Dr. Lindsay Chimileski, ND, LAc, RH.AHG

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Dr. Lindsay Chimileski, ND, LAc, RH.AHG Naturopathic Medicine. Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine. Nutrition. Adjunct UBCNM professor, Botanical Medicine, Teacher.

https://www.thebotanicaldocta.com/

www.hawthornholistichealth.com After receiving her Bachelors in Human Development and Family Studies from University of Connecticut, she proceeded to complete her Doctorate at University of Bridgeport's College of Naturopathic Medicine. Additionally, she is in her final clinical hours for her Masters in Acupuncture, to be completed by Dec 2013. Dr. Lindsay is passionate about health education, patient empowerment and the restoration of balance, health and happiness.

Mushie lover lovah. 🥰🍄‍🟫🐤🧡🤤What you want is some boombastic romanticFantastic lovin, mushies! Mushie Lover Lover, Mmm, M...
10/09/2025

Mushie lover lovah. 🥰🍄‍🟫🐤🧡🤤
What you want is some boombastic romantic
Fantastic lovin, mushies!
Mushie Lover Lover, Mmm, Mushie Lover lover, heh girl.
Mushie Lover lover, Mmm, mushie Lover lover

Laetiporus sulphureus. Mr. Supa supa high in protein & beta carotenes. All that boombastic mushie immune power too. Fantastic in taste and texture. Romantically striking colors, catch your eye across the forest floor. Forever stoked to find this mushie lova lovah.

✨🦋❤️ Spicebush // Lindera benzoin \\ a wonderful native woodland shrub with warming aromatics that make you think you ar...
08/09/2025

✨🦋❤️ Spicebush // Lindera benzoin \\ a wonderful native woodland shrub with warming aromatics that make you think you are in another country - nutmeggy, peppery, cloves meets lemony citrus 🌿

🌼 In early spring, tiny yellow flowers burst before the leaves.
🍃 By summer, the leaves carry the lemony-spice aroma.
🍒 Nowish, in September, bright red berries glow against changing foliage.

Traditionally, the twigs and leaves have been steeped as a warming tea, and the berries can be dried and used as a spice, esp in baked goods. Pumpkin spice bush latte anyone? 🎃

I was inspired to harvest some after seeing the one and only ‘s recent post on it. Tip from her, these berries have a lot of fats, which can go rancid, so make sure you keep even the dried spice in the fridge until you use it.

Spicebush is also an important host plant for the spicebush swallowtail butterfly 🦋‼️

Shrubby, often a few grow side by side and they like to have their feet wet, growing near water. Alternate leaf pattern is important for the ID too. Lots of red berries out there you don’t want to eat- so be smart and that special blend of knowledge, caution and your nose! To ID this one.

This plant reminds us that New England rocks, and medicine and beauty live right here in our backyards too. 🌳🥰

Oh, and a little woodland bonus for all of you who actually read this and make it to the last slide- some happy for the rain, slug s*x 😂 perfectly aligned with the ceremony song i happened to be playing 🐌💙🐌 what is that magical moonstone opal they are surrounding you ask? That’s their gennies. Slugs and snails are hermaphrodites and can self-fertilise, but they do often mate. Perhaps for fun, but most likely bc self inbreeding while possible, doesn’t produce the strongest slug babies. 🙃

Loonlet waggle waves from off grid 👋🛶🏕️ 🪸🦔 found a few coral tooth n hedgehogs too 🌲🍄‍🟫💕
30/08/2025

Loonlet waggle waves from off grid 👋🛶🏕️ 🪸🦔 found a few coral tooth n hedgehogs too 🌲🍄‍🟫💕

✨🤰✨ Holding space through the sacred seasons of pregnancy is one of my greatest joys. In the final trimester, acupunctur...
18/08/2025

✨🤰✨ Holding space through the sacred seasons of pregnancy is one of my greatest joys. In the final trimester, acupuncture and cupping can bring profound comfort — easing back pain, calming a busy mind, melting tension, and helping the body prepare for birth. 🌿🤰💫

Pregnancy is not always rainbows and butterflies. Mamas to be are often excited but exhausted, swollen, hungry, sore, backed up and feeling restless while the body does its deep beautiful work. We aim to provide pockets of peace before baby arrives. Treatments are offered side-lying, so both mama and baby can truly relax while tension in the sacrum, shoulders and hips gently unwinds.

