Cheryl's Herbs E-Newsletter Archives

2002/2003

With this issue we kick off the second year of publication of this newsletter. We are also changing the look a bit as well. Some of the more aggressive mail readers and spam filters may have misidentified your subscription to our newsletter as unwanted mail and fail to deliver it to you. We hope this doesn’t happen anymore.

Read Jeff’s take on the latest study of Echinacea use, "Echinacea called ineffective…" Find out what the press didn’t tell you! 

National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA)

Cheryl has again become president of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) and has assembled a top-notch executive committee to contiue the important work of this independent, volunteer organization dedicated to aromatherapy education. Now a truly international organization, NAHA will present its bi-annual Aromatherapy Conference this spring in Virginia. Visit the NAHA website for more information on the conference and other important aromatherapy news.

Classes for the new year are being planned right now. If you are interested in the Aromatherapy Certification, call or visit Cheryl’s Herbs to discuss availability. We will announce single Aromatherapy Classes by Marie Temmen, and Nutritional Counseling sessions by Norma Harnack in our next newsletter or check our Calendar Page for more information.

You can also check out the Calendar Page for holiday performances by Jeff and Cheryl including those with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Gateway Brass Quintet among others.

The joyous sounds of Christmas again fill our showroom, provided by the Gateway Brass Quintet and their brand new CD of Christmas Carols, "Merry Christmas from the Gateway Brass Quintet". A favorite of St. Louis Audiences for over 28 years, the quintet made this, it's first CD recording, last year in the musically exhilarating atmosphere of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in south St. Louis. Now you can order your own copy - in time for Christmas if you hurry! - of this beautiful and inspiring CD of beloved carols. There's a link on our home page or go directly to: http://www.gatewaybrassquintet.com.

You can also enjoy the New, Improved, Better Tasting yet Less Filling Merry Christmas from Jeff's favorite hip hop country band - Tom Lee Jr. & the Crazed Cowboys. Check 'em out - & Crazy Miz B, too! http://www.cherylsherbs.com/mizb.

You should know that all transactions at cherylsherbs.com are secure and all credit information is encrypted for transmission. We charge your credit card in our store when when your order is ready to ship. Our goal is to offer you a positive online shopping experience and the same security and safety we would wish for ourselves when shopping online.

Cheryl’s Herbs is proud to announce the beginning of a new 10-week Aromatherapy Certification Course taught by Marie Temmen, tutor for the Institute of Dynamic Aromatherapy. The course will begin on Monday evening, October 6 (from 6 to 9 pm) and will run through December 15 (no class on November 10). We have attempted to contact all those who have indicated their interest in this course, but if we missed you please call us at 800-231-5971 and we will get you set up!

For further information on the IDA Aromatherapy Certification Course CLICK HERE.

Cheryl’s Herbs is again sponsoring the 14th Wholistic Living Expo presented by Spirit Seeker. The event will take place on Sunday, October 5^th from 10 am – 5 pm at the Holiday Inn SW Viking Conference Center (Off Highway 44, Lindbergh and Watson), 10709 Watson Road.

This year we have donated over 300 product gifts to be given free to attendees at the door.

The value of essential oils in decreasing the discomfort associated with mild physical and emotional concerns has been known for some time.  In this one-hour program, participants will learn about oils specific to physical problems such as nausea, headache, insect bites and emotional problems such as trouble sleeping and anxiety.  Instructions regarding method of use and safety information will be included in the presentation.

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Fee: $7.50

Please contact us to reserve a space.

For more information CLICK HERE.

This is what Cheryl uses for face and body lotion and hair conditioner for her long hair. Marshmallow Emollient contains Marshmallow Root infused into Vegetable Glycerin, Aloe Gel, Jojoba Oil & Neroli Essential Oil.

Most natural type moisturizing products commercially prepared or made at home contain fatty agents like vegetable and nut oils for their moisturizing action. They can leave the skin feeling greasy but most people are comfortable with their use. If you are someone who has tried everything and still wish for a better moisturizer, you may be interested in Cheryl’s Herbs Marshmallow Emollient. The Glycerin/Marshmallow Root base provides superior emollient or moisturizing qualities without the usual greasy vegetable oils. You only have to use a single drop of this powerful product for hand lotion and it also can be generously applied to other areas of the body for more therapeutic effect. Because it is not greasy it makes a wonderful hair conditioner, easily applied to wet or dry hair, leaving the hair shiny, more manageable and nicely conditioned.

