Our Story

Melanin Herbs was founded in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina by Mama O. Mama O comes from a long line of herbal healers. In fact, her interest in herbs developed when she was 5 years old and was stricken with severe fever. Her Mother & Grandmother who were also Master Herbalists picked the leaves of a particular plant and arranged them in a circle around her small body on the bed. To her amazement, within one hour the lively green leaves started to roll up and turned completely black! The leaves had taken away and absorbed all the sickness. She up from the bed like nothing had ever been the matter and went outside to play with friends. That early experience showed Mama O the immense power that herbs have to heal, and heal extemely fast in many instances!

One day, when Mama O. was reading an article, it completely changed the course of her life and put her on a mission to transform the health of countless suffering people through herbs. The article was dealing with the health disparity between Blacks and other races in America. Black people, the article said, are the most medicated people in the country and suffer from high blood pressue and diabetes at a rate that far out paces other races. How could this happen? Then it dawned on her that we had forgotten out roots. We had abandoed our rich African heritage of using herbs for healing and health maintenance. We MUST get back to that! But know this, Melanin Herbs is rooted in traditional African herbal remedies but our products are not just for Black people but for ALL people who desire to take herbs that really make a profound difference in their quality of life and to live a more healthy and alkaline lifestyle.