Avena Botanicals Teasel supports healthy detoxification and strengthens energetic boundaries. An ally for bone and immune health.*
The Teasel plant has big spiky stalks from which thistle-like flower heads develop, blooming with soft, delicate light purple flowers. In Maine and in other places, the dried flower heads were once used in wool carding. This low-dose plant supports a healthy musculoskeletal system: muscles, bones, ligaments, and tendons. Teasel has a great affinity for the immune system and can be an essential catalyst. This lesser-known plant also supports the vitality of the digestive system, encourages the body's natural detoxification pathways, and reinforces one's inner vitality and vital essence.
Teasel strengthens the integrity of a person's energetic boundary; supportive when feeling emotionally exhausted, depleted, discouraged, or vulnerable.
Garden Notes: This special biennial herb grows abundantly in our Biodynamic gardens. The purple, spiky flowers attract lots of bees! We hand-dig the fibrous first-year roots of Teasel from our gardens in the fall and tincture them immediately in organic alcohol, letting some of the flowers go to seed. Teasel reseeds easily in the garden, providing us with an abundance of plants each summer.
Taste / Energetics: bitter, slightly sweet, aromatic, clearing, stimulating.
Actions: immune supportive, tonic.
When to reach for it: When in need of specific immune support. When embarking on a specific herbal protocol for supporting vitality related to the immune system, digestion, and connective tissue. A good herb to consult with an herbalist about before using.
Botanical Name: Dipsacus sylvestris
Part Used: Fresh root
Ingredients: Certified Biodynamic and Organic Teasel root, Certified Organic Pure Grain Alcohol, Springwater, Certified Organic Vegetable Glycerin
Ingredients: Fresh Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) root†, Spring Water, Grain Alcohol (alcohol 95% by volume, water)^.
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 their gardens with an array of colors, sounds, and personalities. The presence of pollinators fills hearts with joy and gratitude.
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