RED MOON HERBS and SE WISE WOMEN are sister organizations, embodying the Wise Woman Tradition in the Southeast. Red Moon Herbs handcrafts potent herbal products from fresh, local plants. RED MOON HERBS focuses on using fresh, local and abundant plants that are ecologically wildcrafted or sustainably grown. To ensure optimum potency, our herbs are lovingly handcrafted in small batches from fresh, local plants harvested at the peak of their potency by following the cycles of moon, season and weather. The Wise Woman Tradition is the world's oldest healing tradition. Its foundation rests on the principles of nourishment, which is simple, grounded, accessible, affordable, effective, ever-changing, compassionate and empowering.
12/30/2025
Winter Blessings! A beautiful story of the giving tree: there were many trees down in our area after the storm of 2024, and one particular pine fell and died slowly, yet still gave life. It showed us once again how generous the trees and plants can be. In early spring, there were small young pine cones forming that were so resinous and aromatic, and we gratefully collected them. We used some of the still-green needles for a tangy infusion that we let steep for 24 hours after chopping the needles. A few weeks later, the young green cones had grown to double their size, and we collected more for a special infused oil for staff. Without any additional aromatics added, this simple young pine cone in organic olive oil, with one deep whiff, transports us right into the heart of a pine forest. The resin is more intense than the resin you find in the needles, but making an infused oil from chopped needles is also aromatic and the way we prepare the fresh pine for our Breast Massage Oil. The pine has now died, we used its needles to light a fire and breathed a little of its sweet, woody notes one last time. We're hopeful for the return of plant life in spring, knowing even our generous dead pine will be giving life again as a lovely host for mushrooms, beneficial insects, and forest fauna.
12/27/2025
We have a lot to celebrate this year! There was a little bit of playing catch-up after Hurricane Helene in September 2024. We had to ask a few more farms and foragers to help us get the fresh herbs we needed to complete our 2025 harvest season. As always, the plants do not disappoint and they really showed up in full bloom. Our crew had a fun summer day trip on the lake south of Asheville for an on-water harvest of mimosa flowers (Albizia julibrissin). Known as Persian silk tree, this non-native needs an aggressive harvest of as many flowers as possible to help curb the spread of this tree to keep room at the wood and lakes edge for native plants and trees. Our project near Red Moon at The Ruby Ranch NC was a successful plot of the sun-loving calendula, milky oat tops, skullcap, lemon balm and motherwort flowering tops. We thank those of you who could come out and do a little you-pick to help pay for a hard-earned end-of-harvest celebratory meal for our crew in Asheville. We were so happy to see our Arnica chamissonis reseed itself well in the Red Moon Herbs garden. Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) flowered late summer to early fall for a beautiful harvest and now we are onto root harvests we forage or buy from local farms like our burdock and dandelion. It feels good to hand chop in small batch together as the Red Moon family, thank you for supporting us and the Appalachian farmers and foragers who love what they do! Happiest 2026 to you and yours.
12/26/2025
To continue offering the highest quality products while responsibly sourcing ingredients and paying fair, living wages to our staff, foragers, and farmers, we will be implementing a price adjustment in 2026.
We invite you to stock up now to save — our overall pricing has remained unchanged for the past four years.
Thank you for your continued trust in our commitment to quality and integrity.
12/25/2025
A few more days to save 20% on Re-Leaf Oil, one of our newest products!
Want a little ICY and a little HOT your way ? Consider our Re-Leaf OIL with locally grown Carolina Reaper from Smoking J's Fiery Foods, Dandelion Blossoms and Arnica Flowers. We add a little menthol crystals for the cooling sensation and you've got a great rub after a hard day's work. If you've missed our Re-Leaf salve, you may just find this as your new ally. WASH hands after application! (no eye rubs, honey)
Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice
Our most warming and cozy offerings are 20% off all of December!
Ginger Essential Oil, Ginger Elixir and Re-Leaf Oil
1. Ginger elixir is fresh, sustainably sourced ginger in alcohol, water and local honey for an addition to any fun mocktail or cocktail or for a digestive aid during the season of festive food when maybe there's a little overindulgence?
2. Re-leaf Oil is the herbal formula of fire and ice. Local Carolina Reapers bring the heat and menthol crystals deliver a cool effect to areas that have been overworked or tense and may need a little extra care ~ WARNING: Not to be used on sensitive areas, internally, near eyes or on cuts... PLEASE wash hands after use or you might fear the reaper!
3. Ginger Essential Oil is locally distilled by Blue Ridge Aromatics from a super sustainable practice of Peruvian Organic fresh ginger. It's first used in the beverage industry then our friend Ian takes the pulp and distills for the most aromatic ginger you can add to steams, a carrier oil for massage or to aromatherapy blends. Intended for external use only, this 5 ml bottle only takes a few drops for your fragrant pleasure.
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12/21/2025
Whether you are celebrating with loved ones or in a cocoon of inner contemplation, we're wishing you a happy Winter Solstice, New Moon and Holiday Season.🎄🌿🎁🍄
12/18/2025
Every so often we host hands-on classes here at Red Moon. Thank you to Debra Maslowski of Earth Echoes for coming out and teaching this Holiday Gift-Making class last weekend, where students could bring home several homemade gifts.
Deb started her soap and spa product making journey in 1990 and has been a student of many local herbalists. Find more about her and her business at www.earthechoesnc.com
12/17/2025
Feeling like you want some spice on a cold December day? We've got the heat this month at 20% OFF until the clock strikes 12 into the new year for 2026! Try one of our three NEW products sure to please for your celebrations.
1. Ginger elixir is fresh, sustainably sourced ginger in alcohol, water and local honey for an addition to any fun mocktail or cocktail or for a digestive aid during the season of festive food when maybe there's a little overindulgence?
