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For the Weeks That Ask a Lot of You

Some weeks are simply long. Work that does not stop at the end of the day, a house that needs running, people who need you present when you have little left to give.

This is the shelf our herbalists built for those stretches, ashwagandha, rhodiola, tulsi, chamomile and vervain, as a daily tea, tincture or capsules, alongside aromatic oils and bath salts for the evening itself.

Every botanical named in full, and formulated in London.

Which One Suits the Week, and Which the Evening?

Two different focuses form this collection. Herbal blends to be taken daily, through a demanding stretch. Others are for a particular evening, when the day has been long and when you need an evening of calm and relaxation. Most people keep one of each.

Balance, for the daily demands. Balance Tea is chamomile, lemon balm, tulsi, vervain and rose petals, brewed covered for 5 - 10 minutes and drunk warm. The brewing time is the beginning of the moment where you pause and refocus. The tincture includes rhodiola, chamomile, ashwagandha and tulsi, and is suited for the moments that there is no time to pause. The capsules are rhodiola and ashwagandha with tulsi, two taken at the start of the day.

Our Ashwagandha is Certified organic and a single ingredient. Classed in Ayurveda as a rasayana, a rejuvenative tonic taken over months rather than days, and traditionally taken at night. A good place to start if you would rather learn one plant before adding others.

Unwind, for the evenings to create calm and balance. The roll-on is lavender, Roman chamomile, neroli and frankincense in jojoba, at the wrists and the sides of the neck, small enough for a coat pocket. Unwind Bath Salts bring verbena, rose and German chamomile to Epsom salts. The essential oil blend, lavender, holy basil and sandalwood, is for the room in a diffuser to create a beautiful, calming scent of relaxation.

The body oils, for the moments of reflection and pause. Grounding Oil is the resinous one: sandalwood, frankincense, holy basil, ylang ylang, cardamom and juniper berry, worked in slowly. Heal the Heart Oil is its floral counterpart, rose geranium, frankincense, rose damascena and sandalwood. Rose is associated with the heart and emotional balance across both Unani and Ayurvedic practice, which is where the name comes from.

Many of the same plants appear in our teas, tinctures and capsules collections. For the night itself, please see sleep support.

Ashwagandha is not suitable during pregnancy, and several of these are for adults only. Read the cautions on each product page, and speak to your GP or pharmacist first if you take prescribed medicine. If you ave persistent low moods please speak to our Medical Herbalists or a qualified health professional.

Where to start: Balance Tea if you want something for the week, the Unwind Roll-On if you want something for tonight. For confidential advice and guidance please book a consultation with one of our Medical Herbalists.

FAQs

Adaptogen is a term coined in 1947 by the Soviet toxicologist Nikolai Lazarev, applied to a group of plants taken as daily tonics rather than for a specific moment. Ashwagandha, rhodiola, tulsi, eleuthero and schisandra are the ones most commonly grouped under it. The category is a modern label rather than a traditional one — the plants themselves come from Ayurvedic, Chinese and Siberian practice and long predate the word.

Ashwagandha is Withania somnifera, a small shrub of India, the Middle East and parts of Africa. The root is the part used, and it's among the most established plants in Ayurvedic practice, with a documented history of well over two thousand years. The name means horse's smell in Sanskrit, for the scent of the fresh root. Its species name, somnifera, means sleep-bearing.

Tulsi is holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum — a relative of culinary basil but a different species, with a sharper, more clove-like scent. It's grown in courtyards and temple grounds across India and regarded as sacred rather than simply useful, which is unusual even among long-used medicinal plants.

Rhodiola is Rhodiola rosea, a succulent that grows in Arctic tundra, on Siberian cliffs and across Scandinavian mountainsides — some of the harshest ground in the northern hemisphere. The cut root smells faintly of roses, which gives the species its name. Vikings are recorded among its early users.

They're traditionally taken steadily over weeks and months rather than occasionally, which is what distinguishes them from herbs used for a particular moment. That said, several carry their own duration limits and cautions, so check each product rather than assuming indefinite use is fine.

Ashwagandha isn't suitable during pregnancy, and several other botanicals in this collection carry their own restrictions. Every product page states its guidance, and our Medical Herbalists can advise on what's appropriate.

Some herbs interact with prescription medicines, so ask your GP or pharmacist before starting rather than after. Our Medical Herbalists can also talk through what's in each formula and suggest alternatives.