Apotthecary
For the past several years, nearly all my time has gone into researching and writing Nature’s Forgotten Ways to Wellbeing, leaving little time to develop other products for the shop. This will be the second edition of my book. The first was printed in a very small quantity, and all the copies went almost immediately to friends who were very interested in it.
Nature's Forgotten Ways to Wellbeing — Herbal Medicine for the Human Microbiome
What is this book about?
Your gut. Or rather, the vast invisible workforce living in it — hundreds of microbial species cooking, cleaning, guarding and repairing, every hour of your life. For most of human history we fed them well without even knowing they were there. Then everything became a capsule, and the everyday relationship with medicinal plants quietly disappeared. This book brings it back.
Is it science, or tradition?
Both — and that is the whole point. It was written by a registered medical herbalist, with the microbiome science reviewed by a molecular biologist. What tradition always knew and what research now confirms turn out to be the same knowledge, arriving from two directions. The old uses were right; the science now shows why.
Will I actually be able to use it?
Yes — that is what it was written for. Inside are the herbs, the ferments, the infusions, the recipes, the small kitchen rituals that ask almost nothing and quietly give back a great deal. Everything can be made with an ordinary kitchen and a willingness to use it.
Is this another wellness trend?
No. There is nothing fashionable in these pages, and nothing promised that a plant cannot honestly deliver. Just the oldest partnership in human health — you, your plants, and the trillions of workers within — waiting to be remembered.
