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Ashwagandha: The Night Shade That Calms

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is one of those herbs that has moved from traditional medicine obscurity to mainstream supplement shelves in the span of about a decade, which means there is now a great deal of information available about it, some of it accurate and...

Tulsi (Holy Basil): The Sacred Adaptogen

Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum, also called Ocimum sanctum and known in English as holy basil) is one of the most unusual plants in herbalism because it occupies two entirely different worlds simultaneously without contradiction. In the Hindu tradition, it is the most...

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...

Rhodiola: The Arctic Adaptogen

Rhodiola rosea grows in the high-altitude arctic and sub-arctic regions of Siberia, Scandinavia, and the mountainous parts of Central Asia. It is a plant that has survived and thrived in some of the harshest conditions on earth: extreme cold, thin air, rocky soil with...

Schisandra: The Five-Flavor Berry

Schisandra chinensis (wu wei zi in Chinese, meaning “five-flavor berry”) occupies a unique position in the materia medica because it is almost impossible to describe its taste in conventional terms. It is simultaneously sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and...

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