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This week has been pretty intense, and it would be so easy to reach for an adaptogen and try to squeeze a little more energy out of myself. But knowing how they work, I steer clear when I’m already depleted.

I’d rather slow things down where I can, eat properly, keep meals warm and nourishing, get enough protein and minerals in, and support my body with food and nourishment instead of asking it to keep pushing.

Adaptogens are powerful and can completely override this, but feeling more capable doesn’t always mean you actually have more capacity.

Even in the TCM framework adaptogenic herbs also aren’t something to take continuously, they say no more than four days in a row!

Take it easy this weekend if you need to. Nourish your body, eat properly, rest a little more, do a little less.

Wishing you a beautiful weekend ahead 🤎 x. D by @foliamae

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Plants, water, weather, seasons.

We were never meant to feel separate from all of this.

🤎 x. D by @foliamae

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a month ago

You don’t have to wait until something is wrong to use herbs.

Make a strong infusion and pour it into your bath.
Cook rice or lentils in a decoction of dandelion root or burdock root.
Add nettle to soups.
Add fresh herbs to salads and stews.
Keep lemon balm around for evening tea.
Use rose, mint or fennel simply because you like how they taste.

A lot of it is just finding small ways to bring plants into the things you’re already doing.

🤎 x. D by @foliamae

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a month ago

Hope this is helpful. It’s one of those small things that make a big difference once you start making your own herbal preparations.

🤎 x. D by @foliamae

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a month ago

I wish I had signed up to study clinical herbalism so much sooner. I really thought we’d mostly talk about herbs and what they’re good for. I didn’t expect to learn this much about how the body actually works.

And it has made me realise how many things I’ve done over the years just because I saw other people doing them online. Fasting, restricting, supplements, detoxes, trying to fix things before I even really knew what was going on.

The coin really fell for me when we talked about detoxing.

I look at a lot of wellness advice very differently now. Not because I suddenly know everything, obviously, but because I understand the body so much better and I question a lot more!

🤎 x. D by @foliamae

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a month ago

Happy Friday 🤎 by @foliamae

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a month ago

Another midweek self-irony, herbal edition 🤎🌱

x D. by @foliamae

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a month ago

Resins have always felt different to me than other plant ingredients. They’re not leaves or petals, they’re what a tree makes when it’s hurt and has to protect itself. Isn’t that beautiful!?

I love using them mindfully in my formulas - they smell incredible, sacred even, and I like to think they protect the energy of whoever wears it too.

I always make sure to source them sustainably, tapped with limited, spaced-out cuts that avoid cutting into the hardwood and give the tree rest between harvests.

🤎 x D. by @foliamae

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In herbalism, fall is tied to the lungs and large intestine, the systems of letting go. So if you’re already feeling a little more inward, a little more tired, like summer’s noise is starting to lose its pull, that’s not you falling behind. That’s just the season beginning to move through you.

The shift has already started in nature, even if the calendar hasn’t quite caught up.

🤎 x D. by @foliamae

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a month ago

I think we make it complicated because simple feels like we’re not trying hard enough.

I want to be that unbothered about my own seasons.

🤎 x D. by @foliamae

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a month ago

Sometimes the medicine is much simpler 🤎 by @foliamae

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2 months ago

🤎 from the postpartum creative bubble by @foliamae

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