Anna Werderitsch - Mother, wife, acupuncturist, folk herbalist, kitchen witch, medicine maker, wild plant forager, recipe writer, teacher and forever a student. They lead me into healing and alternative medicine. My earliest memory is walking out the back door to the forest behind our house in Northern California. It was my place of solace to silently relate to the plant beings, my friends. I tasted and smelled and squished and opened seed pods, leaves, flowers. I asked everyone I could if they knew the name of these plants. I found out what was edible and brought them home to add to dinner’s salad. This memory guided me to traditional Chinese medicine, which offered me a complete system on the elemental My earliest memory is walking out the back door to the forest behind our house in Northern California. This memory guided me to traditional chinese medicine, which offered me a complete system on the elemental energetics of place, plant and human and where we merge, and how we support our mutual thriving. of place, plant and human and where we merge, and how we support our mutual thriving. I will be sharing the recipes, herbal and holistic health tidbits - join me in the discussions and simple observations of Nature's treasures