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  1. It works on the pituitary's schedule, not yours. Three cycles before you judge it. And if you're on HRT of any kind, tell your prescriber first — chasteberry has opinions about prolactin.
    What do you reach for?
    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #FolkMedicine #Chasteberry #Vitex #Apothecary #Herbs #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased
    Today's Gathering → twp.ai/4hsxsj
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  2. It works on the pituitary's schedule, not yours. Three cycles before you judge it. And if you're on HRT of any kind, tell your prescriber first — chasteberry has opinions about prolactin.
    What do you reach for?
    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #FolkMedicine #Chasteberry #Vitex #Apothecary #Herbs #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased
    Today's Gathering → twp.ai/4hsxsj
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  3. Chasteberry. One teaspoon dried, covered pot, fifteen minutes simmering, ten more off the heat. Peppery, faintly bitter, more broth than tea.
    The old remedy for hormonal weather — the cycle that arrives sideways, the perimenopausal months that feel like being renovated from the inside.
    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #FolkMedicine #Chasteberry #Vitex #Apothecary #Herbs #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased
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  4. Chasteberry. One teaspoon dried, covered pot, fifteen minutes simmering, ten more off the heat. Peppery, faintly bitter, more broth than tea.
    The old remedy for hormonal weather — the cycle that arrives sideways, the perimenopausal months that feel like being renovated from the inside.
    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #FolkMedicine #Chasteberry #Vitex #Apothecary #Herbs #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased
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  5. Tastes like hay and honey and a little like the meadow's own sweat. A blood-mover. An old friend to the lymph.

    My grandmother never called it a phytoestrogen.

    She'd have said it cools the blood, and she'd have been right on the merits.

    What do you reach for when the blood runs hot?

    #Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany

    More in today's Gathering: twp.ai/4hsg75

  6. Tastes like hay and honey and a little like the meadow's own sweat. A blood-mover. An old friend to the lymph.

    My grandmother never called it a phytoestrogen.

    She'd have said it cools the blood, and she'd have been right on the merits.

    What do you reach for when the blood runs hot?

    #Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany

    More in today's Gathering: twp.ai/4hsg75

  7. Red clover — seamrag dhearg. Pick the blossoms in full sun after the dew burns off, when the heads are dry and springy and the bees have had their turn.

    Steep a heaping tablespoon in near-boiling water, covered, ten minutes. Covered matters — that's the whole medicine going up your ceiling otherwise.

    #Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany

  8. Red clover — seamrag dhearg. Pick the blossoms in full sun after the dew burns off, when the heads are dry and springy and the bees have had their turn.

    Steep a heaping tablespoon in near-boiling water, covered, ten minutes. Covered matters — that's the whole medicine going up your ceiling otherwise.

    #Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany

  9. Luibh a' chridhe — the herb of the heart.

    Motherwort, the lion's-tail. A strong short steep of the dried leaf when the chest won't settle and the news has your pulse over-revved. The Latin cardiaca earns its keep — generations of women reached for the lion's-tail when the heart wouldn't quiet.
    #Herbalism #HerbalMedicine #Motherwort #Foraging #Druid #Plants #Apothecary #Gaelic #Pride #QueerNews #Nature #Solidarity #FolkMedicine

  10. Luibh a' chridhe — the herb of the heart.

    Motherwort, the lion's-tail. A strong short steep of the dried leaf when the chest won't settle and the news has your pulse over-revved. The Latin cardiaca earns its keep — generations of women reached for the lion's-tail when the heart wouldn't quiet.
    #Herbalism #HerbalMedicine #Motherwort #Foraging #Druid #Plants #Apothecary #Gaelic #Pride #QueerNews #Nature #Solidarity #FolkMedicine

  11. The jaw you've clenched since November has a plant that answers it.

    Bruise a scant teaspoon of culinary lavender between your fingers and steep it three minutes — no longer, or it turns to soap — in warm milk before bed. Lus na tùise, the herb of fragrance. The calm isn't folklore; it's linalool, easing the nervous system down off the ledge.

    #Herbalism #Herbs #Lavender #Wellness #NervousSystem #Rest #SelfCare #Botanical #Nature #QueerWitch #Druid #Apothecary

  12. The jaw you've clenched since November has a plant that answers it.

    Bruise a scant teaspoon of culinary lavender between your fingers and steep it three minutes — no longer, or it turns to soap — in warm milk before bed. Lus na tùise, the herb of fragrance. The calm isn't folklore; it's linalool, easing the nervous system down off the ledge.

