Jul 21, 2017 | Family, Healthy Lifestyle, Natural Medicine
The upside to summer is more time spent outside. The downside is increased exposure to outdoor irritants and allergens, like biting insects, poisonous plants, and skin-damaging sunburns. Here are 4 all-natural remedies to keep on hand that will help you and your...
Jun 30, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Herbs that Heal, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Sweet-toothed friends, rejoice! Fennel is here to hold your hand through your mid-afternoon or post-dinner sugar cravings. The seeds of a fennel plant are a wonderfully sweet, licorice-flavored spice that offer a wealth of nutritional benefits. They are best known for...
May 18, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Herbs that Heal, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Who doesn’t love that fragrant, mouth-watering smell elicited by sweet basil? For us, the enticing aroma of basil always signals the start of summer. We love using this tasty herb on everything – fresh tomatoes with a dash of pepper, in every type of...
Apr 6, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Herbs that Heal, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Mint is one of the most iconic flavors of summer, and this cooling, refreshing herb is a God-send to our digestive system. The myriad herb plants stemming from the Mentha family are varied in their appearance, flavor, and healing properties. For example, the Bo He...
Jan 27, 2017 | Healthy Lifestyle, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Have you fought a nasty head cold lately? It seems like the bug circulating this winter is lingering longer than normal for some people, so we wanted to pass along a few of our favorite runny nose, cough, and sore throat remedies. Here are 8 all-natural approaches to...
Jan 19, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Herbs that Heal, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Native to Asia, and prolific throughout the varied histories and cultures on the vast continent, ginger is a powerful herb that gives your body an incredible dose of healing. Most of us know ginger as a spice and flavoring in dishes, but today let’s briefly unpack the...
