La Yerberia Botanicals

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Banishing Evil With Edible Plants All-natural monster repellent for spooky season might lurk in your kitchen.

Bio-fuel from nopal!

Preview: Cactus Power Miguel, an engineer, and Rogelio, a farmer and businessman, met over their shared passion for clean energy and an appreciation for the nopal, or prickly pear cactus. Together, they have found unique ways to harness the power of the plant.

I have always believed this to be true.

"Laughter is a holy thing. It is as sacred as music and silence and solemnity, maybe more sacred. Laughter is like a prayer, like a bridge over which creatures tiptoe to meet each other. Laughter is like mercy; it heals."
— Ted Loder

Art by Emilia Cruz

Workshop in SoCal. Check it out!

LIMPIAS FOR SPIRITUAL CLEANSING- LOS ANGELES WORKSHOP 4/22 | napaquetzalli Limpias are a spiritual practice used in many cultures indigenous to this continent, especially in Mexican curanderismo/folk medicine. Limpias are done with fresh plants, flowers, prayers and intention.They are traditionally done to heal from emotional and spiritual imbalances, or after acute shock....

Funny. Because it's true.

😂 Can a herbalist ever have too many jars? 😉🌿💚

For those interested in lifestyle and botanical approaches to boosting brain health and performance, BotanicWise is offering a free live seminar, Step Out Of Brain Fog, presented by herbalist Guido Masé. October 25th.

I’ll be at The Broken Sprocket this evening until the wee hours 🤠 Come out for handcrafted herbals 🌿 paired with punk rock and fabulous food and drink. #956

Back in stock: Urban Stress and Nerve Balm salve — the perfect botanical combo for stress relief and relaxation!
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At Church Ink Tattoo Parlor your Go Box after-care kit includes gentle soap and a La Yerberia Botanicals Tattoo salve. It’ll speed healing while keeping your skin healthy and your artwork bright.

I'm teaching this course next Wednesday, Oct 13th. This is the last time this course will run this year. Space is limited. Register through Tucson Massage CE Institute www.tucsonceu.com

More than just a craft-making class, this 6-hour course offers a science-based introduction for using herbs with confidence.

Part one explores herbalism in a historical context, outlines the actions of herbs and provides guidelines and examples for use.

Part two is the hands-on lab portion of the class. You’ll learn about ingredients, proportions and techniques demonstrated with plenty of Q & A. Then it’s your turn to try your hand.

You’ll leave with one salve, three lotions, and the confidence to make your own herb-infused oil based salves and lotions.

This is always such a fun class! Learn to make effective herb-infused oils, salves and lotions! Herbalism for Self Care and Massage Therapy: Wed 9/22 from 9A to 4P. Register through Tucson Massage CE Institute: https://tucsonceu.com/product/3073/

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Fresh batch! Rejuvenating Face & Body lotion (link below) It’s a nourishing blend of Creosote and Tamanu oil with Comfrey and Licorice. https://www.layerberia.com/product-page/rejuvenating-creosote-face-body-lotion

Deeply nourishing and rejuvenating to the skin, this formula blends four skin-loving, skin-healing herbs that combine to nourish, repair and moisturize mature and sun-damaged skin.

Excellent as an under-eye treatment, a base under foundation and as a bedtime treatment. Use as spot treatment for neck, chest and back of hands.

The lotion is naturally fragrant with a blend of creosote and tamanu oil. There is no added fragrance, color or preservative. Creosote is itself a natural preservative.

Tamanu is an oil pressed from a Pacific Island fruit of the same name. Long considered healing and beneficial to the skin, the oil is moisturizing, anti-inflammatory and prevents scarring.

Fresh St John's Wort is a renowned skin-healer that reduces redness and inflammation, encourage the regeneration of skin cells and improve the lymphatic flow that allows skin to look more luminous and smooth.

Creosote, St John's and licorice are infused into organic grapeseed oil, an oil with its own impressive anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that is absorbed quickly into the skin.

📸: Cahla Ward

Fresh, flowering St John’s Wort makes an amazing deep RED skin-healing infused oil with an affinity for treating pain from NERVE injury or persistent nerve inflammation. Find it in my Nerve Balm salve and lotion, Psoriaslave, and custom made topicals. https://www.layerberia.com/product-page/nerve-balm-analgesic

Two spots left for my tincture-making class next Saturday, June 26th, 9 to 4. Open to all students who have completed the salve- and lotion-making class. This is part 2 of out medicine-making skills and we’ll build on what we’ve already covered. Register at Tucson Massage CE Institute: www.tucsonceu.com Hope to see you there 💚🌿

New Herb Class! Herbalism for Self-Healing Part 2: TINCTURES!
This class is open to those who have taken Part I, the salve and lotion-making class. Register at Tucsonceu.com

Similar to the first class, participants earn 6 CEUs toward their Massage Therapy requirements -- however students do not have to be massage therapists to register — anyone can sign up so long as they’ve attended the prerequisite class (Herbalism for Self-Care and Massage Therapy— the salve and lotion making class).

