Chaparral Smoke Bundle

Chaparral (Larrea Tridentata) ~ promotes calmness and a feeling of security. It amplifies extrasensory perceptions. It has a fresh, clean, “just after the rain” smell and can be used for smoke cleansing, purifying and welcoming in the new day. Some people claim it to be the very first plant ever created and itt has the reputation of being the oldest plant in the world as some specimens tested by carbon dating are more than 10,000 years old.

This powerful healing herb grows in the desert regions of the American Southwest it is a powerful anti-bacterial and anti-viral plant. The plant is the creosote bush, or chaparral, also known as greasewood, and is a member of the oak family. The indigenous have used this herb for many internal body malfunctions as well as for rash and acne-type skin eruptions, for hundreds of years. It has antibiotic and antiseptic properties along with immune stimulating substances. – Miracle Medicine Herbs (Reward Books) by Richard Melvin Lucas.

Chaparral contains a powerful antioxidant called NDGA (for nordihydroguaiaretic acid) that has been used as a food preservative and may account for some of its medicinal properties.