Healing Herbs & Spices

Pilgrims called them "Craneberries" because of the resemblence of Sandhill cranes in their blossoms. Most folks now call them "Cranberries". They grow on vines, not in water. They lay in bogs, which are impermeable beds layered with sand, peat, gravel, and clay. Native Americans used cranberries for food, dyes and medicine as early as the…

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Free radicals and inflammation quietly damage your cells, aging you quickly. Eat these super food herbs and spices to help protect your DNA and every single organ. (more…)

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By Rebecca Potter, MH When stress comes knocking on your door, what do you do? Hopefully you have a tried and true method to get your stress level down, since prolonged stress causes chronic disease and even kills! And it turns our nerves into raw uninsulated electrical wires that keep shorting out causing all sorts…

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By Rebecca Potter Has your entire family ever made it through cold and flu season without succumbing to what’s “going around”? If so, congratulations! If not, I’m here to help you do that naturally! Being an herbalist, I like to get to the root of the problem, which in the case of colds and flu…

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By Rebecca Potter Are you interested in harnessing medicinal herbs’ healing properties for a natural weight loss program? I get asked pretty often which herbs specifically help with weight loss, so let’s jump right in and break down this great topic! (more…)

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My garden is my part-time lover, absorbing as much time as I sneak in on evenings and weekends. My husband isn't jealous though, as this dirty love-affair translates as delicious food and a mellow wife for him. We're wasting no time with making babies. We already have hundreds of leeks, broccoli, kale and cabbage seedlings.…

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Cloves are under-appreciated blossoms that heal many health ailments. When all my wisdom teeth were removed, I quickly discovered the agonizing pain of dry sockets. Vicodin left me with a hangover headache that was worse than the dry sockets. In desperate search for a solution, I remembered the old home remedy of using cloves for a…

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People wanted  our recipes for our wedding foods, like the yummy yam-coconut-ginger soup and the massaged kale salad. As I would learn, making your own wedding food is a bigger undertaking than a bride thinks, despite how much experience I think I have cooking for large groups of people on silent meditation retreats. Since preparing…

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This screamingly delicious spice blend that has grown into my household's staple. I love spices because they flavor foods without threatening to leave its mark on your waste and hips. Any calories these spices add to your foods are negligible. What's more? These spices each offer a dose of preventive medicine. So spice it up!…

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