Oshá root is the wild parsnip Ligusticum porteri that comes from North America & Mexico. It is a favourite food of bears who harvest the roots when they come out of hibernation, giving it the name Bear Root. Bears are the herbalists of the animal world and forage many medicines, Oshá being a favourite. This medicine moves stagnation with special affinity for the excretory system (skin, kidneys, intestines and lungs), a useful aid after a long winter. This medicine is very special.
Oshá is a decongestant, lung medicine, and immune booster. However since it is endangered it can be replaced with pine needles for its lung uses. It also aids the body in boosting the appetite & building mass – useful for after times of depletion such as in anorexia, or a lot of nervous energy.
There are very special spiritual uses for this plant, such as opening the voice up when communication has been stuck. It has a grounding and protective energy, useful for purification before a ceremony.
Please consult your health practitioner and take the time time to do your own research before consuming and plant preparation. Ensure there are no interactions, if you are currently taking medication.
Alcohol extracts are far superior to any other method of extraction. It extracts the most amount of the chemicals compared to any other solvent. It helps the medicine to also diffuse quickly into the bloodstream.
Alcohol is warming and medicine unto itself. To add, it also can esterify vitamins, oils and other medicinal chemicals making them more bioavailable and water soluble.
To be really specific: the amount of alcohol in tinctures is incredibly tiny. Less than you will get from eating a few pieces of bread.
If you are taking 20 drops of a 60 percent alcohol tincture every hour for an acute condition, you will get less than 2ml of alcohol over the course of a day.
If you are taking a general dose of 20 drops three times daily, this is less alcohol than you will get from eating two slices of bread.
If alcohol is a serious problem for you, then consider alternative extracts.
Please store in a cool dark place, out of sunlight, heat & air exposure.
This product has not been evaluated by the TGA for safe internal use. It is sold as a raw botanical product for ethnobotanical research purposes only.
