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Medieval Herbal Advice for Today’s Homes
It is time to turn to the fall maintenance of our beloved herb gardens , which provided so generously for us over the summer. We herbalists are all organizing our overflowing apothecaries and trying...
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Locally Made Ointments?
I had originally planned on rendering lard to make an ointment but I honestly couldn’t find a reference to this being a Celtic practice, although I feel almost certain that it was done. I did find an...
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What to do with all that sage?
Sage is one of my favorite herbs. Perhaps that is because we both have Jupiter as our ruling planet. Whatever the reason, we have a great relationship. The best time for harvesting sage really is...
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Salt for Spiritual Self-Care
I suppose it makes sense that if things are going great in some areas of your life, something somewhere has to suck. School is intense and challenging but I like that way. Career-wise things are...
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What butter or whiskey does not cure cannot be cured.
Source: British Museum During my studies this semester one of my goals was to research some traditional methods of preparation and perhaps compare and contrast them to my more modern preparations. To...
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If they wad drink Nettles in March and eat muggins in May…
An old Scottish story tells of the mermaid of Clyde who seemed to be a particularly sympathetic sort and in lamenting the demise of many young women of Glasgow said, “If they wad drink nettles in March...
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How to Properly Draw an Herbal Bath
Herbal baths are an ancient practice. Both Dioscorides and Galen prescribed aromatic baths for various disorders and injuries. Medicinal baths are also mentioned frequently in Irish mythology....
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History of “Domestic Medicine” and Modern Relevance
Class Notes and a few images from my presentation at the American Herbalist Guild Symposium in Granby, CO. It is a shortened version of an article I wrote for Plant Healer Magazine a while back and...
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Preventative Living
I always feel badly this time of year because people are messaging me left-and-right asking what to do for their sick family members. While I have tried to do my best to address that in various blog...
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So this is what I do…
Friends outside the herbal-realm, are often a little confused by what it is that I do and that’s understandable. I wear a lot of hats, possibly because I get bored doing the same thing all the time. I...
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I wanted to start this new series by explaining my understanding of the pluralistic nature of health care practices that exist in societies. I feel like this is important, if a little dry, because...
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How to Properly Draw an Herbal Bath
Herbal baths are an ancient practice. Both Dioscorides and Galen prescribed aromatic baths for various disorders and injuries. Medicinal baths are also mentioned frequently in Irish mythology....
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Yellow Dock’s Versatile History
Yellow dock provides such interesting contrast in color and texture to a garden. I don’t put a lot of my plant articles on my blog because they are usually long and heavily referenced, but my publisher...
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Discovering the Bean Feasa
This similar to an article which originally ran in Plant Healer Magazine, but I’ve updated it a bit based on new things I’ve read and questions students have asked.” <3 Stephany Recreation of an...
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Cacao Herbal Monograph
I’ve decided to be really cliché and do a Valentine’s kind of theme for my herbal post this week. I will share this short monograph on Cacao that I wrote for Natural Herbal Living Magazine in February...
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The History of Burdock
This article was originally published in Natural Herbal Living Magazine. If you haven’t taken the time to check out that publication, you should. Each issue is dedicated to the study of one plant and...
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As you might know, I don’t write about indigenous North Americans’ use of plants on this blog. That is not my history to tell. When I do write about the history of a new world plant, I first look...
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I promised I would post this today. I honestly just started making this a couple of years ago, because my daughter added a new appetizer to Thanksgiving Day and I really try to make sure that’s the...
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I wrote this article back in 2016, for Natural Herbal Living Magazine but I had to throw it up on the blog today because someone called goldenrod a weed and I felt like sticking up for one of my...
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I think that this information is probably going to surprise some people, but the way we use cranberries for sauces and fermented beverages is a very old practice from Northern Europe. Vaccinium...
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