Grow Your Own Microgreens and Sprouts. Fresh greens can be expensive, but growing your own is possible year-round. Growing microgreens and sprouts indoors is not hard to do, and there is so much variety. Both offer dense nutrition, crispy freshness, and a fantastic burst of flavor. …

Mental health and trauma are big topics in herbalism lately, and for good reason. More and more people are suffering from anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and lack good quality care and mental health support services. According to an NCHS brief, one in 10 Americans from the age 12 & up…

By Brice Ruth & Denise Cusack For many, the morning’s first sip of coffee is enough to mark the beginning of a fantastic day. For some, the first sip is a milestone from a previous day’s work, both uplifting and gratifying. You don’t have to be a coffee snob to…

A wonderful thing about herbs is that we can create such a variety of mediums and uses with them. Whole herbs can be prepared as infusions, decoctions, salves, oils, butters, or teas, and can be extracted in alcohol, glycerin or vinegar. We use herbs internally and externally, and we can…

Mast Cells in Allergic Asthma and Mast Cell Respiratory Responses. Mast cells are in most tissues throughout the body, especially in skin, connective tissue, intestinal lining, the cardiovascular system, and nervous system. Mast cells are a part of our allergic response that is there to protect us from invaders and…

DIY Cleaning Recipes that Work. One of the biggest ways to green your home is to clean using environmentally friendly cleaners. While these days we are lucky to have a wide variety of eco-friendly and natural cleaning and laundering products made by sustainably focused businesses at our local stores, they…

When planning crops to make your homestead or garden more self sufficient, don’t forget about mushrooms. Mushrooms are not difficult to grow, and there are many mediums and ways to grow them, no matter if you live in a city apartment, or on a few acres with a woodlot. Mushrooms…

Often in herbalism we work with the physical body. This includes physical complaints with measurable results from our administrations. As practitioners we are being called more and more often to issues of mental health: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, trauma, addiction, recovery, and pain. With these issues there is not a…

Most of us are familiar with herbs from plants in dried or fresh root, flower, leaf or essential oils. Hydrosols (often called hydrolat) have been used in Europe for centuries(1) and are just now becoming more available and common in the US. The word hydrosol is “derived from the Latin…