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Melilot flowers, Yarrow hydrosol, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax.
MELILOT EYE OINTMENT 1/2 OZ.
Our Price: $6.00

1/2 oz. jar. (Melilotus officinalis & Achillea millefolium). Excellent ointment for treating pink eye, ocular rosacea, scaly patches around the eye and irritations around the eye lids and tear ducts.

Ingredients: Melilot flowers, Yarrow hydrosol, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax.

Melilot is good for inflammation of the eye or other parts of the body.

The Melilots are perennial herbs, 2 to 4 feet high, found in dry fields and along roadsides, in waste places and chalky banks, especially along railway banks and near lime kilns. The smooth, erect stems are much branched, the leaves placed on alternate sides of the stems are smooth and trifoliate, the leaflets oval. The plants bear long racemes of small, sweet-scented, yellow or white, papilionaceous flowers in the yellow species, the keel of the flower much shorter than the other parts and containing much honey. They are succeeded by broad, black, one-seeded pods, transversely wrinkled.

All species of Melilot, when in flower, have a peculiar sweet odour, which by drying be comes stronger and more agreeable, somewhat like that of the Tonka bean, this similarity being accounted for by the fact that they both contain the same chemical principle, Coumarin, which is also present in new-mown hay and woodruff, which have the identical fragrance.

The name of this genus comes from the words Mel (honey) and lotus (meaning honeylotus), the plants being great favourites of the bees. Popular and local English names are Sweet Clover, King's Clover, Hart's Tree or Plaster Clover, Sweet Lucerne and Wild Laburnum.

Melilot Constituents - Coumarin, the crystalline substance developed under the drying process, is the only important constituent, together with its related compounds, hydrocoumaric (melilotic) acid, orthocoumaric acid and melilotic anhydride, or lactone, a fragrant oil.

Due to its mild astringent action, Yarrow, in hydrosol form, is very soothing to the tissue around the eye.

Yarrow, a member of the Asteraceae family, is closely related to the chamomiles. It flourishes in a sunny and warm habitat, and is frequently found in meadows and along roadsides, as well as on dry, sunny slopes. It grows as a simple, erect, and hairy stem that can reach a height of 5 feet. The entire plant (with the exception of the fruit) is draped in white, silky hairs. Yarrow grows from runners as tough, angular, horizontal stems that bear flowers.

Yarrow blooms between June and September. The flowers are typically white, but either pink or pale purple flowers are common in mountain areas. The petals are densely arranged in flattened clusters, and the leaves look like feathers.

Yarrow Constituents - A dark green, volatile oil, a peculiar principle, achillein, and achilleic acid, which is said to be identical with aconitic acid, also resin, tannin, gum and earthy ash, consisting of nitrates, phosphates and chlorides of potash and lime.


PHOTOS: Melilot Eye Ointment; blooming Melilot; Melilot flowers drying before oil infusion; Yarrow in bloom

Lomatium (Lomatium dissectum), olive oil, and beeswax.
LOMATIUM SALVE 1 OZ.
Our Price: $6.00

1 oz. jar Lomatium (Lomatium dissectum) Salve. Lomatium Salve is a very special, fragrant ointment for softening the skin, as well as disinfecting cuts and wounds.

Lomatium dissectum is the most robust of the desert parsley. This fern-leafed variety is highly variable and has a wide range. It grows as much as four feet tall, making it the tallest of the Lomatium. The leaves, mostly basal, are large and divided into many segments. The multiple umbels develop on a long, leafless stalk, with early spring flowers that vary in color from deep purple (nearly black) to pale yellow. It most frequently grows in rocky habitats, particularly on talus slopes. It is often found growing among Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

Lomatium dissectum is considered among many Native American tribes as one of the Bear Medicines (along with Osha and Arrowleaf Balsamroot) since in spring it sends up parts resembling furry, brown paws. Bear Medicine plants were used to heal the heart, liver and lungs.

