76.Herbal Flea Control Done the Natural Way
Although Flea season may be at it’s end for this year, fleas are still among us. Today, we discussed Natural Herbal Approaches to Flea Control using herbal and homesteading practices.
75.Lavender – A Favorite First Aid Herb
After researching one of our favorite first aid herbs, we discovered Lavender’s wide reach is backed up by a wealth of scientific study. Today, we’ll touch on those studies and talk about how you can incorporate Lavender into your life.
74.How to treat Anxiety with Herbalism and Essential Oils
Clinical Anxiety Disorders affect over 40 million adult Americans while only a third of them receive treatment. Anxiety affects the rest of us in some form periodically throughout life. For Anxiety sufferers, the world of plant medicines can offer relief.
73.Herbal Cordials a Replay of a Classic Episode
It’s time to start those herbal holiday gifts—Herbal Cordials and liqueurs are a delight to receive and easy to make. Today we are replaying a classic episode on Herbal Cordials.
72.Herbal Books for 2016
In the dark, cold of winter, many plants go dormant, taking time to rest and recover before next year’s growth. This is exactly the break we herbalists need to expand our knowledge.
71.Herb Lab with Kratom and Kratom Salve
However you pronounce it, you’ll be hearing more and more about Kratom. From local news to the New York Times, Facts are muddled and opinions are given. With so much misinformation out there, how do you know what is going on?
70.Kratom, An Age-old Herbal Remedy Resurfaces
Old Herbal Cures resurface in the herbal world all the time. Sometimes, they hit our main stream culture as super foods or super cures, and sometimes they’re vilified. Most often, those extreme takes on the plants our ancestors knew well are born from ignorance about the plant or the cultural context in which we humans first befriended it.
69.Herb Lab with Primitive Skills and Ancestral Living Skills
We discussed our early learning experiences with herbs and primitive living skills we have learned through our relatives and teachers along with wildcrafting ethics.
Lilac: An Edible and Medicinal Treat
Lilac shrubs have always been one of my favorite signs of spring. Growing up in Eastern Oregon we wouldn’t see the blooms until at least May, but here in the Willamette Valley we are blessed seeing them bloom as early as the beginning of April. Vases filled with freshly cut lilac reminds me of family […]
68.Tracking Down Herbalism with Anna Bradley
Although many of our ancestors used herbal medicine daily, often as an of course, most of us didn’t grow up in herbal households. Despite that, we can recover the wisdom and ways of our ancestors in our modern lives.
Gotu Kola ~ Herb of Adaptation and Connection
As I move through my home, I sway to make my way around the hanging tendrils of the gotu kola plants taking refuge from the New Hampshire winter. Gotu kola would much prefer its native lands in India where it grows as a creeping vine in dappled sun. Here in the northeast, it’s a more […]
67.Herb Lab with Deeply Rooted
We talked about ruminations on our early herbal experiences and how we were inspired by Deeply Rooted by Bonnie Rose Weaver.