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Rhodiola plant

Rhodiola

Rhodiola rosea is a plant used for its health-giving properties. The root is harvested from this low-growing perennial plant that grows throughout the northern hemisphere in high elevations in Asia,...

Rhodiola

Rhodiola rosea is a plant used for its health-giving properties. The root is harvested from this low-growing perennial plant that grows throughout the northern hemisphere in high elevations in Asia,...

Inflammation & Herbal Anti-inflammatories

Inflammation & Herbal Anti-inflammatories

Inflammation is a word that we are all familiar with, and most of us have some associations in our own experience that we picture when this word is uttered. For...

Inflammation & Herbal Anti-inflammatories

Inflammation is a word that we are all familiar with, and most of us have some associations in our own experience that we picture when this word is uttered. For...

Tinctures? Teas? Essential Oils? When and why might you take these different herbal preparations?

Tinctures? Teas? Essential Oils? When and why m...

Being an herbalist and owning an herbal apothecary for seven years, I have spent a lot of time educating people about the different forms herbs come in and helping them...

Tinctures? Teas? Essential Oils? When and why m...

Being an herbalist and owning an herbal apothecary for seven years, I have spent a lot of time educating people about the different forms herbs come in and helping them...

Hawthorn: The Heart Tree

Hawthorn: The Heart Tree

The beautiful hawthorn tree, with its leaves that look like mini oak leaves and its spiny branches, produces abundant flowers (white or pink) that later create red berries. Crataegus oxycantha...

Hawthorn: The Heart Tree

The beautiful hawthorn tree, with its leaves that look like mini oak leaves and its spiny branches, produces abundant flowers (white or pink) that later create red berries. Crataegus oxycantha...

Healthy Skin from the Inside Out

Everyone wants healthy skin. Everyone wants to look and feel good. The skin is our body’s largest organ and it is intimately and inextricably linked to every other organ and...

Healthy Skin from the Inside Out

Everyone wants healthy skin. Everyone wants to look and feel good. The skin is our body’s largest organ and it is intimately and inextricably linked to every other organ and...

Butterbur

Butterbur

The root of this European-sourced herb is primarily used in medicine, although the leaf is also used. Its Latin name is Petasites hybridus and is a shrubby plant in the...

Butterbur

The root of this European-sourced herb is primarily used in medicine, although the leaf is also used. Its Latin name is Petasites hybridus and is a shrubby plant in the...