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Just a little reminder as you start your week 🌿
With gratitude,
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Periwinkle (Vinca spp.) may be small, but it carries a long history of medicinal and folkloric use. Traditionally, it’s been used to support circulation and brain health, thanks to compounds like vincamine, known to increase blood flow to the brain. 💡🌿
While I don’t recommend using this plant internally without expert guidance (some compounds can be toxic in large doses), it’s a beautiful example of how nature holds both power and mystery. Periwinkle reminds us that even the most delicate-looking plants can be potent allies when understood deeply.
Have you ever worked with periwinkle or grown it in your garden?
Thank you for walking the plant path with me,
Christopher Hobbs 🌿
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The fragrant butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) is beloved for its ability to draw in butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds 🦋—but did you know it also has a history of use in traditional Chinese medicine?
In TCM, the flower buds (known as Mi Meng Hua) have been used to support eye health, soothe inflammation, and gently clear heat.
Do you have butterfly bush growing near you?
Thank you for walking the plant path with me 🌿
Christopher Hobbs
#butterflybush #buddleja #pollinatorgarden #herbalistlife #plantwisdom #GardeningWithIntention #wildflowers #botanicallearning #christopherhobbs #herbalsimplicity #healingplants #gardenmedicine #plantlover #NatureWisdom #pollinatorlove ... See MoreSee Less
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Elderberries have long been a trusted ally in traditional herbal medicine. 🌿
Elderberries (Sambucus spp.) are rich in flavonoids and anthocyanins that support the immune system and help the body respond to seasonal infections. Traditionally, they’ve been used to shorten the duration of colds and flu, ease inflammation, and support overall resilience.
It’s important to note that elderberries should always be cooked before consuming—raw berries and stems can be mildly toxic.
This is one of my favorite plant allies to work with this time of year.
Have you ever made your own elderberry syrup?
Christopher Hobbs
#elderberrysyrup #herbalmedicine #wildcraftedherbs #plantwisdom #folkremedies #immunesupport #foragedfood #seasonalherbalism #christopherhobbs #elderberrybenefits #herbaltradition #naturalimmunity ... See MoreSee Less
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Take time to wander among the many fragrant colored roses and enhale deeply again and again. Each color and fragrance holds a different and subtle story of the promise of love.🌹
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Christopher Hobbs
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When I was young, my mother told me, “always remember to stop and smell the roses.” Thus, I always slow down and linger there, whether a single rose or a fantastic garden of rosely delights. When inhaling each smell and color, it is as if my mother’s abiding love springs up in me anew.
As I wander through a garden of roses and take a precious moment to savor the colors, the perfection of form, and the always surprising fragrances, each different in it’s own way, the memory of past delights, and the very love of life in it’s many forms come rushing through me, until I can hold no more.
Have you ever taken the time to wander among the roses in the garden? If you close your eyes and inhale deeply of each one, it is as if each color, whether white, yellow, multi-colored hue, purple or red each have their own fragrance. Each one brings forth different feelings, it is an experience unique unto itself.
With gratitude 🌹
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🌿 Meet Mahonia aquifolium, better known as Oregon grape root — a powerful native plant of the Pacific Northwest, with deep golden roots and equally deep healing potential.
This bitter, antimicrobial root has long been used by Indigenous peoples and herbalists to support the liver, digestion, skin, and immune system. Rich in berberine, it acts as a botanical ally for clearing heat, cooling inflammation, and defending the body against unwanted microbes.
I often reach for Oregon grape root when the liver needs gentle stimulation, digestion is sluggish, or the skin is expressing deeper internal imbalances.
🟡 Bitters like this aren’t always sweet, but they are some of our most profound teachers — guiding the body back toward balance through stimulation, detoxification, and resilience.
📚 You’ll find Oregon grape featured in both Western and traditional herbal traditions, often as a gentler alternative to goldenseal — and one that’s more ecologically sustainable.
Have you worked with this brilliant root?
Thank you for walking the plant path with me,
Christopher Hobbs
#oregongraperoot #mahoniaaquifolium #plantbitters #liversupport #digestiveherbs #skinhealth #berberine #herbalism #plantmedicine #herbalremedies #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalmedicine #christopherhobbs ... See MoreSee Less
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