I don’t know about you, but I do not sleep well. I have been waking up a lot lately around the 4 am hour. Which in Traditional Chinese medicine would be between 3am-5am, & mean that my Lung qi is out of balance. A lung imbalance would be related to underlying sadness or grief, which […]
Common names: Allecampane, July Campane, Elicompane, Dock, Sunflower, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse Elder, Horse Heal, Scabwort Family: Asteraceae Energetics: Warming & drying Key actions: Bitter, antiseptic, diaphoretic, expectorant, tonic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, anti-parasitic, anthelmintic Combinations: Thyme, Elderflower, Licorice, Hyssop, Mullein Long ago Elecampane roots were candied to help calm asthma, indigestion & Tuberculosis. […]
Common names: Hops, common hops, Hopbind, Hop vine Family: Cannabaceae Energetics: Cooling & relaxing Key Actions: Analgesic, anaphrodisiac, antacid, anthelminthic, anti-spasmodic, nervine, phytoestrogen, sedative, hypnotic Other than the popular use of creating beer, Hops is also a great nervine & sleep aid for insomnia. If you are experiencing nervous diarrhea or looking to stimulate your […]
What are garden volunteers? Volunteers are not nice friends who come & help pull weeds or finish that to do list for you in your garden. They are plants that have lovingly popped up in random places where you did not plant them. The plant either had self seeded (it happens even with annuals!), or […]
-What is this hippy ‘grounding’ stuff?- When I google “grounding”, the first thing that pops up is Merriam Webster’s definition. ground·ing | \ ˈgrau̇n-diŋ \ : training or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge Training or instruction in the fundamentals. Of a field of knowledge. It clearly sings to me, that my […]
Did you know that Melissa officinalis AKA Lemon balm, is basically the créme de la créme for our bees. The genus name, Melissa (which is also the name of my partner, very fitting in my life) is derived from melisso-phyllon, the Greek term that means, “Bee leaf”. How cool is that ?! Lemon balm is […]