10/19/2025
There’s something wild and sacred about an herbal apothecary. It reminds us what the medicine cabinet should really look like. Not those shelves stuffed with synthetic pills and empty promises, but jars of dried leaves, tinctures, and roots that hum with life. Somewhere along the way, we forgot that healing used to come from the earth, not from a corporation with a profit quota.
Pharmaceutical companies have made an art out of keeping people dependent, not well. They sell the illusion of healing, while the real medicine waits quietly in the garden, in the forest, and in our own backyards. Plant medicine doesn’t just treat symptoms, it speaks to the body’s wisdom.
It repairs.
It replenishes.
It reconnects us with the rhythm of the planet, with something older, truer, and far more intelligent than anything in a lab coat, funded by WHO? ....no pun intended 🙄
The real medicine cabinet should smell like pine resin and earth after the rain. It should look like amber tincture bottles lined in sunlight and baskets of herbs drying in the kitchen. It should look like:
Laughter.
Emotion.
Intention.
It should look like chaos and clarity, all at once, and feel like an eternal connection to something so vast and unfathomable. It should be a living, breathing reflection of how we care for ourselves. The mind, body, and spirit as a whole. What it should not be, is a sterile row of bottles with fine print and warning labels, including 776 side effects and allergic reactions.
My own shelf continues to grow. It has been guided by the seasons and my body’s story. Knotweed has been a strong ally for me. It's powerful and resilient, and deeply supportive for those navigating Lyme. Mullein, soft and generous, has been helping to restore and cleanse my lungs after years of smoking, encouraging each inhale to move a little freer. White pine offers both strength and sweetness, is rich in vitamin C and contains medicine for the spirit as much as the body. Another great ally is burdock root. It works quietly beneath the surface, helping to clear the blood, support the liver, and release what the body no longer needs. A wonderful addition for detoxification and regeneration.
This is what medicine looks like when it remembers its roots. No disclaimers, no dependency, just the rhythm of the earth moving through your hands, your breath, your bloodstream.
Optimum wellness is a state of being.
A recalibration.
A restoration of what the body lost through societal conditioning and money making madmen.
..I do not hold the doctor title, and I definitely don’t hand out prescription sheets. What I do offer is earth wisdom, plant extracts, and old-world common sense, the kind that existed long before anyone needed a license to heal. Take what resonates, do your own research, and remember: nature doesn’t need FDA approval to work.
