1 oz. White Willow Bark, Raw Dried Diamond Willow Straps, Thin Long Dry Tree Shavings for Herbal Tea, Wild Harvested Northern Minn., USA

Product Info

Dry white willow bark, by the ounce.

The decoction makes a nice tasting tea, and is a great natural pain relief remedy for achy joints or mild muscle cramps. All natural and much safer than NSAID's. Medicinal willow bark tea is an ancient remedy for pain that really works.

I wild harvested this willow bark from diamond willow trees of northern MN, USA. 🗽

📆 BARK AGE:
All bark is usually harvested between June to August, so...
🍃OLDER bark was harvested two summers ago (which I remove from my shop after it becomes more than 2 yrs old...then I use it myself) 😊
🍃NEWER bark was harvested this last summer.

🎁 YOU'LL GET: Both the inner and outer bark, since they've NOT been separated.

Outer bark is left on so you know this is the real deal. White willow bark from others could be inner wood shavings for all you know.

You can make tea with the outer bark on, or for a more crisp flavor, you can soak the bark in water and peel the inner bark off yourself.

📦 FOR LARGER QUANTITIES: Check my other listing here, where I sell it by the pound. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1184989469

USES:
🍃 Traditionally used for arthritic, menstrual or muscle cramps, mild fever, and other pain relief (it has salicin)
🍃 Soothing tea (via decoction, ie boiling, not infusion or simple steeping)
🍃 Incense (I love the smell even without burning it)
🍃 Sacred reverence and ceremonial magic
🍃 Weaving or crafts

🥣🧉 HOW TO MAKE TEA:
🍃 There are several ways to make it, but personally,
🍃 I just grab a big handful and put it in a crockpot on low for about 6-8 hrs, then when I'm ready to drink it, I dilute it with water.
🍃 It's got a nice, smooth flavor with a little zing when drank plain, or
🍃 add a bit of honey if you want some sweetness.
🍃 I've also added chaga (almost flavorless but very healing) and sumac (adds lemon zest flavor) into the crockpot for a wonderfully pleasing concoction. All those ingredients can usually be found in my shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/timsdiamondwillow?section_id=27577028
🍃 putting it on ice gives makes a nice cold drink

DOSE: No more than 2 cups a day for me.

🚨 PLEASE do your own due diligence and research different brewing methods and recommended quantities to use...and then listen to your own body if it's trying to tell you something.

⚖ DISCLAIMER: above info is for educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

⚠ CAUTION: As with any food, allergic reactions can also occur with organic herbs. If you are pregnant or breast feeding do not use this herb. Speak with a medical professional before use if you have blood sugar or blood pressure issues, and if you have any concerns or adverse reactions.

🌄 PURE: This is as pure as you can get. No chemicals, no preservatives. 100% organic. There are no major water polluters or smokestacks within hundreds of miles. Even if there were, we're just a few miles north of the LAURENTIAN DIVIDE (so rivers run north) and there are no industries between us and the Laurentian Divide...and no big farms since we're hardiness zone 3, so crops don't really grow too well here. We're just surrounded by miles and miles of trees and lakes. It's a beautiful wilderness in what we like to call God's country. 🦅

🌳 BARK IS FROM LIVE TREES. I do make trekking staves from both live and dead or half dead diamond willow trees, but this bark isn't from those. On dead trees, the bark doesn't come off easily or in nice strips like you'll get here. It only peels off fairly easily when the sap is running in the tree...and sap doesn't run in deadish trees. ;)

🔎 BARK IS FROM MAIN WOOD, NOT DIAMONDS: Bark is sometimes removed in long strips, but often it comes off in little strips at a time, especially when gingerly navigating around the wooden diamonds. I just strip bark from the main wood, and don't strip bark off the diamonds themselves. That's removed by whittling with a knife or dremel tool, and becomes little specs of dust that is not included in these bunches of strips. See 'About Diamond Willow' below.

💎 ABOUT DIAMOND WILLOW: Diamond willow is a type of white willow that Mother Nature has decorated with gorgeous wooden diamond shapes of deep caramel and maroon or reddish brown hues, formed by a fungus that twists the wood.

🌎 SUSTAINABLE HARVEST: All our bark comes from trees we hope to use for walking sticks. One can look at many willow trees before finding one that's the right size, with a few good diamonds, and in good shape, so we remove very few from any one area. Also, all trees are hand selected and gently removed from a clump of trees. The removal of one or two trees from a clump allows the rest of the clump to flourish as this gives them greater access to sun and soil nutrients.

Peace and health, 🙏☮☯(✿◡‿◡)
Tim's Diamond Willow 😘