Please don't ask us to carry these herbs!

We pride ourselves on having one of the largest available selections of herbs, but there are some herbs you see in the marketplace that we don't carry.  The Living Tree Company doesn't sell the following wild herbs because they are no longer plentiful enough in the wild to support commercial harvest and we ask that you join us in trying to preserve them by not buying them anywhere.

 
Lady's Slipper Root
(Cypripedium pubescens)
 
Situation: Cultivated sources don't exist; wild plants banned for sale by AHPA.
Substitutes: Valerian, skullcap, cramp bark or black cohosh.
True Unicorn Root
(Aletris farinosa)
 
Situation:  Rare throughout its range.
Substitutes:  Never carried
False Unicorn or Helonias Root
(Chamaeliruim luteun syn, Helonias lutea (dioica))
 
Situation: Becoming rare.
Substitutes: Chaste tree or Dong Quai.

 
Beth Root
(Trillium erectum)
 
Situation:  Populations limited; reproduces slowly.
Substitutes: Black cohosh, yarrow, mullein, raspberry
or shepherd's purse.
Wild American Ginseng
(Panax quinquefolius)
 
Situation: Wild population continues to decline in spite of controls.
Substitutes: Cultivated root and leaf.

 
Wild Goldenseal
(Hydrastis canadensis)
 
Situation: Greatly reduced wild populations.
Substitutes: Cultivated goldenseal