🌿 Plantain (Plantago spp.) Botanical Name:   Plantago major  (common plantain), Plantago lanceolata  (narrowleaf/English plantain)...

🌿 Plant Profile - Echinacea Botanical Name:   Echinacea angustifolia , Echinacea purpurea , Echinacea pallida Common Names:  Purple...

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” — Epictetus, Stoic philosopher The wisdom...

🌿 Pau d’Arco Botanical Name:   Tabebuia impetiginosa  (syn. Handroanthus impetiginosus ) Common Names:  Pau d'Arco, Taheebo, Lapacho,...

What Is Meditation? Meditation is the ancient art of stilling the mind , refining awareness , and returning to one’s original nature ....

🌿 Burdock (Arctium lappa) Botanical Name:   Arctium lappa , Arctium minus Common Names:  Burdock, Gobo (Japanese), Beggar’s Buttons,...

🌿 Cleavers Botanical Name:   Galium aparine Common Names:  Cleavers, Goosegrass, Stickyweed, Catchweed, Clivers, Bedstraw Family:...

Introduction: What Is Alchemy? Alchemy is an ancient, cross-cultural art and science of transformation —not merely of base metals into...

🌿 Skullcap Botanical Name:   Scutellaria lateriflora Common Names:  Skullcap, Blue Skullcap, Mad Dog Weed, Hoodwort Family:  Lamiaceae...

🌿 Arnica Botanical Name:   Arnica montana Common Names:  Arnica, Leopard’s Bane, Wolf’s Bane, Mountain Tobacco Family:  Asteraceae...

What Is Qigong? Qigong (氣功, also spelled "Chi Kung") is an ancient Chinese practice that integrates breath regulation , gentle movement ,...

🌿 Yarrow Botanical Name:   Achillea millefolium Common Names:  Yarrow, Milfoil, Woundwort, Soldier’s Woundwort, Nosebleed Plant,...

🌿 Bupleurum Botanical Name: Bupleurum chinense, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Common Names: Bupleurum, Chinese Thoroughwax, Chai Hu (柴胡)...

🌿 Boerhavia (Punarnava) Botanical Name: Boerhavia diffusa Common Names: Punarnava, Spreading Hogweed, Red Spiderling, Tarvine, Santhi...

In recent years, GLP-1 medications have surged in popularity, especially as tools for weight loss and blood sugar regulation. Brands like...

🌿 Atractylodes Botanical Names: • Atractylodes macrocephala (Bai Zhu – White Atractylodes) • Atractylodes lancea (Cang Zhu – Black...

🌼 German Chamomile ( Matricaria chamomilla ) Common Names:  German Chamomile, Blue Chamomile, Wild Chamomile, Scented Mayweed Family:...

🌼 Calendula ( Calendula officinalis ) Common Names:  Calendula, Pot Marigold, Garden Marigold, Mary’s Gold Family:  Asteraceae (Daisy...

🌿 Rehmannia ( Rehmannia glutinosa ) Common Names:  Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove, Sheng Di Huang (生地黄 – raw), Shu Di Huang (熟地黄 –...

🌿 He Shou Wu ( Polygonum multiflorum ) Common Names:  He Shou Wu (何首乌), Fo-Ti (misnomer), Flowery Knotweed Family:  Polygonaceae...