Wellness Blog
Coughing for a month is hard on the body. This winter I had the opportunity to explore remedies for a persistent bronchial cough. There is a long list of ayurvedic herbs and spices to treat coughs including: flaxseed garlic fenugreek fennel clove cardamom ginger cinnamon poppy saffron sesame tulsi The thing most of them have [...]
If I were stranded on a desert island and could take one herb with me it would be turmeric. At this point in my herb studies (7th month in a 3 year program) this has been the most remarkable herb. It’s shocking that the main thing we use it for in the US is coloring [...]
As a Herbology student, when the gifting season arrives all I can think to give are herbs. I‘m finding many herbs provide results that anyone would benefit from such as mental clarity, immune support, heart strengthening, etc. Here are some gift ideas using herbs and their medicinal benefits: Clove: Cloves are dried flower buds from [...]
The people of ancient cultures, all over the world, came to similar conclusions about the approach to medicine (could this be considered the “gorilla effect”?) Over generations, they discovered how their bodies responded to climate, diet, and seasons. Over time a consensus emerged that like increases like. For example if you step out into the [...]
Herbal medicine has a written history that is more than 5000 years old. With 75% of the worlds population still relying on traditional healing practices, it is hard to imagine a world without herbalists. In 1987 about 85% of drugs were originally derived from plants. Now, only about 15% are derived from plants. Most pharmaceutical [...]
Think back to when you were about 10 years old. What kind of kid were you? What did you do for fun? This was the question that brought me to herbs. My adventures in the garden started as soon as I was old enough to help weed. I remember creating little herb rolls, making my [...]
Pharmacognosy: the study of medicines to improve health derived from natural sources such as herbs. The American Society of Pharmacognosy defines pharmacognosy as “the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from [...]
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