Citrus Berry Immunity Tea | Elderberry Echinacea & Vitamin C

SEASONAL WELLNESS

Citrus Berry Immunity Tea

Name: Citrus Berry Immunity Tea
Brand: Wild Woman Herbal Apothecary
SKU: TEA-CITRUSBERRY
Price: 20.00 USD
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daily immune support for seasonal changes

$20.00

This is the herbal tea for immune support that meets you in the threshold weeks between seasons, when the body asks for closer attention and the world keeps moving anyway. Elderberry, echinacea, yarrow, and licorice root. The plants the old apothecaries reached for at the first turn in the weather, gathered into a bright citrus-berry cup you can sip warm by the fire or chilled through the long stretch of the afternoon.

citrus · berry · bright · warming

Citrus Berry Immunity Tea

$20.00

Tasting Notes

Citrus-bright · berry · gently herbal · warming finish

Ritual Moment

Daily · morning or afternoon

Season

The threshold seasons

Energetics

Brightening · steadying

Tasting Notes

Citrus-bright · berry · gently herbal · warming finish

Ritual Moment

Daily · morning or afternoon

Season

The threshold seasons

Energetics

Brightening · steadying

Elderberry

Elderberry grows wild along hedgerows in temperate regions across Europe and North America, the dark drooping clusters appearing in late summer when the air just begins to turn. The fruit was the seasonal medicine of the European peasant household: gathered when ripe, preserved as syrup or dried as berries, kept in the back of the cupboard for the months when the village got smaller and people stayed closer to the fire. In my own practice I think of elderberry as the plant that holds the wisdom of preparation. You do not pick it in January. You pick it in August and trust that by January, you will be glad you did.

Echinacea

Echinacea is a prairie flower. It grows native across the central and eastern United States, the pink-purple petals laying back from a tall dark central cone, drawing the bees and the wind in equal measure. The Indigenous nations of the Great Plains knew this plant first and used it widely. The European-American herbalists of the nineteenth century learned it from them and carried it back into Western practice, where it has been used continuously since for seasonal support. In this formula I use the aerial parts, the flower and the leaf and the stem rather than the root, because the aerial parts dried for tea preserve the bright herbal note that complements the deeper elderberry.

Yarrow

Yarrow grows everywhere. Roadside, meadow, the edges of pastures and lawns, the flat-topped white flower clusters appearing midsummer and lasting into autumn. It is one of the most universal of the European folk herbs, named for Achilles in the Greek tradition and reached for by village herbalists across the continent at the first signs of a changing season. In my training I learned yarrow as one of the most documented antimicrobial herbs in the Western record, the herb the old apothecaries kept dried in jars for the cooler months. I gather it myself when I can find a clean stand of it, and it dries to a faintly bitter, faintly sweet flavor that brings a herbal depth to the brighter notes of this tea.

Licorice Root

Licorice grows wild and cultivated across the Mediterranean basin, southern Europe, and parts of Western Asia, the long sweet roots dug at the end of the third year when the plant has put its energy underground. Most of what people know about licorice begins and ends with the candy. The herb itself is something different. The old Greek and Arabic apothecaries (Dioscorides wrote about it, as did Ibn Sina) used licorice as a true demulcent, the plant the village healer reached for when the throat and the chest needed softening through the colder months. In this formula I include licorice for that older purpose, not for sweetness.

Elderberry

Elderberry grows wild along hedgerows in temperate regions across Europe and North America, the dark drooping clusters appearing in late summer when the air just begins to turn. The fruit was the seasonal medicine of the European peasant household: gathered when ripe, preserved as syrup or dried as berries, kept in the back of the cupboard for the months when the village got smaller and people stayed closer to the fire. In my own practice I think of elderberry as the plant that holds the wisdom of preparation. You do not pick it in January. You pick it in August and trust that by January, you will be glad you did.

