Sublime

The simplest method is to reach out and connect with the spirit of a single plant, then ask the plant spirit for information on the plant’s uses and properties.

Chamomile: This herb has been used for thousands of years to treat everything from skin disorders to heart disease to inflammation.

Of all the various herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, none is better known or more widely used than ginseng. The “man root,” so named for its striking

From my perspective as a Native American woman, I have always been taught from an early age by my parents, grandparents, and relatives to respect all beings. I have been taught that I am part of everything that exists—from the elements of air, fire, water, Mother Earth, and the ethers, the stones, and the stars in the heavens.17 This interconnected

Ginger (dry)

or from various plants, such as the crushed seeds of the Adenanthera peregrina tree of the Amazon rainforest.