Mountain Rose Herbs

Explore our brand new set of 27 different recipes from our staff and community at Mountain Rose Herbs. Enjoy!

Hot infusions draw out vitamins, enzymes, and aromatic volatile oils. Flowers, leaves, and aromatic roots are all ideal. Some examples include ginger root, nettle leaf, holy basil, red clover, horsetail, and raspberry leaf, just to list a few!

How to Make Herbal Salves: Luxurious salves for your skin are only a few easy steps away! Making salves at home is an easy way to introduce yourself to herbalism. Herbalist Maria Noel Groves walks us through how to make a salve from an herb-infused oil in this new video! Make a batch today to use at home, or give as gifts to friends and family.

There's a wide array of herbs well-suited to addressing specific and general winter wellness goals, but one of my favorite, tried-and-true choices for general immune support is the elderberry.

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Toning Body Butter Recipe with Coffee: This rich and creamy tonifying body butter is pure decadence for your skin! Quick and easy to make with skin loving ingredients, it's a must-have addition to your skin care regiment.

Knowing the actions and needs of constituents and which menstrua will extract and preserve them gives herbalists a clear view on pairing constituents with the correct medium to create effective remedies

DIY Thieves Oil Recipe: This infamous blend of essential oils is known for its use as an air freshener and for being a staple in homemade cleaning sprays. This time of year, it is also great to add to your DIY candles or to put in a diffuser. Learn how to make this in your home kitchen and how to safely use it.

When herbalists set out to create herbal remedies, the science of what they are doing is extracting botanical constituents to create physiological changes in the human body. Knowing the actions and needs of a plant’s constituents and how to use and preserve them is key to making effective remedies. We asked our friend Suzanne Tabert from Cedar Mountain Herb School to share her wisdom on how to best extract different herbs. Here's what she had to say...

The practice of placing herbs under one’s pillow dates back centuries and was originally thought to protect against evil, bring good dreams, calm bad dreams, foresee the future, or even conjure a lover into one’s life! No matter the reason, herbal pillows are an easy way to help promote peaceful sleep and encourage dreaming.