All About Basil
As late summer slowly shifts to fall, it's important to care for our dig...
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Late Summer Foods for Focus and Concentration
In Chinese Medicine, late summer relates to the earth element and serves as a turning point...
Three Healthy Snacks for Those Long Summer Days
When we eat too many refined sugars (high fructose corn syrup, white cane or beet sugar, co...
Green Spring Recipes
Green spring tonics are a time-honored tradition to encourage gentle liver and gall bladder renewal. Leafy greens, both wild and cultivated, are...
A Sweet Spice Mix For Spring
As the early days of spring continue to be brisk and cold, you may want to try and bring some additional zing into your diet through warming spi...
Three Winter Digestion Teas
Good digestive health is important for well-being in so many ways — ...
Ayurvedic Hot Chocolate: A Recipe
Here in Vermont we have already seen a few decent snowfalls this winter. Of course, just me...
Two Healthy Recipes For The Holidays
The holiday season is traditionally both a time of celebration and a time of low immunity. White flour, cane and beet sugar, and processed foods...
Two Ginger Recipes For Winter
Here we are again. The days are getting short, the nights epically long. Really, how is it ...
Hubble Bubble, Tea's No Trouble
Trick or Treating is important work for young ghosts and ghouls, but cool fall nights can l...
An Energizing Tea For Autumn
Ever since childhood, the fall has felt like the real start of the new year to me. After the l...
Prepare for Fall With A Touch Of Rose
Now that we are in late September, the heat and humidity are reaching their final days. A n...
Astragalus: A Deep Nourishing Tonic For Your Immune System
As summer winds down and back-to-school is in full force, we are all starting to think about fall and the whole host of illnesses that can lurk ...
Late-Summer Foods for Digestive Health and Immunity (3 Recipes)
In Chinese Medicine, late summer relates to the Earth element and serves as a turning point from the hot, active summer season to the cooler, ca...
Summer Lovin' Iced Herb Tea
Nothing beats a tall jug of iced herb tea on a sunny summer's afternoon -- except, perhaps, a ...
Marshmallow: The Healing Power of Slime
Those super sweet treats that we all associate with hot chocolate and campfires got their name from the plant they were originally made from -- ...
How To Make A DIY Sunblocker Cream
Summer is here, the kids are out of school, and vacations are being planned. It's that time of...
Delectable Starter Dishes For Father's Day
Summer is a wonderful time to bask in the warm weather and enjoy lingering evenings and majestic sunsets. When you can, try to eat a meal outsid...
Foods To Soothe Allergies (plus recipes!)
Spring is here! Unfortunately, this verdant season is not so joyful for those of us who suffer from Read more
The Medicinal Benefits of American Ginseng
Ginseng is easily one of the most famous herbs with a long and rich history. When people talk about ginseng, they are almost always referring to...