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Juniper Autumn herbal is the integration of plants & people, operating from a western clinical herbalism perspective to reintegrate the relationship between plants powerful medicinal properties and empower individual health

10/09/2025

Becoming a clinical herbalist isn’t about memorizing what herbs are “good for.” That approach doesn’t get very far. Many plants work across body systems, and their gifts can’t be reduced to single uses. Treating them this way is a leftover mindset from allopathic medicine, reductionist and mechanical. There’s nothing holistic about it.

Holistic herbalism is about learning to see the person behind the symptom. We never reduce a person to what’s wrong; we look for the patterns that shape their experience. Every body expresses imbalance differently, so our care has to be just as individual. That’s why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.

Goldenrod isn’t just “the herb for a sniffly nose.” Its story is so much more than that. Sure, it can ease the sniffles—but we can get more specific. Are the sniffles from allergies or a cold? What color is the mucus? What else is happening in the body? Goldenrod is also a urinary antimicrobial.

Plants carry a far greater intelligence than the Western world gives them credit for. When we learn to see them clearly—and to see the person before us just as clearly—that’s when herbalism starts to work.

10/07/2025

Lessons the plants have taught me

The deeper I walk this path, the more I realize that herbalism isn’t something we do to the body. It’s something we learn in relationship with it.

Every plant teaches reciprocity. Healing isn’t something we take from them; it’s something we learn beside them. They remind us that the body already knows how to heal. It only needs space, attention, and trust to remember.

Formulation, to me, has always felt like prayer. A dialogue between the earth, the body, and intention. It’s less about finding the right herb and more about listening for the right harmony. It’s deeply relational.

And maybe that’s what this path keeps showing me. That healing isn’t a transaction or a fix. It’s a conversation. A remembering. A coming home.

10/05/2025

Herbalism isn’t “this-for-that” medicine. Yet this is one of the most common mistakes I see in untrained or book-taught herbalists.

When herbs are used in an allopathic way—plugging one plant into a condition—it rarely yields lasting results. It’s the same mindset as pharmaceuticals, just with prettier bottles.

A skilled herbalist doesn’t reach for “the sleep herb” or “the anxiety herb.” We look deeper. We ask why sleep is disrupted, what pattern is showing up in the body, and how the person’s state is expressing itself.

Is it hot or cold? Tense or relaxed? Damp or dry?
Those are the questions that guide true herbalism.

Once you start working with energetics and formulation, the picture changes completely. You stop treating symptoms and start treating the person. That’s where herbalism becomes precise, personal, and deeply effective.

10/04/2025

Nobody talks about how allopathic herbalism sabotages remedies, but it’s the #1 reason beginner herbalists don’t get results.

I see this with new students all the time. They arrive knowing long lists: chamomile for digestion, valerian for sleep, echinacea for immunity. But when they try these herbs, the results feel inconsistent. They start to wonder if herbalism is just guesswork.

It isn’t their fault. They were taught to use herbs like drugs, one herb for one symptom, without understanding the body’s underlying patterns. That is allopathic herbalism, and it strips plants of their context.

When students finally learn tissue states and energetics—hot or cold, damp or dry, tense or relaxed—everything changes. Suddenly they see why valerian works beautifully for one person’s sleep and makes another groggy or restless.

That is why if two people come to me for sleep, neither of them will get the same formula. Because I don’t treat the condition, I treat the person.

10/02/2025

As the days shorten and the nights stretch longer, our bodies often feel the shift. Stress, restlessness, and overthinking can make it harder to fall asleep when autumn sets in.

Hops isn’t just for brewing — herbalists have leaned on it for centuries to calm the nervous system, quiet racing thoughts, and support deeper, longer rest. Its bitter compounds act not only on digestion but also on the nervous system, making it one of the more unique sleep allies in the herbal pharmacopeia.

So while October asks us to slow down, let the medicine of hops help you actually sink into the longer nights.

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Sacramento, CA

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+19162989006

Website

http://juniperautumnherbal.org/

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