A New Tea for Two!

We are proud to present the latest in our pregnancy and postpartum tea series: Sweet Nectar Milk Blend. A tea to support breastfeeding, Sweet Nectar Milk Blend combines of galactagogue, nutritious, and nervine herbs.  Sweet Nectar Milk Blend encourages the production of milk by stimulating milk flow, providing the body with nutrients, and calming and relaxing mama by supporting the nervous system.

For breast feeding success, we always encourage new families to seek advice and guidance for proper breastfeeding techniques from a midwife or lactation consultant.  Learning how to breastfeed correctly will be the first and biggest benefit to successfully breastfeeding.

Sweet Nectar Milk Blend includes:

FENNEL Foeniculum vulgare: A yummy galactagogue that has long been used in postpartum blends to encourage milk flow.

FENUGREEK Trigonella foenumgraecum: Another classic galactagogue, Fenugreek is also anti-inflammatory which can be very helpful to reduce any swelling or pain.

RASPBERRY LEAF Rubus idaeus: Full of vitamins and minerals to relax, strengthen and restore the body such as vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, it also increases colostrum in the milk when used during pregnancy.

NETTLES Urtica dioica: Nettles are full of iron, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B, calcium, just to name a few of this green beauty’s constituents.  Very nutritious, indeed!

LEMON BALM Melissa officinalis: Helps mamas adapt to change, alleviates frustration, and soothes the nerves.

ALFALFA Medicago sativa: Stimulates lactation and increases the quality of breast milk while providing vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, calcium, iron, and zinc.

CARAWAY Carum carvi: A galactagogue that also provides calcium and iron to the body.

ANISE Pimpinella anisum: Another galactagogue, Anise is also said to promote youthfulness and prevent nightmares.  Lovely!

Visit our S H O P to purchase Sweet Nectar Milk Blend and our other pregnancy and postpartum series tea blends.

Last Day for Winter Teas!

As the Yule season dozes off behind us and we begin the slow stretch towards spring, our Star of Yule Tea Blend and Winter Remedy Kits shall be retired for the year.  Today is the last day to place your order for our winter teas and kits at our S H O P.

But never fear, our tea time treasures, we'll be premiering new teas in the next few days to delight your senses and keep you healthy!

A Winter's Respite

La Befana

As the wheel turns to the darkest part of the year, we begin to slow down at the Apothecary.  In honor of that slowing, this will be our last blog post until just before La Befana travels throughout the land delivering her gifts.  Though, we'll be checking our email (wortsandcunning [at] gmail [dot] com) and comments every once and a while if you have very important something to say.  Also, our shop will be open until December 19th until we go on break until our little shop break until December 28th.

Before we go we would like to say "Thank you!" to everyone for making our first few months online such wonderful ones - may there be many more months of knowing and growing and gleaming!

Be well and warm and close to the ones you love this darkening season (or hot and at the beach if you're down under) and we'll meet you behind the bristles of La Befana's broom.

More Stars for More Merriment

As with any part of the year, whether you are tired, invigorated, flabbergasted, illuminated, joyful, disgruntled or bursting with any other exuberant expression of emotional being-ness, we hope that you'll always have time to drink deep the incredible (tea)cup of life that we're all experiencing.

All that said, we are simply tea-sellers at the end of the day and we would like you to know that we've more stars to light your way.  Our Star of Yule Tea Blend is now available in our standard 3 ounce size in our little online shop. You can still find it in our Winter Remedy Kits, too, in a smart-looking 1 ounce tin (who doesn't want to look clever?).

Winter Remedy Kits

As the year grows darker, it is especially important to nurture those inner fires of joy and gentleness. Or were they fires of passion and desire?

Maybe they were dim lights for dozing...

Never fear what fire you have that might need stoking, for we've created our line of Winter Remedy Kits to meet all your darkening year needs.  Well, maybe not all of them - we'll leave it to your parents to get you that pony you've always wanted.  So absent of a pony, we do have a special treat -  two of our Winter Remedy Kits feature our newest tea blend: Star of Yule!  Our Star of Yule blend was made to invoke the feelings of the winter with fresh notes of scent, freckled with warmth and starlight.

Star of Yule contains the following:

STAR ANISE Illicium verum: A great winter holiday remedy for all sorts of digestive complaints, including indigestion, belching, and gas.

CINNAMON Cinnamomum zeylanicum: Stimulates digestion, promotes circulation, warms the body and protects against colds and the 'flu.

LICORICE Glycyrrhiza glabra: Delightful to the taste buds, Licorice is a wonderful rejuvenate herb.

ROSEMARY Rosmarinus officinalis: A nervous system toner, Rosemary is also warming and uplifting.  Promotes clear thinking ("Rosemary for rememberance!") and protects against infection.

LEMONGRASS Cymbopogon citratus: Great for stomachaches, headaches, and promoting relaxation.

JASMINE Jasminum sambac: Uplifting, pain relieving, and an aphrodisiac.

PEPPERMINT Mentha piperita: Another great remedy for digestive complaints, Peppermint protects against colds and the 'flu.  Adds a "pick-me-up" perk to our blend without being overstimulating.

Check out our Winter Remedy Kits after the jump!

Our Days of Dreaming Remedy Kit includes one ounce each of A General Sense of Wellbeing, Flower Song, and Bliss Blend.  A General Sense of Wellbeing to carry you through the morning with a crown of cool atop your head.  In the afternoon Flower Song will be your "tune" between meals, chores, and family greetings.  When the evening settles in Bliss Blend shall be your friend, gently guiding you towards dreams.

Nights of Glowing includes one ounce of Star of Yule, Ambrosia, and Flower Song.  The Star of Yule sits high in the sky, reminding us of the pleasures of darkness and the promise of returning light.  Flower Song is the bright bouquet enticing friends and family to settle in to quiet moments together.  Ambrosia is the promise of each star shining in the night that we are loved and adored and all is just right.

Star of Health includes one ounce each of Star of Yule, Flower Song, Ambrosia, Super!Love!Rainbows!Go! Herbal Powder, and your choice of Flower Essence.  With the Star of Yule to shine upon us, Flower Song to brighten our mood, and Ambrosia to enliven our hearts, you'll be a beacon of brightness this holiday season.  To further strengthen your powers of joy we've included a vial of Super!Rainbows!Love!Go! Herbal Powder to make sure you've got a steady source of holiday high-fives.  A Flower + Gem Essence of your choosing rounds out your remedy kit, promoting the alignment of that remarkable mind, body, spirit known as you.

All of our Winter Remedy Kits are available in our S H O P!