Once again Cheryl’s Herbs simplifies your life with a 100% natural product that serves as a face or skin lotion and hair conditioner! Comes in a spray or just the original Emollient in a squeeze bottle. (Directions: Use one drop for hand lotion and small amounts for other skin areas. For tangles & conditioning, apply small amount to your brush or hands and fingers to "comb" through wet or dry hair.) To order CLICK HERE

For some time now ole Paw Gep has been badgering us to "put the Comfrey Balm in a tube". Finally, just to shut him up, we did! We all had been using Comfrey Balm as lip balm for years but we all have tubes now. We call it Paw Gep's Favorite Lip Balm 'cause it is. Located in the shopping cart under Balms.

We are also pleased to announce that we now carry new Coconut Oils. One is virgin, cold pressed and is a very popular product right now. The other is a less expensive solvent extracted product which is perfect for use in skin and hair products and in soap-making. Find them in the shopping cart under Vegetable and Nut Oils.

New Pictures

If a picture is worth a thousand words the we recently have added millions of words worth to the Cheryl's Herbs website. We have added a lot of pictures to the site - particularly in the shopping cart - because we feel it helps to convey the feeling of actually being at our store. You might also wish to take a look at the Native Collection page. There we have added several photos of plants and wildlife in our own gardens. We have also added some photos of the store itself on the About Cheryl's Herbs page. More photos will be added in the weeks and months ahead Take a look!

This is the second in a series of ongoing classes planned to help you more easily and safely use aromatherapy products to enhance the quality of your life. The focus of this one hour session will be on how to use essential oils and hydrosols to improve concentration, promote rest and relieve anxiety. Topics for future classes will include Aromatherapy Skin Care, Developing An Aromatherapy First Aid Kit, Aromatherapy For Foot Care and more! As we approach the winter season we will plan on sessions devoted to surviving a St. Louis winter and preparing for an aromatic Christmas. Marie is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s degree in counseling and is certified in aromatherapy by (and is now a tutor for) the Institute of Dynamic Aromatherapy. She provides aromatherapy consultation and educational services exclusively at Cheryl’s Herbs in St. Louis. She has written several essential oil profiles for Scentsitivity and has three profiles (Cypress, Tea Tree and Vetiver) featured in Essential Oil Profiles, Volume 1, from the pages of Scentsitivity published by NAHA in 1998.

by Maria Roderick

We serve complimentary herbal tea daily in our showroom. None gets more rave reviews than the chilled spearmint or peppermint tea homegrown by Maria, our Production Manager. Many have asked the secret to her lusciously fragrant and uncommonly delicious teas. Finally she has written this article to help you make your own wonderful teas from fresh herbs.

August 2 & 3, 2003. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Gateway Convention Center. Collinsville, IL

For information call: 636-530-7579. For a listing of events and exhibitors see July issue of Spirit Seeker/Intermission Magazine. A Festival for the Mind, Body & Spirit - Brought to you by Spirit Seeker
Cheryl's Herbs is donating a limited quantity of free product samples and discount coupons for attendees to receive at the door. Cheryl's Herbs will also donate raffle prizes.

UNION AVENUE OPERA THEATRE

Cheryl will be playing principal horn again this season with the orchestra of the Union Avenue Opera Theatre. This summer's productions include Puccini's Madama Butterfly on July 18 & 19 and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on August 15, 16, 22 and 23. All performances will be at 8 pm at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 N. Union Blvd. in St. Louis.

AROMATHERAPY FOR SUMMERTIME

Saturday, June 28, 2003. Noon - 1 pm. Fee: $7.50
By popular demand, Marie Temmen returns to give what promises to be a very special class on aromatherapy use. This one-hour class will provide the participant with ideas for using aromatherapy to deal with common summertime problems such as sunburn, insect bites and general reactions to our St. Louis heat and humidity. This is the first of a series of classes designed to show how YOU can more easily - and safely - make and use aromatherapy products to enhance the quality of your life.

