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We spend so much time trying to make everything taste sweet that our palates are losing the appreciation for things that taste bitter. Bitter is one of our basic tastes, and throughout herbal traditions, bitter plants have long been used before or around meals as digestive tonics. Herbs such as dandelion, gentian, yarrow, wormwood, artichoke leaf and Oregon grape root all share that unmistakable bitter quality. That bitter taste isn’t just something to get past, it’s actually part of what...

The first known reference of boiling tea came from the Han Dynasty over 2200 years ago. There is no denying that tea making is an ancient practice, one which feels like a kind of birthright, an old wisdom that still lives in each one of us, just waiting to be remembered. People knew the value of boiling water, steeping leaves, and sitting in stillness. Making a cup of tea is more than a task, it is a ritual. It asks us to slow down. We fill the kettle. We wait for the water to warm. We choose...

A few months ago, I lived through some form of a COVID virus and am still trying to recover. We are living in unprecedented times with new illness's, unknown toxins and radiation coming at us from every direction. Recovering is not like it used to be, and illness has changed from needing some downtime to recover, to drastically adjusting your lifestyle to survive. When you already have a preexisting condition, today's virus's can create a domino reaction within the body. Once a virus enters...