Past Musings
Big Little Herbal Tips: Motherwort
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) - Join me among my motherwort patch! The lion-hearted! She is heart easing, emotion soothing, anxiety reducing and provides relief for menstrual cramps…
Big Little Herbal Tips: Rose
Rose (Rosa spp.) - Lovely rose! She balances our hormones and strengthens our hearts…
Big Little Herbal Tips: Red Clover
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) ?? “Oh, darling Red Clover, Who doesn't like you? You're gorgeous and tasty And lymph clearing too…
Plant Medicine Series : Wild Carrot
Wild carrot (Daucus carota), also known as Queen Anne's lace…
Plant Medicine Series : Hops
If current events - or perhaps more happily, spring fever - is keeping you from sleeping as well as you'd like, you might try some hops tea…
Plant Medicine Series: Motherwort
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is the lionhearted one. She is comforting, calming, and strengthening; brings courage; and works well with skullcap for shock. It is one of my most reliable remedies for anxiety, and of course, it is a common, abundant weed….
Plant Medicine Series: Elecampane
Here's our newest video in the plant medicine series. We hope you enjoy learning a bit about elecampane, an herbal root medicine root that can come in very handy in this cold, cough, and flu season…
Plant Medicine Series: Mullein
Mullein is one of my all time favorite herbs for healing the lungs and bronchia. Grief lodges in the lungs. Spiritually, mullein invites us to spiral into the earth to find our deep center of truth and to engage the power of the earth and add it to our own. Mullein also teaches us how to look far over the territory ahead to see what we are working for and walking toward....
Plant Medicine Video Series: Artemisia (Mugwort/Cronewort)
Here is our newest video in the Plant Medicines Series: each one features a local medicinal plant and includes tips on identification, harvesting and uses. Wherever you live, there is medicine under your feet...
Plant Medicine Series: Elder
Here is the latest video in our plant medicine series, featuring the generosity of Elder (Sambucus nigra). Enjoy!! And do share...knowledge is empowering!...
Plant Medicine Series: Red Raspberry
Summer is richly abundant with plant medicines! Here is the latest video in our plant medicine series, featuring the generosity of red raspberry. Every part of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and her close relatives can be used in preparing food and medicine. Enjoy!! And do share...knowledge is empowering!...
Plant Medicines Series: Coltsfoot
Here is the latest video in my wild plant medicine series! I hope you enjoy it and learn some valuable information about Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) leaves and flowers!...