Echinacea

Echinacea is a prairie flower. It grows native across the central and eastern United States, the pink-purple petals laying back from a tall dark central cone, drawing the bees and the wind in equal measure. The Indigenous nations of the Great Plains knew this plant first and used it widely. The European-American herbalists of the nineteenth century learned it from them and carried it back into Western practice, where it has been used continuously since for seasonal support. In this formula I use the aerial parts, the flower and the leaf and the stem rather than the root, because the aerial parts dried for tea preserve the bright herbal note that complements the deeper elderberry.

Yarrow

Yarrow grows everywhere. Roadside, meadow, the edges of pastures and lawns, the flat-topped white flower clusters appearing midsummer and lasting into autumn. It is one of the most universal of the European folk herbs, named for Achilles in the Greek tradition and reached for by village herbalists across the continent at the first signs of a changing season. In my training I learned yarrow as one of the most documented antimicrobial herbs in the Western record, the herb the old apothecaries kept dried in jars for the cooler months. I gather it myself when I can find a clean stand of it, and it dries to a faintly bitter, faintly sweet flavor that brings a herbal depth to the brighter notes of this tea.

Licorice Root

Licorice grows wild and cultivated across the Mediterranean basin, southern Europe, and parts of Western Asia, the long sweet roots dug at the end of the third year when the plant has put its energy underground. Most of what people know about licorice begins and ends with the candy. The herb itself is something different. The old Greek and Arabic apothecaries (Dioscorides wrote about it, as did Ibn Sina) used licorice as a true demulcent, the plant the village healer reached for when the throat and the chest needed softening through the colder months. In this formula I include licorice for that older purpose, not for sweetness.

Jasmine's Note

My grandmother didn't call it herbalism. She just knew things — which plants to reach for, which roots to dry, what the earth offered when the body asked. She learned it from her father, who kept a garden in Biloxi and understood plants the way some people understand people. That knowledge passed to her, and quietly, to me.

I didn't fully understand what I'd inherited until my own body started asking questions that medicine couldn't answer. Hormonal chaos, long seasons of depression, the particular exhaustion of feeling disconnected from yourself. I remembered the whisperings. I turned back toward the plants. Everything in this apothecary came from that turning — things I made for myself first, and then for the women in my life who needed the same. I offer them to you the way my grandmother offered what she knew: as a hand extended, as something real.

-Jasmine

Rooted in Lineage. Made with Reverence.

Every formula in this apothecary is made in small batches in Los Angeles, using herbs that are organically grown or seasonally wildcrafted whenever possible. We work with plants at the peak of their potency — harvested in the right season, prepared slowly, and handled with the same reverence we hope you bring to using them.

This is medicine in the oldest sense of the word: plant wisdom, carefully tended, passed forward with care.

Frequently Asked Questions

What herbs are good for immune support?

The herbal tea for immune support traditions of both Western and Ayurvedic herbalism rest on a small group of plants reached for at the seasonal turn. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is the long-standing seasonal wellness fruit of European households. Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) was brought into Western practice from the Indigenous nations of the North American prairie and has been used continuously since the nineteenth century to support the body's natural defenses. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is one of the most documented antimicrobial herbs of the European folk record, used traditionally as a hot infusion at the first turn of the weather. Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is a true demulcent, the plant herbalists have reached for to support throat comfort and respiratory ease through cooler months. In my own practice I do not think of any one of these as the herb. I think of them as four pieces of a longer tradition that works most completely together.

Does elderberry tea help with immunity?

Elderberry tea has been the traditional seasonal wellness drink of European households for centuries, and modern research has begun to map what the old herbalists already knew. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is among the most studied herbs in the immune-supportive category and the longest-traditioned. The fruit was gathered in late summer, preserved as syrup or dried for tea, and kept in the back of the cupboard for the months when seasonal change brought a closer relationship with the body's resilience. In this formula I use the whole dried berry rather than an extract, which means the tea carries the deep purple color, the slightly tart fruit flavor, and the full complement of what the plant offers. Drinking elderberry tea in the changing seasons is one of the oldest forms of immune support women have made in their own kitchens.

What is yarrow used for in herbal tea?

