Many women’s hormonal health challenges revolve around estrogen dominance—a state where the ratio of estrogen to progesterone (or other counterbalancing hormones) is skewed. Estrogen dominance may arise under conditions of chronic stress, inflammation, high sugar intake, adiposity (fat tissue produces estrogen), and certain environmental exposures.

Like farming or cooking a nourishing meal, herbal medicine-making is a skill that anyone can learn. And in fact, that’s part of what fueled the modern pharmaceutical revolution: somewhere along the way, we lost touch with our ability to create our own remedies

Imagine how ungrateful we have been—ripping the source of healing from the Earth, only to toss it into landfills and incinerators. And all the while, not realizing that we are tossing ourselves into that same inferno of waste, neglect, and numbness.

The category of nervine herbs is quite diverse and is one of the most beloved and sought-after across herbal medicines

Keeping a strong immune system therefore is not only about not getting sick, but also not needing to get sick.

Notable herbs in the Endocrine support categories are referred to as adaptogens, as they are restorative to the adrenals mainly, but also various endocrine connected organs

A monk is divine, yet lowly, a fog weightless, and touching nothing, yet nourishing everything in its wake.