• Labrador Tea – Organic
  • Labrador Tea – Organic
  • Labrador Tea – Organic
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Essential oil

Labrador Tea – Organic

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Revitalize your liver to welcome each spring and fall with energy!

Labrador Tea essential oil is known for its revitalizing and harmonizing properties. Appreciated for its support of energy metabolism, it naturally helps stimulate the body. Its use is particularly renowned for promoting balance in the liver, kidneys, and skin. It is also valued during periods of intense stress, helping to restore calm and serenity.

 
Uses

Labrador Tea essential oil is derived from a plant deeply rooted in the traditions of North America's First Nations. Traditionally, it has been used for various aspects of well-being.

  • Liver Support: Traditionally used to promote balance and healthy liver function.
  • Digestive Comfort: Known for helping to ease digestive discomfort and bloating.
  • Urinary and Prostate Support: Recognized in ancestral practices for its role in kidney and prostate well-being.
  • Skin Soothing: When diluted, it has been used to support sensitive and reactive skin.
  • Nervous System and Relaxation: Used in diffusion or diluted application to promote relaxation and a sense of calm.

Caution: These uses are based on traditional knowledge and do not replace the advice of a healthcare professional. Labrador Tea essential oil should be used with caution and always diluted before topical application. Consult a healthcare specialist before use.

The information provided on this website does NOT constitute medical advice for the treatment or cure of any medical condition or disease.

Labrador Tea – Organic
Labrador Tea – Organic
Labrador Tea – Organic

Functions of Labrador Tea – Organic

  • Skin system

    Skin Soothing: When diluted, it is applied to help comfort sensitive skin and soothe reactions.

  • Digestive system

    Liver Support: Traditionally used in ancestral practices to promote balance and proper liver function.

    Digestive Comfort: Used to help soothe digestive discomfort and bloating.

  • Nervous system

    Nervous System Well-being and Relaxation: Diffused or diluted for topical application, it was traditionally used to promote relaxation and a sense of calm.

  • Genitourinary system

    Urinary and Prostate Support: Traditionally recognized for its role in supporting the well-being of the kidneys and prostate.

  • 100% organic

  • Circular economy

  • Directly from the producer in Quebec

  • Respect the Boreal Forest

  • 100% Genuine

Origin

Greenland Moss, another name for Labrador Tea, is a medium-sized shrub found across North America, from coast to coast. It extends through the Rockies to the west coast and ranges from Alaska to the Low Arctic tundra. Labrador Tea thrives in peat-rich, acidic, and marshy soils. It prefers slightly drier areas such as uplands, woodlands, or semi-wooded regions. It is often found growing alongside Black Spruce.

History

Labrador Tea – A Traditional Healing Plant

Labrador Tea, also known as Greenland Ledum, was a valuable substitute for imported tea during times of scarcity. Well known to First Nations and early American explorers, it was traditionally used for its many medicinal properties.

The Cree of Hudson Bay chewed its leaves and applied them to wounds, burns, or cracked nipples of breastfeeding women as a natural remedy. Indigenous women also drank an infusion of the plant three times a day to support childbirth. When ground into a powder, the leaves were used to relieve headaches due to their analgesic properties. This powdered form, mixed with fish oil, was also applied to soothe skin irritations in infants.

Even today, Labrador Tea remains an essential medicinal plant for the First Nations of North America.

Learn more

Information

Labrador tea increases energy metabolism and stimulates the body. It is very well known for its activity in the liver and for managing major moments of intense stress.

Latin Name: Rhododendron groenlandicum or Ledum groenlandicum

French Name: Thé du Labrador, Lédon du Groenland

English Name: Labrador Tea, Greenland Moss

Botanical Family: Ericaceae

Origin: Quebec, Canada

Harvest time: July to August

Distilled Parts: Leaves

Organoleptic Specificities: Light-yellow liquid with a resinous, herbaceous and pollen smell in base notes

Components: Sabinene, α et β-selinene, α et β-pinene, Terpinen-4-ol, γ-terpinene, bornyl acetate

Recommendations

For external use only for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

For external use only for children.

Dilute in a carrier oil before applying to the skin.

Caution: These uses are based on traditional knowledge and do not replace the advice of a healthcare professional. Labrador Tea essential oil should be used with caution and always diluted before topical application. Consult a healthcare specialist before use.

Storage

It is best to store essential oils in a cool, dry place, away from light and air.

References

Official website 

  • Association forestière du sud du Québec
  • Le guide sylvicole du Québec - Publications du Québec
  • Ministère des richesses naturelles de l’Ontario
  • National Library of Medicine, Schafer, D. and W. Schafer (1981). “Pharmacological studies with an ointment containing menthol, camphene and essential oils for broncholytical and secretolytical effects.” Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research 31(1): 82-86.
  • Ressources naturelles Canada

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