It’s part of the mint family and can help alleviate digestive symptoms, balance mood, or be used to cook with–for example as a marinade in salad dressing. “Lemon balm is a garden herb that I’ve found grows wild here in WNY. “I love incorporating medicinal plants into cooking, whether eating the leaves in a salad or adding the root of a plant into a soup or tea.” Some of her favorites that offer healing benefits include, lemon balm, peppermint, and dandelion root. Sorci says she is asked all the time how she uses plants to promote personal health. “Becoming an herbalist is the perfect combination of natural gardening and permaculture, forest ecology, counseling skills, anatomy/physiology, nutrition, world culture, botany, and chemistry all rolled into one,” states Sorci. A graduate from Denison University in 2007 with a Bachelors in Environmental Studies/Sustainable Development, Sarah went on to obtain certification as a graduate of the Holistic Herbalism program at the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine. Sarah Sorci, of Sweet Flag Herbs in Buffalo NY, says, “There are so many plants right in our own backyard that can heal or promote health.” Sorci has a passion to foster deeper connections with plants, especially medicinal and edible plants in our local ecosystem, and enhance individual well being and environmental sustainability. For example, they may help stabilize each other, enhance each other, or modify the impact of certain elements. Using the whole plant or whole plant extract, influence how each of the plants work, offering several different ways they may work in synergy. While it has taken some time to gain popularity again in mainstream medicine, there has been renewed interest in plant-based medicine due to evidence-based support of wellness.Ī living plant is a complex system with hundreds of interacting chemicals, balancing each plant’s strengths– creating a greater impact than the effect of consuming isolated components. In the early 1900s, American doctors commonly used naturopathy, homeopathy, and other holistic practices to help alleviate or combat certain ailments and diseases. Herbs are an important tool in conventional medicine throughout Europe, Asia, and India, and have been used since the 1800’s. Across cultures, herbal medicine is a part of our human heritage.
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