Gotu Kola for Spiritual Healing: Elephant Wisdom in Practice
Have you ever wondered where the age-old adage, “elephants never forget” came from? Not only do...
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Chemistry
Pickling vs Fermenting: Feed Your Microbiome Right & Stay Healthy
Pickles are foods, like cucumbers or red onions, that have been submerged in an acid solution, usually vinegar in Western tradition but in Ayurveda lemon and citrus are often as not key acidifiers. Pickling veggies helps begin the breaking-down of their chemical structures and encourages enzymatic activity.
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Energetics
Herbal Energetics as a Magical Language for Healing
Many modern herbalists who also practice magic recognize energetics as a half-way language that connects a plant's healing properties with the more ephemeral realms, helping us describe the potential of a specific plant to help in certain situations that manifest beyond the human body.
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Formulation
Formulating Home Remedies, Wood Betony for Stomach and Headache
Reality is, Wood Betony is not a real panacea. Wood Betony is a complex and powerful plant that offers us a huge opportunity to heal. What we want to heal...that's up to us. This is one of the keys to recognizing where Wood Betony can help you work miracles. Wood Betony's call is to heal by returning your power home to your powercenter and balancing it there.
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Gotu Kola for Spiritual Healing: Elephant Wisdom in Practice
Have you ever wondered where the age-old adage, “elephants never forget” came from? Not only do...
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Let's Talk Series
Yerba Santa for Asthma with Christina Sanchez a Let’s Talk Series
Herbalist and desert eco-system defender, Christina Sanchez, walks us through techniques that utilize a potent anti-asthmatic herb Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum).