Nafs Nurtured

01/15/2026

Everything we are witnessing right now this is a version of what has already happened before.

Oppressors can’t create—they can only react.

09/29/2025

05/02/2025

This exactly ❤️

As a person whom has spent many many years with plants and creating recipes, I always tell people—you can’t just throw plants together and expect good medicine. Each plant is its own being. It carries its own spirit, purpose, and medicine. Our old ones teach us that every plant has a role, a way it works with the body, with the seasons, with the energy of the person receiving it.

Some plants are warming, some are cooling. Some are meant to calm the spirit, others to move the blood or open the lungs. And when you mix plants without understanding those qualities, you can cause more harm than good.

There’s also science behind this. Plants are made up of active compounds—like alkaloids, terpenes, and glycosides—that have real effects on the body. Some herbs amplify each other’s effects (we call that synergy), but others clash or interfere. For example, St. John’s Wort can mess with how your liver processes other herbs or medications. Licorice root, while helpful in small doses, can raise blood pressure if used too often or with other strong herbs.

This is why our people take time to sit with the plants, to listen to them, to learn their stories. It’s not just about what they do—it’s about who they are. Every medicine I make starts with respect. You have to build that relationship with each plant before you ever mix them together.

Good medicine comes from deep knowledge, patience, and prayer—not shortcuts.

www.lakotamade.com

04/15/2025

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03/23/2025

I'm still working on this, but I thought id share one of many "books" im working on.

Knowledge means nothing unless it's shared.

Many generations kept knowledge a secret not because of greed but to keep it alive. For many years our way of life was made "illegal" /dangerous so we hide it shared in secret.

So many things have been lost, forgotten. It's precious to me the things I've learned the things I have yet to learn. All of it precious.

All it deserves to be told and used, shared.

When we share it, learn it and use it we keep our ancestors alive, their knowledge, their sacrifices, their happiness and joys.

www.lakotamade.com to find these plants in products and many more visit my website.

12/04/2024

I was not sure I wanted to go public with this, but today, after I received an email from the board of directors telling me that they refuse to pay me for the additional hours I spent moving the AHG Symposium to a virtual platform or even reimburse me for using my Zoom account to broadcast the event, I decided to go public.
I received my Registered Herbalist designation in 1997. I served two terms on the board of directors, coordinated the annual symposium for ten years, and, for six years, coordinated the Admissions Committee. Helping herbalists work towards RH membership, being part of the Admissions Committee, and learning so much from David Winston (who chaired the committee for over thirty years) and the other accomplished herbalists on the committee has been one of the highlights of my herbal career.
So, it was a shock when I received an email a few weeks ago informing me that AHG was terminating my contract, effective immediately, with no explanation, without asking the information needed for a smooth transition to a new coordinator. In response, members of the Admissions Committee have expressed the desire to resign. In short, the board blew up the entire Registered Herbalist application process. This felt unjust, not only to me personally but to all AHG members in the process of applying for RH membership.
I believe that AHG leadership is making many decisions that do not align with the values that inspired the founding of AHG. These decisions have now disrupted the function of the Admissions Committee, which is a crucial part of AHG’s mission, and the lives of many herbalists working towards RH membership.
I will not renew my Registered Herbalist membership with AHG. Being an RH with AHG is no longer something I am proud of. I urge everyone in the AHG community to ask questions, demand answers, and ensure that this organization acts with integrity before contributing their time or money.