Because sometimes things just transcend categorization…
In this modern world, many of us have forgotten how interconnected everything is. We stare at our cell phones. We get lost in the skylines and sidewalks of big cities, forgetting our connection to the natural world.
One question I get asked a lot during this time of year is why do some people get allergies and some people don’t, and what’s the root cause? Or, Why is it that sometimes we have an allergy when we’re a kid, and then it goes away, but then it comes back later in life?
It’s when you get challenged that you find your real strength. It’s when your foundation is shaky that you find your backbone and what really keeps you afloat.
This week, we have a very interesting question that comes up from time to time in regard to whether an herb can actually work like an antibiotic and the possible benefits and risks in terms of using herbs to treat pathogenic infections.
One of the most important skills for the modern clinical herbalist is having the ability to successfully treat the digestive system. This is one of
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s a wonderful time to reflect and offer gratitude to the plant kingdom that nourishes, revitalizes, and sustains us. In today’s
Vitalism is an ancient principle found in the western traditions that recognizes the life principle within plants and people. This vital principle is what gives everything life, and while the biochemical attributes of an organism are important, it is not all there is.
I talk a lot about the importance of energetics and constitutions in clinical herbalism. This is one of the attributes of traditional systems of medicine across the world that are at their root and are fundamental to their way of understanding the uniqueness of a person and the specific properties of medicinal plants.
We get asked all of the time “what are your favorite herb books?” – so we thought it’s about time we just compiled a list and posted it here for everyone to enjoy.
There’s so much to be grateful for in our lives- most of which are the things that are simple and easy to overlook: food, clean water, a roof over our heads, a job, family, community. But I’m also always thinking about plants – I mean, plants give us our lives every day through our food, every moment through our breath, during times of sickness with medicine.
We stand upon the threshold between late winter & early spring – marked by the time of Imbolc where seeds are beginning to stir within
At this time of year when the plants are dropping their leaves, dying back and decomposing into the Earth again, it is a time to
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