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Category: Herbalist Blogs

Cristophe is our resident Herbalist here at Healing Heritage Hearth. Unfortunately, the USA government does not recognize any certification process for Herbalists. America chose to advance pharmaceutical companies instead by ignoring and outlawing many forms of natural medicine. However, some very prominent Herbalist schools still exist. Cris completed 1,000 hours of education from one of these schools, The Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, in 2019. This added to his many years of personal research and experience that he continues to expand on today. So, for your own plant loving pleasure, here are his blogs about learning from and reconnecting with Nature’s healers.

Picture of Cristophe standing in a conifer forest while leaning his back on the base of a large Douglas Fir tree completely covered in living green moss.

Reclaiming My Heritage, Accidentally

Posted on October 8, 2021December 30, 2021 by Cristophe

Samhain is around the corner and I’ve been working on reclaiming my ancestral heritage. Each…

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Picture of a row of labeled glass bottles, glass jar, and round silver tin. The labels on the bottles read left to right, "organic lavender essential oil", "skullcap tincture", "meadowsweet tincture", "stinging nettles tincture", and "dried reishi tincture". The label on the glass jar full of pills reads, "ashwagandha root powder". And, the label on the tin reads, "rosemary plantain salve".

Shingles: My Herbal Experience

Posted on August 28, 2021December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

If you have ever had chickenpox in your life, you have the potential to develop…

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Picture of an organic ginger rhizome halfway buried in soil with a small short sprout growing up from the surface.

Ginger [Zingiber officinale]

Posted on May 12, 2021June 21, 2021 by Cristophe

In honor of May being Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, I am continuing to feature beloved Asian…

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Picture of Cris' left hand holding a bunch of lavender cuttings with many little purple lavender flowers in front of the lavender bush they were harvested from.

Herb Quality

Posted on January 27, 2021July 5, 2021 by Cristophe

When people talk to me about herbs I get a few common herbal questions regularly….

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Yellow dinner plate covered by tiny purple-gray vitex berries with a few twigs and leaves.

Top 10 Questions Asked of Me as an Herbalist

Posted on January 20, 2021July 5, 2021 by Cristophe

Whenever people hear I am an herbalist a lot of questions follow. Even Rimakej has…

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Picture of fresh basil cuts reaching out of a small cup of water above Cristophe's left-hand middle finger with a clump of wet crushed basil leaves over a wasp sting on it.

Kitchen Herbalism: Why I Teach Affordable Care

Posted on January 13, 2021July 5, 2021 by Cristophe

I believe the knowledge of how to grow, harvest, and store herbs should exist in…

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Picture of a gloved hand offering a green apple through a hole formed between two trunks of a large oak tree.

Foraging for Food and Medicine

Posted on January 6, 2021July 5, 2021 by Cristophe

It’s refreshing to be immersed in a community that’s so focused on, well, community. Totnes…

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Bucket of rose petals on HHH

Rose – Queen of the Flowers

Posted on October 21, 2020August 11, 2021 by Cristophe

Once called the Queen of flowers by poetess Sappho, the multi-talented rose [Rosa spp.] is…

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Close-up picture of an open sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) flower growing from a vine hidden within a patch of wild grasses.

Importance of Scientific Names in Botany

Posted on September 2, 2020August 19, 2021 by Cristophe

(Updated: August 19, 2021) Have you ever read a good book about plants? Chances are…

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Picture of Cristophe and Rimakej's linked hands, as their contrasting skin tones signify interracial connection and support.

Our Stance

Posted on June 3, 2020September 22, 2022 by Cristophe

In light of the worldwide protests in recent years over racial injustice and police brutality,…

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Hi! We are authors, Rimakej (they/them) and Cristophe (he/him) Valentini. HHH began as Half Hectare Homestead, a holistic homestead we managed for 5 years. Now we simply promote healing through sustainable and Indigenous practices. Thank you for enjoying our blogs and joining us in sharing love and learning. Subscribe to our email list below, or follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram to view even more of our unique content!


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