Wise Women Botanicals

Why does everyone seem sick right now? It's not your imagination.

Every fall it happens the same way. The kids go back to school, the weather turns, and a few weeks later it seems like everyone you know has a cold. This year is no different: common colds are on the rise across the country right now. Then the furnace kicks on, the air dries out, and the stuffy heads, scratchy throats and lingering coughs settle in for the season.

This Saturday Connie is giving the whole morning to the sinuses and lungs, starting with the air you breathe. Your nose and sinuses work best when they're moist, and dry indoor heat works against them. She'll cover humidity, fluids and steam, and how to use saline sprays and rinses properly, including the water-safety rule you can't skip.

Then the cough itself. A wet cough and a dry cough are doing different jobs, and they call for different responses. Connie will share where the traditional plant knowledge around coughs and chest comfort comes from, and how honey, rest and daily habits sit alongside it through the colder months.

And when it's time to call the doctor: shortness of breath, chest pain, a fever that hangs on, or a cough that's lasted more than three weeks. If you have asthma, COPD or a heart condition, or take prescription medication, talk to your doctor before adding anything new. Nothing on Saturday replaces your doctor, and Connie will say so first.

🗓 Saturday, October 10 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm CST
📍 In person at our Moberly store — $10, limited seating. Call (660) 263-1033 to reserve.
💻 Or join the live webinar FREE — register at https://wisewomenbotanicals.com/pages/weekly-wellness-workshops.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=seminar-sinus-lungs-coughs and we'll email you the meeting link.

New to our workshops? Come anyway — Connie starts from the ground up every time.

Educational purposes only; not medical advice.

🦌 Hunting season is here, and deer can smell you long before they see you.

Our Hunter's EO Spray is made from 100% pure pine and cedarwood essential oils, from the same evergreens that fill the woods you hunt in. Spray it on your clothing, boots and gear before you head out. It helps cover your human scent with the smell of the forest.

Hunter's Special, through November 30:
🌲 8 oz spray: $17.95 (regular $25)
🌲 4 oz spray: $15
Our Hunter's Secret essential oil ($15 to $35) is at the shop in Moberly. Call (660) 263-1033.

Tag the hunter in your life, and don't let them miss out on that buck!

Shop here: https://wisewomenbotanicals.com/products/hunters-spray.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hunters-special-2026

"Did you know a raw red pepper or a yellow pepper has as much vitamin C as an orange?"

Connie drops this one in passing, the way she drops most of them, and says she has always known it.

The orange gets the reputation. The pepper sitting next to it in the produce aisle rarely gets a second look. (She is talking about the red and yellow ones; the green ones were not on her list.)

No link today and nothing to buy. Just a fact about the vegetable drawer.

🌿 What is the food you grew up being told was the "healthy" one, and what did you find out later?

Educational purposes only; not medical advice.

C*D, CBG, or both? It's the question we hear more than any other at the counter.

This Saturday Connie is giving it the whole morning, starting with what each one is. C*D and CBG both come from the h**p plant. C*D is the one most people have heard of. CBG is its lesser-known cousin — the plant makes far less of it, which is part of why it's newer to the shelf. Connie will explain how the two differ, and why some people settle on one on its own while others prefer the two together.

Then she'll explain how to read the label. The big number on the front is the whole bottle, not what's in each dropper — and a dropperful is not a drop. Two bottles that both say 1,000 mg can hold quite different amounts per serving. Broad-spectrum, full-spectrum and isolate mean three different things too, and Connie will explain what separates them.

Then the form. A tincture, a capsule and a cream aren't interchangeable, and Connie will explain how they differ and when each one makes sense. Whichever you choose, the rule is the same: start low, go slow. She'll explain what that looks like in practice.

And sometimes the right choice is to wait. Connie will cover interactions with prescriptions, what a label can and can't tell you if you're facing a drug test, and why pregnancy and children each get their own careful answer. If you take anything on a prescription, talk to your doctor or pharmacist first. Nothing on Saturday replaces your doctor, and Connie will say so first.

🗓 Saturday, October 3 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm CST
📍 In person at our Moberly store — $10, limited seating. Call (660) 263-1033 to reserve.
💻 Or join the live webinar FREE — register at https://wisewomenbotanicals.com/pages/weekly-wellness-workshops.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=seminar-cbd-cbg and we'll email you the meeting link.

New to our workshops? Come anyway — Connie starts from the ground up every time, and nothing on Saturday assumes you've ever tried C*D.

Educational purposes only; not medical advice.

Some of the most popular children's remedies aren't safe for children.

This Saturday Connie takes on the one where the stakes are highest and the labeling is loosest: what to reach for when it's a child — and what to put back.

Start with the part most people have never had explained. A child is not a small adult, and it isn't only a question of size. A baby's liver and kidneys clear things slowly, so what an adult body processes in hours can sit around far longer in a small one. A child's skin is thinner and, pound for pound, there's a lot more of it — which means anything rubbed on goes further in than you'd expect. And dosing follows weight, not birthdays. That's why "natural" and "safe for children" are two completely different claims, and why the right answer changes between a newborn, a toddler and a ten-year-old.

Connie is going to be specific about the things that don't belong near a small child, and about where the age line falls on each one — teething products, the strong-smelling rubs, the syrups, the gummies. Not a list of rules to memorize. She explains what each one actually does in a small body, because "don't" without "why" never sticks — and because the why is what lets you make the call on the next thing someone recommends to you.

The other half of the morning is the good news: what genuinely helps is mostly unglamorous, cheap, and already in your house. She'll walk through where the traditional knowledge about caring for a sick child at home comes from, and how rest, fluids, warmth and a calm parent sit alongside it.

And the part Connie won't let anyone leave without: the signs that mean this is not a home situation. A fever in a baby under three months. Labored breathing. A child you can't fully rouse. Dehydration. Nothing on Saturday replaces your pediatrician, and Connie will say so first and loudest.

🗓 Saturday, September 26 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm CST
📍 In person at our Moberly store — $10, limited seating. Call (660) 263-1033 to reserve.
💻 Or join the live webinar FREE — register at https://wisewomenbotanicals.com/pages/weekly-wellness-workshops.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=seminar-kids-remedies and we'll email you the meeting link.

New to our workshops? Come anyway — Connie starts from the ground up every time. Grandparents, sitters and anyone who watches somebody else's kids, this one's for you too.

Educational purposes only; not medical advice.