Cuts, Scrapes and Wounds
Bearberry recommended
Wound Care Ointment
Bearberry's Organic Wound Care Ointment is great for taking care of those minor wounds such as scrapes, cuts, skin ulcers, and minor lacerations. I use this with great results after my encounters with the native brush of Texas. Naturally antibiotic, Containing nature's most powerful antibiotic sources like raw honey, Thyme, goldenseal, oregano, and pine.
Ingredients: Organic Yarrow, calendula, goldenseal, Organic Olive Oil, Natural Vitamin E Oil. Organic Essential Oils of Oregano, Rosemary, Pine and Organic Calendula Oil. Organic Beeswax and Organic Shea Butter.
1.5 Ounces
Herbal Antibiotic
Ingredients
Organic Herbs including Goldenseal, Bee Balm, Echinacea, Elderberry and Cayenne. Extracted using distilled Ethyl Alcohol (40-60% by volume).
Adults Can be used both internally and topically. Use 20-40 drops every half hour for a full day if needed. With improvement, you may use a maintenance dose of 6-12 drops, 3 times per day, in juice, water, or tea. Discontinue use after 7-10 days. For Children, consult a qualified herbalist.
Warnings
Shake well before using. Not to be used during pregnancy or lactation. If you have a medical condition or take medications, please consult with your doctor before use.
Keep away from children. Consult your health care professional before use.
The information presented herein by Bearberry Essentials is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own healthcare provider.
herbal infusions
essential oils
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
15 ml (1/2 Ounce)
30 ml (1 Ounce)
100% Pure Organic Eucalyptus Essential Oil
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Eucalyptus essential oil has antiseptic qualities and is used for healing wounds, ulcers, burns, cuts, abrasions, and sores. Eucalyptus oil is antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and decongestant in nature. Eucalyptus is also effective in treating a number of respiratory problems including the common cold, cough, runny nose, sore throat, asthma, nasal congestion, bronchitis, and sinusitis.
Tea Tree Essential Oil
tinctures
Comfrey Root Herbal Extract
Symphytum officinale Herbal Extract 1:4 50%
6.00 per ounce
History: Comfrey Leaf has been used since the times of Ancient Greece and Rome as a healing agent for bruises, internal bleeding, sprains, fractures, and bone breaks. In fact, Dioscorides, a Greek physician, recorded his use of Comfrey while treating Alexander the Great’s soldiers. After it was transplanted to North America, Native Americans considered Comfrey to be a sacred plant and used it to heal external wounds.
Uses: sprains, swelling of the limbs, bruises, severe cuts, boils, abscesses, gangreen, blood purifier.
Active Ingredients: symlandine, symphytine, echimidine. riddelliine, riddelliine N-oxide, senecionine, senecionine N-oxide, seneciphylline, retrorsine, integerrimine, lasiocarpine and heliotrine
Actions: Vulnerary, astringent, expectorant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,
Warnings
Keep away from children. Consult your health care professional before use.
The information presented herein by Bearberry Essentials is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
Wild Yarrow Herbal Extract
Achillea millefolium Herbal Extract 1:4 50%
$6.00 per ounce
Also known as Herba Militaris, Bloodwort, Milfoil, Sanguinary, Stanchgrass, and Thousand-leaf
Information: This Yarrow was hand picked in the wilds of Montana, on the eastern slope of the continental divide. Special care was taken to ensure the harvest only the best Yarrow, less than 25% was harvested out of any 100 meter square area. This ensures that a healthy crop of Wild Yarrow will be provided for you.
History: Yarrow is native to Europe and Asia; however, it has been established in North America and now grows wild. Since 1200 BC, Yarrow has been used in food and medicine. In Homer’s Iliad, he Spartan hero Achilles takes the advice of a centaur and uses Yarrow’s medical properties to heal his soldiers. It is from this story that Yarrow received it genus name “Achillea.”
Uses: Fever, common cold, hay fever, absence of menstruation, dysentery, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort, wounds, to induce sweating, to stop bleeding from hemorrhoids, and as a sitz bath for painful, lower pelvic, cramp-like conditions in women.
Constituents: linalool, sabinene, allo-ocimene, azulene, eugenol, menthol, alpha-pinene, borneol, cineole, limonene, camphor, chamazulene, apigenin, artemetin,
Actions: Diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, stimulant and mild aromatic
Warnings
Keep away from children. Consult your health care professional before use.
