Native Americans introduced several important phyto-medicines to Western medicine, including cinchona, sarsaparilla, coca, black cohosh, sassafras, witch hazel, capsicum, goldenseal, and echinacea. Besides this, they also introduced an important aspect of thousands of classical herbal formulas described in clinical texts common in the East, but new for the West, which was for the treatment of disease: healing the mind and heart with spirit energies. Interestingly, the ancients everywhere, saw underlying physiological conditions for these emotional diseases that were to some extent treatable with herbal formulas and diet.

The use of plants were divided into two categories: "ritualistic smudging or smoking" of herbs for the mind, and drinking teas for the body.

These were used for healing both bodily and emotional imbalances which were seen as conditions where the individual was behaving in a way that was considered not him or her self.

These shamanistic methods of healing were also a significant part of Traditional Chinese Medicine as it was in Ayurvedic Medicine in India.

To Native Americans, herbs represented not only food and medicine but also spirit and magic, says David Winston, a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild and a practicing herbalist in Washington, New Jersey. "They saw plants as living beings,” says Winston. “They were used with great respect. Plants had life and power.”

Using these principles our chemist developed a blend of herbs, that can be used in the traditional herbal method of native American medicine men. This blend can be smoked, used as a smudge and in combination with the tea, and is intended to help alleviate feelings of sadness and negativity, inability to focus and provide clarity of thought.

Smoke blend Ingredients:

Betony, Catnip, Damiana, Mullein, Mugwort, Peppermint, Sage,Skullcap, Spearmint, Spikenard, Valarian, Wild Dagga, Wormwood, Wild Lettuce, Blue and White lotus petals, pre-soaked in a special blend of herbal extracts and precious oils.