes to mind for us is Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris).  While it is not as popular in many herbal circles as it once was, this beautiful yet unassuming purple-flowered “weed” is described in the FES Repertory as “one of the most fundamental and broadly applicable remedies for true soul healing and balance”.  No matter your skin type, balance is truly what we’re after in seeking healthy, radiant...