Witch Hazel (4oz rose-colored glass dropper)

Foraged and made and infused by hand on our farm.

This is an astringent with anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties. 

It *may help relieve inflammation and fight acne, reduce redness, soothe skin, manage hemorrhoids, alleviate rashes and stings, you may have even been sent home pads soaked in this wonder water for your perineal care, after having a baby, among numerous other uses!!

Well just sum this up by saying witch hazel is a plant with powerful medicinal properties that can be used in a variety of ways.

The leaves and bark are made into teas and extractions for astringents and ointments.

It can also be added to herbal teas and ingested orally in small amounts as a natural treatment for other conditions, as well!

This herb isn’t hard to find, either. It can be found at most health food stores, and, really, it’s pretty common in everyday grocery stores and drug stores too. 

The problem is, the pre-packaged witch hazel extract available in stores has very little actual witch hazel inside.  

It’s almost all alcohol, which is also a disinfectant, but if you wanted a bottle of isopropyl alcohol you could easily buy it for 1/10th the price.

High-quality witch hazel extract is usually advertised as “low alcohol witch hazel,” which is much more expensive, but only has around 12-16% alcohol to preserve the fresh plant extract.  (It’s also much more expensive.)

ingredients: witch hazel, distilled water, herbalist-grade spirits