Apothecary Library
The House of Coughee Apothecary
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Important: This library is for educational purposes only. Herbs can interact with medications, health conditions, pregnancy, breastfeeding, surgery, and other supplements. please consult with your primary care physician before using any herb or blend. These statements are not verified by the FDA. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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Herb write-ups, benefits & contraindications
White Willow Bark
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for occasional discomfort and recovery support because it naturally contains salicylate-like compounds. May support comfort after physical strain and general inflammatory response balance.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid with aspirin allergy, blood thinners, ulcers, kidney disease, upcoming surgery, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or for children/teens with viral illness. May increase bleeding or stomach irritation risk.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Arnica Flower
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used externally for bruising, muscle soreness, swelling, and recovery after bumps or overuse. Commonly used in salves, oils, and topical preparations.
Contraindications / use caution
Do not take internally unless professionally prepared. Avoid on broken skin, during pregnancy unless advised, or with ragweed/daisy-family allergy. Stop if rash or irritation occurs.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Hibiscus
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a tart tea for hydration, antioxidant support, and healthy blood pressure support already within normal range. May support liver and metabolic wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May lower blood pressure or blood sugar. Use caution with blood pressure meds, diabetes meds, diuretics, pregnancy, or before surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Hyssop
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for seasonal respiratory comfort, throat support, and digestive ease. Often used in teas and steam-style routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding, seizure disorders, or with children unless supervised. Essential oil can be risky and should not be ingested.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Yarrow
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestive comfort, fever-season routines, menstrual comfort, and skin/wound folk preparations.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding, blood thinners, bleeding disorders, or ragweed/daisy-family allergy. May increase bleeding risk.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Black Maca
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for stamina, mood, libido, fertility-related wellness routines, and daily energy support.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with hormone-sensitive conditions, thyroid conditions, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or medications affecting hormones. Can be stimulating for some.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Horsetail
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a silica-rich herb for hair, nails, skin, bone, and fluid-balance support.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid long-term high-dose use, kidney disease, pregnancy, breastfeeding, low potassium, alcohol use disorder, or lithium/diuretic medications. Must be properly prepared and thiaminase-free.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Spiritual Bath Mix
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used externally in bath rituals for relaxation, grounding, intention setting, and spiritual cleansing practices.
Contraindications / use caution
External use only. Avoid if ingredients trigger allergies, skin irritation, pregnancy concerns, open wounds, or sensitivity to essential oils/fragrances.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Orris Root
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a fragrant fixative in spiritual work, body powders, and aromatic blends.
Contraindications / use caution
Generally not for internal use. Powder may irritate lungs/skin. Avoid with fragrance sensitivity, pregnancy concerns, or allergy to iris-family plants.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Nettle
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a mineral-rich tea for seasonal allergy support, urinary tract wellness, joint comfort, and iron-rich nourishment routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May affect blood pressure, blood sugar, fluid balance, and blood thinners. Use caution with kidney issues, diuretics, diabetes meds, blood pressure meds, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Red Clover
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for menopause support, lymphatic wellness, skin routines, and mineral-rich tea blends.
Contraindications / use caution
Contains phytoestrogens. Avoid/use caution with hormone-sensitive conditions, pregnancy, breastfeeding, blood thinners, or before surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Milk Thistle
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for liver wellness, antioxidant support, and digestive/bile-flow routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with ragweed/daisy-family allergy, diabetes meds, hormone-sensitive conditions, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or liver medications.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Mullein
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for respiratory comfort, dry throat, seasonal lung support, and soothing teas.
Contraindications / use caution
May irritate if not strained well due to fine hairs. Use caution with pregnancy, breastfeeding, or allergy/sensitivity.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Yohimbe
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for libido and energy support, but it is a strong stimulant herb.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid with heart disease, high/low blood pressure, anxiety, panic disorder, kidney/liver disease, psychiatric meds, stimulants, antidepressants, pregnancy, or breastfeeding. Can cause rapid heartbeat, anxiety, and blood pressure changes.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Yellow Dock
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestion, liver/bile routines, elimination support, and iron-building folk formulas.
Contraindications / use caution
May be laxative. Avoid kidney stones, kidney disease, diarrhea, pregnancy, breastfeeding, blood thinners, diuretics, or electrolyte imbalance.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Schisandra Berry
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as an adaptogen for stress resilience, liver support, focus, stamina, and antioxidant routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May affect liver enzymes and medication levels. Use caution with liver meds, seizure meds, blood thinners, pregnancy, breastfeeding, reflux, or ulcers.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Black Seeds
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for immune support, respiratory wellness, digestion, skin, and metabolic balance routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May lower blood sugar/blood pressure and affect bleeding. Use caution with diabetes meds, blood pressure meds, blood thinners, pregnancy, or surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Goldenseal / Berberine
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestive microbial balance, seasonal immune routines, and metabolic support.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid during pregnancy/breastfeeding and in infants. Can interact with many medications, blood sugar meds, blood thinners, antibiotics, blood pressure meds, and liver-metabolized drugs.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Yerba Mate
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a caffeinated tea for alertness, mood, focus, and metabolism support.
