I love herbal tea blending. Whether it’s an floral herbal sipping tea like the Lavender and Rose tea blend in this post, or a potent medicinal blend, creating a batch of tea for someone is a fun way to work with and share herbalism. In this post I am going to weave in some lessons…
Gui Zhi Tang is an important formula Chinese medicine herbal formula featuring Cinnamon and Peony that does many things, one of which is to support the Wei Qi (defensive immunity). Gui Zhi/Cinnamon Twig is the first herb we learned in East Asian medical school, and Gui Zhi Tang is the first formula we learned. Gui…
I am gearing up to make an all-purpose healing herbal salve. But first, I made a batch of herbal oil. In this post I share a herbal oil recipe template when using fresh(ly wilted) and/or freshly dried herbs. There are many herbs you can choose for making a healing herbal oil. A few that I…
The nervous system and the digestive system go hand in hand. This St John’s Wort and Chamomile brain-gut connection herbal tea is one of many, many, many MANY combinations that can support both stress-reduction and anxiety-induced indigestion is through combining digestive nervine herbs. As a type of CPTSD spreads through the collective as we approach…
Sometimes simple is nice I would like to share with you a variation of a lung tonic tea with Mullein as the chief herb, but in a slightly different way than the Mullein Lung Tonic tea I shared for wildfire smoke inhalation. Years ago, I reached for a tea of these three simple herbs after…
In true 2020, (and Mars retrograde Square Saturn) style, wildfires blaze along the western states. I have been doing lots of herbs and other things to help soothe and protect our lungs as we surrounded by wildfire smoke, and I’d love to share some of them with you. My heartfelt condolences go out to the…
St. John’s Wort oil is really, truly one of my favorite herbal remedies, and I hope you find inspiration in this simple herbal oil recipe – and the plethora of uses for this remedy. I know I’ve been saying that just about every remedy I’ve made this summer has been my favorite, but that’s for…
How was August 2020 for you? Mine revolved around realizing I needed to take an Instagram break. More about that later. This is my second month of doing reflections. These arose from a desire to honor the markings of time. And I want to add photos of harvests, medicine making, plants and gardens because – what…
While camping at the amazingly beautiful Opal Creek wilderness area I experienced a new type of injury: sandal chaff. Thankfully, I had thought of a few herbs for first aid and packed a Yarrow, Calendula and Comfrey poultice. Yes, the skin on my feet somehow where rubbed to oblivion by hiking in my trusty 11…
Have you ever made a hydrosol with a canner? You don’t need a fancy copper still to make fabulous hydrosols. A home canner with the macerated herbs in the bottom, a bowl to catch the distillate, and a few bags of ice on the inverted lid to help condensation works pretty darn well. In case…