There is actually a thing called “Information Fatigue,” and I am seeing it a lot now with herb students. We have to get back to an embodied study of herbal medicine. The Mythic Medicine Podcast with Amber Magnolia Hill is like a breath of fresh air. If you haven’t...
How much do you like herbal recipes? Good herbal recipes. Time-tested herbal recipes… I decided to do a little round-up of my most downloaded herbal recipes for you. These aren’t recipes that I just made up for the blog post or to put into one of my books. These...
How can conscious engagement with plants, with which we’ve co-evolved since the dawn of our species, support healing in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and help mend our separation from nature? Three brilliant herbalists/botanists, long on the...
“Why do some students seem to fast-track everything while others have a notebook full of great remedies that they probably won’t ever use?” From the very beginning of teaching herbal medicine 30 years ago, I had this question: “Why do some students seem to fast track...
I have seen people get sick, and in some cases, really sick on green smoothies. How could that be? They are supposed to be so healthy… I know green smoothies are all the rage. With hundreds of blogs and articles talking about their healing benefits it’s hard to...
It is that time of year again. The elderberries are ripe. Blue/black berries so heavy they pull the branches down lower so you can reach them, if you can get to them before the birds… When the Earth is giving it up with such an abundance of harvest, time to honor it...
Here’s the thing – you don’t want to wait until you are sick to improve your herbal skills – you want to have simple home herbal remedies that you can use every day, so it’s not a scramble to know what to do if you do get sick. What is the simple, homemade...
The combination of emotion, flavor, feelings and taste adds up to something hard to describe, but you know you feel deeply fed. Why do we like the food we like? I love thinking about the concept of ‘kitchen culture’ and what goes into preparing the food and herbs we...
Making your own dressings is one of those places where even when you are strapped for time, you can go homemade. You can make enough of this raspberry rose vinegar and salad dressing to last for several months. So you only have to make it once! The Best Homemade Salad...
Thirty years ago, I committed to honoring the earth by resurrecting the herbal kitchen in our homes to help people practice kitchen medicine every day. I have dedicated my life to speaking, writing, and teaching people how to use plant medicines to take care of...
Drinking a lot of your fluids with your meals affects your digestion and hinders your digestive capacity. Let’s make some herbal water. What we’re doing here is we’re setting up your herbal kitchen. There’s going to be so many little junctures and spaces of where...
One of the spring rituals around here is harvesting fir tips, or the young needles of the fir tree. Check out this two-minute video where I show you how to harvest and use fir tips. When to Harvest Fir Tips You have to harvest fir tips at the onset of spring, because...
