Party of One? Herbs for Social Anxiety
Although everyone experiences social anxiety differently, the symptoms of discomfort are often the same; an increased sense of tension, nervousness, and distress when in social atmospheres. Herbalism...
8 Dec 202116min
Herbal Remedies for the Irritable Mind
In herbalism, frequent irritability is an emotional state associated with the liver and an imbalance of excess heat. By practicing inquiry, exercising healthy lifestyle habits, and taking herbs that ...
18 Nov 202117min
Where to Begin with Making Spagyrics
When you're studying alchemical herbalism, the first step towards making spagyric medicine is with making the seven basics. You can complete this process in two ways; by looking outside yourself for q...
14 Okt 202125min
Cultural Differences in Medicine Making
Herbal medicine is and has always been, the peoples' medicine. Just as there's significant variation in the people and cultures that fill our world, there's a myriad of medicine-making techniques tha...
10 Sep 202117min
The Herbal Detox Myth
Detoxification felt like a big fad for a while, where like everyone was cleansing and detoxing and trying to purge a lot of things that shouldn't be in the body out of the body. And they turn to herba...
26 Aug 202118min
The Importance of Moistening Plants
Most herbs tend to be drying in nature. They're bitter or they're warming or they're astringent. The dynamic of dryness in terms of the state of our tissues or the state of someone's constitution is c...
18 Aug 202136min
Terrain vs. Germ Theory
Why do we get sick? When we're speaking about getting sick from some sort of pathogen, do we get sick because there are pathogenic germs that get into our body and make us sick, or do we get sick beca...
10 Aug 202111min
Addicted to Bitters
Bitters are a common category of herbal medicine that are universally used to support digestion. While bitters are amazing and incredible in all the many ways in which they support the digestive syste...
4 Aug 202111min
