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White Pine medicine

As I write this, my acupuncture practice is on hold while we attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ of the covid-19 transmission. While my herbal consultations are still available via online meeting platforms, I know that some people at home are feeling vulnerable and are seeking empowering ways they can work with their health. As of… Read more »

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Mullein Milk

With the Wheel of year turning towards the winter and chest colds and coughs becoming something we all will encounter at one point or another, it’s time to talk about the wonders of Mullein Milk! Mullein, whose latin name is Verbascum thapsus, is a common plant to our local area. As a biennial, Mullein grows in compact,… Read more »

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An Advent Mood

     As  I awaken to my connection with the cycles of Light and Dark within day, a month, a year, this still time before the Winter Solstice has become one of my most treasured times of the year. Years ago, out of the stillness and darkness of this time grew a hunger in me for a particular… Read more »

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Onion Poultice for Earaches

I want to share a really potent home remedy for earaches that I have used with my kids for over 5 years. It has always  resulted in restoring balance (within 1 day) without having to visit the doctor’s office. This is kitchen medicine, so please use your good judgement about when to administer this treatment… Read more »

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Kitchen Medicine for Spring

We as human beings are not only intimately connected to the seasons, we ARE the seasons. We are physical forms of a similar essence. Just as the nutrition of the tree stores in the winter among the miles and miles of roots down below the frozen ground, there is also a hibernating, a storing, of… Read more »