LAVENDER (Organic): Lavandula x intermedia - Lavender is a member of the mint family and one of the most popular herbs in the world.
Brought into North America by Europeans in the 1790’s, remaining Native American medicine men whom still practiced quickly adopted lavender buds due to their versatile uses in all manner of medicines. It was often dried and added to tobacco due to its fragrance!
This Native American herb is often used in the sweat lodge (purification lodge) or blended into kinnick-kinnick smoking blends.
The common herbs used in the sweat lodge (purification lodge) are the sages, cedars, sweet grass. They are all burned on the sacred hot rocks to cleanse and heal the participants in the sweat. Other herbs often used are lavender, star anise, red willow, bear root and the resins like copal and piñon.
Smudging lavender blossoms is thought to have powers of protection and cleansing, it brings a positive energy, opens the heart chakra, and calms the mind.
Lavender makes a delicious tea and is easy to make. Boil 8 oz of water. Place 4 teaspoons of lavender buds into a tea ball or sachet. Place the tea ball and hot water into a teacup. Let steep for 10 minutes. Enjoy with or without a sweetener, such as honey.
LAVENDER (Organic): Lavandula x intermedia - Lavender is a member of the mint family and one of the most popular herbs in the world.
Brought into North America by Europeans in the 1790’s, remaining Native American medicine men whom still practiced quickly adopted lavender buds due to their versatile uses in all manner of medicines. It was often dried and added to tobacco due to its fragrance!
This Native American herb is often used in the sweat lodge (purification lodge) or blended into kinnick-kinnick smoking blends.
The common herbs used in the sweat lodge (purification lodge) are the sages, cedars, sweet grass. They are all burned on the sacred hot rocks to cleanse and heal the participants in the sweat. Other herbs often used are lavender, star anise, red willow, bear root and the resins like copal and piñon.
Smudging lavender blossoms is thought to have powers of protection and cleansing, it brings a positive energy, opens the heart chakra, and calms the mind.
Lavender makes a delicious tea and is easy to make. Boil 8 oz of water. Place 4 teaspoons of lavender buds into a tea ball or sachet. Place the tea ball and hot water into a teacup. Let steep for 10 minutes. Enjoy with or without a sweetener, such as honey.
