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Check out these Sumac wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Sumac, Rhus typhina. You might know Sumac as a culinary herb – it’s tangy and vibrant, and blends well into za’atar and other Middle Eastern spice blends. It’s great on nearly anything – meat, fish, vegetables, even rice dishes. And it makes sense…

Check out these Elecampane wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Elecampane, Inula helenium. You might know Elecampane as a respiratory support herb – and i gotta say, it’s one of the most important ones in my practice. If i had to choose one and only one herb for respiratory support, it would be…

Check out these St. Johnswort wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring St. Johnswort, Hypericum perforatum, which you might know as “for depression”, but that’s not exactly the whole story! Just about any herb book will tell you that St. Johnswort is “for” depression, and sometimes there will be some something something serotonin –…

Check out these Heather wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Heather, Calluna vulgaris, which is an herb i truly can’t live without! Before i jump in to why i love Heather so much, i wanted to mention some of its relatives, because the Heather botanical family (Ericacea) has a lot of fantastic herbs…

Check out these Yarrow wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, which is often referred to as “battlefield medicine” or “warrior medicine” – and i think that’s apt! The latin name comes from the myth of Achilles – the invincible warrior warrior who fought in the Trojan wars. Because of protection…

Check out these Bee Balm wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa (also didyma), whose blooms always make me think of fireworks. You might also know this plant as Wild Bergamot, though it’s not actually related to Bergamot, which is a citrus fruit. Monarda is one of the most potent…

Check out these Elderflower wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Elderflower, Sambucus nigra, a beautiful flower with powerful actions. Elderflower usually gets put into one of two boxes – either to reduce fevers or to make a tasty syrup. Both of those are true! But there’s so much more to Elderflower! Elderflower gets…

Check out these Red Clover wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, a lovely plant that’s good for you and good for the soil – and it’s so pretty! Red Clover is in the Legume family, and is equally at home as food or medicine – for people, for animals,…

Check out these Self-Heal wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Self-Heal, Prunella vulgaris, which is probably the single most studied herb in the world. Self-Heal is a small plant in the Mint family – in fact, along with Ground Ivy and Dead Nettle, it’s one of the very the smallest plants in the…

Check out these Dandelion wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, the flower you can’t keep down! Once a friend asked me “you’re an herbalist, how do i kill the Dandelions in my yard?” – and i said, you can’t. But you can eat them! Dandelion is famously just nearly impossible…

Check out these Lungwort wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis, which is one of the very first flowers to pop up here in the spring. Often blooming in the snow, it’s one of the cheeriest harbingers of spring! Lungwort is – on one hand – a fairly specific herb: it…

Check out these Ashwagandha wallpaper images we made for you! This week we’re featuring Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera, which is a popular adaptogen. People associate it with physical endurance and energy – so would it surprise you if i tell you that Ashwagandha can help you sleep? My favorite way to think about Ashwangadha is in relation to…