by Jessie Cross | Jun 18, 2025 | Plant Medicine, Summer Solstice
Summer Herbs to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit Oh my goodness, what a delicious time of year! I drink herbal tea (hot and iced) all year—not just in the cold months. I put these brews together to align with the summer solstice, though really, they’re amazing...
by Jessie Cross | Apr 17, 2025 | Meditation, Plant Medicine
Why Connect with the Spirit of Teasel? Teasel isn’t a plant that whispers. It stands tall, spiny, and sovereign. It’s unmistakable in the landscape and unforgettable in its energetic medicine. Underneath its armored appearance lies a deep intelligence....
by Jessie Cross | Apr 17, 2025 | Plant Medicine
Just set up some teasel root tincture today, and thought I would take a deep dive into the herb for you. After our move this winter, it’s exactly the medicine I need right now. On top of all the amazing physical medicine this plant offers, energetically, it...
by Jessie Cross | Apr 7, 2025 | Elemental, Energy Medicine, Plant Medicine
You Are What You Eat: The Kitchen As Your Cauldron Crazy times right now, ya? How can you shake off some of that energetic chaos and congestion and feel more grounded and balanced? It doesn’t have to be complicated. Like with most things, here’s my...
by Jessie Cross | Mar 25, 2025 | Plant Medicine, Spring Equinox
Growing your own medicinal plants from seed at home is practical, empowering, and deeply nourishing—physically, spiritually, and emotionally. (I mean, as an herbalist, what would you expect me to say?) Here are 20 medicinal plants that are easy to grow from seed at...
by Jessie Cross | Mar 23, 2025 | Celebrations, Plant Medicine, Ritual, Spring Equinox
Spring has long been a time for witches and other magical folk to perform rituals that honor the season’s energies of rebirth and transformation. That means embracing new beginnings, clearing away old energies, and planting the seeds for future growth–in...
by Jessie Cross | Mar 19, 2025 | Plant Medicine, Spring Equinox
What better way to embrace the energy of spring than by incorporating the season’s vibrant, nutrient-dense vegetables into your diet? Here are my top 10 healing spring veggies. Spring vegetables are full of health benefits, packed with vitamins, minerals, and...
by Jessie Cross | Mar 19, 2025 | Plant Medicine, Spring Equinox
Spring is a season of renewal, growth, and fresh beginnings. As you shake off the slowness of winter, it’s an ideal time to cleanse the body, mind, and spirit. Get started with these 7 springtime detox tea recipes. Each detox tea recipe combines botanicals that...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 10, 2024 | Plant Medicine
This medicinal mushroom broth recipe is one of my go-to healing soups for the fall and winter! If you come to our house in the cooler months, I’ll always have a pot of this mushroom broth bubbling on the back burner in the kitchen. (I’m definitely part Hobbit.) This...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 5, 2023 | Plant Medicine
I’m getting over a nasty cold right now! This is my go-to healing soup. I drink cups of it throughout the day, laced with a hefty amount of ground cayenne and good sea salt. It’s warming and soothing, and always helps open me up when I am really congested....
by Jessie Cross | Sep 4, 2023 | Fermentation, Plant Medicine
Fermented honey is ancient medicine and magic that you can make today. In your own kitchen. With just a few ingredients. This Onion Fermented Honey is one of my go-to cough and sore throat home remedies. (Check out my Dragon’s Breath Fermented Chili Honey, which...
by Jessie Cross | Jun 27, 2023 | Fermentation, Plant Medicine
🌶️🍯Dragon’s Breath Fermented Chili Honey recipe!🌶️🍯 It sounds silly, but Summer Solstice is when I start to make medicine for the Fall and Winter. I like to harness and preserve the power of the Sun when it’s at its peak, and make plant medicine to warm up during the...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 3, 2019 | Plant Medicine
All the cozy feels from my nest to yours on this snowy day! I’m snuggled up in my attic office this morning. Candles lit. Little electric stove glowing. Coffee steaming. So my huge coffee mug is filled with strong organic French Roast that’s laced with raw...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 23, 2019 | Plant Medicine
So, I woke up this morning with the beginning of a cold. This elderberry tea is my personal, go-to magic bullet to fight any kind of winter ick. It’s a heady mix of berries, flowers, and herbs that almost always beats a cold if I drink it right when I first...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 18, 2019 | Plant Medicine
Let’s talk about Birch tree meaning! These ethereal tree spirits are easy to spot. Their white, papery bark draws the eye instantly in a landscape of green and brown. It’s long been a ghostly favorite of mine. The Birch (betula pendula) is a sacred tree to...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 1, 2019 | Plant Medicine
Big love to NYC-based Anima Mundi Apothecary for this shipment of magical lucid dreaming herbs. What is lucid dreaming? Simply put, a lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming. This means that you’re “awake” in your...
