Chamomile Facts: Herbal Remedy Basics
Chamomile, or Matricara recutitra, got a bad rap long ago for being an herb for babies. While it’s true chamomile tea is a soothing remedy for an upset tummy (no matter your age!), its medicine is so much more than that. Chamomile is a deep and gentle gut healer we herbalists of today would do well to get to know once again.
Skullcap Energetics, S. Lateriflora or North American Skullcap
In North America, when you hear an herbalist speaking about Skullcap, the likelihood is that S. lateriflora is the subject. Scuterllaria lateriflora, or Skullcap, is the most commonly used Skullcap in plant medicine-making and herbal remedies in the USA and by modern herbalists who draw on Traditional Western Herbalism or traditions rooted in North America. […]
Skullcap, Scutellarias, Chinese and North American Intro.
Skullcap is the common name for two distinctly different members of the mint family. Like siblings, Scutellaria laterifolora and S. biacalensis share a common name, but the way the work and the parts used are quite different…
Tulsi Holy Basil Formulas for Body-Mind-Spirit
Tulsi’s core energy is about creating balance and making space for balance. In general, longer use of Tulsi and Tulsi formulations have proven more effective than short durations in prevention of digestive and other complaints, making Tulsi a good daily choice for a lifetime but not a bad friend in a pinch.
Tulsi Holy Basil Energetics, Adaptogen and Detox
In many ways, Tulsi works at a more subtle level, helping the body, mind, and spirit make more room and capacity for what you want to carry and kicking out what’s no longer useful, including emotions and thoughts that have stagnated or weighed you down. Tulsi’s motion is one of…
Meet Tulsi, aka Holy Basil
What do Holy Basil, Tulsi, and Sacred Basil have in common? They’re all names for the same herb, Ocimum sanctum. What is Tulsi? Ocimum sanctum, or Tulsi, is native to India, where it’s considered one of the most sacred daily herbs. Many households plant Tulsi right outside or inside the front door or gate to […]
Mullein Energetics with Christina Sanchez
Candace and Christina Sanchez talk about using Mullein for Asthma, spinal injury, digestion, urinary tract health, and respiratory health. They cover the basic energetics of Mullein, aka Verbascum thapsus,
This is Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Mullein, aka Verbascum thapsus, has long been a favorite respiratory remedy herb. This fuzzy biennial grows happily in sunny places, often along roadsides and in ditches or on the edges of fields where the soil has been disturbed repeatedly. Mullein’s ready to take up residence in the lawn or garden, too. Pretty much, where ever […]
Angelica Energetics: TCM, Ayurveda, Traditional Western Herbalism
Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article – Angelica is generally considered a warm, sweet or pungent, building herb that moves blood and opens pathways, allowing dampness and stuck or lingering pain to clear. In modern herbal tradition, A. archangelica and A. sinensis have become most popular as Women’s Medicine.
Angelica: Blood and Women’s Medicine
Angelica is like a giant Fairy Parasol, towering over the diminutive plants like bluebells, foxglove, and columbines. With it’s dainty white flowerettes arranged in broad, airy umbels and it’s pinnate, deeply toothed leaves on stems reaching high enough to potentially shade the average woman, Angelica of all types holds a stately and Divine presence in […]
Sage Herbal Medicine, Energetics for Common and Red Sage
Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article. “A leaf of Sage a day will keep the Alzheimer’s away” could be the modern motto for our beloved common Sage, or Salvia officinalis. Common Sage and Red Sage, aka Dan Shen or S. miltiorrhiza, both improve thought patterns and have long been associated with the kind of calm, Sage wisdom we’ve sought in our Elders.
Red, White, or Common: Which Sage Do You Use?
Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article. With so many Sages to choose from, how do you know which to plant or use? Common Sage, Red Sage, White Sage, and Clary Sage share some qualities and needs every Herbal Gardener and Practitioner ought know.