Avena Botanicals Astragalus is a deeply rejuvenating tonic. Promotes healthy immune, digestive, and respiratory function, while imparting general strength and vitality to the human spirit and body.*
A member of the bean family (Fabaceae), Astragalus, for all its sweetness and food-like quality, is a powerful plant essential to many traditional health and wellness systems worldwide. The roots of this hardy perennial are strong, deeply rooted, and nourishing to the soil where they grow. When we use Astragalus, we too are blessed by the sweet, building, and strengthening qualities of these beautiful roots.
When taken over several weeks or months, especially in the late summer/early autumn and winter, and again throughout the gardening season, Astragalus deeply supports healthy immune function and strengthens our lungs. We may be more open to receiving emotional and physical inspiration from our environment and the beauty of the natural world. This magnificent herb offers us the nourishment and strength to think clearly, stand up, and to be our authentic selves. We find support to digest our food and life experiences with more grace. Astragalus is considered to be the queen of the Chi/Qi Tonics in Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Our Astragalus root is made with the utmost care from our Biodynamic plants, making this tincture a safe, effective, and vibrant choice for the whole family.
Beds of astragalus plants grow in Avena's biodynamic gardens. This leguminous herb benefits the soil by fixing nitrogen and improving overall soil health. In autumn, Avena's gardeners dig many yellow-colored astragalus roots when the plants are three to four years old.
Taste / Energetics: sweet, warming, moistening, building, strengthening.
Actions: immune tonic, lung tonic, adaptogen, blood building, Chi/Qi tonic.
When to reach for it: When you feel weak, depleted, or drained. For postpartum and menopause support. To enhance lung health. When seeking inspiration and strength. From late summer through spring (and for full-time gardeners and farmers, continue taking during the farming season).
Ingredients: Certified Organic Astragalus (Astragalus Membranaceus) (fresh and dried root) (100% Domestic USA Grown)
Other Ingredients: Certified Organic Pure Grain Alcohol, Spring Water
Suggested Use: Add 20 drops (1ml) to 1 ounce of water 4 times/day, place 20 drops in a quart water bottle and sip during the day or take as suggested by your healthcare provider.
Safety Consideration: Pregnant women avoid. Avoid use during acute infections.
Avena Botanicals values simplicity and the traditional ways of hand-crafting herbal products. They use simple tabletop tools instead of large, mechanized machines and they do not mass-manufacture.
This holistic and spiritually alive system of organic agriculture enlivens the soil, water, and plants along with the soul, spirit, and consciousness of humans. Biodynamic preparations and practices create herbal products that can benefit body, mind, and spirit and connect individuals to the source of their sustenance.
Since their inception in 1985, they have used no synthetic ingreidents, additives, or solvents of any kind in their herbal products or farming practices. Their on-site production facility only uses 100% biodegradable cleaning supplies.
Avena's products are produced on-site in their custom-built facility. You can take an herb walk through their gardens in the summer, while seeing smellIing baskets of herbs and flowers going into the facility, it doesn't get any more local than this.
Creating gentle, organic, high-quality herbal products that promote good health is their goal. They produce their products in small batches to ensure that their freshness and efficacy meet their high standards.
Avena's gardens are open to the public for a few select events each year. They are a peaceful sanctuary for people (and pollinators) to enjoy, learn in, and experience the gifts of nature. They host a handful of herb walks, classes, and retreats each summer, often accompanied by refreshing botanical sun tea.
These values remain constant in their thoughts, words, and actions. They care deeply about the health and well-being of the people and plants they serve and take extra care as they harvest the herbs and create products.
Despite the modern world's technological advances, many people around our planet remain unhappy and disconnected from nature. Avena's peaceful gardens, retreats, and hand-crafted herbal products assist people seeking to live in harmony with nature and with the spirit that connects all living beings.
They aim to create a working environment that embodies balance, health, and wellness. They ring a bell at noon for any staff who chooses to stop and meditate for 5-10 minutes. Their weekly staff meetings are held outdoors in summer and in a room overlooking the garden in winter. As a staff, they share yummy potlucks, birthday cakes, inspiring books, and garden walks.
Avena Botanicals is the first Demeter Certified Biodynamic farm in Maine. Biodynamic agriculture is a holistic and spiritually alive system of organic and ecological practices and philosophies based on the teachings of Dr. Rudolf Steiner. One of the core beliefs and practices of Biodynamic agriculture is to help heal the Earth.
Their hand-gathered herbs come into Avena's drying rooms and are immediately weighed and laid onto large screens. Most of these herbs are grown in Avena's three-acre gardens. They also collect a few herbs from nearby islands and meadows.
Over five hundred pounds of fresh, hand-gathered herbs come into Avena's apothecary annually and are thoughtfully prepared into herbal tinctures, elixirs, glycerites, and oils. Over 70% of these herbs come directly from Avena's Demeter Certified Biodynamic gardens. Their herbs are fresh, aromatic, sweet, bitter, pungent, and beautiful.
Avena's gardens have been purposefully planted with protective hedgerows and flowering plants that offer nectar and pollen to dozens of pollinators. Shimmering ruby-throated hummingbirds and various butterflies, honey bees and native bees fill our gardens with an array of colors, sounds, and personalities. The presence of pollinators fills hearts with joy and gratitude.
FDA Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
