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Milk Thistle: The Herb That Looks After the Liver

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is the herb that most people who have been told their liver is under strain will eventually be directed toward, and for good reason. It is one of the most clinically studied plants in herbal medicine, and the research on its...

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...

Rose: The Herb of the Heart in Every Tradition

Rosa (various species, most commonly Rosa gallica, Rosa canina, and Rosa damascena in herbal practice) is one of the most universally present herbs in human culture, and its consistent association with the heart, with love, with grief, and with the emotional life is...

Passionflower: Beauty, Anxiety, and the Sleep Connection

Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is one of those herbs that manages to be both visually extraordinary and medicinally significant. The flowers are among the most complex and architecturally remarkable in the plant world: intricate structures that appear almost...

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