American Herb Association

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COVID-19 makes this an excellent time to stay strong in many ways, including immune health. Turn all that kitchen time into a health adventure. Traditional Chinese Medicine and actually, most cultures around the world, have viewed the food we eat as our medicine, along with taking herbs. Remember the adjunct therapies that go along with herbal medicine and a healthy diet--sleep, exercise, some sunlight exposure, smiling, meditation, compassion--all of which studies have shown strengthen the immune system. Probably don't need studies to know this. Just feels right, huh? Our annual Green Medicine Herb School winter series on Body Systems includes a 10-course lunch of foods good for that system. Here's some ideas in this #5 post in the American Herb Association Coronavirus series. (American Herb Association Quarterly $22/yr. ahaherb.com)

American Herb Association's Kathi Keville on treating the emotional and physical.

ESSENTIAL OILS for RELAXATION During a Pandemic, or Anytime #4 in American Herb Association COVID-19 Herbs & Aromatherapy posts to herbalists, by Kathi Keville, AHA Director Spring has arrived, filling nature with color, singing birds, and fragrance. Symbolic of renewal and new beginnings, we are having to recraft this annual feeling of rebirth in the midst of a pandemic. Aromatic plants can help. Pleasant scents that we encounter in garden, woods, or park, or even from baki...Continue reading

ESSENTIAL OILS & COVID-19 PANDEMIC #3 in American Herb Association COVID-19 posts to herbalists, by Kathi Keville, AHA Director. As aromatherapists and herbalists, we’re challenged with a new virus we haven’t treated. I find myself turning to the science behind herbs for hints about how to venture into unknown territory of COVID-19. It’s in the coronavirus (CoV) family, along with several viral species that cause upper respiratory (mainly the common cold) and gastrointestinal...Continue reading