Mother Earth Essentials Plant Data

Wintergreen

Traditionally, wintergreen leaf tea was used for colds, headaches, stomachaches, fever, kidney ailments, and externally as a wash for rheumatism, nerve pain, joint pain & sore muscles. Wintergreen has many traditional medicinal uses including as an antiseptic, diuretic, nervine (to calm frayed nerves), rubefacient (to stimulate blood circulation to the skin, stimulant & anti-rheumatic. Wintergreen is known to alleviate dry, cracked skin. Wintergreen is commonly used in medicinal preparation for treating breathing congestion due to colds.

MEE products containing Wintergreen

Preserving Traditional Knowledge

A portion of all of our sales helps fund our cultural awareness sessions – such as Cree classes, Medicinal Tea Blending, Crafts, etc., designed to promote the preservation of traditional Aboriginal culture and knowledge. These sessions will take place at our new Edmonton location store opening in April 2013. Check back – or LIKE us on Facebook to receive updates!

About Mother Earth Essentials

Welcome to Mother Earth Essentials where we utilize traditional Aboriginal knowledge to create beautifully handcrafted bath products (sweetgrass, cedar, wild mint sage, tobacco and wildrose/cranberry soaps, lotions, bath salts, shampoo, footbalm, candles, etc.) imparted with the scents and healing properties of Mother Earth. These sacred plants have been used in our culture for thousands of years and it’s only with permission from our Elders that we bring this Aboriginal Knowledge to a wider audience. Our company is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. Learn more about our Culture Camps.

Reducing Our Footprint

Our line of hotel amenities feature state of the art recyclable (non-virgin) plastics that biodegrade in 2 years as opposed to traditional plastics that take 1000 years. Read more about our practices...

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