Herbal Strategies for Summer Heat

Herbal Strategies for Summer Heat

It’s hot today, and it’s going to get even hotter. This is an herbal strategy for summer heat. The thing about heat is that it accumulates. In Ayurveda, we talk about how heat rises in the body just like it does in a house. “Heat rises in the body just like in a...
Herbal Salad Dressing for Everyday Health

Herbal Salad Dressing for Everyday Health

Store bought salad dressings are junk. I’ve got a simple herbal salad dressing tutorial for you today and the truth is, I think making your own salad dressing is one of the best and easiest health hacks out there. Store bought salad dressings are junk. You make all...
Lemon Balm Cilantro Pesto

Lemon Balm Cilantro Pesto

Adding this delicious pesto is of course so much about flavor, but what you are also doing is getting your greens, easy to digest nutrients and increasing your ability to digest whatever you put it on. How can you bring the healing power of herbs into EVERY meal?...
Comfrey Oil: Sprained Ankle Anyone?

Comfrey Oil: Sprained Ankle Anyone?

Comfrey oil! I’m so glad you’re here because this is a good oil to have on hand! I’ve seen comfrey help people with injuries involving muscles, tendons, joints, bones, ligaments, ankles, knees, pulled muscles, joint dislocations and even fractures....
St. John’s Wort Oil Stories

St. John’s Wort Oil Stories

St. John’s wort is one of my first loves in the plant world. I could talk for days about how much I love it and all the stories of how it has healed me, my family and so many people in my life. Let’s just say this is truly one of my favorite plants. St. Johns’ wort...
Arnica Oil: What and What Not to Use it For

Arnica Oil: What and What Not to Use it For

I have had many experiences like this where I was getting sore, and then post arnica, I am not getting sore… Arnica–I love this oil. I love having this oil in my home. It’s not one of the oils that I slop around in like some of my other oils. Arnica oil has very...
Home-made Culinary Herbal Oil

Home-made Culinary Herbal Oil

This oil is an herbal tradition in our kitchen. Just as soon as the garden starts giving up enough thyme or oregano, it’s time to dry it and get it into an oil. So let’s make a culinary herb infused olive oil. Ready? Any dried culinary herbs that you have that you...
How to Make Chili Oil

How to Make Chili Oil

This chili oil is seriously the most used condiment in our house right now. Everyone is addicted to it. I mean, we don’t put it on cake or in our tea, but it really goes onto just about every meal… A few drops of chili oil on scrambled eggs or an omelet tops the...