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Past Issues
● Letter From The Herbalist
● Medicinal Herb of the Month--Peony, Chinese
● Medicinal Herb of the Month #2--Primrose
● Medicinal Herb of the Month #3--Persimmon
● Medicinal Herb of the Month #4-Pagoda Tree
● Medicinal Herb of the Month #5- Privet
● Medicinal Herb of the Month--#6 - Peppergrass
● Culinary Herb of the Month #1 - Papalo
● The Benefit of Tonics
January February March
Spring Means Tonics!
Feeling a little sluggish? Out of sorts? Depressed? With spring mere weeks away, our
bodies are ready for a spring tune-up! Old-time herbalists knew this and called it the time
to cleanse and renew. They used tonics to strengthen the body and restore tone and
vigor. Tonics are herbal extracts that contain high vitamin and mineral content designed
to do just that…improve our immune systems. In this sense, a tonic is not really a
medicine at all. It’s a healthy brew designed to invigorate the body, so that the body itself
can heal and relieve the minor discomforts that a long winter of excess can bring on. The
fact that these tonics can help the body itself cure devastating illness is merely a magical
side effect….
Tonic drinks are usually strong herbal teas or infusions. They have been used
medicinally for millennia, yet with the advance of modern Western medicine many
traditional healing techniques have been dismissed as arcane and archaic. We can learn
from our ancestors, who lived and worked in harmony with the earth, respectfully reaping
its glories, from nourishment to healing.
For a taste of what the herbs can do, I’ll outline a simple weekend cleanse program in
this article, taken from my book, Naturally Healing Herbs. This book is out of print, but
you can purchase the book used from this link:
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