We have turned the corner of winter. We have passed February 1st and call it Groundhog Day, Candlemas, or Imbolc, the cold months are half over. But how is your patience with the darkness? Things are beginning to pick up in anticipation of spring-time, crocus and daffodils
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It’s a common enough situation for those just learning herbal medicine. Look up a disease or a symptom in a book and there’s a laundry list of herbs. How do you know which herb is going to be best? It can be confusing for a beginner, but
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Healing from a Broken Bone You would think that breaking my first bone at age 45, I would at least have an interesting story to tell. Having scrambled up trees after shelf mushrooms, hopped across slippery rocks in fast-moving streams, jumped from boulder to boulder, and hiked many
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Many people see spring as the ultimate time for wild food, with tender greens like chickweed and violets and cooked greens like fresh young nettles. But there are plenty of wild edibles this time of the year, too. You just need to know what to look for!
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It is 5 am on this cold Saturday morning of October 1983. My grandpa tiptoes into my bedroom and gently rubs my back. A whisper: « wake up kiddo, it’s time ». I groan and moan and whine, trying to shake-off that pre-teenage torpor. I get dressed
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For those of us in the South, the weather is finally starting to warm up after one of our coldest winters in years. Wherever you are in the country, your body is getting ready for summer already, and there is a lot you can do to stay healthy and
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This has been a rough year for the flu. And although prevention is key (see my last blog article) sometimes we just get sick. Herbalists usually begin treating people with gentle remedies first but what’s going around now is so strong that I recommend starting with some
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It is May Day today, and spring has sprung. These late cold springs bring about the sudden fast rise in spring plants – they just seem to spring up out of the ground! My garden has gone from small starts to harvestable kale, arugula and pak choi
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Tis the season…. for the flu! This holiday season there has been a lot of viral infections going around and a particularly nasty one is going around the Asheville area. That leads me to talk about two things – prevention and treatment. There’s a lot to say
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