Spring Foraging: 15 Medicinal Plants to Harvest
Spring is the best time of year for medicinal foraging. The plants are young, vigorous, and packed with the compounds that gave them their traditional…
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Herbs for Focus and Cognitive Support
The “nootropic” supplement category has exploded over the past decade, and most of what’s sold under that label does not hold up to scrutiny. The honest…
Herbal Support for Anxiety: Research & Practical Guide
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the United States, affecting an estimated 40 million adults — more than depression, more than substance…
Herbs for Inflammation: A Research-Backed Guide
“Anti-inflammatory” is the most over-applied marketing term in the supplement aisle, attached to everything from turmeric (real evidence) to obscure berries…
7 Adaptogenic Herbs for Stress (Evidence-Based)
“Adaptogen” is one of the most over-used words in the wellness vocabulary, attached to everything from ashwagandha (real evidence) to obscure Amazonian barks…
How to Make Herbal Infused Oils
Herbal infused oils are the foundation of most topical herbal medicine. Calendula salve starts with calendula oil. Plantain salve starts with plantain oil.…
Herbal Tea Blending Guide for Beginners
Most herbal tea blends you’ll find online are recipe lists — a handful of herbs, a ratio, brew for X minutes. What almost nobody teaches is the framework: the…
How to Make Fire Cider (Immune-Boosting Recipe)
Fire cider is the homesteader’s winter standby — a spicy, sinus-opening, vinegar-based infusion of immune-supportive roots and aromatics that has been part of…
Elderberry Syrup: Recipe, Safety & Preservation
Elderberry syrup is the most popular home herbal remedy in North America, and for reasons that make sense: a 2019 meta-analysis in Complementary Therapies in…
Calendula Salve Recipe: Healing Skin Balm
Calendula salve is the first herbal preparation most new herbalists learn to make, and for good reason: it’s almost impossible to mess up, the ingredients are…
Nettle: The Nutrient Powerhouse
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is the plant almost everyone has an opinion about before they have actually met it. If you grew up in a region where it…
Turmeric: Anti-Inflammatory Research Guide
Turmeric is the most heavily marketed “anti-inflammatory” supplement of the past decade, and in the middle of the marketing there is a genuine research story —…