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Natural Protocol for Menstrual Cramp Relief

August 27, 2026

Discover a natural approach to menstrual cramp relief with this holistic guide adapted from Dr. Leslie Korn’s Natural Women, using herbs, nutrients, and hands-on treatments to ease dysmenorrhea and support your cycle naturally.

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Food as Medicine

August 20, 2026

As traditional food systems have faded, our health has suffered. The foods we eat now cause chronic health problems and differ greatly from the diets that once matched our local environments. In losing these traditions, we have also lost food’s roles as medicine and as a way to bring people together.

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Daily Teas to Support Mind, Body, and Metabolism

August 13, 2026

Exploring the benefits of daily herbal teas—blueberry leaf, ginger, peppermint, chamomile, and green tea—for sleep, digestion, blood sugar, and well-being.

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Chokecherry Medicine in Legend and Healing

August 6, 2026

Indigenous communities have relied on chokecherries for medicine, food, and tools, with its role sustaining through winter, supporting digestive and respiratory health, and providing wood and dye.

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Calm and Restore

July 30, 2026

Nervine herbs are plants used to calm the nervous system, ease anxiety, support sleep, and restore emotional balance. This blog explores nervines such as kava, valerian, passionflower, skullcap, and St. John’s wort through traditional use, community knowledge, pharmacology, and contemporary research.

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Saffron: Medicine, Tradition, and the Women Who Sustain Its Ancient Knowledge

May 4, 2026

A look at the medicinal power of saffron, its deep history across Persia, Ayurveda, and Unani traditions, and the vital role of women whose ancestral knowledge sustains its cultivation.

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Emita. Healing Hands, Cleansing Hands: An Unexpected Farewell

April 8, 2026

This post introduces the article “Emita. Healing Hands, Cleansing Hands: An Unexpected Farewell,” a tribute to Ema, a forest healer whose life and work were rooted in plant medicine and spiritual ritual. Through narrative, drawings, and poetry by Randy Chung Gonzales and Lucas Nakandacare, the piece reflects on the relationship between mentor and apprentice and the quiet transmission of healing knowledge through lived experience.

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Revitalizing Kichwa Midwifery

April 1, 2026

This post introduces the article “Revitalizing Kichwa Midwifery: Medicinal Plant Knowledge for Pregnant Women in San Martín, Peru” by Conzuelo Tapullima de Tuanama Tuanama and Laura Corradi. Centering the teachings of Kichwa midwife Mamá Conzuelo, the article explores ancestral plant knowledge, pregnancy care, and the enduring role of Indigenous midwives in sustaining community health and cultural continuity.

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Oral Testimonies of Traditional Medicine: A Kamëntša Woman’s Legacy

March 27, 2026

This post introduces the article “Oral Testimonies of Traditional Medicine: A Kamëntša Woman’s Legacy”, which centers on the oral testimony of Kamëntša elder and healer Mamita Maria Dolores. The piece reflects on women’s healing knowledge, plant medicine, and cultural continuity in Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley. It offers a glimpse into the living traditions that sustain Kamëntša community life and memory.

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