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Herbs have been part of my life since early childhood. I grew up in Latvia in a family where medicinal plants, wild herb gathering, natural nutrition and traditional ways of caring for health were simply part of everyday life. What began in my mother’s kitchen has stayed with me for nearly half a century.
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Later, I gave that lifelong experience a formal scientific foundation, completing an MSc in Professional Practice in Herbal Medicine and a Postgraduate Diploma in Naturopathic Nutrition. I am a practising Medical Herbalist and Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist and a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
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I wrote Nature’s Forgotten Ways to Wellbeing: Herbal Medicine for the Human Microbiome. It is a practical guide to staying closely connected with nature and supporting wellbeing through medicinal herbs — not only as remedies, but as part of everyday life.
The book explores how herbs can become part of our food, drinks, fermentation and traditional preparations, while revealing the fascinating relationship between medicinal plants and the human microbiome.
