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11/08/2025

I was talking about this with my students today. Please seek out actual humans with actual experience in herbalism to learn from.

Is the Herbal Remedies book you’re reading on Amazon real or an AI-generated fake? Discover the concerning impact of AI on herbal remedy books published on Amazon in 2025.

11/07/2025

And that's a wrap for this year's Advanced Apothecary course. It's always so cool to see what the students come up with for their final projects. May they continue to go forth and make good medicine.

10/29/2025

Writing about dwarf mallow medicine over in An Herbalist's Journal.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/dwarf-mallow-142321864?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

10/26/2025

This year was the first year in many that I did not teach in my own garden. A past student recently sent me photos of classes in the garden and they are making me feel nostalgic. Thank you to all of the students who visited over the years. It feels a little vulnerable to allow strangers into your personal space, but for the most part, it has been a wonderful experience.

10/23/2025

When I teach about holistic menopause support, I start with lifestyle. Why? Because lifestyle interventions work!

"Lifestyle medicine interventions were associated with reductions in vasomotor symptoms, improved sleep quality, enhanced mental well-being, healthier weight regulation, and reduced cardiometabolic and osteoporosis risk. Multidisciplinary, person-centered approaches improved adherence and patient-reported outcomes. Strategies were cost-effective, adaptable and beneficial for long-term disease prevention across diverse populations."

Join us for our next Alchemy of Menopause Cohort coming up in November. Registration is open now. Click the link in the comments for all the details and to reserve your spot.

Menopause, typically occurring between ages 45 and 55 years, is a natural life stage marked by hormonal changes that can affect the symptom burden, quality of life and chronic disease risk. While n...

10/21/2025

Medicine drop!
Update: only 3 syrups left.
(send me your order directly is you prefer to pick up and save on shipping)

I currently have 6 bottles of Shazamberry Syrup (4oz bottles) and a small batch of 7Healers Salve (2 2oz jars and 4 1oz jars). I can't list the 7healers on Etsy (I have no idea why, but they won't let me).

Anyway, let me know who wants what.
(Other formulas in the Etsy shop as well).