The information presented herein by Bearberry Essentials is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
herbs
Golden-seal Leaf
Hydrastis canadensis
Also known as Eyeroot, Ground Rasberry, Indian Dye, Yellow Indian Paint, Yellow Puccoon, and Yellowroot
History: Native to the Eastern Woodlands of the U.S. and Canada, Goldenseal Leaf is one of the Native American herbs with a long history. Goldenseal leaf was used by both the Iroquoian and Algonquian-speaking Indians of present-day Ontario, Quebec, New York, and New England as one of their primary medicinal herbs. Traditionally, Goldenseal Leaf was used as a laxative. Dried Goldenseal Leaf was ground into a powder and administered.
Warning: Goldenseal is a uterine muscle stimulant and should be avoided during pregnancy.
Uses: dyspepsia, gastric catarrh, loss of appetite, liver troubles. As a tonic, it is of extreme value in cases of habitual constipation, given as a powder, combined with any aromatic. It is an efficient remedy for sickness and vomiting.
Active Ingredients: isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, canadine, and hydrastine)
Actions: Anti-Bacterial, Anti Parasitic, anti fungal, anti inflammatory, Astringent, laxative, tonic, anti-catarrhal, oxytocic, alterative, cholagogue, emmenagogue, expectorant, hepatic, pectoral, vulnerary
Complementary Herbs: Mullein, chamomile, meadowsweet,
Golden-seal Root
Hydrastis canadensis
Also known as Eyeroot, Ground Rasberry, Indian Dye, Yellow Indian Paint, Yellow Puccoon, and Yellowroot
History: Native to the Eastern Woodlands of the U.S. and Canada, Goldenseal Leaf is one of the Native American herbs with a long history. Goldenseal leaf was used by both the Iroquoian and Algonquian-speaking Indians of present-day Ontario, Quebec, New York, and New England as one of their primary medicinal herbs. Traditionally, Goldenseal Leaf was used as a laxative. Dried Goldenseal Leaf was ground into a powder and administered.
Warning: Not to be used during pregnancy.
ModernUses: Dyspepsia, gastric catarrh, loss of appetite, liver troubles, constipation, sickness and vomiting.
Warning: Goldenseal is a uterine muscle stimulant and should be avoided during pregnancy.
Active Ingredients: isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, canadine, and hydrastine)
Actions: Anti-Bacterial, Anti Parasitic, anti fungal, anti inflammatory, Astringent, laxative, tonic, anti-catarrhal, oxytocic, alterative, cholagogue, emmenagogue, expectorant, hepatic, pectoral, vulnerary
Complementary Herbs: Mullein, chamomile, meadowsweet,
Bergamot, Wild, Hand Picked
Monarda fistulosa
Also known as Bee Balm, Indian Plume, Scarlet Bergamot
$3.50 per Ounce
Information: This Bergamot was hand picked in the wilds of Montana, on the eastern slope of the continental divide. Special care was taken to ensure the harvest only the best Wild Bergamot, less than 25% was harvested out of any 100 meter square area. This ensures that a healthy crop of Wild Bergamot will be provided for you.
History: Wild Bergamot is part of the mint family and is a common native wildflower in North America. This plant has a variety of uses. It has been used as a medical plant, honey plant, and for ornamental purposes. Medicinally, it was used by a wide variety of Native American Indian Tribes including the Ojibwe, Menomini, Meskwaki, Winnebago, Cherokee, Teton Dakota, and the Blackfoot.
Uses: Headache, catarrh and bronchial affections, Acne, abdominal pains, fever, colic, nausea and vomiting
Active Ingredients:
Actions: Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antioxidant, Carminative, Emmenagogue
Mullein
Verbascum Thapsus
Also known as Feltwort, Flannel-flower, Blanket Leaf, Bunny’s Ears, Velvet Dock, Flannelleaf, Jacob’s-staff, Jupiter’s Staff, Aaron’s Rod, Grandmother’s Flannel, Our Lady’s Flannel, and Wooly Mullein
$2.5 per Ounce
History: Mullein is a wildflower native to much of Europe and Asia which can grow almost anywhere. The word Mullein is said to be derived from the Middle English word for soft. The plant’s soft and fuzzy leaves soft are a probable source for this aptly name. Mullein has had many uses over the centuries. Ancient Romans used the stem to make a wick for torches. In the Middle Ages Mullein tour he's were believed to ward off witches. After being transported to the Americas, Native American tribes used dried leaves for an array of healing uses. The Navajo used it to cure fevers, the Hopi as a cure for insanity, the Iroquois for hiccups. Modern herbalists regard it as excellent soothing agent for the lungs.