Contraindications / use caution
Contains caffeine. Avoid/use caution with anxiety, insomnia, heart rhythm issues, high blood pressure, pregnancy, breastfeeding, stimulants, or caffeine sensitivity.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Heavy Metal Detox Blend
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a supportive blend for elimination, mineral balance, antioxidant intake, and digestive/liver wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Ingredients vary. Detox blends can interact with medications or mobilize minerals. Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding, kidney/liver disease, and use caution with prescriptions.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Oat Straw
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a mineral-rich tonic for stress, nervous system nourishment, hair/skin/nails, and gentle daily support.
Contraindications / use caution
Usually gentle, but avoid with oat/gluten cross-contamination sensitivity unless certified. Use caution with pregnancy/breastfeeding or medication concerns.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Dandelion Root
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for liver, bile, digestion, fluid balance, and gentle elimination support.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with gallbladder disease, bile duct obstruction, kidney disease, diuretics, lithium, blood thinners, diabetes meds, or ragweed allergy.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Rosemary
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestion, circulation, focus, hair/scalp routines, and antioxidant support.
Contraindications / use caution
High doses/essential oil may be unsafe. Use caution with pregnancy, seizures, blood thinners, blood pressure meds, or aspirin sensitivity.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Tongkat Ali
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for male vitality, libido, stress resilience, and athletic energy routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with hormone-sensitive conditions, prostate issues, insomnia/anxiety, heart disease, pregnancy/breastfeeding, or stimulant effects.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Red Raspberry Leaf
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a uterine and mineral-rich tonic, especially in women’s wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Pregnancy use should be clinician-guided. Use caution with hormone-sensitive conditions, uterine conditions, or medications affecting hormones.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Passionflower
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for relaxation, nervous tension, sleep support, and stress routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May cause drowsiness. Avoid combining with sedatives, alcohol, sleep meds, anxiety meds, pregnancy, or breastfeeding unless advised.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Wormwood
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a bitter for digestion and parasite-cleanse folk practices.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding, seizures, kidney disease, liver disease, and long-term use. Thujone-containing products can be toxic at high doses.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Diabetes Tea Blend
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a supportive blend for glucose and metabolic wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Not a substitute for diabetes care. May lower blood sugar and interact with insulin, metformin, GLP-1s, and other diabetes meds. Monitor with clinician guidance.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Motherwort
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for nervous heart feelings, stress, menstrual comfort, and women’s wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy unless clinician-directed. Use caution with blood thinners, heart meds, sedatives, heavy periods, or low blood pressure.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Ginger
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for nausea, digestion, circulation, immune-season comfort, and inflammatory response support.
Contraindications / use caution
May increase bleeding or reflux in some. Use caution with blood thinners, gallstones, surgery, pregnancy dosing, or diabetes/blood pressure meds.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Dong Quai
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used in women’s wellness, menstrual comfort, circulation, and vitality formulas.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding, blood thinners, bleeding disorders, hormone-sensitive conditions, or before surgery. May increase sun sensitivity.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Hawthorn Berry
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a heart and circulation tonic for cardiovascular wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Can interact with heart medications, blood pressure meds, nitrates, beta blockers, and digoxin. Use with clinician guidance for heart conditions.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Burdock Root
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for skin, lymphatic, liver, digestion, and elimination support.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with diuretics, diabetes meds, blood thinners, pregnancy, breastfeeding, dehydration, or ragweed/daisy-family allergy.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Shatavari
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used in Ayurveda for women’s wellness, reproductive support, stress resilience, and soothing nourishment.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with hormone-sensitive conditions, estrogenic medications, pregnancy/breastfeeding, or asparagus allergy.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Bitter Melon
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for blood sugar and metabolic wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May lower blood sugar. Avoid pregnancy/breastfeeding and use caution with insulin, diabetes meds, G6PD deficiency, liver concerns, or surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Neem
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for skin, scalp, oral, and cleansing routines; also used in bitter wellness traditions.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility attempts, children, liver disease, autoimmune conditions, and internal use unless supervised. Can be potent.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Calendula
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for skin soothing, lymphatic support, wound-care folk preparations, and gentle tea blends.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid with ragweed/daisy-family allergy. Use caution during pregnancy/breastfeeding or before surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Mint
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestion, gas, nausea, cooling comfort, and fresh respiratory support.
