As a young child growing up in Appalachia, specifically southeastern Ohio on the border of Kentucky and West Virginia, I remember my great-grandmother relying on herbs and plants as medicinals.
She was a religious woman and combined prayer with her knowledge of herbs to treat her own ailments as well as the medical discomforts of loved ones.
Looking back, I admire her knowledge, success and faith and one of my life goals is to study herbal medicinals and create my own apothecary.
I will be sharing what I learn here with the hope that together, we can explore the invaluable curing elements plants and herbs provide.