About Cleavers...
The stems of Cleavers are lined with raspy little teeth which easily catch on clothing and "cleave" to a passerby. As of old, it was customary to use Cleavers as a bedding material for childbirth, since it mats into itself well. It is thus known as "bedstraw" and is thought to have been bedding material used by Mother Mary when she gave birth to Jesus.
We learn from Dioscorides that the Greek shepherds of his day employed the stems of this herb to make a rough sieve to strain milk, and is still used the same way in Sweden to this day. Cleavers is a very beneficial herb, makes an excellent vegetable and tea can be enjoyed as a drink or use as a facial wash.
Ingredients:
Organic Cleavers Herb (Galium aparine)
The stems of Cleavers are lined with raspy little teeth which easily catch on clothing and "cleave" to a passerby. As of old, it was customary to use Cleavers as a bedding material for childbirth, since it mats into itself well. It is thus known as "bedstraw" and is thought to have been bedding material used by Mother Mary when she gave birth to Jesus.
We learn from Dioscorides that the Greek shepherds of his day employed the stems of this herb to make a rough sieve to strain milk, and is still used the same way in Sweden to this day. Cleavers is a very beneficial herb, makes an excellent vegetable and tea can be enjoyed as a drink or use as a facial wash.
Ingredients:
Organic Cleavers Herb (Galium aparine)
- Ecologically packaged - our box is made from 100% post-consumer waste and should be recycled again. The inner plastic zipper pouch is made of a special oxygen barrier plastic and is #4 recycleable, and tea bag filter paper (For our tea-bagged teas) is made from oxygen bleachedx, microplastic free filter paper.
- Microplastic-Free – Our tea filter paper contains no microplastics. We’ve taken deliberate steps to eliminate them, recognizing their growing status as a food safety and health concern.
- Family Company – A Canadian, family-owned and operated business that pays a living wage. Backed by decades of herbal expertise, we offer artisanal quality, strong ethics, and fair pricing.