Contraindications / use caution
May worsen reflux/GERD. Use caution with gallbladder disease, severe liver disease, infants, or high-dose essential oil use.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Gotu Kola
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for skin/connective tissue, circulation, focus, calm, and wound-healing folk routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with liver disease, sedatives, alcohol, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or before surgery. May cause drowsiness or liver strain in rare cases.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Reishi Mushroom
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for immune modulation, stress resilience, sleep support, and longevity routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with immune disorders, transplant meds, blood thinners, blood pressure meds, pregnancy/breastfeeding, or mushroom allergy.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Deep Sleep Blend
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a calming nighttime blend to support relaxation and sleep quality.
Contraindications / use caution
May cause drowsiness. Avoid alcohol, sedatives, driving after use, pregnancy/breastfeeding unless advised, and check each ingredient for interactions.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Ginkgo Leaf
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for circulation, memory, and cognitive wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May increase bleeding. Avoid/use caution with blood thinners, seizure disorders, antidepressants, NSAIDs, surgery, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Soursop
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used in Caribbean/Latin wellness traditions for antioxidant, immune, and digestive support.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy/breastfeeding, Parkinson’s/neurological disease, low blood pressure, liver/kidney disease, or long-term high-dose use.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Bacopa
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used in Ayurveda for memory, learning, focus, and nervous-system support.
Contraindications / use caution
May cause digestive upset or drowsiness. Use caution with thyroid meds, sedatives, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or slow heart rate.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Vitex
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for menstrual cycle rhythm, PMS routines, and women’s hormonal wellness.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid pregnancy unless advised, breastfeeding without guidance, hormone therapy, birth control concerns, IVF/fertility meds, dopamine-related meds, or hormone-sensitive conditions.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Cascara Sagrada
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a stimulant laxative for occasional constipation.
Contraindications / use caution
Short-term use only. Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding, bowel disease, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, heart meds, diuretics, or chronic use.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Smokable Lung Detox Blend
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as a smoke/steam-style botanical blend for respiratory ritual and transition routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Smoking any herb can irritate lungs and is not risk-free. Avoid asthma/COPD, pregnancy, heart/lung disease, blood thinners, and check each ingredient.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Muira Puama
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for libido, mood, nerve support, and energy/vitality routines.
Contraindications / use caution
May be stimulating. Use caution with anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, heart conditions, stimulants, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Valerian Root
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for sleep, relaxation, and nervous-system calming.
Contraindications / use caution
May cause drowsiness. Avoid alcohol, sedatives, sleep meds, driving, pregnancy/breastfeeding unless advised, and taper if using heavily.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Rhodiola
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used as an adaptogen for stress, stamina, focus, mood, and fatigue support.
Contraindications / use caution
Can be stimulating. Use caution with bipolar disorder, anxiety, insomnia, antidepressants, stimulants, blood pressure meds, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Meadowsweet
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestive soothing and occasional discomfort; contains salicylate-like compounds.
Contraindications / use caution
Avoid aspirin allergy, blood thinners, ulcers, kidney disease, pregnancy/breastfeeding, children/teens with viral illness, or before surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Dried Orange Peels
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for digestion, qi-moving folk formulas, flavor, vitamin-rich teas, and aromatic blends.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with citrus allergy, reflux, pesticide residues if not food-grade, and medications affected by citrus compounds.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Frankincense / Boswellia
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for joint comfort, respiratory rituals, meditation, and inflammatory response support.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with blood thinners, NSAIDs, pregnancy/breastfeeding, reflux, autoimmune meds, or before surgery. Essential oil should not be ingested casually.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
White Oak Bark
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used externally as an astringent for skin, gums, and cleansing washes.
Contraindications / use caution
External/short-term use preferred. Avoid internal use without supervision, pregnancy/breastfeeding, kidney/liver disease, constipation, or tannin sensitivity.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Lemon Balm
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for calm mood, sleep support, digestion, and nervous-system ease.
Contraindications / use caution
May interact with thyroid meds, sedatives, and glaucoma meds. Use caution with pregnancy/breastfeeding or before surgery.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Rosehip
Potential traditional wellness benefits
Traditionally used for vitamin C, antioxidant support, immune-season tea, skin, and joint wellness routines.
Contraindications / use caution
Use caution with kidney stones, iron overload, blood thinners, diabetes meds, pregnancy/breastfeeding dosing, or rose-family allergy.
Educational use only — please consult with your primary care physician before using this herb, especially if pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a condition, taking medication, or preparing for surgery. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
Reminder: please consult with your primary care physician before starting herbs or blends. These statements are not verified by the FDA.
