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ntrepreneur Sarah Tennent 
always had a passion for natural 
healing.
The owner and founder of Cedar 
Rose Botanicals, a Huntington Woods-
based wellness shop that sells essential 
oil-fused products, among others, was 
raised with a strong connection to 
nature.
“My family has always been a little bit 
more holistic and organic,” Tennent, 34, 
explains. “We have a lot of gardeners in 
my family, so I really grew up playing 
with plants in the garden.”
For the past five years, Tennent has 
worked as an acupuncturist in her pri-
vate practice. Yet in 2019, the Jewish 
business owner had the idea to take 
her practice one step further and start 
offering her clients different wellness 
products that they could apply to their 
everyday lives.
“I really treat everything,” she says 
of her acupuncture practice. Like 
Tennent’s approach, it’s common for 
acupuncture sessions to also include the 

addition of essential oils to the treat-
ment. “I was blending up [essential oil 
mixes] for my patients, and I was seeing 
what was working well.”
It was the beginning of Cedar Rose 
Botanicals, which Tennent says was 
a little delayed due to the COVID-19 
pandemic but is now in full swing. A 
longtime essential oil user, Tennent 
herself turned to the ancient healing 
method after a back injury left her with 
debilitating cramps.
The essential oil formula that she 
mixed up to ease her pain was an inspi-
ration for one of four boxes that Cedar 
Rose Botanicals carries, the “CRAMP 
Box.” Each box comes with a selec-
tion of wellness products, including a 

hand-infused massage oil, essential oil 
rollers, an oral tincture, Epsom bath 
salts, and a tea or hot cocoa mix that’s 
specific to that particular box.
“The CRAMP Box is good for 
extreme headaches or more severe 
cramping,” Tennent says.
In addition to the “CRAMP Box,” 
Cedar Rose Botanicals also carries 
boxes geared toward stomach concerns, 
PMS symptoms, and fatigue or sad-
ness, particularly when brought on by 
a women’s menstrual cycle. Though her 
products are for everyone, Tennent says 
women’s health in particular has always 
been a main focus of her work.
Tennent explains that the key to safe-
ly using essential oils — and making 
the most out of them — is to properly 
dilute products before applying them 
to the skin. She believes that essential 
oils can not only relieve symptoms, but 
sometimes even treat the underlying 
condition at hand.
“In traditional Western medicine and 
medication, there’s so many other symp-

Acupuncturist whips 
up essential oil blends 
to boost health and 
wellness.

22 | JULY 8 • 2021 

HEALTH

The Power of Plants

ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY 
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sarah Tennent

COURTESY OF SARAH TENNENT

