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Fennel: The Digestive Herb of Ancient Medicine

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is one of the most continuously used medicinal plants in human history. It appears in the ancient Egyptian Ebers Papyrus (one of the oldest medical documents in existence), in the Greek medical texts of Hippocrates and Dioscorides, in...

Reishi: The Mushroom of Immortality

Ganoderma lucidum (reishi, or ling zhi in Chinese) has been considered the most prized medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine for over two thousand years. The name ling zhi translates roughly as “divine mushroom of immortality,” and the mushroom’s...

Elderberry Season: Everything You Can Do With a Basket of Berries

The elder trees that covered themselves in white blossom in May are now, in September, hanging heavy with clusters of deep purple-black berries. This is one of the most rewarding moments in the foraging and herbal calendar: an abundant, accessible, well-distributed...

Herbs for Grief and Transition: The Plant Tradition of Support

Grief is one of the most profound and most physically demanding experiences a human body goes through. Contemporary medicine increasingly recognizes that prolonged grief has measurable effects on the immune system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system:...

Astragalus: Building Deep Immune Resilience

Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus, known as huang qi in Chinese) is one of the most important herbs in the entire Chinese materia medica: a tonic herb for the wei qi (defensive energy) of the body, classified as an adaptogen and a trophorestorative for the immune...

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