Summer Herbal Routines

🌞Morning vs 🌜Night: Summer Herbal Routine

Summer is the season of sun, seat, and staying active, and your daily herbal wellness routine should match that rhythm. Whether you're rising with the sun or winding down under a warm evening sky, aligning your body with the natural energy of the season can improve sleep, skin, mood, and energy levels.

At Root to Bone Herbal Wellness we believe in honoring the body's natural daily rhythms with seasonal, small batch herbal support. Here's some ways we build our morning and night herbal summer routine using teas, tinctures, and a little bit on skincare.

🌞Morning Herbal Routine: Energize + Align

Goal: Wake up the body, support digestion, and sharpen focus naturally.

☕Start with an Uplifting Herbal Tea

Begin your day with a hydrating and energizing tea blend. Our Beautiful You Tea combines Green tea, Nettle leaf, Moringa and more, giving you a bright, clear, start without the caffeine crash. These herbs are cooling, calming, and nourishing to our bodies. perfect for warm summer mornings.

🌿Add a Tincture Boost for Focus or Hormone Balance

A few drops of a tincture can shift your morning mindset.

• Focus and Clarity Tincture: Features Rhodiola, Bacopa, and Gotu Kola, ideal for brain fog or busy days.
• Hormone Balance Tincture: A gentle balance of Vitex, Wild yam, and White peony for those managing mood or cycle related shifts.

💧Quick Natural Skincare for Summertime Glow

Humidity and heat call for lightweight, cooling skincare.

• Calendula and Aloe Mist: Refreshes and calms sun kissed skin. Steep dry calendula flowers in hot water, strain and let cool. Add aloe, place in a small spray bottle. Shake and spray as needed.
• Rosehip and Chamomile Oil: Nourishes without clogging, perfect for minimal summer makeup. Infuse rosehip and chamomile in your favorite lightweight cosmetic oil (like jojoba).

🌜Night Herbal Routine: Unwind +Repair

Goal: Calm the nervous system, support digestion, promote deep rest.

🍵Sip a Sleepy Herbal Tea

Our Sleep Easy Tea is crafted to ground and soothe. With Chamomile, Lemon balm, and Passionflower, this blend prepares the body for rest while supporting digestion after a ling, hot day.

Tinctures for Sleep + Nervous System Reset

• Deep Sleep Tincture: A tranquil blend of Valerian root, Reishi mushroom, and Passionflower.
• Peace and Calming Tincture: Supports adrenal recovery and emotional regulation, think of it as your nervous system's "exhale."

Take directly by mouth or in warm water 30 minutes before bed.

🛌Soothing Nighttime Skincare Ritual

After sun exposure, your skin craves cooling and nourishment.

• Herbal Cleansing Grains with lavender and oats gently exfoliates. try mixing bentonite clay with finely ground oats, lavender, and roses.
• Follow with Rose Toner to restore and tone skin overnight. Try adding rosewater and aloe to witch hazel.

🌿Customize by Dosha or Mood

Ayurvedically inclined? You can personalize your morning and night routine based on your summer dosha imbalances:

• Pitta (Fire): Cooling herbs like Hibiscus, Mint Chamomile
• Vata (Air): Moisturizing herbs like Ashwagandha, Licorice, Marshmallow root
• Kapha (Earth): Stimulating herbs like Ginger, Tulsi, and Rosemary

Let your intuition and seasonal needs guide you, and we're always here to help you decide.

🌿Final Tips for Summer Herbal Wellness

• Stay consistent: Herbal routines build over time, stick with a morning and evening ritual for 2-4 weeks to notice real shifts.
• Hydrate: Teas double as fluid support, add citrus or cucumber for extra flavor. 
• Store your tinctures right: Keep them out of the sun and in a shaded cabinet.

Ready to Build Your Herbal Routine?

Whether you're a morning person or a midnight thinker, we have something for you. Our handcrafted teas, tinctures, and skincare are made with love and intention.