Medicinally Rooted

06/07/2025

05/28/2025

Calendula salve is a versatile topical remedy often used for its soothing and healing properties. It's commonly applied to skin conditions of all kinds. Its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties can help with eczema, acne, and other minor skin irritations. Additionally, calendula salve may help promote faster healing of wounds and reduce inflammation.

Elaboration:
Wound Healing:
Calendula is known for its ability to promote wound healing and tissue regeneration.

Skin Soother:
It's often used to soothe dry, irritated, or chapped skin, including conditions like eczema and ni***es of breastfeeding mothers.

Anti-inflammatory:
Calendula's anti-inflammatory properties can help reduce redness, swelling, and discomfort associated with various skin conditions.

Antimicrobial:
It has antimicrobial properties that can help prevent infection in minor wounds and skin irritations.

Other Uses:
Calendula salve can also be used for insect bites, scrapes, sunburns, diaper rash, and even as a tattoo aftercare.

05/02/2025

Rosemary is a well-known and greatly valued herb that is native to southern Europe. It has been used since antiquity to improve and strengthen the memory. To this day it is burned in the homes of students in Greece who are about to take exams. Rosemary has a longstanding reputation as a tonic, invigorating herb, imparting a zest for life that is to some degree reflected in its distinctive aromatic taste.

04/25/2025

Sleep and rest allow the body to replenish depleted energy reserves and allow us to maintain normal physical and mental functioning. Adequate sleep is essential for good physical and mental health, as it is necessary for the body's restorative processes. These processes occur in harmony with the body's sleep cycles, which are dictated by the body's natural rhythms.

While sleeping approximately 8-7 hours a night is vital to physical and mental health, dreaming is necessary for psychological health.
Most theories of dream function state that dreams enable people to master their environments. In dreams, people integrate new experiences and solve conflicts from their waking lives. Another function of both sleep and dreaming is to assist in the processing and storage of memories.

04/20/2025

Let's say that you’re in a meeting and you’ve worked on the prep for weeks and are feeling stressed. You’re already exhausted because this stress has been doing a number on your body. The longer you sit there, the more stressed you become, and you start to feel nauseous and you lose your appetite. Once the meeting is over, you feel such a relief it seems like the tension lets go and a weight is lifted. You no longer feel tight, but you feel exhausted and could probably pass on food because the stress has already created a reaction in your body that will take awhile to get over.

This example demonstrates the relationship between, from a Chinese Medicine perspective, your liver and spleen, which are the two organs Bai Shao targets. The liver needs to be soothed (the stress) or the spleen will get overpowered (fatigue, lack of appetite, etc). Once the spleen has been overpowered for too long, some nourishing will have to take place to bring the body back to a more healthy or normal state.

04/18/2025

Think of your health as a flowing river. There are often obstacles-dams or boulders-- preventing the river from flowing smoothly. In our bodies, these obstructions are stress, nutrient deficiencies, and a reliance on unhealthy coping mechanisms. When we remove the obstacles, the river can flow freely again.
Adaptogens are our river keepers, helping to remove obstacles so our health is no longer obstructed from showing up in full vitality. They help get our bodies back into a state of balance
and health. They safely support our body's energy to move like a free-flowing river---not just today or tomorrow, but when we're 90 and beyond.

04/17/2025

The Secret Gift Of Herbs!

There are not only many secret gifts to learn about herbs, but there are also dozens of fun projects and activities for using them.

When using fresh herbs, only use those from areas that have not been sprayed with chemicals to kill bugs or weeds. Many supermarkets now have a section of spray-free (called organic) produce. It is also important not to use herbs growing near roads where cars and trucks pass. The reason is that plants absorb the lead from the engine exhaust, and you don't want to use foods and herbs that contain lead. It is always best to eat and use organic herbs and foods whenever possible.