Modern Uses: Mullein is primarily known as a remedy for respiratoryimbalances. It tones and soothes mucous membranes while encouraging expectoration. It has a paradoxical drying, clearing and soothing, moistening action, combined with a slightly aromatic pungency. As a dry, cooling & pungent herb, it can disperse edema, sluggish congestion & heat, and its mucilaginous quality that can soothe dry harsh inflamed conditions.Mullein is especially useful in cases of long-term, wracking chronic cough like bronchitis or whooping cough and is also a remedy for sinusitis, asthma, congestion and seasonal allergies. Anything 'lung', mullein is a safe and often effective approach - but it is not limited to respiratory issues. The leaf as a poultice can be helpful in cases of bruising, swelling, muscle aches, swollen glands, burns, and nerve trauma.
Active Ingredients: mucilage, gum, hesperidin, verbascoside, aucubin
Actions: demulcent, emollient, astringent, anti-caterrhal, pectoral
Complementary Herbs: Horehound, Coltsfoot
Mullein, Wild, Hand Picked
Verbascum thapsus
Also known as Wooly Mullein, Grandmother's Flannel, Our Lady's Flannel
Information:This Wild Mullein was hand picked in the wilds of Montana, on the eastern slope of the continental divide. Special care was taken to ensure the harvest only the best Mullein , less than 25% was harvested out of any 100 meter square area. This ensures that a healthy crop of Wild Mullein will be provided for you.
History:Although Mullein is a wildflower native to Europe and Asia, it can grow almost anywhere because of its biological structure. Historically, Natives would dry the flower’s leaves and smoke it using a pipe. Native American would used Mullein many types of health issues. The Navajo used Mullein to cure fever. Meanwhile, the Hopi used it as a cure for insanity, and the Iroquois used it as a remedy for hiccups. Modern herbalists use this wildflower as soothing agent for lung ailments.
Modern Uses: Mullein is primarily known as a remedy for respiratoryimbalances. It tones and soothes mucous membranes while encouraging expectoration. It has a paradoxical drying, clearing and soothing, moistening action, combined with a slightly aromatic pungency. As a dry, cooling & pungent herb, it can disperse edema, sluggish congestion & heat, and its mucilaginous quality that can soothe dry harsh inflamed conditions.Mullein is especially useful in cases of long-term, wracking chronic cough like bronchitis or whooping cough and is also a remedy for sinusitis, asthma, congestion and seasonal allergies. Anything 'lung', mullein is a safe and often effective approach - but it is not limited to respiratory issues. The leaf as a poultice can be helpful in cases of bruising, swelling, muscle aches, swollen glands, burns, and nerve trauma.
Active Ingredients: mucilage, gum, hesperidin, verbascoside, aucubin
Actions: demulcent, emollient, astringent, anti-caterrhal, pectoral
Complementary Herbs: Horehound, Coltsfoot
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Also known as Herba militaris, Bloodwort, Milfoil, Sanguinary, Stanchgrass, Thousand-leaf
$2.50 per Ounce
History: Yarrow is native to Europe and Asia; however, it has been established in North America and now grows wild. Since 1200 BC, Yarrow has been used in food and medicine. In Homer’s Iliad, he Spartan hero Achilles takes the advice of a centaur and uses Yarrow’s medical properties to heal his soldiers. It is from this story that Yarrow received it genus name “Achillea.” Historically yarrow has been used for Fever, common cold, hay fever, absence of menstruation, dysentery, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort, wounds, to induce sweating, to stop bleeding from hemorrhoids, and as a sitz bath for painful, lower pelvic, cramp-like conditions in women.
Modern Uses: The Commission E approved the internal use of yarrow flower for loss of appetite and dyspeptic ailments, such as mild, spastic discomforts of the gastrointestinal tract, and externally as a sitz bath for painful, cramp-like conditions of psychosomatic origin in the lower part of the female pelvis.
