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June 11, 2020

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Over my years as an herbalist, I've had the pleasure of learning about hundreds of different herbs and using them to help heal myself and those around me, but there is one herb that has a special place in my heart. It was the first herb I identified, the herb that got me interested in edible and medicinal plants, the first herb I tried to use, and the herb that got me interested in flower essences, as well. I once read that native healers often had a plant that was their special medicine plant. If…

April 28, 2020

An Introduction to Herbal Energetics

For forty years I've been trying to find ways to help people understand herbal medicine better. I believe ordinary people can solve most of their own health problems with some very basic tools such as diet, a healthy lifestyle, and herbal remedies. In my quest to make herbal medicine easier to understand, I've been gradually developing a Western system of herbal energetics. I've finally completed my herbal energetic chart, which will be released shortly. You can see a copy of the herbal energetics…

December 23, 2019

The Endocannabinoid System

This is the second article on cannabis and CBD, which will be part of my forthcoming book on the subject. It's also next month's member topic (January 2020).

December 14, 2019

What's Your Excuse

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Practice what you preach.” Well, I’ve modified this saying a little. I like to “Teach what I practice.” I’ve adopted this saying for two reasons. First, I prefer teaching to preaching because I don’t like the “holier than thou” attitude preaching assumes. Second, and more importantly, I think that we can’t help anyone achieve something we haven’t worked on ourselves. Because of this, in the past, I didn't stress the importance of physical…

November 11, 2019

Medicinal Mushrooms

Most of us think of mushrooms as food. If you grew up in the sixties, you might even think of “shrooms” as a way to get high. But few people recognize what powerful medicines mushrooms (also known as fungi) can be. Yet, mushrooms have been used for healing for thousands of years, most notably in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Today, scientific research has confirmed that more than 270 species of fungi have therapeutic value.Fungi are not plants. They are more closely related to animals…

November 6, 2019

The Amazing Benefits of Berberine

For thousands of years Western and Oriental herbalists have prized certain plants for fighting infections and fevers. It turns out that these herbs all contain a yellow alkaloid known as berberine. Among these plants are many popular Western botanical remedies like goldenseal, Oregon grape and barberry, as well as important Oriental herbs like Chinese golden thread (aka coptis) and amur cork tree (aka Phellodendron).Researchers have conducted over 2,800 studies on berberine, and nearly…

October 21, 2019

My Introduction to Cannabis

With the growing number of products containing hemp and the popularity of products with CBD or other cannabinoids, it’s time to share my own knowledge and thoughts on the subject.It’s important to note that this is a new field of research and science is learning more all the time, so we don’t have a complete understanding of what hemp and cannabinoids like CBD do. So it is important to keep learning. But, just because we don't fully understand how an herb works we can still use it derive benefit from it.

October 20, 2019

Turmeric and Curcumin

Turmeric is an Indian spice that imparts a yellow color to curry dishes. Native to tropical Southeast Asia, turmeric is in the same botanical family as ginger. It has been used as both food and medicine in Asia for thousands of years, but recent research has made the herb increasingly popular in Western herbalism. Much of this research has centered on curcumin, one of its most well-known constituents, but turmeric contains many valuable ingredients besides curcumin. It contains an essential oil…

Yarrow

An Introduction to Herbal Energetics

The Endocannabinoid System

What's Your Excuse

Medicinal Mushrooms

The Amazing Benefits of Berberine

My Introduction to Cannabis

Turmeric and Curcumin

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