PHOTOS: Lomatium Salve (with apprentice James); apprentices digging autumn Lomatium; Tjaden cleans freshly dug Lomatium root; Marilyn prepares for salve making


Chopped Oregon Grape root infused in olive oil, then thickened with beeswax.
OREGON GRAPE ROOT SALVE 1 OZ.
Our Price: $6.00

1 oz. white plastic jar. (Mahonia repens). Oregon Grape Root Salve is excellent for infections, eczema, psoriasis, itchy skin, boils and wounds.

The leaves of this holly-like ground cover usually have seven to nine leaflets in pairs along a thin, tough stem. They are rough textured, wavy-margined with prickly edges, and darker green above than below. Some of the evergreen leaves turn red in the autumn. The blossoms are tight yellow clusters, which bloom in early spring. Both the stems and roots have a bright yellow pith and very bitter taste due to the presence of the alkaloid berberine. The flowers mature into tart bluish berries with a white “bloom.” Fruit matures in early summer.

Contains: Chopped Oregon Grape root infused in olive oil, then thickened with beeswax.

Constituents: Alkaloids of the isoquinoline type; berberine, berbamine, hydrastine, oxycanthine.


PHOTOS: Oregon Grape Root Salve; shredded Oregon Grape root; adding oil for slow infusing; cooling Oregon Grape Root Salve.

Tinctures of Oregon Grape root, Yarrow, and Artemesia blended with mineral salt, Kaolin clay and Puffball spore.
MRSA MUD 4 OZ. JAR
Our Price: $21.00

4 oz. plastic jar of MRSA Mud to apply externally, directly to the open wound. Once the mud dries, it is gently washed off and the area is then misted
with MRSA Antibiotic Spray.

Ingredients: Tinctures of Oregon Grape root, Yarrow, and Artemesia blended with mineral salt, Kaolin clay and Puffball spore.

Instructions: Wash wound with an herbal antibacterial soap (such as Osage Orange), using a clean cloth. Spray wound with MRSA Antibacterial Spray and allow area to dry for an hour or more. Apply a generous but even layer of MRA Mud directly over wound and allow to air dry. This may take an hour or more, so it's a good time to quietly relax. Gently rinse mud off and out of the wound. Reapply MRSA Antibacterial Spray, allow to dry a few minutes, then dress the wound. Follow the MRSA Mud procedure at least once daily Twice is more effective. Any cloth used to cleanse the wound should be sterilized by boiling with some bleach added. Gloves are recommended when touching the wound. BATHING is not recommended when working with MRSA infection. After showering, the shower should be sprayed with a mixture of bleach and water (1/2 cup bleach per quart of water).

PHOTO: MRSA Mud; MRSA Mud opened; gathering spore producing Puffballs; Sheila and Kevin scrub Oregon Grape root.

Chopped Oregon Grape root infused in olive oil, then thickened with beeswax.
OREGON GRAPE ROOT SALVE 4 OZ.
Our Price: $21.00

4 oz. white plastic jar. (Mahonia repens). Oregon Grape Root Salve is excellent for infections, eczema, psoriasis, itchy skin, boils and wounds.

The leaves of this holly-like ground cover usually have seven to nine leaflets in pairs along a thin, tough stem. They are rough textured, wavy-margined with prickly edges, and darker green above than below. Some of the evergreen leaves turn red in the autumn. The blossoms are tight yellow clusters, which bloom in early spring. Both the stems and roots have a bright yellow pith and very bitter taste due to the presence of the alkaloid berberine. The flowers mature into tart bluish berries with a white “bloom.” Fruit matures in early summer.

Contains: Chopped Oregon Grape root infused in olive oil, then thickened with beeswax.

Constituents: Alkaloids of the isoquinoline type; berberine, berbamine, hydrastine, oxycanthine.

PHOTOS: Oregon Grape root Salve 4 oz.; Oregon Grape in flower; cooling Oregon Grape Root Salve.