Rose Hips: Natural and Free Vitamin C
Rose hips are chocked full of beneficial constituents. They contain: tannins, invert sugars, pectin, malic acid, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), calcium, flavonoids and so much more!
Herbal Flower Cookies
This gluten-free recipe combines three aromatic flowers that made my kitchen smell amazing. They taste delicious, with a hint of tartness.
Sumac Fire Cider
Sumac Fire Cider is a new twist on a traditional herbal formula. It is an excellent cold and flu remedy and can help stimulate digestion and immune function.
Rose Cordial
This rose cordial is simple, but it really captures the complexity and beauty of a summer rose! Sip a small amount as an after-dinner treat, add a splash to fruit, ice cream, or cheesecake.
Are Essential Oils Safe? Part 2
Learn baout common dilutions, carrier oils, essential oil adulteration, testing for impurities, and the best practices to keep your essential oils fresh.
Are Essential Oils Safe?
Like all plant-based remedies, essential oils need to be used with thoughtfulness, care, and respect for all life.
Natural Lice Treatments
Many people are reluctant to use insecticidal head lice treatments on themselves and their families. Natural remedies can work just as well, or sometimes even better.
Herbs for the Heart and Cardiovascular System
Information and a list of herbs that have specific healing effects on the cardiovascular system.
Tending Mother Ocean: Herbs for the Lymph
The lymphatic system is a network of vessels, structures, nodes, and organs containing lymph fluid. The lymph works closely with the circulatory system to maintain cellular health.
Hibiscus Lemongrass Herbal Punch
I made an herbal punch that got rave reviews and I thought I'd share the recipe with you. This would be a fun punch for any celebratory event.
My Favorite Lip Balm Recipe
This is a wonderful and versatile recipe to make your own lip balm. You can play with it to create your own blend by adding different fixed vegetable oils, butters, or essential oils.
Shea Lavender Body Butter
This recipe is an ever-popular blend from my book Naked: Botanical Recipes for Vibrant Skin and Healthy Hair. You can use this delectable butter on your entire body including your face.
Aromatic Chest Rub
This aromatic balm is useful for coughs, congestion, colds, respiratory infections, and bronchitis. It can be rubbed on the chest, back, and neck.
Making Herbal Pills
An herbal pill is a combination of powdered herbs or extracts rolled into a small sphere. The herbs are combined with an excipient, which moistens and binds the herbs and allows them to be formed into small balls.
Herbal Switchels
The Winter Tonic Herbal Switchel is delicious and very versatile. I hope you enjoy it and that it might even become one of your family’s go-to remedies for the fall and winter months.
Does Natural Birth Control Work?
While the Rhythm Method is notorious for its high failure rate, FA is extremely reliable, based on sound scientific knowledge and research.
Into the Green
I am amazed at how many shades of green plants come up with. These rich colors fill some deep, wild part of me.
In Celebration of Dandelion
Dandelions are truly wonderful plants. Because really, who wouldn’t love dandelion once they got to know it?
Herbal Shrines
Shrines help bring the divine into our daily life. With this in mind, I wanted to get to know herbs in a different way.
Herbal Honey Cough Drop Recipe
Herbal cough drops are lozenges that can be sucked to relieve a cough or sore throat. These honey cough drops taste great and are very effective!