Brooke’s Apothecary 🫚
A little corner for the herbs, botanicals, teas, tools, and other things I actually use and love 🍄🟫
Herbs & Botanicals 🌿
I’ve always loved keeping a well-stocked little apothecary, whether I’m making tea, working with mushrooms, blending herbs, or simply reaching for something I know and trust
Starwest Botanicals is one of the places I’m happy to recommend for herbs, teas, spices, essential oils, and other botanical goodies. Below, you’ll find my curated list of favorites, along with direct shopping links and a little information about each herb’s traditional medicinal uses, magical folklore, and practical uses:
Shop Organic Lavender Flowers - Medicinal: relaxation and restful sleep Magical: peace, purification, protection, love, and dreamwork Practical: Beautiful in teas, sachets, dream pillows, bath blends, infused oils, simmer pots, botanical crafts, and tucked into broom packaging
Shop Organic Whole Cloves - Medicinal: Traditionally used to support digestion, ease gas and nausea, soothe occasional tooth discomfort, and freshen the breath Magical: Protection, purification, prosperity, courage, friendship, and stopping gossip Practical: Beautiful in teas, fire cider, simmer pots, incense blends, and protection charms
Shop Organic Mullein Leaf - Medicinal: Traditionally used to soothe irritated respiratory tissues and support comfortable breathing and productive coughs Magical: Courage, protection, spirit communication, and warding away nightmares Practical: Commonly prepared as tea or infused oil. Tea should be strained through fine cloth to remove the tiny irritating hairs
Shop Organic Elderberries - Medicinal: Traditionally used for seasonal immune support and relief of common cold and flu symptoms Magical: Protection, healing, transformation, and ancestral connection Practical: Used in cooked syrups, oxymels, teas, and fire cider. Raw or improperly prepared elderberries can be toxic and should always be thoroughly cooked
Shop Organic Calendula Flowers - Medicinal: Traditionally used topically to soothe minor skin irritation and support the healing of small cuts, scrapes, and dry skin Magical: Joy, solar energy, prosperity, protection, and prophetic dreams Practical: Beautiful in infused oils, salves, soaps, baths, teas, and botanical crafts
Shop Organic Chamomile Flowers - Medicinal: Traditionally used for digestive discomfort, mild cramping, relaxation, and occasional sleeplessness Magical: Luck, prosperity, purification, peaceful sleep, and protection Practical: Perfect for evening teas, bath blends, facial steams, dream pillows, and infused oils
Shop Organic Nettle Leaf - Medicinal: Traditionally used as a mineral-rich tonic, mild diuretic, and support for urinary health and seasonal allergy symptoms Magical: Protection, courage, firm boundaries, uncrossing, and banishing unwanted energy Practical: Used in nourishing herbal infusions, teas, soups, broths, and hair rinses
Shop Organic Lemon Balm - Medicinal: Traditionally used for nervous tension, mild anxiety, digestive discomfort, and occasional difficulty sleeping Magical: Happiness, emotional healing, love, friendship, and renewal Practical: Lovely in teas, glycerites, infused honey, cooling summer drinks, and peaceful evening blends
Shop Organic Marshmallow Root - Medicinal: Traditionally used to soothe irritated tissues of the throat and digestive tract and calm a dry, irritated cough Magical: Protection, gentle healing, spirit work, and softening conflict Practical: Best prepared as a cold infusion and also used in syrups, tea blends, hair preparations, and soothing body care
Shop Organic Rose Petals - Medicinal: Traditionally used as a mild astringent and for digestive, emotional, and menstrual support Magical: Love, beauty, divination, self-worth, healing, and psychic protection Practical: Beautiful in teas, ritual baths, facial steams, infused oils, incense blends, sachets, and botanical crafts
Shop Organic Peppermint Leaf - Medicinal: Traditionally used for gas, bloating, nausea, indigestion, and digestive cramping Magical: Cleansing, healing, prosperity, mental clarity, and energetic renewal Practical: Refreshing in teas, infused waters, summer drinks, culinary blends, simmer pots, and herbal baths
Shop Red Raspberry Leaf - Medicinal: Traditionally used as a uterine tonic and for menstrual comfort and digestive support Magical: Fertility, feminine strength, protection, love, and family blessings Practical: Most commonly prepared as tea or included in nourishing herbal infusions and women’s herbal blends
Shop Organic Yarrow - Medicinal: Traditionally used for minor wounds, digestive discomfort, menstrual support, and healthy circulation Magical: Protection, courage, divination, strong boundaries, and enduring love Practical: Used in teas, washes, infused oils, salves, incense blends, charms, and ritual baths
Shop Red Reishi Mushroom - Medicinal: Traditionally used for immune and stress support, stamina, and general vitality, although human evidence remains limited Magical: Longevity, spiritual protection, wisdom, resilience, and immortality symbolism Practical: Used in long-simmered decoctions, broths, tinctures, powders, and mushroom blends
Shop Organic Chaga Mushroom - Medicinal: Traditionally used for immune and inflammatory support, although strong human research is still limited Magical: Endurance, grounding, protection, transformation, and forest wisdom Practical: Commonly simmered into a dark, earthy tea or decoction and used in tinctures and mushroom blends
***These statements describe traditional herbal uses and are for educational purposes only. They have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. Magical correspondences come from folklore and spiritual traditions. Herbs may cause allergies or interact with medications; consult a qualified healthcare professional when appropriate*
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