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Herbalist’s Day + The Promise of Spring
Featured Picture: Sprouting common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) seeds, to be grown in pots, and harvested to prevent excessive self seeding. The birth of my garden project and first plant to spring up! (For those who know mullein, is this even a surprise?) Today is Herbalist’s Day, and what great timing it is here. Spring is…
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Red or White? Herb Infused Wines + Recipes
Although not a common thing in our day and age, infusing medicinal ingredients in wine was a popular way to treat patients before the emergence of modern medicine. Most famous perhaps were its glory days in Ancient Greece, and discoveries of its expansive use in Ancient Egypt and Phoenicia. This practice is sometimes kept alive…
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Dreaming With Herbs – A Missing Key + Recipe
For three months on and off, I took a mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) tincture, experimenting with dosage and frequency in hopes that my dreams would be more vivid and meaningful. I found myself disappointed and frustrated with myself for “sucking” at dreaming, as I would experience the same kinds of dreams I’d experience otherwise, perhaps in…
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Herbal Brands I Trust – Apotheka Herbal
Apotheka – apothekaherbal.ca A woman-owned company based in Victoria, BC. High quality, well informed blends by medical herbalists with consultation services available. Offers a shipping deal. They have an excellent collection of tinctures, teas, bath teas, single herbs and creams. Plant energetics are taken into conisderation, resulting in intentional, creative and effective blends. My favourite…
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Hearthfire – The Beginning
Throughout my life, I have always been moved by the connections that can be made with plants. From the plants dismissed as “useless weeds” (dandelion, I love you), to divinatory herbs like mugwort, to hallucinogenic and deliriant plants, there is a spectrum of experience and diversity in the plant world that would take many lifetimes…