by Little Sage | Oct 6, 2022 | Feature, Food as Medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine
What does the changing of the seasons mean in Chinese medicine? In Chinese Medicine, the different seasons correspond to the five cyclical phases represented by the Five elements of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. The fall season is associated with the Metal...
by Little Sage | Sep 21, 2022 | Food as Medicine, Herbal medicine, Women's Health
Dang Gui, Radix Angelica Sinensis, is sweet, acrid, and warm. It means “state of return” because of its ability to induce the proper return of qi and blood to where it belongs in the body. It’s considered a sagely herb for women because of its ability to treat a...
by Little Sage | Aug 25, 2022 | Herbal medicine
What is herbal medicine? Any herb that can help promote healing in the body is considered a medicinal herb. You may already be familiar with some of them because we use them in daily cooking such as culinary herbs and spices like thyme, rosemary, basil, cinnamon and...
by Little Sage | Aug 11, 2022 | Herbal medicine, Inspiration
I want to share a little bit about my story about how I fell in love with herbal medicine. My journey to be an herbalist started before I was born. In my mother’s womb, the umbilical cord was tightly wrapped around my body and deprived me of oxygen. I came out as a...
by Little Sage | Jul 14, 2022 | Food as Medicine, Herbal medicine
A remedy that dates back hundreds of years in different cultures and one of my favorites is ginger tea. It’s important to use only the juice of fresh ginger and not dried ginger. It’s used as a remedy for common colds and flus. Ginger is a natural anti-inflammatory...