The British Herbal Compendium lists its internal use for feverish conditions, common cold, and digestive complaints; and its topical use for slow-healing wounds and skin inflammations (Bradley, 1992). The German Standard License for yarrow tea indicates its use for mild cramp-like or spasmodic gastrointestinal-bilious complaints, for gastric catarrh, and for appetite stimulation
Active Ingredients: linalool, sabinene, allo-ocimene, azulene, eugenol, menthol, alpha-pinene, borneol, cineole, limonene, camphor, chamazulene, apigenin, artemetin, casticin, luteolin, rutin, achiceine, achilletin, betaine, betonicine, choline, moschatine, stachydrine, trigonelline, alanine, histidine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, and tannins,
Actions: anti-inflammatory, anti-allergenic, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, astringent, diuretic, antiseptic, anti-catarrhal, emmenagogue, hepatic, tonic
Complementary Herbs: Meadowsweet, Agrimony, Peppermint
Yarrow, Wild, Hand Picked
Achillea millefolium
Also known as Herba Militaris, Bloodwort, Milfoil, Sanguinary, Stanchgrass, and Thousand-leaf
$3.50 per Ounce
Information: This Yarrow was hand picked in the wilds of Montana, on the eastern slope of the continental divide. Special care was taken to ensure the harvest only the best Yarrow, less than 25% was harvested out of any 100 meter square area. This ensures that a healthy crop of Wild Yarrow will be provided for you.
History: Yarrow is native to Europe and Asia; however, it has been established in North America and now grows wild. Since 1200 BC, Yarrow has been used in food and medicine. In Homer’s Iliad, he Spartan hero Achilles takes the advice of a centaur and uses Yarrow’s medical properties to heal his soldiers. It is from this story that Yarrow received it genus name “Achillea.” Historically yarrow has been used for Fever, common cold, hay fever, absence of menstruation, dysentery, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort, wounds, to induce sweating, to stop bleeding from hemorrhoids, and as a sitz bath for painful, lower pelvic, cramp-like conditions in women.
Modern Uses: The Commission E approved the internal use of yarrow flower for loss of appetite and dyspeptic ailments, such as mild, spastic discomforts of the gastrointestinal tract, and externally as a sitz bath for painful, cramp-like conditions of psychosomatic origin in the lower part of the female pelvis.
The British Herbal Compendium lists its internal use for feverish conditions, common cold, and digestive complaints; and its topical use for slow-healing wounds and skin inflammations (Bradley, 1992). The German Standard License for yarrow tea indicates its use for mild cramp-like or spasmodic gastrointestinal-bilious complaints, for gastric catarrh, and for appetite stimulation
Active Ingredients: linalool, sabinene, allo-ocimene, azulene, eugenol, menthol, alpha-pinene, borneol, cineole, limonene, camphor, chamazulene, apigenin, artemetin,
Agrimony
Scientific Name: Agrimonia Eupatoria
Also known as Church Steeples, Stickwort, Philanthropos, and Cocklebur
Modern Uses: Today Agrimony is used for treatment of mild diarrhoea, inflamations of the mouth, and minor skin imflamations and wounds.
Cautions:
Agrimony can make some people's skin extra sensitive to sunlight and more likely to burn. Agrimony is POSSIBLY UNSAFE during pregnancy because it might affect the menstrual cycle. Agrimony might lower blood sugar levels.
Black Walnut Leaf
Juglans nigra
History: Native American Indians enjoyed the pleasures and health benefits of the Black Walnut well before European explorers arrived. The upper Great Lakes region provides archeological evidence of walnut consumption dating back to 2000 BC. Black Walnut was used by several Native Americans, including the Cherokee, Delaware, Iroquois, and Meskwaki, in teas as a cathartic, emetic, or disease remedy agent. It was also chewed or applied for toothaches, snake bites, and headaches. The Comanche pulverized the leaves of black walnut for treatment of ringworm.
Uses: worms, burns, skin conditions
The Commission E approved the use of walnut leaf for mild, superficial inflammations of the skin and excessive perspiration of the hands and feet.
