Health Nugget: Feeling low on energy?  Suspecting a thyroid concern?  Go to Brazil! Just one Brazil nut per day could make a difference....

Painfully, I peeled my nylon sock away from my leg. Adhering to the sock were several layers of melted skin, exposing a repulsive, raw...

Health Nugget: You probably already knew that Zinc may shorten symptoms of a common cold. Oatmeal, beans, yogurt, wild rice, and pumpkin...

Health Nugget: This humble herb is a) antibiofilm - it kills the walls of bacteria b) antifungal - kills fungus c) antileishmanial -...

The term “wild edible” describes those plants that we have to locate and “catch” as opposed to the domesticated plants that are sold in...

Another foot of snow on the ground in my corner of the world. What else would you expect from the sweet state of Michigan? The shape of...

Native Americans had enormous losses when colonizers came over to begin life in the Americas.

Our elders and medicine people from other tribal nations have told us, "You must share this knowledge so that it will not be lost."

Ask any essential oil mama and for whatever ails you, there's an oil for that. I've seen a hilarious T-shirt that simulated a bullet...

Please note: The images included in this blog were taken as screen shots of various pages on Worldometer's website. My intention was to...

Being prepared for potential exposure to a virus - coronavirus or other - and taking precautions against its spread is not paranoia, and...

Everyday Good Practices Some may think these things go without saying but life sometimes distracts and it's easy to forget to do the...

As the pharmaceutical industry scrambles to find effective drugs to use in the fight against COVID-19, the coronavirus that is causing a...

Dr. Laralyn RiverWind is a Doctor of Naturopathy, Master Herbalist and Biologist. In this episode, Dr. RiverWind gives a brief...

Hippocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” I like to think he was rewording the Genesis 1 Scripture.

WILD HERBS 2 Kings 4:38–40 "When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before...

It's a terrifying situation. Suddenly, out of nowhere, you have an unsettled feeling and a faint metallic taste grows more and more distinct

The Balm of Gilead: Yes, the Holy Grail of the Herbal World... What herbalist doesn't long to know the secret recipe of ancient times?...