SPECIAL OFFER: Class participants will receive 10% off all their Cheryl's Herbs purchases on the day of the class!
Marie Temmen has been a tutor for the Institute of Dynamic Aromatherapy for four years and teaches aromatherapy certification classes EXCLUSIVELY at Cheryl's Herbs.

New Article

An estimated 30 million in this country deal with hay fever.
Another 12 million experience allergies to food, drugs and bee stings.
In her new article Natural Alternatives for Allergy Sufferers, Cheryl discusses the herbal approach to dealing with allergies. Don't miss it!

Maria's Specials

Savvy Cheryl’s Herbs shoppers look for specials on our sale table. The specials on this table on any given day are at the whim of our Production Manager, Maria Roderick. She decides what goes on the sale table and when. She is particularly fond of putting one or two super special sale items on the table and watching to see who notices them. Come in and have a look at Maria’s Special Sale Table – new specials added daily!

Live Plants

We still have a few Melissa (Lemon Balm, Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower), Jewelweed, Comfrey and Horseradish plants left. Plants are priced from $1 - $2. If you're lucky enough to live in the St. Louis area, hurry on over before they're all gone.

There are several new articles on our site since the last newsletter. In Do You Know What's In Your Shampoo?, Cheryl discusses several chemicals commonly found in commercial brands of shampoo and shows why what is not in your shampoo may be as important as what is! Both Cheryl and Jeff add information to Herbs and Aromatherapy for SARS. This page includes some interesting information from The University of Hong Kong School of Chinese Medicine.

We've added two new sprays to our line and have gathered them all together under Sprays in our Webstore. In addition to our Catnip Summer Spray - at a new, lower price - our Skin Spray for Dogs and our Cedar Cleaner Spray, you will now find our Clean Spray with Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Clove, Lemongrass & Oregano Pure Essential Oils & Pure Grain Alcohol, and our Respiratory Spray with Eucalyptus, Hyssop, Palmarosa, Ravensara (True) & Cinnamon Leaf Pure Essential Oils & Pure Grain Alcohol.

Paw Gep's Ozark Skin Tonic is not a new product but has now been properly added to the Paw Gep product line as it was indeed Paw Gep who developed this product. It will be our Newsletter Special for this issue. Mention this promotion when shopping in our showroom or type ("sorry this special was for current subscribers only") in the comments section of your online order form and receive a 20% discount on any size Paw Gep's Ozark Skin Tonic.

A rare event will occur in St. Louis this Sunday evening, May 18 at 7 pm at Powell Hall. Jeff will be performing the St. Louis premiere of a piece for solo tuba and treble chorus with the St. Louis Children's Choirs. The piece is by Brian Holmes and is based on a poem by John Updike about the famous tubist Roger Bobo. Also appearing on the program and in a special pre-concert recital will be the Gateway Brass Quintet, featuring, for this night only, Cheryl on horn. Contact the Powell Hall Box Office (314-534-1700) for ticket information.

NEW LINKS

You can hear Jeff play tuba on the new CD of Poetry by Leo Connellan. Produced by a group called Hoobellatoo, the CD also features music of various other artists as well, to musically illustrate Mr. Connellan's earthy poetry.

LIVE PLANTS

Live plants are again available for sale in our showroom. At this time we have Melissa (Lemon Balm), Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower), Mullein, Jewelweed, Comfrey, and Horseradish. Plants are priced from $1 - $2. Supplies are limited and now is the time to be planting these wonderful herbs in your garden. If you're lucky enough to live in the St. Louis area, hurry on over for the best selection.

Visitors to our showroom are already familiar with the Nutritional Counseling services offered here by Norma Harnack. Her available dates always fill up weeks ahead of time! If you live in the area, you should definitely check out her holistic approach to your well-being. For more information on Norma, her program and how to sign up visit our Calendar page.

Following the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler recently, the FDA has stepped up it’s efforts to control the chemical ephedrine and by extension the herb Ma Huang. In a new article, The Abuse of Ma Huang Ephedra sinica Jeff attempts to calm the hysteria surrounding this wonderful and extremely useful herb. At the same time he passionately defends the herb when used properly as a safe, effective and ancient herb for respiratory problems.

