Amphoterica Botanicals

07/05/2025

Amazing opportunity to see a renowned herbalist!

There are still a few tickets left for 7song's lecture this Sunday, July 6 from 1 - 3pm at the Summerland Library on Herbal Protocols for Stress & Anxiety. Tickets are $30 pp, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Please message me first as I have the master list of attendees. The earlier plant ID walk is sold out, so just the lecture is open to more people. Wheelchair access, no sign language, though. One day!

If interested, please message me here or on my biz email: 13moons.herbal.apothecary@gmail.com

Blessings!
Sarah

09/21/2024

Michael Moore's website has been updated 😮 What do you think?

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09/17/2024

09/06/2024

Chinese medicine soap making. Looks like a shampoo bar for darkening the hair.

07/30/2024

✨ NEW land-based program from IndigenEYEZ ✨

Introducing 🍃🍂 EARTH SENSE: Land as Teacher
https://indigeneyez.com/learn/earth-sense/

We all have a responsibility to care for the lands, waters, and communities that support us. As the climate changes, adaptation and innovation become critical. Climate change can feel overwhelming. We hear terms like “climate justice” in a settler context, but...

✊🏾 What does this really mean for Indigenous peoples?
🌎 How can we support our communities as we dream our way forward through our quickly changing world?

Earth Sense is a no-cost hybrid (in-person and online) training program for any Indigenous land warriors, changemakers or community members wanting tools and skills to mobilize land-based opportunities in their communities.

Join Earth Sense to start this important contemplation and experience creative activities you can adapt to build up and strengthen your community!

✨ LEARN MORE & REGISTER: https://indigeneyez.com/learn/earth-sense/

07/08/2024

Our founder Jasmyn Clift began the school as a response to frequent requests from people wishing to study traditional yet exacting herbal medicine. In medicine making we value mathematical precision using ethically-harvested, high-quality herbs. This high standard we apply to our practice ensures me...

11/30/2023

We are excited to bring something different to each of the markets and craft fairs we will be attending over the coming weeks!

Make your own Flower Essence Blend at the Steele's Bistro Sip and Shop on Sunday December 3! (Edit: typo in the graphics says the wrong date and times, sorry!)

Flower essences are liquid extracts used to address emotional well-being, and mind-body health. Everything you need to make your own custom blend will be on hand, $10 per remedy. And try some DIY herbal mixology with our custom made bitters and elixirs!

Also on Sunday at Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos Christmas Craft Fair we will have yummy and healthy hot beverages to sample or purchase. As well as our Fire Cider and Elderberry Syrup, and other herbal goodies, featuring local, organic ingredients.

And next week we will bring some new surprises to the Keremeos Light Up and Honest Food Farm Holiday Pop Up!

See you there! ☕️ 🌿

11/28/2023

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09/07/2023

Come make your own custom flower essence blend on site at Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Festival and Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos Heritage Fall Fair - September 23 and 24 in Keremeos!
Flower essences are an energetic remedy in the form of a diluted liquid extract that you take a few drops at a time. They are safe for all ages and health conditions. We have over 50 essences to choose from. Our questionnaire can help you decide and formulate a blend tailored to your needs. We'll have other goodies on hand too, including the always popular Elderberry Syrup and Probiotic Fire Cider. See you there!

08/02/2023

There is still time to let Health Canada, the Minister of Health and your local MP know that the proposed cost recovery programme for Natural Health Products will have disastrous consequences for Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbal and natural medicine in Canada.

The deadline for feedback is August 10, 2023.

Here are some actions you can take:

1) Complete Health Canada’s consultation form Consultation on Natural Health Products Fee Proposal via this link:

https://healthcanada.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6S9O1Idu8CNj7Tg?Q_Language=EN

2) Write a letter to the federal Minister of Health outlining the negative impact the proposed fees will have on your health practice or personal health care.

3) Request a meeting with your local MP to discuss this issue.

Thank you for supporting the continuation of accessible TCM and herbal / natural medicine.

07/11/2023

Common Dandelion / Taraxacum officinale

~guest post by Aimee LeBlanc-Poulin, herbal intern

🌼 Edible from Root to Flower

The ‘weed’ and its full potential👇

Packed full of minerals, nutrients and loaded with vitamins such as vit A, B,C and D, potassium, iron and zinc! Dandelion root is also rich in the soluble fiber, inulin, which benefits gut health!

Dandelion root is used as a coffee alternative that gifts us with a sustainable uplifting source of energy, all while supporting our digestion, liver and gastrointestinal health. So say goodbye to afternoon crash and upset stomach!

Not only do we love this herb for all that it provides for us but the bees love it too 🐝

✨ Did you catch our last post on Raven Roast, this week's featured herbal product? Dandelion root works as the base of their Mocha Mate and Cocao Ramon blends. Now that you know more about this wonderful herb maybe you’ll make your way over to trying Raven Roast’s amazing blends! Or any of our other local and regional health and wellness products. Available in the clinic or by contacting us. Custom herbal options always available too. And yes, we have dandelion root - dried herb or tincture!

07/06/2023

The next line in our featured herbal and wellness products is Raven Roast! A delicious coffee alternative without the jitters and heightened anxiety, that isn’t harsh on your liver!

We carry a few varieties - including Cocoa Ramon, Mocha Mate, and the new Chaga blends - both caffeinated and decaf, at our shop at Okanagan-Similkameen Community Acupuncture. Contact us here or at to find out more!

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💛 Carefully crafted by Brendan Murray-Nellis (founder and owner of Raven Roast), a Registered Acupuncturist who noticed how much coffee people were drinking all day long, “like it was going out of style”. Brendan’s goal was to blend up a delicious drink that mimics the delicious robust flavor of coffee. And that he did!

💪 This coffee alternative promotes lasting energy that nourishes your body and mind and balances your mood, all without missing those delicious flavors of your morning cafe. What more could you ask for?!

You can enjoy this nourishing roast caffeinated or non-caffeinated, instantly or in a french-press, day n’ night! 🌞🌛

💥 And best of all it’s local from the wild and rugged Slocan Valley, on unceded sinixt territories!

✨ Energizing
✨ Nourishing
✨ Mood balancing
✨ Sustainable