Herbal remedies are medicine
Herbal medicine has been used successfully for over 5000 years in many cultures and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an excellent example.
Excellent reference books
Excellent reference books on learning how to make your own herbal blends are by Linda Rector-page and Leslie Tierra.I learned how to use herbs in my life by seeing practitioners who were also herbalists and taking herbal classes. I purchased reference books with an herbal dictionary (Materia Medica) and how to blend a formula; we can all learn how to use food and herbs for good health.
Salty Flavor Benefits Your Health
A salty flavor is believed to support health by promoting strong digestion and maintaining body tone, according to traditional perspectives. Throughout history, food and herbs have served as essential tools for healing and maintaining health. Enhance your well-being by understanding how to effectively use these resources for health support. SALTYSOURBITTERPUNGENTSWEET [Read More]
Sweet Flavor Benefits Your Health
SWEET SALTY SOUR BITTER PUNGENT SWEET foods and herbs have cool, neutral, or warm energetic properties and support various body systems. Foods with a SWEET taste are understood to support the stomach, spleen, lungs, large intestine, kidneys, and urinary bladder according to traditional perspectives. SWEET flavor is also believed to [Read More]
Pungent Flavor Benefits Your Health
PUNGENT SWEET SALTY SOUR BITTER PUNGENT food and herbs have a thermal energetic quality that is warm to hot (acrid, spicy, hot, aromatic) to the body’s system. Foods that are PUNGENT in taste support the lungs and large intestines. PUNGENT flavor assists the kidneys, urinary bladder, liver, and gallbladder. Food [Read More]
Bitter Flavor Benefits Your Health
BITTER PUNGENT SWEET SALTY SOUR BITTER food and herbs thermal energetic are mostly cooling, and a few are warming to the body’s systems. Foods that are BITTER in taste support the heart and small intestine. BITTER flavor assists the stomach, spleen, lungs, and large intestine Food and herbs which are [Read More]
Sour Flavor Benefits Your Health
SOUR food and herbs are mostly cooling to the body’s systems Foods that are SOUR in taste support the liver and gallbladder SOUR flavor assists the heart, small intestines, stomach, spleen, and pancreas. Food and herbs which are SOUR in taste:
Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils and Mental Health
By Michelle Seminoff Improving Mental Health with Therapeutic essential oils When we look at health it is impossible to separate the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual from one another. Essential oils help us on every one of these levels. One of my favorite blends is Trauma Life, which was originally [Read More]
Herbal Index
A Alterative: herbs which cleanse the blood of toxins, thus altering the blood so it can enrich the blood flow. Analgesic: herbs which relieve or reduce pain from cramps, spasms or toothaches. Antiemetic: herbs which stop or relieve vomiting and reduce nausea. Antipyretic: herbs which disperse fever and other heat [Read More]
Herbs to Detoxify and Cleanse the Liver and Blood
Toxins are present in our environment, so it’s important to support the liver and blood with nourishing foods and herbal remedies. Drinking pure, non-plastic bottled water and taking herbs that help cleanse the liver and blood can be an effective approach. If the liver is overburdened, hormonal imbalances and negative [Read More]
Stress Reducing & Restorative Herbs
Herbs which are calming, deeply relaxing and nourishing to the nervous system. Herbs are so wonderful! They are rich in nutrients that support both the body and mind, and they offer a gentle way to take care of yourself. If you are one of those people who have a full, [Read More]
Super Greens & Adaptogens
Busy lives often leave us overwhelmed and stressed. The body can’t distinguish between positive and negative stress; it only recognizes overstimulation, which impacts the nervous system and adrenal glands—especially during prolonged stress. When we don’t replenish, excess stress over time may lead to dis-ease. Since it’s challenging to always rest [Read More]
Diuretics and Heart Health Herbs
Herbs that nourish your fluids (Yin) keeping you supple and strong Fluid retention, known as edema/oedema, is often a sign of excessive stress on the kidneys. This often occurs due to not drinking enough water or consuming excessive amounts of sodium chloride-laden food or iodized table salt. If edema persists [Read More]
Hydrosols
Hydrosols are derived from steam distillates, a method used to extract essential oils from plants. Hydrosols are a true product of distillation, non-alcoholic water drawn from the still. The beauty of hydrosols is that they cannot be manufactured synthetically. Hydrosols are significantly less concentrated than essential oils, making them safe [Read More]
Herb for Digestion
Our digestive system is the foundation of well-being; it is the most important system in the body, and without strong digestion, our health is compromised! If we are under too much stress, whether short-term or long-term, and worry excessively, it impairs our ability to digest food, affecting our body, memory, [Read More]
Eating with the Five Flavors & Seasons
Humans have been eating and living in harmony with the seasons for thousands of years, and about 100 years ago, that all changed —and not for the better. There is way too much disease, which encompasses the body and mind. Mental illness, chronic degenerative health concerns, stealing life too early, [Read More]
Herbal Dictionary-Materia Medica
Alfalfa Leaf Alfalfa Leaf Medicago sativa – Part used: leaf stems, unopened flowers Taste: sweet/bitter Thermal energetic: neutral to cool Effective form: infusion, capsules, tincture, powered Properties: anti-inflammatory, rich in carotene, vitamin K, chlorophyll, amino acids, full spectrum minerals and trace minerals very nutrient rich Medicinal use: especially good for [Read More]
Essential Oils
Essential oils offer natural ways to support health and well-being through various applications. For over 2000 years, essential oils have been valued for their healing abilities. They are 75-100 times more concentrated than dried herbs and possess similar anti-viral, anti-septic, and anti-fungal properties. Despite their name, essential oils are actually [Read More]
Carrier Oils
Aloe vera gel or juice Aloe barbadensis, is soothing and cooling to the skin. Aloe Vera has rapid cell regeneration properties and is good for wounds, rashes, burns, and all skin issues. It is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral, anti-allergy, and anti-inflammatory. Avocado oil Persea gratissima, is a thick oil rich [Read More]
In Europe, herbal medicine is a common practice; the German Commission E is a publication of 390 monographs that evaluate the safety and efficacy of herbs for prescribing in Germany. The scientific review board, which governs herbal medicine in Germany, is the “Bundesinstitut für Arzeimittel und Medizinprodukte”. The Commission E, which gained recognition beyond Germany in the 1990s, is used as a reference book for doctors and herbalists.
I used Chinese medicine when I looked for natural ways to heal my many ailments of constantly feeling fatigued, moody, emotional, angry, bloated, and gassy, body pain, and constipation.
As a child, I became very sick from too many antibiotics, prednisone, Ibuprofen, and allergy shots; doctors were trying to heal what medication caused. It wasn’t until I was 28 years old, in 1992, that I learned there was more than Western medicine for my health issues, physical and mental. Being introduced to whole organic foods, Traditional Chinese Medicine , and western herbs, I began to feel>fatigued, moody, emotional, angry, bloated, gassy, have body pain, and constipation. It took years to of being careful with my food choices while I was healing my gut and immune system and to this day I still need to be careful and I use Eastern and Western holistic medicine for maintaining my health.
Finding your balance is up to you, and finding a natural health practitioner who works with herbal medicine and food therapy is of the utmost importance when suffering from deep-rooted health concerns. Those who eat, sleep, and find balance in their life feel well!