Deep Rooted is a blog about living in a simple, natural, and peaceful way, in harmony with the earth and its cycles
It’s mid-spring, the season for stinging nettle, and you can now find it in many farmers markets throughout New York City. Nettle is not just for culinary purposes; it also has myriad health benefits and other uses: Its main use is as a cleansing, detoxifying herb. […]
Pollen is in the air, and a Deep Rooted reader has requested ideas for preventing and coping with spring allergies. One, according to Brittany Nickerson’s Herbal Homestead Journal, is to take a spoonful every day of raw local honey, and to do this for at least […]
When I’m feeling under the weather, one of the first remedies I turn to is elderberry syrup, and making your own elderberry syrup turns out to be both simple and easy. According to Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal, elderberry has been called the “medicine chest of […]
Health maintenance is especially important during seasonal transitions. We need to shift our diets and daily routines as the seasons change in order to stay in alignment with the rhythms of nature, prevent illness from taking hold, and take advantage of the healing potential and […]
One of the ways I align myself with the earth’s cycles is by making note of and celebrating the seasonal equinoxes, solstices, and the midway days between them, known in the Celtic calendar as cross-quarter days. This year, the spring equinox in New York falls on […]
Spring is in the air! The pollen in the air in the spring months can cause some people to suffer from seasonal allergies. Also, in spring, mucus is likely to begin flowing, as the kapha dosha, the humor that controls body stability and lubrication, that […]
