Organic Four Sacred Medicines- Loose Herb Blend

The four sacred medicines are herbs used by Native American nations in praying, healing, and cleansing rituals. These herbs are commonly associated with the Ojibwa people (indigenous groups who lived in Ontario, Manitoba, Minnesota, and North Dakota).

These medicinal herbs include:

1. Tobacco - Used to communicate with the spirit world and is presented as an offering before gathering medicinal herbs. Offering tobacco during prayer is a gesture of conveying your thoughts and feelings as you pray for yourself and others. It’s also an expression of gratitude.

2. Cedar - This herb is used to cleanse and purify energies in a space. When burned together with tobacco, cedar creates a crackling sound — a signal to the spirits to indicate that an offering is being made. Cedar cleanses the mind and body. It also helps release emotional burdens.

3. Sweetgrass - Also called the “sacred hair of Mother Earth,” sweetgrass produces a sweet, vanilla-like scent that calls to mind love, kindness, gentleness, and reconciliation. It is commonly braided, dried, and burned during healing rituals to infuse positive energies.

4. Sage - Sage is a staple herb in many smoke cleansing rituals because of its medicinal properties. It is known to soothe a troubled mind and remove negative energy in people and environments. Sage is also useful in cleansing objects.

Herbs can be burned, carried in medicine pouches, or as desired.