2. Re-leaf Oil is the herbal formula of fire and ice. Local Carolina Reapers bring the heat and menthol crystals deliver a cool effect to areas that have been overworked or tense and may need a little extra care ~ WARNING: Not to be used on sensitive areas, internally, near eyes or on cuts... PLEASE wash hands after use or you might "fear the reaper"!
3. Ginger Essential Oil is locally distilled by Blue Ridge Aromatics from a super sustainable practice of Peruvian Organic fresh ginger. It's first used in the beverage industry then our friend Ian takes the pulp and distills for the most aromatic ginger you can add to steams, a carrier oil for massage or to aromatherapy blends. Intended for external use only, this 5 ml bottle only takes a few drops for your fragrant pleasure.
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12/15/2025
We’re so grateful to have so much spicy and savory Appalachian foraged and handmade right in our kitchen cupboards! Check out Jim Bordwine for Saltville Va salt that is coming straight out of the mountain and dried by the sun. As we were listening about the attempted foragings of James Armbruster who goes to several wild places, we really got an honest check on how much damage Helene caused for our forests and foragers here in western NC. When we attempted to reach certain wild areas to forage this spring, summer and fall, it was a moment of tears to see so many downed trees. The beauty that came from this destruction was more mushrooms flushing and some beautiful patches of nettles in the sunlight. Unfortunately, non natives like multiflore rose and stiltgrass are thriving in these open areas of the forest now. It will be a long while before WNC recovers the forest. Such destruction is more reason to please support our local makers! Adapt to the Day is a great coffee substitute or a beautiful addition to your coffee ritual, has some new blends for the holiday season but we do especially love their savory things and here at Red Moon Herbs we have Salt of the Earth with nettle local or organic, salt from Saltville Va and local ramp tops. Talanstwang.com is an amazing blend with a little “fire cider” kick and you’re helping an entrepreneurial teen reach their dreams ! Other businesses to consider extra support this season: a visit to or downtown or in Marshall, in west Ash, and in Fairview. Our friends at lost their entire building and their teas are available for purchase as well as many local products at all our local natural food stores !
12/14/2025
We know have 1oz bags of Calendula blossoms back in stock. Use the flowers to make a light and refreshing herbal tea. They can also be used topically on the skin as a wash or submerged into a beneficial oil. Calendula is known for its gentle ability to nourish the skin and promote optimal function of the lymphatic system.
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12/13/2025
Do you believe flora or fauna can predict the weather? One tale from our ancestors is one of persimmon seeds cut in half to predict how mild or harsh a winter will be (Shake them Simmons Down y'all)
Fork: You're going to have a mild winter and eat good
Spoon: You're going to be shoveling snow
Knife: is going to be icy and frigid
We're glad we got the spoon in several cuts of seeds this year at High Rock Farms in Efland, NC (Thanks Marshall) but if you run across a wild tree, let us know what you find!
If you want to know more great stories, find some educational videos, buy great books, purchase kid- and adult-friendly CDs and music, check out our favorite plant-loving, singing storyteller, Doug Elliott at dougelliott.com/2010/11/20/shake-them-simmons-down
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Red Moon Herbs handcrafts potent herbal products from fresh, local plants that are consciously wildcrafted or organically cultivated here in Appalachia. To ensure optimum potency, our herbs are lovingly harvested by hand in small batches from plants at the peak of their strength by following the cycles of moon, season, and weather.
Started in 1994 by Corinna Wood and Jessica Godino, Red Moon Herbs has seen many changes over the past 20 years, including incredible growth, two apothecaries, and, most recently, stringent compliance with FDA regulations regarding herbal medicines. In 2012, the directorship was passed to from Corinna Wood to Jeannie Dunn. Throughout these changes, the focus and mission of the business has remained strong and true: to create safe and effective herbal products for the whole family from local, abundant plants.
As a professional herbalist and North Carolina native, Jeannie has been wildcrafting and making herbal extracts, oils, and salves for over a decade. She studied formally at both the NC School of Natural Healing and One World Healing Arts, but her herbal roots go much further back to the back-to-basics lifestyle infused in her as a child. Jeannie picked strawberries, canned vegetables, and pulled weeds from row crops with her parents and three siblings on their multi-generational family farm in Efland, NC. Today, knowing the powerful healing properties of those 'weeds' she used to pull, Jeannie happily uses them in her fermentations, herbal extracts, and fun, medicinal elixirs.
New Directions, Ancient Wisdom
As Jeannie has taken the directorship of Red Moon Herbs – overseeing both the art and the science of this earth-based, Wise Woman herbal business and apothecary – Corinna has stayed involved for support. The apothecary and production studio has moved from Black Mountain to a new location in Weaverville, yet many of the plants are still wildcrafted from their original locations at Earthaven Eco-Village, and the sustainable, earth-centric practices continue to expand.
Under Jeannie’s direction, Red Moon Herbs is expanding to serve more locations locally and regionally, and new faces have joined the family. Click here to learn more about our current staff.
The herbal family at Red Moon is dedicated to the mission of creating potent, high-quality, and local herbal products made the Wise Woman Way, and enthusiastically maintain the company’s 20-year integrity. We look forward to serving all of our current and new customers with the best in planet-friendly plant medicine for decades to come.
Red Moon Herbs and Southeast Wise Women are sister organizations, embodying the Wise Woman Tradition since 1994. SE Wise Women organizes the annual fall Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference and spring Wise Woman Immersion. The Wise Woman Tradition is the world's oldest healing tradition. Its foundation rests on the principles of nourishment, which is simple, grounded, accessible, affordable, effective, ever-changing, compassionate and empowering.
