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    Tag:  herbal medicine

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    Natural health product sales increase during COVID

    Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by Jessica Wakeman

    The COVID-19 pandemic prompted more people to focus on their health, and the city’s many natural products stores rose to the occasion.

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    Eight Owls Farmstead provides workshops, weight loss through farming

    Posted on November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 by Eliza Stokes

    Rain Parker and her partner Temica Ferguson collectively lost 225 pounds through healthy eating and homesteading on their land in Rosman. They transformed their property, which was a foreclosure with mostly barren land, into an active homestead and site of community wellness and educational opportunities.

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    Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference will draw more than 1,000 to Black Mountain

    Posted on October 11, 2016October 10, 2016 by Emily Nichols

    Southeast Wise Women, a woman-owned and -operated business, will sponsor its twelfth annual herbal conference at Lake Eden in Black Mountain Oct. 14-16.

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    APPALACHIAN GROWN: Dr. Hassan Amjad, right, shows a Franklinia tea tree to Peter Hues. “In many cases, herbal medicines are superior to pharmaceuticals, without side effects, and far less expensive for the patient,” says Amjad. Photo courtesy of Jafary Academy

    June 24 conference highlights Appalachia­n folk medicine’s patchwork quilt of traditions

    Posted on June 14, 2016June 13, 2016 by Cathy Holt

    “Beyond Slippery Elm and Buzzard Grease: A Guide to Folk Medicine of Appalachia,” a half-day conference at MAHEC on June 24, will highlight Appalachian folk medicine traditions and practices.

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    SE Wise Women Herbal Conference offers recipe for well-being

    Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Lisa

    There’s something for every woman at this annual gathering, participants say. Many women make it a point to attend the event each year, because it makes them feel nourished and empowered.

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    Asheville’s ‘wellness block’ creates synergisti­c community

    Posted on October 1, 2015October 4, 2015 by Emily Nichols

    Activated by the opening of a yoga studio, a ‘wellness block’ of like-minded businesses has sprung up in South Liberty Street area, creating a wellness-oriented community.

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    Wise Women notebook, part 2: ‘Unwinding Stress’ with Jessica Godino

    Posted on October 15, 2014May 25, 2015 by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt

    The root cause of many chronic health issues, says local acupunturist and herbalist Jessica Godino, boils down to stress (and far too much of it at that).

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    Herbal conference celebrates woman-centered wisdom

    Posted on October 6, 2014October 8, 2014 by Lea McLellan

    WHAT: Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference WHERE: Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain WHEN: Friday-Sunday, Oct. 10-12 Bound by shared womanhood and a passion for natural healing, more than 1,000 women will gather in Black Mountain for the 10th annual Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference. Over the past decade, the event has grown to become the […]

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    Homegrown medicine: It’s not too late to enjoy the benefits of backyard medicinal herbs

    Posted on July 23, 2014July 26, 2014 by Jacqui Castle

    We are lucky enough to live in an area of the country where several medicinal herbs are native to our region and can be found growing wildly all around us. But what medicinal herbs, native or otherwise, grow well here in the Blue Ridge Mountains? The answer is … countless. So let’s start with some […]

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    Elderberry: The magical and mountain-loving shrub

    Elderberry­: The magical and mountain-loving shrub

    Posted on August 27, 2011April 6, 2014 by Webmaster

    Every year there’s a new fashionable herb on the market. It’s always some exotic thing that comes from afar with a foreign sounding name and a miracle cure.

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