Become a Master Herbalist What is a Master Herbalist or Clinical Herbalist? Become a Master Herbalist, the Master Herbalist is a title used to describe a level of skill and knowledge. You will never be, indeed a master if you stop learning. No one ever masters a skill...
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My Materia Medics and Me (A Love Story)
My Materia Medics and Me (A Love Story) By Marie Noel As I approach the final days in my Green Spirit Wildcraft Master Herbalist program I find myself looking back at the early days of my studies. In the beginning the immense volume of coursework ahead was daunting. ...
Herbal Oxymels
Herbal Oxymels Ginger, Garlic and Onion Oxymel In a jar fill with sliced onions, white or yellow, packed in well. Sweet onions do not seem to work as well, so stick to white or yellow. Add to it grated or sliced ginger, and sliced garlic to fill in the...
Carpal Tunnel, herbal remedies.
Carpal Tunnel, Herbal Remedies for this issue. By Demetria Clark Carpal tunnel, what a pain. Just to share I, myself developed carpal tunnel when I was pregnant in 1996. I was a college student writing massive papers on a creaky old chair hunched over. Since then it has been...
Bug Bite Relief Recipe Roll-On
Bug Bite Relief Recipe Roll-On This bug bite relief recipe is terrific. I travel a lot and spend a lot of time outdoors. I can tell you stories about mosquito swarms in Egypt after the first rains in 8 years, southern US battles with no-see-ums, and black fly swarms...
Favorite Herbs for Spring
Favorite Herbs for Spring Spring is here. Each year I get excited because I know I am going to get to see my favorite herbs for spring. Now is the time to get the soil lose, plants in and its time to get back into the weeding habit. I...
Herbal Medicines for Breast Cancer? Yes or no?
Herbal Medicines for Breast Cancer? Yes or no? Becky Merwin When we have clients who come to us, looking for help (I mean desperately looking for help) we are right away placed into help mode. The first thing on our minds as herbalists is “oh man, I have some...
Nature Spirits Enrich Our Lives
How working with nature spirits can enrich your health, happiness and life By Arielle Wolter Nature Spirits. The oldest tales we hear of encompass many spiritual creatures including nymphs, water sprites and fairies but the real question is why. Why did people from the days of old believe that...
Herbal Cough Syrup
Herbal Cough Syrup Herbal Cough Syrup. With any syrup you need two essentials a liquid and a sugar. You can use any liquid essentially, like a strong decoction, these make the best medicinal syrups or a fruit/herbal juice, like elderberry. Here is my well loved Herbal Cough Syrup Two Recipe....
Golden Milk Recipe
Golden Milk Recipe My famous golden milk recipe has been making the rounds online. It has gotten lots of love on Facebook and I just realized it doesn’t even have it’s own blog post. Well, I just had to make it right. Due to it having a rich history of...