Real Herbal Healthcare
Wild Rice Functional Mushroom Soup with Shiitake and Reishi
This shiitake functional mushroom soup is hearty and warming enough for fall and winter, and light and brothy enough for spring and summer. Reishi and shiitake together are considered invaluable mushrooms that support the optimal health of the whole human body. Both mushrooms in the recipe heighten the soup's adaptogenic and immuno-supportive benefits. Plus, that craveable, savory umami flavor from the shiitakes in particular can't be beat!
Charmed Chamomile Honey Cake Paired with Chill Out Herbal Tea
This Charmed Chamomile Honey Cake recipe takes advantage of the calming, placid benefits of chamomile to balance the energy rush of a sweet treat. Pair a cup of Chill Out Tea - which stars chamomile - along with a slice of this charming cake and you have yourself a match made in herbal heaven.
How to Choose the Best Elderberry Syrup for You
We have a PSA on one of our favorite topics: herbal product quality, especially when it comes to elderberry. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra/canadensis) is one of those gateway herbs that is now ubiquitous....
Allying With First Responder Echinacea
Allying with echinacea extract during the fall and winter seasons makes all the difference between a two-week-long battle with the aches, pains, and sniffles and perhaps a day-long bout of the immune system rising to a particular challenge. This herb can be compared to a first responder of the plant world - strong, reliable, adaptable, and equipped to jump in and save the day at a moment's notice. A dependable friend, echinacea is well-suited to a protocol of foundational herbal support to keep you well during any time of the year.
Sunny Sunchoke Pickles and Jerusalem Artichoke Relish
Jeannie, our fearless leader, is a High Rock Farm girl at heart and loves her daddy's handwriting, especially when it's documenting a favorite family recipe, like these amazingly flavorful Jerusalem...
The Brain Boosting Benefits of Lion's Mane Mushroom
Exploring the temperate rainforests of western North Carolina on a misty, damp weekday morning, a blotch of white in the midst of swaths of dark grey tree bark captures my...
Weeds at Our Feet: What Do They Mean?
Living in the Wise Woman Way In my heart, the practice of the Wise Woman Tradition is an ancestral health-affirming belief that passes down from generation to generation even in...
Contemplating a Liver Detox? Read This First
Is it Detox You're After? Or Depth? Only you know the answer to the question posed above. But don't rush into answering it without letting the relevant organ systems of your...
Five Ways to Understand More About an Herb
A PSA about learning your herbs and five methods you can use to learn more about an herb with which you're interested in developing a deeper relationship: 1. Organoleptics -...
The Role of Invasive Herbal Preparations: Kudzu, Mimosa, Wild Rose...Plantain? Dandelion?
Within our materia medica of common 'weedy' beneficial plants native to the Appalachian mountains where we are based, you will also find a sprinkling of so-called invasive plants which are not native...
DIY Herbal Eyewashes and Herbs for Eye Health and Optimal Vision
How to Make an Herbal Eyewash Try making an herbal eyewash next time you have an eye irritation. I purchased this little vintage ceramic eyecup a few months ago for doing...
Cane Alcohol vs. Grain Alcohol: Myths and Truths
All of our alcohol-based extracts are made with 100% organic cane alcohol (as in sugar cane), a gluten-free alternative to grain alcohol that we have found sits better with our ethics, customer preferences, and extract preparation methods than grain alcohol. Here's more on how we make our herbal preparations for highest potency and safety.
