Yarb is the dialectal form of the word herb found in both the Ozarks and Appalachia. If you say Herb in a hillbilly accent you get Yarb. We hope you tried to say that aloud ;) In the not so distant past it was commonplace to go see a ‘Yarb Doctor’ or ‘Granny Women’ for an array of ailments. As for the cap we are offering two color choices - Mulberry & Terracotta. We will update y’all as soon as we have a shipping date!
Yarb - Ancestral Thread & Rooting in Place
Yarb is an extension of our heart and has become our way of creating what we desire in this world. Using the word Yarb has been a way of orienting toward a sense of belonging to place and weaving a connective thread to our past ancestors who like many Ozarkers come from the Scottish/English border. It is our belief to truly connect to this land is to acknowledge the wounding of our genocidal past of indigenous peoples, as well as, actively participating in reparations and lifting up indigenous voices. The land we call home and where we grow and make medicine is on unceded Osage territory. The Ozarks were home to many tribes including Osage, Caddo, Quapaw. A Yarb Doctor's treatments were a mixture of their own folk traditions with indigenous knowledge. From our own studies of folklorists, Vance Randoplh and Mary Parlor, is how we learned about Yarb. Also, our friend Brandon Weston is keeping the folklore traditions alive through their books, teaching, and practice. If you would like to learn more check out Brandon's work - https://www.ozarkhealing.com/current-events.html
Yarb is the dialectal form of the word herb found in both the Ozarks and Appalachia. If you say Herb in a hillbilly accent you get Yarb. We hope you tried to say that aloud ;) In the not so distant past it was commonplace to go see a ‘Yarb Doctor’ or ‘Granny Women’ for an array of ailments. As for the cap we are offering two color choices - Mulberry & Terracotta. We will update y’all as soon as we have a shipping date!
Yarb - Ancestral Thread & Rooting in Place
Yarb is an extension of our heart and has become our way of creating what we desire in this world. Using the word Yarb has been a way of orienting toward a sense of belonging to place and weaving a connective thread to our past ancestors who like many Ozarkers come from the Scottish/English border. It is our belief to truly connect to this land is to acknowledge the wounding of our genocidal past of indigenous peoples, as well as, actively participating in reparations and lifting up indigenous voices. The land we call home and where we grow and make medicine is on unceded Osage territory. The Ozarks were home to many tribes including Osage, Caddo, Quapaw. A Yarb Doctor's treatments were a mixture of their own folk traditions with indigenous knowledge. From our own studies of folklorists, Vance Randoplh and Mary Parlor, is how we learned about Yarb. Also, our friend Brandon Weston is keeping the folklore traditions alive through their books, teaching, and practice. If you would like to learn more check out Brandon's work - https://www.ozarkhealing.com/current-events.html
