Tending Mother Ocean: Herbs for the Lymph
The lymphatic system is a network of vessels, structures, nodes, and organs containing lymph fluid. The lymph works closely with the circulatory system to maintain cellular health.
Hibiscus Lemongrass Herbal Punch
I made an herbal punch that got rave reviews and I thought I'd share the recipe with you. This would be a fun punch for any celebratory event.
My Favorite Lip Balm Recipe
This is a wonderful and versatile recipe to make your own lip balm. You can play with it to create your own blend by adding different fixed vegetable oils, butters, or essential oils.
Shea Lavender Body Butter
This recipe is an ever-popular blend from my book Naked: Botanical Recipes for Vibrant Skin and Healthy Hair. You can use this delectable butter on your entire body including your face.
Aromatic Chest Rub
This aromatic balm is useful for coughs, congestion, colds, respiratory infections, and bronchitis. It can be rubbed on the chest, back, and neck.
Making Herbal Pills
An herbal pill is a combination of powdered herbs or extracts rolled into a small sphere. The herbs are combined with an excipient, which moistens and binds the herbs and allows them to be formed into small balls.
Herbal Switchels
The Winter Tonic Herbal Switchel is delicious and very versatile. I hope you enjoy it and that it might even become one of your family’s go-to remedies for the fall and winter months.
Does Natural Birth Control Work?
While the Rhythm Method is notorious for its high failure rate, FA is extremely reliable, based on sound scientific knowledge and research.
Into the Green
I am amazed at how many shades of green plants come up with. These rich colors fill some deep, wild part of me.
In Celebration of Dandelion
Dandelions are truly wonderful plants. Because really, who wouldn’t love dandelion once they got to know it?
Herbal Shrines
Shrines help bring the divine into our daily life. With this in mind, I wanted to get to know herbs in a different way.
Herbal Honey Cough Drop Recipe
Herbal cough drops are lozenges that can be sucked to relieve a cough or sore throat. These honey cough drops taste great and are very effective!
Moisturizing Lotion Bar
This is a solid lotion bar that is handy to use for travel. I have also given you a deodorant bar variation on this recipe below.
Forest Grove Bath Melts
What could be better than receiving a healthy gift that someone else took the time, energy, and thoughtfulness to make?
The 10 Best Things You Can Do For Your Health
There are some basic and fundamental things we can do to be healthy. I recommend the following lifestyle practices to all of my clients and students.
What grows where you grow?
Plants that grow near us are exposed to the same environment as we are – the same air, water, weather, and the same seasons. Because of this, I believe they are uniquely able to nourish and heal us in ways that other plants can’t.
Healing Garden Salve
An herbal salve recipe made from plants that are easy to grow and can be found in many herb gardens, maybe even yours!
A Skullcap Moment
Skullcap is a relaxing nervine that is useful for stress, irritability, and anxiety.
Natural Remedies for Children with Special Needs
Natural remedies for children with special needs including herbs, essential oils, flower essences and lots of recipes.
Community Herbal Medicine for All
Planting a seed is powerful. I want every person who wants, to have access to herbs. I want my family, my garden, and my school to be a small part of the herbal revolution that I see on the horizon.