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is one of the most universal of the European folk herbs, named for Achilles in the Greek tradition and reached for by village herbalists across the continent at the first signs of seasonal change. In herbal tea, yarrow has been used traditionally as a diaphoretic and antimicrobial herb, taken as a hot infusion during the threshold weeks between warm and cool weather. The aerial parts, the flower and leaf, are dried for tea use; the flat-topped white flower clusters appear midsummer and last into autumn, gathered traditionally at peak bloom. In my own practice yarrow is the quiet herb in the immune drawer, the one most herbal tea drinkers have never met but that the older apothecaries would never have been without. It brings a faint herbal bitterness and a deeper traditional weight to a tea that would otherwise be only bright.

Is licorice root tea good for the throat?

Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is a true demulcent, used traditionally by the old Greek and Arabic apothecaries (Dioscorides and Ibn Sina both wrote about it) to support throat comfort and respiratory ease through the colder months. The demulcent quality of licorice is what distinguishes it from a simple sweetener. The root contains naturally occurring compounds that traditional herbalists have associated with soothing and softening the mucous membranes of the throat and upper respiratory tract. In this herbal tea for immune support, licorice is included for that older purpose. It also brings a natural rounded gentleness to the cup that makes the tea easier to drink daily through a long season.

Can you drink immune support tea every day?

Citrus Berry Immunity is formulated as a daily wellness tea for cold season and beyond, not as an acute-use formula. The herbs in the blend (elderberry, echinacea, yarrow, licorice root, tulsi, lemon balm, orange peel, skullcap) are all traditionally used at culinary or daily-tea doses, and the formula is designed to be sipped daily through the changing seasons. Many women reach for it consistently from autumn through winter, then less often through the brighter months. We always recommend checking with your healthcare provider before beginning any new herbal practice, especially if you have a chronic condition, take medications, or are pregnant or breastfeeding. Licorice root in particular has documented interactions with certain medications, so the healthcare conversation matters here.

What is the difference between elderberry tea and elderberry syrup?

Elderberry tea and elderberry syrup are two different preparations of the same plant (Sambucus nigra), built for different uses. Elderberry tea is a multi-herb blend taken as a daily ritual cup, typically sipped warm or iced through the seasonal months as a steady practice of immune support. Elderberry syrup is a concentrated extract of the berries, usually preserved with raw honey or another sweetener, taken by the spoonful as a more dosed and acute-use preparation. The tea is gentler and more daily; the syrup is stronger and more occasional. In a complete seasonal apothecary, both have a place: the daily cup for ongoing support, and the syrup for the moments when the body asks for something more concentrated.

Is Citrus Berry Immunity tea safe during pregnancy?

Some of the herbs in Citrus Berry Immunity are not recommended during pregnancy, including yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) in tea doses. For this reason, Citrus Berry Immunity is not formulated for women who are pregnant. We always recommend checking with your healthcare provider before beginning any new herbal practice, especially during pregnancy or breastfeeding. For pregnancy-safe seasonal support, look to herbs in the nettle, oat straw, and red raspberry leaf tradition, which carry a different traditional safety profile.

What's the difference between an immune support tea and fire cider?

An immune support tea and a fire cider are two different formats of seasonal herbalism, built around different traditions. A herbal tea for immune support is a daily ritual cup, typically gentler and more drinkable, that you sip warm or iced through the cooler months as a steady practice. A fire cider is a more activating preparation: a vinegar-based tonic with stronger warming herbs like horseradish, ginger, and garlic, taken in small daily doses or at the first sign of seasonal demand. The tea sits more on the soft, supportive side of the apothecary; the tonic sits more on the warming and acute side. Many women keep both in the house through the autumn and winter and reach for the one the day asks for.

A Note on Plant Medicine

Plants are powerful — and like any potent thing, they deserve to be used with care and knowledge. These formulas are crafted with intention, but they are not a substitute for medical guidance. Before beginning a new herbal practice, we encourage you to speak with your healthcare provider, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, trying to conceive, managing a health condition, or taking prescription medication. Wild Woman products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.