Red Willow Bark

This is the inner bark, carefully shaved from the stem after the outer "paper" bark is removed. Also called cancasa, ;pronounced "chanshasha" and properly spelled čhaŋšáša, Red Willow Bark is used in the sacred pipe either by itself or blended with other herbs such as Uva ursi and Mullein leaf. Our Red Willow Bark, Cornus stolonifera, is hand-picked by a First Nations family in Canada, and is hand-processed with love, respect and prayer.