Heron Botanicals

Heron Botanicals Herbal extracts for doctors, rooted in clinical experience. Herbs that work. Since 1982 Check out our website for details and information.

Fresh (mostly) plant tinctures, made the old-fashioned way from herbs grown in North America (mostly). We are a wholesale supplier of artisan-crafted, small batch botanical extractions.

Pacific madrone or uva-ursi?Both Arbutus menziesii and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi are native, sustainable plants with deep ...
07/16/2025

Pacific madrone or uva-ursi?

Both Arbutus menziesii and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi are native, sustainable plants with deep roots in traditional herbal practice.

Why do we lean toward madrone? A friend once conducted unpublished research suggesting it contains significantly more arbutin — a plant compound often used as a marker in herbal analysis.

We’re always interested in plants that combine strength with nuance — and madrone has a quiet kind of presence we admire.

Fireweed is a reminder that renewal follows disruption. This is the way of nature—and the pattern of all things: order, ...
07/03/2025

Fireweed is a reminder that renewal follows disruption. This is the way of nature—and the pattern of all things: order, then disorder, then reorder. A constant act of rebalancing. In the midst of the disruption, beauty is hard to see. But it will come. 🌿🔥💗

We like our adaptogens a little weird. While other companies recycle the same overused herbs, we reach deeper into the m...
06/27/2025

We like our adaptogens a little weird.

While other companies recycle the same overused herbs, we reach deeper into the materia medica. 

Root of Life leads with Astragalus, supported by Devil’s Club and Gotu Kola—powerful yet underutilized herbs that deliver results your patients haven’t already plateaued on. The effect is a balanced, energizing formula with a fresh clinical edge.

Introducing Iberis Amara — cultivated with care by Heron exclusively for Gut Motivator, our powerful digestive motility ...
06/26/2025

Introducing Iberis Amara — cultivated with care by Heron exclusively for Gut Motivator, our powerful digestive motility support formula.*

Stay tuned for a sneak peek from our garden! 🌿✨

Beloved by herbalists for generations, Motherwort is known for its grounding presence and deeply bitter profile. Princip...
06/23/2025

Beloved by herbalists for generations, Motherwort is known for its grounding presence and deeply bitter profile.

Principle constituents: alkaloids (stachydrine, betonicine, turicin, leonurine), flavonoids (glycosides of apigenin, kaempferol, and quercetin), iridoids, tannins, terpenoids, and triterpenes

✨Traditionally used for immune support, elder flower is becoming Dr. Yarnell’s go-to over elder berry. Its balanced flav...
06/19/2025

✨Traditionally used for immune support, elder flower is becoming Dr. Yarnell’s go-to over elder berry. Its balanced flavor elevates many formulas, and in his experience, the flower offers all the benefits of the berry—plus a few added actions of its own. 🌿

We use Parietaria judaica and Parietaria officinalis interchangeably in our extracts—though it’s almost always judaica. ...
06/11/2025

We use Parietaria judaica and Parietaria officinalis interchangeably in our extracts—though it’s almost always judaica. 🌿

They might look a little different in the field, but their traditional uses are identical. Genetic studies show barely any distinction.

Dr. Yarnell puts it best: one herb, two names.

Us plant nerds still argue whether it’s officinalis or judaica… so we gave up and just call it Parietaria spp. 😅

Yarrow — Wildcrafted from the semi-arid Methow Valley, our yarrow is the wild-type Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa — ...
06/10/2025

Yarrow — Wildcrafted from the semi-arid Methow Valley, our yarrow is the wild-type Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa — far more aromatic than common garden yarrow (var. millefolium).

It got us thinking: why do some traditions treat yarrow as just a styptic, while others use it for everything? Maybe they were using different varieties... or maybe it comes down to how it’s extracted—tea vs. tincture.

At Heron Botanicals, we combine the latest in pharmacognosy, clinical trials, and real-world experience to honor and adv...
06/04/2025

At Heron Botanicals, we combine the latest in pharmacognosy, clinical trials, and real-world experience to honor and advance centuries-old botanical traditions.

We’re always refining our methods to ensure we’re rooted in the best available evidence — because your patients’ health deserves nothing less. 🌱✨

Rooted in vitalist tradition, we believe the best herbal extracts start with the vitality of the raw ingredients. For ov...
06/04/2025

Rooted in vitalist tradition, we believe the best herbal extracts start with the vitality of the raw ingredients. For over 40 years, we’ve built relationships with organic growers and wild crafters who harvest herbs at their peak potency and deliver them fresh to us. This commitment ensures our extracts are packed with the pure vitality of nature.

Formulated by doctors. Refined through decades of hands-on clinical experience. Every formula we make is designed to mee...
06/04/2025

Formulated by doctors. Refined through decades of hands-on clinical experience. Every formula we make is designed to meet the demands of real-world practice—where results matter and quality shows. We use whole plants, potent extractions, and time-tested methods to deliver herbal products that perform. No compromises. Just herbs that work.

Why Polyculture Makes Better Herbal ExtractsPlants don’t grow alone—they’re in constant conversation underground through...
05/30/2025

Why Polyculture Makes Better Herbal Extracts

Plants don’t grow alone—they’re in constant conversation underground through networks of mycorrhizal fungi. But when the field is all one species, that conversation gets repetitive.

Polyculture changes everything.

When diverse plants grow side by side, the root systems stay active, the chemical chatter stays rich, and the plants respond by producing more secondary metabolites.

This is the foundation for powerful extracts.

At Heron, our growing philosophy is simple:

🌿 Select cultivars for potency, not yield.
🌱 No tilling, unless we’re starting a brand-new bed.
🌼 Mix it up—diverse neighbors mean stronger plants.
🌾 Include wild-type genetics when possible.
💪 Give them a little stress—less water, fewer inputs = more resilience.

Plants grown this way don’t just survive—they thrive. And thriving plants create extracts that do what they’re supposed to do.

Address

Kingston, WA

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

888-282-7136

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