Aromatic Support For Back To School
September is almost here and soon school will be in session! Parents are ready to send their children off with crisp loose-leaf paper, brand new pencils and erasers, and book bags filled with everything they need. Teachers are ready to begin assessments and reviews. BUT WAIT, kids have had several months of a relaxed schedule….
Medicinal Plants and Their Edible Flowers
There are many ways to benefit from flowering medicinal plants in aromatherapy: use the distilled or expressed essential oil, the hydrosol, make an infusion in hot water, in a carrier oil, or enjoy the smell of the plant and its olfactory properties. Different parts of the plants may also be useful: leaf, roots, seeds… and…
Cannabis: Plant, Industry, and Ideology
Cannabis, from the latin Cannabis sativa L., is a member of the Cannabaceae, a small family of flowering plants containing hemp, hops, and hackberries. Cannabis means “cane-like,” while the genus name sativa refers to that which is “planted or sown,” meaning that the plant is propagated from seed as opposed to perennial roots. The…
Essential Oil Allies: Carrot Seed
Carrot seed essential oil is distilled from the dried seed of Daucus carota subsp. carota which is commonly known as wild carrot, bird’s nest or “Queen Anne’s Lace.” It is grown and distilled for its seeds in France, Holland, and Hungary. Sometimes classified as a noxious weed by some states in North America1, it has…
CBD Oil: The Skinny According to Science
At this current juncture scientific knowledge of ECS signalling has far outstripped the development of ESC-based therapies. The eloquent Dr. Ethan Russo remarks: Despite its seeming ubiquity, and obvious importance as a homeostatic regulator of human physiology, the ECS topic receives short shrift in contemporary medical education, if mentioned at all. This educational deficit, born…
Vegetable Gardens: Permaculture, Sustainability and Mother Earth Love
The green thumb runs in my family – I basically grew up in a garden. The love of earth as well as growing plants and harvesting them seems imprinted in my DNA. Although I still thoroughly maintain a deep connection to nature, I presently live in New York City, and until my husband and I…