In this second part we will continue building our medicine making skills. We’ll cover history, herbal actions and therapeutics, and of course, concise instruction for making your own extractions.

Class takes place Saturday, June 26th, 9 to 4, at the The Wellness Center on 7th Avenue. Hope to see you there 🌿💚

Heading into Spa Daze Tucson with my basket of goodies, i.e. Herbal ReLeaf spot treatment, made exclusively for Spa Daze 🌿 Check out their retail display for smaller tins of this wonderful pain-reliever, as well as other La Yerberia salves including Creosote, Nerve Balm and Tattoo salve.

I’m excited to be teaching the VERY FIRST class at the NEW LOCATION of Tucson Massage CE Institute and Wellness Center!!! March 3rd from 9a to 4p. LMTs earn 6 CEUs.

New location: 620 N. 7th Ave

🌿 Register at https://tucsonceu.com/product/3073/
*a massage license is not required to attend this class. *

🌿 This introductory class will teach the basics of working with herbs. You’ll learn about the actions of herbs on the body and how to make quick and effective home remedies. We’ll discuss herbs that support the immune system, aid relaxation, promote sleep, relieve pain and improve digestion. We’ll discuss sustainable herb practices and herbs that grow locally.

🌿 The second part of the class will focus on working with herbs in oils. Together, we’ll make an herb-infused oil, a salve and a lotion. Then you’ll get a chance to use what you’ve learned to make your own lotion in-class. Each student will take home one salve and two lotions.

🌿 Classroom Covid-19 precautions include a limited class size, students and instructor masked at all times, an air filtration system and shared surfaces sanitized at regular intervals.

🌿 This is always such a fun class, Hope to see you there! 🌿

Decanting a tincture of Vitex fruit (aka Chastetree berry). A small dose early in the morning is super useful in menopause and menstrual issues. It grows well in Tucson and is often used in residential and commercial landscape 🌿🌿🌿

Decanting a tincture of Vitex fruit (aka Chastetree berry). A small dose early in the morning is super useful in menopause and menstrual issues. It grows well in Tucson and is often used in residential and commercial landscape 🌿🌿🌿 #hotflashes #bochornos #cramps #periodcramps #doloresmenstruales #progesterone #estrogendominance #vitex #herbal #plantmedicine #yerbas #yerbera #herbalist #herbalistsofinstagram #phytonutrients

Tucson! There's still time to register 🙌 Herbalism for Self-Care is a hands-on class that teaches the basics of herbalism as well as salve and lotion-making. Class is this coming Wednesday, 11/18, 9A-4P at Tucson Massage CE Institute. LMTs earn 6 CEUs. Health safeguards include restricted class size, masks/social distancing, sanitizing shared surfaces/continual air filtration http://tucsonceu.com for registration info

Tucson Institute of Massage Tucson Institute of Massage Continuing education for Arizona massage LMT's

New blog on the website today 🌿

Herbs for Grief It should come as no surprise that plants classified as possessing healing and medicinal properties (herbs!) are also capable of offering emotional support. I’ve listed five herbs that are helpful during grief and the stress, anxiety and depression that often accompanies our experience of loss, bu...

Monsoon Back Up — for when monsoon season came and went but didn’t provide enough opportunity for inhaling the aroma of desert rain.

Find it on Etsy: https://etsy.me/2GL0ola

Desert Creosote (Chaparral) Salve, 1 oz Medicine chest of the Sonoran Desert, Creosote bush is a panacea of herbal goodness. This skin-loving herb produces a host of beneficial compounds that support skin health and healing. Use it on sun-damaged skin, red scaly-patches, scratches and bug bites and anywhere a first aid ointment is needed

I'm teaching this fun and informative continuing education class once again. Massage Therapists can earn 6 CEUs. Click the link below for more information.

This class is one of our most popular!

It focuses on self-care with herbs, including support of the immune system. You’ll learn to use herbal home remedies and also learn to make your own herbal massage oils, salves, and lotions. The first part of the course will introduce the actions of herbs on the body with a focus on herbs for fever, disease prevention, common discomforts including anxiety, insomnia, gastric upset, and sore joints and muscles. Participants will learn herb selection, indications, contraindications, and considerations for herbs commonly used for topical application, as well as internally, for self-care. The second part of the class will include a hands-on lotion-making and salve-making activity.

Class size is limited!

Register here:
https://tucsonceu.com/product/3073/