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Wise Woman Herbals® has never wavered from its commitment to support the natural medicine community. As our business has grown so has our social re...

Quality Assurance For more than 30 years Wise Woman Herbals® has been considered a leader in providing quality botanical supplements. Our entire pr...

Stewards Of Our Planet ~WWH Mantra Is Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Wise Woman Herbals® is committed to conducting business responsibly by always rem...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a rich medical system that has existed in some form for more than 3,000 years. The earliest found writings w...

New uses for an old friend: Euphrasia officinalis Research has shown that changes in global warming are leading to more severe seasonal allergies. ...

One of the most common complaints in general practice is springtime allergies. There are many prescription and over the counter medicines but they ...

One of the unsung heroes of the herbal family are the many types of skullcaps from the genus Scutellaria. The genus Scutellaria has 360-400 species and the most commonly used are the Western Skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, and the Chinese Skullcap, Scutellaria baicalensis.  The Scutellaria genus is in the Mint family (Lamiaceae), which is well known in the herbal and spice world.

Adaptogen Herbs for Stress One of the most important methods to support one's health is dealing with stress.  There are many ways to focus on stre...

The Wise Woman Herbals® Practitioner Learning Community February event featured Dr. Glen Nagel and a discussion on Botanicals for Energy and Adrenal Health. In this discussion, Dr. Nagel spoke about the uses for licorice root, eleuthero, schisandra, wild oats and rhodiola.

The use of bitters is expanding beyond the digestive tract, research studies like the ones mentioned above and other studies have given us new insight for bitter use which extends beyond the digestive tract. In a way it makes sense, bitter agents to help balance the epidemic of sugar overindulgence.  The new use of bitters may help use treat the epidemic of diabetes, cardiovascular disease that leads to chronic illness. So now when we make a toast with our favorite drink, make sure it has a good dose of herbal bitters to help support our health. Let's take bitters for health if we can learn to enjoy the taste or at least to tolerate the new face of bitters.

Our Wise Woman Herbals® Throat Mist is perfect for the busy, on-the-go and health conscious person searching for ways to support normal healthy thr...

Traditionally grown throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, Licorice has long been touted to improve health and digestive function. Harmony in min...