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If your body temp is up, or if your baby is suffering from diaper rash… or you just can’t stop sweating… a Rose Body Powder might be the...
I love the herb catnip. Not as much as my cat, who plays with her catnip-stuffed toys in a frenzy sometimes and, at other times, completely ignores...
Yarrow is one of the most helpful and useful Western herbs I know and use. This lovely little wildflower, Achillea millefolium, offers multiple Herbal...
The idea of making an herbal oil can be intimidating. Will it spoil? Do the herbs need to be fresh or dried? How long will it last? Many would-be herbalists...
One of my favorite scents, Thyme is a powerhouse of a healing herb. Most of us think of it for pizza or our favorite Italian or Middle Eastern dishes, but it...
The cedar tree is world-renowned and has much ancient history. But for this blog, we'll focus on a few of its herbal medicine actions.
Cedar as a Vermifuge
A...
Rather than tell you what you can easily find on the internet, I'm going to share with you some of my personal experiences with calendula (Calendula...
The following is an excerpt from Holly's award-winning documentary book Women Healers of the World: ...
Children love raspberry fruits: those thimble-shaped, red sweet-tarts that grow on long slender thorny branches, but herbalists prize the leaves. You can...
In addition to being a warming spice that gets the blood moving, a gorgeous deep-orange dye for fabrics, and a popular anti-inflammatory especially for sore...
Are you as in love with those feathery fragrant fronds as I am?! Fennel captures the heart and is an amazing herb in the garden, the kitchen, and the...
Holly's essay is excerpted from "Of Thorns and Thickets: Herbs That Give Us Heart" published in Taproot Magazine.
Like many plant people, in the course...
