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Tag: Medicinal Plants

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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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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From our Hearth to Yours

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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