    #Herbalism #Herbs #Lavender #Wellness #NervousSystem #Rest #SelfCare #Botanical #Nature #QueerWitch #Druid #Apothecary

  13. The grey beard on the old oaks after rain — crotal in the Gaelic, the lichen the trees wear like a wizard's whiskers. You can't cold-steep usnea; the usnic acid barely dissolves in water.

    What do you reach for when the air turns against you?

    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #Usnea #Foraging #Trans #Queer #LGBTQIA #Druid #HerbMedicine #Apothecary #Fediverse #Solidarity
    twp.ai/4htNPv

  14. The grey beard on the old oaks after rain — crotal in the Gaelic, the lichen the trees wear like a wizard's whiskers. You can't cold-steep usnea; the usnic acid barely dissolves in water.

    What do you reach for when the air turns against you?

    #Herbalism #PlantMedicine #Usnea #Foraging #Trans #Queer #LGBTQIA #Druid #HerbMedicine #Apothecary #Fediverse #Solidarity
    twp.ai/4htNPv

  15. Tip a spoonful of fennel seed into a dry pan, no oil, and shake until the kitchen goes to licorice and warm earth. Ninety seconds.
    Chew a pinch after a heavy plate — lus an t-saoidh, the herb of ease. Raw seed is medicine; toasted seed is medicine that tastes like it wants to be there.

    #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Fennel #HerbalRemedies #KitchenWitch #Cooking #Wellness #Gaelic #SlowLiving #Foraging #Apothecary #Plants #Comments
    twp.ai/4htGnp

  16. Tip a spoonful of fennel seed into a dry pan, no oil, and shake until the kitchen goes to licorice and warm earth. Ninety seconds.
    Chew a pinch after a heavy plate — lus an t-saoidh, the herb of ease. Raw seed is medicine; toasted seed is medicine that tastes like it wants to be there.

    #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Fennel #HerbalRemedies #KitchenWitch #Cooking #Wellness #Gaelic #SlowLiving #Foraging #Apothecary #Plants #Comments
    twp.ai/4htGnp

  17. Linden flower — teile, the lime tree. A spoonful steeped covered ten minutes, drunk cool in the evening when the heat won't release the night.

    The old people kept it for exactly this: a tea that loosens the jaw you didn't know you were clenching.

    Tha do chorp a' cuimhneachadh — your body remembers.

    What do you reach for when the night won't cool? Comments?

    #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Apothecary #Linden #Tea #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #SelfCare #Trans #LGBTQ #Pride #Plants #Queer

  18. Linden flower — teile, the lime tree. A spoonful steeped covered ten minutes, drunk cool in the evening when the heat won't release the night.

    The old people kept it for exactly this: a tea that loosens the jaw you didn't know you were clenching.

    Tha do chorp a' cuimhneachadh — your body remembers.

    What do you reach for when the night won't cool? Comments?

    #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Apothecary #Linden #Tea #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #SelfCare #Trans #LGBTQ #Pride #Plants #Queer

  19. The Gastronomicon, with such delicacies as:

    Cthulhu's Chowder

    Nyarlathotep's Screaming Souls of the Damned

    Yuggoth Fungi Bouillabaisse

    Feet of Yog-Sothoth

    Ask for it by name at your local apothecary.

    #necronomicon #gastronomicon #cthulhu #nyarlathotep #yuggoth #YogSothoth #apothecary

  20. Chamomile, cold-steeped. A handful of dried camomil in cool water, capped, overnight in the fridge. Strain at morning. No heat, no bitterness — just soft apple-hay sweetness.
    The flower the body reaches for when the jaw won't unclench. Tha do chorp a' cuimhneachadh — your body remembers.

    #Herbalism #Chamomile #FolkMedicine #Apothecary #Druid #Pagan #Tea #Wellness #Plants #ScottishGaelic

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  21. Chamomile, cold-steeped. A handful of dried camomil in cool water, capped, overnight in the fridge. Strain at morning. No heat, no bitterness — just soft apple-hay sweetness.
    The flower the body reaches for when the jaw won't unclench. Tha do chorp a' cuimhneachadh — your body remembers.

    #Herbalism #Chamomile #FolkMedicine #Apothecary #Druid #Pagan #Tea #Wellness #Plants #ScottishGaelic

    Full beat ↳ twp.ai/4hs34F