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2 oz., 4 oz., 8 oz., or 16 oz. glass bottle.
Support health of the urinary tract during an infection. Take 1 tsp. with water three times daily.
Ingredients: Fresh Shepherd's Purse flowering tops (Capsella bursa-pastoris)*, Pipsissewa leaf (Chimaphila umbrellata)*, Usnea lichen (Usnea sp.)*, distilled water, and food grade alcohol.
*Wild harvested in Idaho.
It is recommended that you consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medications.
For educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
- Shepherd's Purse can be found along roadsides and is a common lawn weed. It is a prolific grower and obtained its name from the appearance of its ripened seed pods, which resemble a Shepherd’s purse from long ago. It has a slender stem, clusters of tiny white flowers, and triangular seedpods. The flat heart-shaped fruit pods contain numerous yellow oblong seeds and, upon ripening, the “Shepherd’s Purse” separates into two halves.
Shepherd's Purse is an excellent blood coagulant, which can be used externally or internally. It is also very good for relieving urinary tract and kidney infections.
Pipsissewa is a common alpine plant that forms colonies. This slightly woody stout dwarf is an evergreen shrub that spreads from a creeping rhizome. The leaves are in whorls, narrowly oblong and sharply toothed, bright green, and shiny above. The flowers are saucer-shaped with five pink waxy petals surrounding a plump green ovary and ten reddish stamens. Several fragrant flowers nod atop the stems. Pipsissewa is widespread and common at sub-alpine elevations on mossy, well-drained sites within coniferous forests.
Pipsissewa has an antiseptic effect upon the genito-urinary system and is very useful in relieving urinary infections. Pipsissewa is a close relative of Uva Ursi, but contains fewer tannins, is less irritating, and acts as stronger diuretic.
Usnea, also known as old man’s beard, is not a plant but a lichen—a mutually symbiotic relationship between an algae and a fungus. The entire lichen is used. Usnea looks like long, fuzzy strings hanging from trees in North American and European forests. The particular species of Usnea common to our area is a medium-sized tufted shrub lichen that is pale yellowish green in color. It is highly branched with numerous short side branches that are reinforced by a tough white central cord. Usnea grows over trees and shrubs, preferring old growth forest conifers in shady areas.
Usnic acid, which gives usnea its bitter taste, acts as an antibiotic. The lichen also helps the body to resist and kill unwanted organisms such as bacteria, virus, fungus and parasites. Unlike bacterial cells, human cells are less permeable to usnic acid and are not adversely affected.
Fresh Plant Tincture
Extract initiated within 36 hours of harvest.
Ratio 1g : 4.5mL
Both alcohol and water soluble plant constituents are extracted by immersing plant materials in a food grade alcohol and distilled water blend.
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Cautions
- Do not use Shepherd’s Purse during pregnancy.
Use of Shepherd’s Purse with sedative herbs or drugs may enhance both therapeutic and adverse effects.
Ingestion of large amounts of Shepherd’s Purse may cause heart palpitations.
Shepherd’s Purse may interfere with antihypertensive, antihypotensive, or cardiovascular drugs, or thyroid therapy.
Caution is advised for those with a history of kidney stones. Shepherd’s Purse contains oxalate.
Pipsissewa is not recommended for long-term use due to the presence of hydroquinone.
Do not become alarmed if using Pipsissewa gives the urine a greenish color.
Caution is advised with the use of Usnea for people with autoimmune disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, lupus) as Usnea may increase the action of the immune system.
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