Collinsonia Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Collinsonia (Collinsonia canadensis), the stone root, richweed, or horse balm, is a perennial of the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to rich, moist deciduous woods of eastern North America from Quebec and Ontario south to Florida and west to Missouri. It grows 50 to 120 centimeters with square stems and large, opposite, oval, coarsely toothed leaves, topped in late summer by a loose, branching panicle of small pale yellow two-lipped flowers with a fringed lower lip and a strong lemon scent. The rhizome is remarkably hard, knotted, and heavy, grey-brown and gnarled like a stone, which is what the common name describes. We extract the dried root.