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Five Herbs to Get You Through Winter

Every season has its herbs, the plants that speak to what the body needs when conditions are specific. Winter is not a time to be without plant allies, and these five are the ones that matter most when the days are short and illness is more likely to be around....

Warming Herbs for Cold Days: Ginger, Cinnamon, and Their Friends

The concept of warming herbs makes immediate intuitive sense on a cold day. Every herbal tradition has developed warming plant medicines, and while they differ in specifics, they share a recognition that cold, contracted, and sluggish are states that certain plants...

What Is a Trophorestorative? The Herbs That Rebuild

The word is not common outside herbalist circles, which is a shame because it describes something genuinely useful and practically important. A trophorestorative is an herb that specifically nourishes, repairs, and restores function to a particular organ system or...

Herbs for Focus and Mental Clarity

Every traditional medicine system that has developed a concept of cognitive health has also developed plants for supporting it. The Ayurvedic medhya rasayanas (herbs specifically for the mind and nervous system) are a formal category with thousands of years of use...

How Herbalists Approach Seasonal Allergies

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever) is one of the most common conditions people bring to herbalists, partly because the pharmaceutical options are often experienced as unsatisfactory (sedating, ineffective over time, or both) and partly because the herbal approach...

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