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Starting Seeds for the Medicinal Herb Garden

There is a particular pleasure in starting seeds: part anticipation, part faith. You are planting something in a small amount of compost and trusting that several weeks later it will have become a plant. For the medicinal herb grower, this act carries additional...

How to Make a Spring Detox Tea Blend

The concept of a spring cleanse is older than any modern detox trend. Across folk herbal traditions, spring was understood as the time when the body benefits from support in clearing what accumulated through winter: the richer foods, the reduced movement, the higher...

A Beginner’s Guide to Reading an Herb Label

Standing in front of a wall of herb products for the first time is quietly overwhelming. The bottles and bags look similar. The labels use terminology that is not immediately obvious. And the price variation between products describing ostensibly the same thing is...

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...

How to Make a Nourishing Herbal Infusion

A nourishing herbal infusion and a cup of herbal tea are related but distinctly different preparations. The difference comes down to quantity, time, and intention, and understanding it opens up one of the most practically valuable practices in all of home herbalism....

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