Mutual Aid

Herbal Mutual Aid

We do our best to collect more than we need to make preparations for Avena Botanicals’ apothecary, so that we can participate in efforts of mutual aid as they arise. We recognize that in these times of climate evolution, medicinal herbs are especially important for easing stress and anxiety, and strengthening the nervous and immune systems.

Our list of ready-to-send surplus dry plants, tinctures, oils, salves, and glycerites is always shifting depending on the time of year and what is being called for. We are eager to support relief efforts for emergent crises (disasters, acts of violence), and ongoing community support, especially connecting with sibling apothecaries and herbal medicine programs run by and for Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous people.

Please contact us if you are supporting people in your community who need access to herbal healthcare, and want to know what is currently available. In addition to what’s listed below, we usually have an assortment of best-by-impending tinctures, glycerites, and oils. And we welcome requests from the web of care out there about what plants are most needed, in case we can make an effort to grow more in upcoming seasons.