✨I’ve cooked up a tasty lineup of mushroomy, herbtastic delights for this fall. Swipe through for the juicy details on e...
18/08/2025

✨I’ve cooked up a tasty lineup of mushroomy, herbtastic delights for this fall. Swipe through for the juicy details on each event.

9.13 : local yogi festival?! Yes, please. This event is going to be🔥! Stop by my talk on mushies ! If you decide to join, use my magical little QR code when you do to help support me speaking at events like this one.

9.19 Fungi & Flora Medicines gentle hike. Bring your friends, geek out and be in awe of the natural medicines around you. September mushies we may see: bears head tooth, coral tooth, hedgehogs, chanterelles and more.

9.20 Herb Medicine Making Workshop! at the one and only with the one and only Dr Z. This event sells out fast, so snag your ticket asap.

9.28 : a women’s herbal wknd in the beautiful wild woods of PA. The class line up is ✨! It has been too long since I have been to a women’s herbal

Hedgehogs!! Super surprised and stoked to find a few cutie patootie hedgehogs today. Hydnum repandum Or hydnum repand-YU...
18/08/2025

Hedgehogs!! Super surprised and stoked to find a few cutie patootie hedgehogs today. Hydnum repandum Or hydnum repand-YUM!! 🤤 these are def in my top three favorites for wild edibles, both taste and texture. 👩🏻‍🍳💋
And they are easy to safely identify with their relatively unique teeth.

Weird 🍄‍🟫 summer, I still haven’t found any black trumpets at my CT spots- but I’m already finding hedgehogs!? Slim pickings out there, we need rain!! Grateful to still find some tasty beauts today. Chicken of the woods and a few baby cinnabars too. Of course, the biggest, scrumptious hedgehog I found was growing in poison ivy so I guess the squirrels and fairies can have that one 😤 🐿️🧚

Baikal skullcap // scute bai // in my little community garden plot, I love growing and knowing the medicines I prescrib...
15/08/2025

Baikal skullcap // scute bai // in my little community garden plot, I love growing and knowing the medicines I prescribe on the regular with my patients — lately in clinic I’ve been utilizing this medicines for its super anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, immune balancing and cooling antimicrobial gut microbiome balancing actions.

Berries bindles + Solidago sunshine + Spirea sniffers
15/08/2025

Berries bindles + Solidago sunshine + Spirea sniffers

Bumble & fireweed, Olympic national park, enchanted valley. 🎒🥾🏔️🌿🌸🐝✨pretty.neat bridge crossing in the background. We de...
20/02/2025

Bumble & fireweed, Olympic national park, enchanted valley.
🎒🥾🏔️🌿🌸🐝✨pretty.neat bridge crossing in the background. We def munched some of these flowers along the trek.

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Lindsay Chimileski ND LAc RH(AHG)

Lindsay Chimileski is a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, registered herbalist, professor, naturalist, counselor, writer, and public speaker. She is an advocate for natural medicine, botanical fungi medicine, whole foods nutrition, traditional chinese medicine, acupuncture, and the appreciation of nature. Prior to her start in medicine, she focused on counseling and psychology, as well as studying Human Development and Family Studies at The University of Connecticut. She has years of adjunct faculty experience, redesigning the botanical medicine curriculum and teaching advanced nutrition courses at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Chimileski co-leads ecotour excursions with students through the Jamacain rainforests, celebrating the traditional ethnobotanical uses of powerful plant medicines and their role in the culture. She lectures locally as well. In her spare time, she enjoys all things nature, greenhouses, hiking, and practicing yoga.