Artemisia Deluna O’bi, September 2022
It wasn’t part of my plan to find myself with the plants. Early in my twenties, after a rapid succession of trying times including an intense era of schooling and…
Loquat Leaf: For Much More than Just Coughs!
Fruit tree with loquats. A loquat tree blooming with ripe orange fruits and large green leaves. The shift from summer to fall is perhaps the most difficult adjustment for most…
Is He Shou Wu Safe?
Dried Black Bean Wild HeShou Wu,Natural Polygonum Multiflorum Root, Fo-ti The root of he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum), also known as “fleece flower,” has been popularly in use for centuries…
Wasp-a Matta You? Surprising Herbs for Venomous Stings
Ow! Guest blog by Anne de Courtenay It finally happened. After 45 years of being spared, they got me. It was Tuesday, midday. I had just emerged from a Target…
Meghane Hernandez, October 2022 – East West School of Planetary Herbology
I always loved plants, as a little girl I craved to taste the sweetness of honeysuckle and play along with the soft sleeping grass. I first began my pathway to…
Perspectives on Devil’s Claw from a South African Herbalist
The African continent is a treasure trove of medicinal herbs. Recently Lesley and I visited South Africa first as tourists, to experience the vast Kruger National Game Reserve where we…