I have been testing fresh and dried Skullcap in both teas and tinctures, side by side.
Verdic?
I like Skullcap. In any shape or form.
I’ve been doing tests like these for as long as I can remember. Really, testing of any kind is a type of play. Afterall, children…
To me, July epitomizes summer.
June is a transition time. The Sun energy is vast, the plants take off, but the summer mindset sleeps until the end of the month.
August is summer to the extreme – hot, restless, drawn out and dried out.
July is right in the middle, and it…
Let me introduce you to one of the most decadent, delicious herbal remedies I know: Lavender herbal Oil.
Perhaps you already love this remedy, too. Then you know how a little Lavender herbal oil massage soothes the nervous system like no other.
If you haven’t made your own Lavender herbal oil,…
Friends, I have gone too long missing my favorite botanical toner because I’ve been out of a key toner ingredient: Queen of Hungary Water. In this article I am going to share a little about what this is, and a super basic and adaptable Queen of Hungary Water recipe…
I adore Rose Elixir as a tasty, versatile Rose flavored preparation. I use it for blending tinctures to add depth of flavor and sweetness, as a heart-centered remedy for anxiety, inflammatory states, sleep, the emotional heart and circulation.
Sometimes I blend a Rose Elixir with others herbs to create…
Support for the Menses and the Heart
Day 1 Tea originated as a tea to help the body ease from premenstrual to bleeding time.
Sometimes this transition can be a little bumpy. We feel tired yet restless, tense and irritated. Perhaps we have physical symptoms like a breast tenderness, lower…
Rose Petal Elixir…This is one of my favorite remedies of all time!
This summer I am reacquainting with hands-on medicine. I am harvesting and processing herbs from my very own herb garden and from my neighborhood. And I am making a LOT of medicine – or at least a lot…
Evolving Tea
I love it when a tea inspires. And I love it when the berries, roots, seeds and barks of a tea reveal their taste and medicine with each step.
Long ago I ditched the idea of keeping infusion herbs and decoction herbs separate. I know that the decoction herbs…
Ready for a fresh start (while staying home, social distancing and hopefully not getting sick)?
So here we are…beginning Aries season in an unprecedented way as the world is among the threat of a very spreadable illness. I had to take moment to acknowledge the greater social context to this…