We are approaching the time of year when the days and nights are nearly the same length. The Autumn Equinox marks the day that is the same length as the night. Then onwards to darker days and even darker nights. This time of year is about the harvest and preparing for winter, whether it's the holidays or long winter nights, work with herbs to help you find ways to stay engaged, nourished, and rooted.

Materia medica includes a several seasonal plants. Spend some time learning about them. Try to find them. Barberry is a common landscaping plant in NE Ohio that has successfully invaded the wild spaces. Calendula will bloom until a hard freeze. Motherwort is a common weed, use the flowers and seedpods. Seaweeds are not to be found here, except in grocery stores, but they help those of us living in the Great Lakes region where iodine deficiency is endemic.

Learn more about the mysterious and often erroneous Doctrine of Signatures and then skim through some ideas of Vitalism - it is an important perspective to consider as you develop a sense of how healing happens.

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And then take some time to learn about herbs to support the kidneys, bladder, adrenals, and your musculoskeletal system so you can be ready for the coming change of seasons!

See you soon!