🔥 THE PHOENIX — Sacred Gut Reset · Blend

Wormwood Herb

One of the most revered bitter herbs in the world — carried through European, African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean healing traditions for centuries. Every culture that understood seasonal cleansing knew wormwood. Intensely bitter, deeply ancient, and unmistakably purposeful.

Black Walnut Hull

Used by Indigenous nations across North America for generations — the hull of the black walnut has been part of botanical ritual long before it was studied or sold. Earthy, astringent, and deeply grounding. One of the most trusted plants in traditional North American herbal knowledge.

Quassia Bark

A Caribbean and South American bitter bark with deep roots in traditional plant medicine across the tropics. Named after a freed enslaved Surinamese healer named Graman Quassi, who shared this plant's knowledge in the 18th century. Sovereignty in every strip of bark.

Ginger Root

The root that crossed every ocean with us. From West African kitchens to Caribbean markets to South Asian healing traditions — ginger has been the warming anchor in botanical ritual across every culture that understood the connection between heat and restoration.

Turmeric Root

The golden root of Ayurvedic tradition — present in South Asian healing practice for over 4,000 years and woven into the food, ceremony, and medicine of West Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. Warm, earthy, and unmistakably alive. It colors the cup and the body.

Cinnamon Bark

Traded across ancient African and Asian spice routes for thousands of years — fought over, hoarded, and revered by civilizations that understood its value long before it became a pantry staple. In Sacred Phoenix, cinnamon brings the warmth that makes the bitter drinkable.

Fennel Seed

A cornerstone of Mediterranean, North African, and South Asian botanical tradition. Fennel has been chewed, steeped, and passed across generations as the herb that settles what the stronger plants stir up — sweet, aromatic, and balancing in the cup.

Clove Buds

One of the most traveled spices in history — carried along the Silk Road, through Arab trade routes, across the Indian Ocean and into Africa. Clove has been in the hands of healers and cooks across every continent that understood warmth as medicine. Sharp, bold, and intentional.

Hibiscus Flower

Zobo. Sorrel. Bissap. Agua de Jamaica. The same flower, four names, four continents — all representing the same ancestral knowledge. In Sacred Phoenix she brings the crimson depth and tart brightness that carries the bitters into something your palate recognizes as home.

Red Lotus Flower

The heart opener. Used in Ayurvedic and sacred feminine traditions across South Asia and beyond — the red lotus is the plant that holds the heart while the deeper herbs do their work. Grounding, warming, and ceremonially significant in every tradition that knew it.

Rooibos Tea

Indigenous to South Africa. Tended by the Khoisan people long before wellness made it a trend. Naturally caffeine-free and warm in the cup — in Sacred Phoenix, rooibos is the elder in the room, softening the intensity of the bitters and holding everything else together.

Lemon & Orange Peel

Citrus that grew in every yard from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean to West Africa. In every culture that grew it, citrus peel was never wasted — it went into the pot, the remedy, the ritual. Here it lifts the blend and brings the body of the cup into bright, clean focus.

Apple Pieces & Cranberries

Real fruit — no flavoring. Apple for gentle sweetness that softens the bitters. Cranberry for tartness and depth. Both carry the natural intelligence of fruit that has been part of seasonal botanical tradition in North America and beyond long before supplements existed.

Red Clover Blossoms

Used in traditional botanical practice across Indigenous North American, European, and African healing traditions. The blossoms complete the Phoenix blend — a gentle, floral note that balances the intensity of the bitters and reminds the body that restoration is the goal, not punishment.

🌱 Light Reset

Steep 1 tbsp in 8oz of water at 185–195°F for 5 minutes. A smoother, brighter cup — the bitters present but gentle. Morning ritual or midday reset. This is how you begin the conversation with the Phoenix.

🔥 Deep Ritual Brew

Steep 10 minutes for full botanical intensity. This is what the plant keepers meant when they said medicine shouldn't be comfortable — it should be effective. Set an intention. Let the bitters work. The Phoenix rises in the fire, not around it.

1 tbsp

per 8oz water

185–195°F

avoid boiling

5–10 min

light to deep ritual