Calendula Oil: Uses and Benefits
Let’s talk about calendula oil uses! Calendula oil has countless benefits and is so anti-inflammatory and nourishing that it can be a cornerstone of your skin care. Calendula (Calendula officinalis) moisturizes and reduces inflammation. It’s also vulnerary and helps...
Herbal Remedies for Fall and Winter
Is your home apothecary ready for fall and winter? With cold and flu season around the corner, it’s time to prepare your herbal medicines. Here are three of my time-tested, go-to herbal remedies for fall and winter. These easy and effective recipes use common...
Sleepy Time Honey: Herbal Honey for Sleep
How do you use honey in your kitchen? In whatever way you eat or drink honey, you can enhance its medicinal qualities by adding herbs to it. Making herbal honey for sleep is easy, and you can use it to make a tea to help clean out the day and pave the way for a good...
Tongue Scraping: What Are the Benefits?
Have you heard of tongue scraping? Let’s talk about a tongue scraper, how to use it, how not to use it, and the benefits of tongue scraping. What This Has to Do with Herbal Medicine You might be wondering, what does this have to do with herbal medicine? Using herbs is...
Summer Peach Smoothie Recipe with Lavender and Honey
Do you love peach season as much as I do? This peach smoothie recipe comes from my book, The Herbal Kitchen, and it’s a wonderful way to celebrate this delicious summer fruit. Kids love making smoothies too, so you can get the whole family involved in making...
How to Communicate with Plants: One Simple Technique to Connect with the Earth
Humans are wired for deep communication and connection with plants and the earth. However, for many of us, this skill is a little bit dormant or wasn’t nurtured when we were growing up. Let’s explore one simple method for how to communicate with plants and trees....
Ethical Wildcrafting: What Rules Should We Follow for Wild Harvesting?
The herbal movement is happening! Right now, hundreds of thousands of families are awakening to the amazing healing power of plants. Alongside this, we need to start having the conversation about where our plants come from. What do we need to know if we want to...
When to Harvest Lavender & How to Use Lavender Leaves
If you want to use lavender in your herbal teas, oils, baths and other medicines, you might be wondering which part of the plant to use. People often ask me, do you only use the flowers? Can you use lavender leaves? And when do you harvest which one? Check out the...
How to Dry Herbs: 3 Things You Need to Consider
Drying herbs might seem simple, but how to dry herbs with success can be more complex. If you’ve made the effort to harvest or wildcraft your herbs, the last thing you want is for them to go to waste because they weren’t properly dried. I’m going to...
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