Hawthorn is a “keystone” species in the western United States and elsewhere. Learning how this tree’s different growth habits reflect the places she grows and affect the people who engage her energy shows us how different kinds of “magic” happens…

Five key mechanisms dynamically influence the vitalistic-energetic therapeutics of medicinal and aromatic plants: their antioxidant, antimutagenic and neuroprotective activities (TCM Water); the hormetic and immunogenetic properties of their secondary metabolites (TCM Wood); their sensory and hedonic effects (Metal); their neuromodulating…