Herb Nerds Blog

Seasonal Affective Disorder can push even habitually happy people into a moody funk, and can send a depressed person even deeper into the dark limi...

Emotional Freedom Technique (also called EFT, or tapping) is a psychological acupressure technique developed by Gary Craig. It utilizes acupressure...

Scientists and creationists agree on one thing—plants have been around longer than we have. During that time, they have adapted to an amazing varie...

Modern daily life is challenging, with many factors out of your control. But the atmosphere you maintain in your home and workplace can either add ...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “You can achieve anything you set your mind to?” Manifesting is intentionally creating something you want through a...

For the 2021 Almanac, I wrote an article on Manifesting (January in our 2020 Almanac). But it can be hard to manifest all of your dreams and desire...

Chakra (chuck-ra) is a Sanskrit word that translates to "wheel." Chakras are energy centers within the body that govern the distribution and flow o...

Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, has been a part of Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years and employs techniques and medicinal practices f...

Most Americans have an unhealthy diet full of fast food, simple carbs, sugar, soda, alcohol, coffee, meat, and dairy that is severely lacking in a ...

Politics are like the weather—people like to complain a lot, but they hardly ever do anything about it! Luckily, politics is slightly easier to cha...

I wish there was a way to get kids to  eat  every  vegetable,  but  it's difficult. There is, however, a way to get most kids to  eat  7  of  fruit...

In 2013, I graduated from grad school and was looking to begin my career in writing or teaching. More importantly, I had a terrier named Baxter who...