The German Standard License indicates walnut leaf aqueous decoction to be used topically as a cataplasm or partial bath for the same conditions as approved in the Commission E (Braun et al., 1997). An infusion of equal parts walnut leaf and wild pansy herb (Viola tricolor), for external use, is particularly useful for skin complaints in children (Weiss, 1988). In France, walnut leaf is used topically to treat scalp itching, peeling, and dandruff, sunburn and superficial burns, and as an adjunctive emollient and itch-relieving treatment in skin disorders (Bruneton, 1995). In India, walnut leaf decoction is used externally as a wash for malignant sores and pustules
Active Ingredients: Tannins, Juglone, vitamin C, zinc
Actions: Antifungal, antiparasitic
Warning: Prolonged use is not advised due to the presence of significant quantities of juglone, a known mutagen in animals.
Burdock Root
Arctium lappa L.
$3.00 per Ounce
History:Burdock is a vigorous weed that has spread across the earth. Over the past 3,000 years, Burdock plant has a built a reputation as a powerful tonic with the ability to stimulate vigorous health. Nearly all Native American tribes used Burdock as a wellness boast. Native Indians and early Americans took Burdock to increase urine flow, kill germs, reduce fever, and purify blood. It is also used to treat colds, cancer, anorexia nervosa, gastrointestinal (GI) complaints, joint pain (rheumatism), gout, bladder infections, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, complications of syphilis, liver disease and skin conditions, including acne and psoriasis. Today, healers across the globe use Burdock to increase well being.
Uses: blood purifiers, skin diseases, eczema,
Active Ingredients: Inulin, mucilage, sugar, a bitter, crystalline glucoside - Lappin-a little resin, fixed Tannins
Actions: antibiotic, antifungal, diaphoretic, diuretic, Alterative and antipyretic
Calendula Flower
Calendula officinalis,
Also known as Gold-bloom, Port’s Marigold, Gold, Marigold, Marybud, Pot Marigold, and Eye Flower
$3.00 per Ounce
History: Calendula Flowers have had been used in many different ways throughout history. Anciently, Hindus, Greeks, and Romans used the flowers as a food and fabric dye and as decoration in gardens, homes, and temples. In the Middle Ages, the English used dried flower petals in many different types of food from bread to syrup.were also dried and used culinarily. However, Calendula was best known for its medicinal use as a remedy for skin conditions. Dioscorides, an ancient Greek healer, called Calendula an excellent skin healer. During the Dark Ages, Calendula was believed to have magical powers by Medieval healers due to its healing abilities and was a primary ingredient in ointments, balms, salves, and creams. In North America, Cherokee Medicine men used Calendula for a wide range of skin conditions and external wounds. Calendula continues to be used to treat skin conditions today.
ModernUses: External treatment of ulcers, varicose veins, pain, swelling, cuts, and abrasions. Internal treatment for fever, measles, and wound care
The Commission E approved the internal and topical use of calendula flower for inflammation of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa. It was also approved externally for poorly healing wounds. Specifically, herbal infusions, tinctures, and ointments are used to respond to skin and mucous membrane inflammations such as pharyngitis, dermatitis, leg ulcers, bruises, boils, and rashes
Active Ingredients: Saponins, carotenoids, bitter principle, sterols, flavonoids, mucilage
Actions: Anti-inflammatory, astringent, vulnerary, anti-microbial, cholagogue, emmenagogue, tonic
Complementary herbs: Marshmallow Root, American Cranesbill, Slippery Elm, Goldenseal, Myrrh
Comfrey Leaf
Symphytum officinale
Also known as Slippery Root, Ass-ear, Knitback, Knitbone, Blackwort, Bruisewort, and Healing Herb
$3.00 per Ounce
History: Comfrey Leaf has been used since the times of Ancient Greece and Rome as a healing agent for bruises, internal bleeding, sprains, fractures, and bone breaks. In fact, Dioscorides, a Greek physician, recorded his use of Comfrey while treating Alexander the Great’s soldiers. After it was transplanted to North America, Native Americans considered Comfrey to be a sacred plant and used it to heal external wounds.
Uses: sprains, swelling of the limbs, bruises, severe cuts, boils, abscesses, gangreen, blood purifier.
Active Ingredients: symlandine, symphytine, echimidine. riddelliine, riddelliine N-oxide, senecionine, senecionine N-oxide, seneciphylline, retrorsine, integerrimine, lasiocarpine and heliotrine
Actions: Vulnerary, astringent, expectorant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,
Complementary Herbs: Bloodroot, St. John's Wort, Mullein, Saw Palmetto, Wild Cherry Bark, Goldenseal Root, Cayenne