http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog Herbal medicine, folk medicine, ancestral healing traditions Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:40:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image from Aztec Codice Badiano. Written in 1592 by Aztec herbalist Martin de la Cruz. Stolen by the Catholic Church but returned by the Vatican in 1990. Happy August! Click here for a full color copy of my August Newsletter. I report back on the curanderismo class ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/08/05/august-newsletter/ Image from Codex Badiano, 1592 Aztec herbal manuscript Greetings! As we greet the month of August (and the month of my birthday), I am feeling very blessed and grateful. I recently returned from my annual trip to a ceremony in New Mexico. Afterward, I attended a ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/08/05/unm-curanderismo-conference-and-august-classes/ Lemon Balm has so many great benefits, I had to write two blogs about it! • Lemon balm also has anti-viral properties. It can be used topically and internally for viruses like herpes and shingles. It mixes well with another anti-viral herb, licorice. A suggested formula would be 3 ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/05/06/loving-lemon-balm-part-2/ So many people suffer from what I have termed "phyto-phobia"..... a paranoid suspicion that medicinal plants will cause harm or death. Well here's the proof from US National Poison data that those suspicious are absolutely untrue! By contrast, pharmaceutical drugs cause over 100,000 deaths per year. That number doesn't even ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/04/25/zero-deaths-caused-by-herbs/ I'm excited to announce the birth of a hot new website dedicated entirely to dream work! I am a part of the "dream team" of dreamwork facilitators who support the site. The site will be a place for you to share and explore all of your dreams- your healing ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/04/22/exciting-new-dreamwork-website/ Spring is here and the Lemon Balm is flourishing in my garden. Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is in the mint family and a common weed in the Bay Area. It looks like a mint, but the leaves when crushed give off a lovely lemony scent. Lemon balm is a ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/04/20/loving-lemon-balm-part-1/ Ancestry is now gaining popularity with Hollywood and the NBC Series "Who Do You Think You Are?". For people out there who are exploring their Polish ancestry and genealogy, you might be interested in reading my Master's Thesis entitled "Journey to my Polish Indigenous Mind." It documents my exploration of ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/03/08/polish-ancestry-and-genealogy/ My friend and colleague from our non-profit Circle of Ancestors, Heidi Guttmann wrote a recent blog post about the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" about celebrities exploring their genealogy. You can watch the first full-length episode featuring Sarah Jessica Parker on NBC.com. Circle of Ancestors is an ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/03/08/who-do-you-think-you-are/ Greetings! Spring hasn't officially arrived, but springtime is in the air and many gorgeous flowers and trees are blooming. Yesterday, when walking by a stand of plum trees, a divinely sweet aroma wafted up to my nose. There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh plum blossoms! ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/03/03/march-newsletter/ One way I have been applying my training in Indigenous Mind is to lead dream groups that focus on dreaming with the ancestors. Dream work was a central part of the Indigenous Mind experience and we were blessed to be guided by some incredible distinguished traditional elders, including Dr. ... http://www.ancestralapothecary.com/blog/2010/03/01/dreaming-with-the-ancestors/