About

Meet Rachel

Rachel Metcalf, MSN, RN, is a medical herbalist, registered nurse, nursing college professor, and founder of Botanical Health Solutions. With nearly three decades of nursing experience and more than a decade in nursing education, Rachel brings a distinctive combination of clinical knowledge, traditional herbal wisdom, and compassionate care to the natural health field.

Since 2015, she has served individuals and families locally, within Amish communities, and across America, helping them pursue better health through practical, natural approaches. Her passion for herbal medicine grew from a desire to give people greater confidence in caring for their health while providing thoughtful guidance grounded in both research and real-world experience.

Through Botanical Health Solutions, Rachel develops carefully prepared herbal products, wellness protocols, teas, tonics, salves, creams, and personalized recommendations designed to support the body’s natural, God-given ability to heal. Her work focuses especially on detoxifying, rebuilding, and restoring the body while helping clients understand the purpose behind each product and protocol.

Rachel’s mission extends beyond offering herbal products. She is committed to providing education, encouragement, and responsible guidance for those seeking natural support for everyday wellness, skin care, family health, and more complex wellness goals. Her goal is to help each person feel informed, supported, and confident as they take practical steps toward better health.

Botanical Health Solutions was created to serve families naturally with trusted products, practical protocols, and guidance rooted in both experience and care.

Our Mission

At Botanical Health Solutions, our mission is to help individuals and families pursue wellness naturally with confidence, clarity, and support. Through thoughtfully prepared herbal products, practical protocols, and personalized guidance, we combine traditional herbal wisdom with decades of nursing experience to serve others with quality, compassion, and responsible care.

Our Vision

Our vision is to become a trusted natural-health resource for individuals and families seeking practical, responsible ways to support the body’s God-given ability to heal, rebuild, and restore. Through high-quality herbal products, meaningful education, and dependable wellness guidance, we strive to equip people to take an informed and confident role in their health with clarity, purpose, and hope.

Our Ingredient Standards

At Botanical Health Solutions, we are intentional about every ingredient we use. Our products are created to be clean, effective, minimally preserved, and made with integrity.

Organic & Non-GMO Ingredients

We choose organic and non-GMO herbs, oils, butters, and raw ingredients. We prioritize high-quality sourcing because what goes into a product matters.

Handcrafted in Small Batches

Our products are handcrafted in small batches to help maintain freshness, quality, and attention to detail. Small-batch preparation allows us to carefully monitor each formula.

Gentle Preservation

Natural products still need to be protected from spoilage, especially when they contain water and oil-based ingredients. Our goal is to minimally preserve our products for quality and safe use.

Research shows commonly used preservatives are harsh, drying, irritating, or stressful to the skin. The goal is to keep the product on the shelf for up to 3 years before purchase and then an additional 1-2 years after the product is opened. That is up to a 5-year preservation plan for many beauty products as well as hair and skin products. Cheap, overly used preservatives will “preserve” skin cells in the same manner it preserves the product.

Healthy skin is constantly renewing itself. Old cells die and are replaced with healthy, new cells. On average, the outer skin layer naturally sheds and replaces itself about every 4–6 weeks. Harsh preservatives used regularly can slow or completely halt this process and your skin looks older because your cells are old and preserved.

For this reason, we choose gentler, naturally derived preservation options whenever appropriate. We want to protect the product while supporting cellular regeneration of the skin, allowing skin to stay balanced, nourished, and able to renew itself naturally.

At Botanical Health Solutions, we are intentional about every ingredient we use. Our goal is to create products that are clean, effective, minimally preserved, and made with integrity.

Preservation Ingredients We Use

Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
A naturally derived preservative created through radish root fermentation. It helps discourage the growth of unwanted bacteria, yeast, and mold in formulas containing water.

Rosemary Antioxidant
A plant-based antioxidant extracted from rosemary leaves. It helps protect oils and fats from oxidation, slowing rancidity and supporting product freshness in oil-based formulations.

Vitamin E
A plant-derived antioxidant that helps protect oils and butters from oxidation while also supporting healthy-looking skin in the oil phase of lotion formulation.

Our Team

At Botanical Health Solutions, our team is united by a shared commitment to natural health, exceptional quality, and compassionate service. Led by Rachel Metcalf, MSN, RN, medical herbalist and founder, we bring together clinical experience, traditional herbal wisdom, careful craftsmanship, and a genuine desire to help individuals and families feel supported in their pursuit of better health.

Every product, protocol, and recommendation is developed with purpose, precision, and close attention to detail. From preparing herbal blends and packaging orders to answering questions and providing personalized guidance, we are committed to serving each person with integrity, responsibility, and care.

Our goal is to be a trusted source of natural-health support... helping individuals and families move forward with greater confidence, understanding, and hope, one product, one protocol, and one person at a time.