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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...

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...

Making Herbal Vinegars: A Practical Guide

Herbal vinegars occupy a curious position in home herbalism: they are among the oldest preparation methods (vinegar-based medicines appear in the Greek medical texts), they extract a different profile of plant constituents than either water or alcohol, they are...

St. John’s Wort: Harvesting the Midsummer Herb

Hypericum perforatum flowers around the feast of St. John (June 24) in the Northern European tradition, and this timing is not a coincidence: the plant is genuinely at its peak at midsummer, when the flowers are just opening and the red oil-producing glands in the...

A Guide to Herbal Glycerites

A glycerite is a herbal preparation made with vegetable glycerine (glycerol) as the solvent rather than alcohol or water. Glycerine is a thick, sweet liquid produced from plant oils (usually palm or soy, though look for sustainably sourced versions), and it has...

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