Red Shawl Woman Soaps
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We just received four very special varieties of soap that incorporate wild-crafted ingredients: Cedar, Sweet Grass, Juniper-Birch Goat’s Milk, and Devil’s Club! Red Shawl Woman Soaps are a fusion of Naturopathic knowledge and native tradition.
Dr. Jeanne Paul hails from the Sliammon Band of the Coast Salish First Nation tribes and is known as Red Shawl Woman. This name refers to the First Nation dancers who wear their ornate garb and perform their dances in Native ceremonies. Dr. Jeanne is a fully accredited Doctor of Naturopathy, trained at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland Oregon.
All of her products are chemical and Lauryl-Sulfate free and are derived whenever possible from 100% natural locally wild-crafted herbs.
Here are a few notes that Dr. Jeanne shared about the wild-crafted ingredients:
Cedar:
- inner cedar bark was traditionally used as a fibre for clothing
- cedar buds were used in tea
- the branches are used in ceremonial smudging, like a blessing
Devil’s Club:
- traditionally used to treat arthritus
- has anti-inflammatory properties
- is related to ginsing
- it is traditionally thought of as a protective plant, one that keeps negativity away
Juniper-Birch Goat’s Milk:
- juniper berries are very medicinal
- great for the skin
- helps with eczema, acne, and psoriasis
Sweet Grass:
- is cleansing
- is prayerful, used like a blessing like Frankincense and Myrrh are used as an incense in Christianity