CILMA’s Herbal Medicine Shrouds are compiled particularly for ailments specific to either mental health support, cold and flu remedies or pain relief for muscles, joints and epidermis.

While each shroud does hold medicinal efficacy, their woven form relates to care, comfort, and women’s labor. The shrouds are gifts or offerings, which could boast either medicinal properties or compost support depending on need. These shrouds could not only provide chemical support for the human body, but they can also provide nutritional support for soil. The plant/cotton hybrid textiles are biodegradable and compostable and could be used to add carbon or nitrogen to soil depending on the dryness of the matter. Conversely, one could break off medicinal dosages from the shrouds for mental or bodily ailments that fall within the three shroud uses, as needed, and make into a decoction (tea), a tincture, or a poultice (comfrey specific).