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[Herbal Action] Bitters

[Herbal Action] Bitters

There’s something almost ancient about the bitter taste. (Because it is both a taste AND a specific herbal action.) It hits the tongue and your whole body goes, “Oh… we’re doing...

[Herbal Action] Bitters

There’s something almost ancient about the bitter taste. (Because it is both a taste AND a specific herbal action.) It hits the tongue and your whole body goes, “Oh… we’re doing...

{RECIPE} Folk Remedy: Golden Cough Syrup

{RECIPE} Folk Remedy: Golden Cough Syrup

This is a kitchen remedy with a long lineage — simple, potent, and rooted in ancestral folk medicine. There’s a special kind of magic in the remedies our grandmothers made......

{RECIPE} Folk Remedy: Golden Cough Syrup

This is a kitchen remedy with a long lineage — simple, potent, and rooted in ancestral folk medicine. There’s a special kind of magic in the remedies our grandmothers made......

The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — A Kitchen Materia Medica

The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — ...

As autumn deepens and we gather around the table to give thanks, it’s worth noticing not just the roasts, the pies, and the casseroles, but also the living medicine in...

The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — ...

As autumn deepens and we gather around the table to give thanks, it’s worth noticing not just the roasts, the pies, and the casseroles, but also the living medicine in...

5 Ways to Work With Elder

5 Ways to Work With Elder

If there’s one plant I reach for year after year, it’s elder.She’s medicine for the liminal in-betweens — the shift of seasons, the first whisper of illness, the soft rebuilding...

5 Ways to Work With Elder

If there’s one plant I reach for year after year, it’s elder.She’s medicine for the liminal in-betweens — the shift of seasons, the first whisper of illness, the soft rebuilding...

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

Elder (Sambucus spp) Have you ever stood beneath an elder tree?There’s something ancient about it—like the air changes. The branches hum quietly, the way a wise old woman hums to...

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

Elder (Sambucus spp) Have you ever stood beneath an elder tree?There’s something ancient about it—like the air changes. The branches hum quietly, the way a wise old woman hums to...

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

The body always tries to help us heal... always striving for balance... even when it looks messy. Think about a cough.It’s loud. It’s uncomfortable. It interrupts sleep, work, and conversation.But...

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

The body always tries to help us heal... always striving for balance... even when it looks messy. Think about a cough.It’s loud. It’s uncomfortable. It interrupts sleep, work, and conversation.But...