Of all the Cheryl's Herbs Soap/Shampoos, Lavender is always a sure thing for anybody in any situation. Much like the essential oil of Lavender itself, products made solely from this herb and oil are multipurpose and versatile. There are many good reasons why Lavender Essential Oil is the best selling oil on the market today. Perhaps the most gentle and safe essential oil, Lavender's fresh, delightful herbaceous scent pleases the men and ladies alike.

A sure sign that spring is here – and that summer will soon follow - is the increasing number of hits our article Catnip as Mosquito Repellent is getting. It does help that it comes up #1 on Google when you type in any combination of "catnip" and "mosquito" and "repellent"! Check out our Catnip Summer Mixture and our Catnip Summer Spray.

We recently received email from Shabari Bird who is the widow of Christopher Bird, author of The Secret Life of Plants and Secrets of the Soil. She has two very interesting websites which we have added to our LINKS page. Check them out!

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Cheryl's Herbs Vinegar Extracts are made with fresh, organic or naturally farmed herbs and organic Apple Cider Vinegar - and they're Alcohol-Free! Tradition dictates an extract that is exclusively made with vinegar is called Acetum. These are much more concentrated than your usual herb vinegar where a few sprigs of herb material are placed in vinegar for a few weeks. Even as a full strength extract, our fresh herb acetum is delicious in salad, soup, marinades or any food preparation and can be taken by the teaspoonful as a healthy tonic.

On our Links page you will find some great sources of information on Aromatherapy, Herbs and Music - and a few unclassifiable links as well. We know most of these folks and feel they have something special to offer. We will check the links from time to time to make sure they still work (and are still worthy of your attention) but if you have any trouble with any of the links we would appreciate hearing from you.

One of our new links is to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, Michael Moore's information-packed herbal site. Plan to spend quite some time when you visit this site. Bookmark our LINKS Page for quick access to ALL our informative links!

It seems everyone we know has been struggling with respiratory problems over the past few weeks. Normally unpredictable St. Louis early spring weather patterns have not disappointed us. Yesterday we had temps in the mid 60s and this morning in the mid teens. Hot/cold, dry/humid, windy/calm - each day seems to bring a little of each!

Such conditions raise challenges for those with less than the most robust respiratory and immune systems. Many years ago, Cheryl put together the recipe for Sinus Tea - Marshmallow Root, Mullein Flower, Thyme Leaf, Lavender Flower, Elder Flower, Peppermint Leaf, Plantain Leaf & Rosemary Leaf - for Jeff, who is Cheryl's Herbs' resident guinea pig for all things respiratory. It was an instant success! To this day it is our number one selling Herbal Tea. We have been serving it in our showroom this week and have been brewing several pots daily.

 Remember, herbs work best as preventative medicine. If you are prone to respiratory difficulties on a regular basis as the seasons change, a few cups of this tea each day before you have symptoms may change your life - just ask Jeff!

CHERYL ON VIDEO!

We recently added a short video of Cheryl welcoming you to Cheryl's Herbs to our front page. The video takes a few seconds to load - depending on your connection speed. We put it in a little pop-up window so it would not slow the loading of our front page or keep you from continuing to navigate the site while it loads.

If you live in the Kansas City area, you can hear Cheryl perform Mahler's Symphony #2 with the Kansas City Symphony on April 4, 5 and 6. You can find a listing of most of Cheryl's (and Jeff's) musical performances listed in our Calendar.

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Cheryl's Herbs E-Newsletter

February 4, 2003

What's New at Cheryl's Herbs

AROMATHERAPY CERTIFICATION CLASS BEGINS MARCH 8!

Cheryl's Herbs is pleased to host an aromatherapy certification course sponsored by the Institute of Dynamic Aromatherapy. This is a well established and respected aromatherapy school run by Jade Shutes, current president of NAHA (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy). Marie Temmen is the aromatherapy tutor for this program and will be teaching the class EXCLUSIVELY at Cheryl's Herbs. Marie has been a tutor for the Institute of Dynamic Aromatherapy for four years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Master's degree in Education. She is also a certified Aromatherapist.

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