Does the start of a scratchy, sore throat signal a week long misery-fest for you? Time for some bee propolis! Propolis is the sticky goo that bees use to seal up holes in their hives. Lucky for you, propolis has another quality that makes it excellent...
Every time I turn around lately, someone's blaming a healthy food for causing indigestion, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and probably last week's summer flu. With all the GMOs, antibiotics, hormones, and chemicals in our food, it's an easy conclusion to draw. But I have another theory. And...
Girls, it's time I said it loud and clear, because there is still a lot of confusion around this message: Herbs reduce or completely eliminate peri-menopausal symptoms like night sweats, hot flashes, sleeplessness, hair loss, loss of libido, crazy periods, the whole deal. Are you tired of...
A client brought his 94-year old mother to me, asking for help with her 4 months of bowel incontinence. It was making her miserable and exhausted, not to mention the discouraging loss of dignity that goes with that sort of thing. Her doctors had prescribed all...
Every Spring, Mother Nature launches clouds of pollen that stir up misery ranging from sneezes to red eyes and swollen faces. Then, she provides the gift that calms, soothes, and relieves it all. Start now, and lower the chance of spring allergies morphing into infection. Stop...
Since I was kid, I've been fighting sleep. When everyone else was snoring in their beds on Saturday morning, the 12-year old Mo was awake, buzzing around, making homemade cinnamon rolls from a box of Bisquick. It's been a source of frustration, and a blessing, to...
Are you a mint person? Cool, kinda sweet. Lifting spirits everywhere you go. Or maybe you're a cinnamon girl. Warm and spicy, and full of good taste. Or an ancient oak, with sprawling limbs, and roots anchored for centuries. Maybe it's silly, but spices and their...
Recently, I had to admit to a close friend that I'm exhausted from a year of big changes. "What would you tell a client who felt like you do?" she asked. "Take tonic herbs!" The concept of tonic herbs is virtually unknown to Western herbalists, but it's...