Avena Botanicals Urinary Tract Support nourishes the urinary tract and encourages healthy immune function for the urinary tract.*
The urinary system is a major waterway of the body, and its preferred state is one that is moist and cool. Urinary Tract Support is a unique blend of herbs that offer specific support, encouraging healthy immune function for the overall terrain and tissue of the urinary tract.
This blend is best taken short-term and combined with intentional lifestyle choices. To add further support for a healthy urinary tract, drink plenty of room temperature water while taking this product. Avoid sugar (white or brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, fruit juices), caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and processed foods. Combine with one of our nervine and stress support tinctures and try to get plenty of rest. For longer-term support, consider Urinary Tract Tonic.
Garden Notes: We encourage a lovely bed of Chickweed to grow and spread in a shaded part of our gardens. Corn Silk comes from a local organic corn grower. We grow, hand-dig, and tincture Echinacea root, a wonderful herb that is added to this blend. Yerba Mansa, a special plant, is sent to us from the Southwest. And after the first frost in fall, Deb hikes up to a special nearby ledge on a friend's wild land and hand-gathers the creeping Uva Ursi vines. This harvest marks the end of our plant harvests.
Taste / Energetics: aromatic, bitter, moistening, cooling, medicinal, soothing, clearing.
Actions: immune supportive, demulcent, mucous membrane tonic, astringent, lymphatic.
When to reach for it: When in need of specific, acute, support for the urinary tract and kidneys with a special focus on the immune system.
Ingredients: Fresh Chickweed (Stellaria media) aerial parts†, Fresh Corn (Zea mays) silk^, Fresh Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) root†, Fresh Uva Ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) leaf**, Dried Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica) root**, Grain Alcohol (alcohol 95% by volume, water)^, Spring Water, Vegetable glycerin^.
Suggested Use: Add 20-40 drops to 1 ounce of water 3 times/day for a 48 hours period, followed by 20 drops 3 times/day for 7-10 days.
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.
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.
