Vitex: Chaste Berry for Menstrual Moons, Female Hormones & Sensual Boost Vitex Agnus Castus, or Chaste Berry, is a powerhouse for balancing female hormones naturally, modulating menstrual cycles and spicing up ...
Elderberry Tree: Myth, Medicine & Medieval Recipes In the branches of the Elder Tree dwell an ancient magic, and a dryad who watches over the bark and berries of this tree that stands at t...
The 3 Key Energies of Ayurveda: Balance your Constitutional Type with Herbs & Food Ayurveda is the ancient traditional medicine of India, the science of life in practice for more than 5,000 years. It is a system of energ...
Hops: The Calming Botanical & Digestive Bitter in Beer Hops, the aromatic herb that IPA lovers rejoice over, and the key bitter flavoring additive to beers since ancient times—is also a plant w...
Avena Sativa: Oats in the Morning, Nerve Tonic for the Night You awake in the morning with a hot bowl of oatmeal, perhaps with sprinkled-in raisins, berries and whatever you find in the pantry. Bite...
Rhodiola: The Golden Root for Stress, Memory & Mood Rhodiola Rosea is a fragrant root with a long tradition of use in Russian folk medicine, getting it’s name Zolotoy Koren (Golden root) am...
3 Herbs to Fight the Sneeze this Allergy Season With allergy season descending upon us and leaving in its wake masses of runny noses, itchy eyes and sneezing fits, what’s a Portlander t...
Licorice for Natural Stress Support, Immunity & Hormonal Balance Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is an herb long used in ancient Chinese medicine and folk herbalism, renowned for its wide range of therapeutic ef...
5 Key Botanicals for Chronic Stress: Adaptogens: What are adaptogenic herbs? This class of herbs increase the adaptive energy of the organism and increase resistance to stress. In essen...
Key herbs for Anxiety & Stress Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) History: this plant gets its name from the fact that it smells like a horse “ashwa” and has been used in...
The Twelve Labors of Hercules: The Nemean LionHercules, son of godly Zeus and born of the mortal woman Alcmene, incited Hera’s wrath from his very birth—for Zeus was Hera’s husband, a...
