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Hawthorne: Symbolism and Recipe

Hawthorne: Symbolism and Recipe

Before churches, pagan peoples of Europe worshiped and created ceremony outdoors, making living altars around trees. Hawthorne trees were one of th...

Elderberry Syrup Recipe

Elderberry syrup is a staple to keep in your fridge during the winter months. Whip up a batch of this and Fire Cider, and you’ll be well-stocked fo...

Scarlet Sage Beautiful Body Oil Recipe

This is Beautiful Body Oil is lightly scented, and good for sensitive skin.

Fire Cider Recipe - Super Immune Edition

Fire Cider is still one of the most profound remedies for people to have in their kitchen pharmacy. It's an easy, understandable herbal formula th...

Herbs and food for smoke inhalation at Scarlet Sage

Lung Repair + Protection Syrup

As we are grieving the loss of so many loved ones at this time. The California fires have given us a time to look at what we have lost, and wha...

Allergy Relief with Centuries Old Plants

Written by Matt Opatrny and Caleb Knox Itchy and watery eyes, runny nose, rashes, inflammation. Sound familiar? Millions of us are affected by the...

Demystifying Essential Oils with Veriditas by Pranarôm

The amount of information about essential oils in the world is baffling. Here is a wonderful interview by the head educator at Veriditas by Pranarô...

herbs for smoke inhalation and lung protection - scarlet sage

Fire Support: Herbs for Lungs and Trauma

My heart is heavy for all of those affected by the current Northern California Fires. Heavy. Close friends have lost their homes, many have eva...

Self-Love Bath Salt for the Empowered Woman

We live in uncertain times. Uncertainty can invite stress we do not need in our already busy lives. We have children to nurture, careers to hone,...

How to brew herbal tea- Scarlet Sage San Francisco

How to Make A Herbal Tea

Tea is not for the light-hearted. Making tea should be easy, but making herbal tea if you are using herbs as medicine is a different story. The t...

Fertility is Fun with Ashwagandha Hot Chocolate

(edited from the original post by The Urban Herbalist on 10/10/2012) For those of you who are trying to conceive, or thinking at some point it m...

Bones + Herbs = Beauty

There are numerous health trends that are coming into fad from antiquity: turmeric, bitters, a paleo diet, farm-to-table dining, to name a few. B...

Why Rose Loves Your Skin

Rose has been touted for centuries for it’s beauty invigorating qualities. It is well-known that Cleopatra used Rose Water on her skin to keep he...