New Exciting Chapter

I haven't been able to post for awhile, but all that is about to change!  Please come along with me as I hang my shingle out.  In the beginning of the month I will be setting up a small apothecary and office in Stevensville, MI, in the Health and Inner Harmony building. This has been a long and winding path, I have been trying to find a place to set up shop for quite some time now. I am so excited for this opportunity to be able to take this big step forward in growing Herbal Mamma.   I found a great space where I can open an apothecary as well  hold classes and workshops. My opening is planned for the first of November, with classes to follow once I get a footing.

I have been scurrying around for display cabinets, tables, chairs and file cabinets begin!  I am a big re-cycle re-use believer, so my interior background will come in handy.  My one obstacle is the building owners don't allow anyone to nail, bolt or attach anything to the walls, Oh yea this includes paint.  This ought to be a little tricky.  Especially since my first inclination is to paint awesome finishes, murals and the like.  Well that will have to be my next space I guess!

I think I better add some Panax Ginseng, for energy and rejuvenation to my daily tonic.  Ginseng is my go to herb for restoring the body of it's Jing.  Jing is a term used in Chinese medicine that refers to essential substance underlying all organic life. My teachers gave me a good analogy for Jing.  It is like your life's energy bank account that we are all given at birth.  Not everyone is given the same amount, but no matter what amount you possess, it is yours to spend.  The key is, how you choose to spend it, this will determine your longevity. I will leave you with that little tid-bit to ponder as I plan on going into more depth about Ginseng's restorative qualities in latter posts.  For now I leave you with a picture of this amazing herb's root, notice it's color and shape.  Many times the root will look like a human figure coming out of the ground.  This morphology lines up with it's adaptogenic and alterative properties.


                                 

Aloe Vera Heals you inside and out

Today's focus is the miraculous plant "Aloe Vera".  Many of us have these little beauties in our homes already.  Mine are so prolific, little off shoot plants keep coming up all the time.  We are most familiar of the benefits of the jelly inside the leaves for healing our skin, especially from burns, but what it does for you on your outside dermis, it does for your inside as well. Personally I have witnessed Aloe's antipyretic power on the  internal heat from radiation my mother endured.  Radiation is a burn from the inside out, so it makes perfect sense to help heal those tissues that were damaged from the treatment.

Such a wonderful little gift this plant is, it promotes cell regeneration, soothes membranes, is loaded with vitamins: A,C,B1,B2,B3,B6,B12, folic acid, choline and K. Along with minerals:  calcium, zinc, chromium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, manganese, copper and phosphorus. The healing attributes of aloe date back to first century AD.  Please enjoy this video I found on making your own Aloe Vera infusion for a morning tonic.

Herbal Mamma suggests pinching of a little of the leaf and applying it directly to any acne blemishes.  The healing and astringent qualities of the sap works so fast, that if you do this at night, you will be astounded in the morning to find no more zit!