Herbal Focuses for the coming Fall: by Jenny McCartney
The season has certainly shifted here in Victoria this past couple weeks, with cooler nights, shorter days and the first leaves yellowing and falling from trees. Now is the time…
Albizia, Collective Happiness Bark
There are countless plant medicines to choose from for anxiety, so like a village matchmaker, all art lies in tracing the details. What does your anxiety crave? From what…
Herb of the Month: Devil’s Club, Oplopanax Horridum
I just finished tincturing my spring-harvested Devil's Club roots, much of which I will use in my 'Guardian' tincture formula (sold at Heart & Hands), and so I figured I'd…
Plant Medicine for Lovers, Fighters & Troubled Times
A solid guide to protecting and strengthening our hearts and spirits by Jenny McCartney, Medical Herbalist. At the request of a good friend, this post is dedicated to those who…
o shatavari, herbal empress
Shatavari’s blessing is not one of spiritual transcendence, or a blessing from high above, but a kind of embodiedness that brings us into the fat exuberance of being here; teaching…
Jenny McCartney, Medical Herbalist: Herbs for Love & Sex
Regardless of how you might feel about Valentines day-- herbs, love and sex go well together, and so it only seems right to zero in on this synergistic triad this…
How to nip (poke) hayfever in the bud
As any Victorian knows, as the City of Gardens, it also equates to the "city of seasonal allergies". Unlike many other cities which have a much shorter blooming season, our…
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