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Ultimate Herb Guide: A Journey to Holistic Wellness and Harmony

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How Herbs became my Ultimate Guide In a world filled with synthetic remedies, herbs emerged as my ultimate guide to a more natural and balanced lifestyle. The deep connection I discovered with sacred plants and their unique properties led me to explore their potential for healing and developing natural remedies. Here are four key moments…

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Can You Really Smoke Chocolate … I mean Cacao?

Cacao can be used in an herbal bath, herbal smoking blend, tea and aromatherapy dry blend.

Who would have thought that every corner of a civilized modern metropolitan society, a Coffee Shop would exist offering Hot Chocolate .. that is because Cacao along with its cousin the Coffee bean, has been used by Meso-Americans for millenniums … before any Jesus Christ.

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Is Wild Lettuce a Smokable Herb?

Wild Lettuce can be used as an herbal smoking blend, for an herbal bath, tea and aromatherapy dry blend.

Wild Lettuce was historically smoked as an alternative to using Opium in the 19th century.  The relaxing euphoric feeling makes falling asleep much easier when you smoke, sip, vape or steamed it. Wild Lettuce has a mild sedative effect which makes it great for anxiety. Used as a tea, smoke or tincture to treat insomnia. Medicinal…

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Can You Smoke Skullcap?

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Smoke Skullcap for a calming and relaxing effect to your senses. History of Skullcap Skullcap has been show to treat anxiety and insomnia. A native North American perennial herb of the Lamiaceae (mint) family (View our Skullcap IGTV).  Cherokee smoke skullcap in ceremonies to mark the transition of girls to womanhood. The flowers look like…

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Can You Smoke Marshmallow?

Marshmallow can be used in an herbal bath, herbal smoking blend, tea and aromatherapy dry blend.

If images of roasted marshmallows over a campfire come to mind, your not wrong! The original marshmallow was the root of this plant. Todays marshmallows are all synthetic candies. But the leaf, stem and root of the Marshmallow plant holds a smilier texture along with a mucilaginous consistency. Its botanical name, Althaea officinalis, refers to…

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Can You Smoke Damiana?

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Smoking Damiana has been documented by Spanish Missionaries to Western Clinical scientist. Damiana as a Smoke The first time I met Damiana was on a hot humid day in Costa Rica. It’s small shrub with tiny yellow flowers only grow in Central and South America. Mainly used as a tea by the natives of these…

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Our Top Cannabis Herbal Pairings

Much credit is due to the Cannabis plant for inspiring the formulation of our blends. Raised in NYC, Cannabis was always around me: the streets, the buildings, the friends, the schools and the news. It wasn’t till my late 20’s that I actually stopped calling it “MJ”. During this deeper understanding of the plant kingdom,…

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What is the Legal status of Cannabis/Hemp in NY?

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As the laws concerning Cannabis keep changing and evolving, we dove deep to understand the current **NEW LEGAL STATUS** for New York. The plant Cannabis can be considered one of the most popular plants of the century. To start, Cannabis was used in every medicinal cabinet of America in the late 1800’s. The government even…

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Seshat: Egyptian Cannabis Goddess?

Seshat is the goddess of writing, measurement and the ruler of books. In Egyptian mythology, Seshat was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. According to one myth, it was Seshat who invented writing. Her husband Thoth taught the people to write. Seshat Goddess Seven-Pointed Star Seshat is depicted with a seven-pointed star above the head.¹ Her…

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