All about Mallow!

https://www.facebook.com/basmatidotcom/videos/1538154779602338/   Mallow is a great plant to have in your health and wellness toolbox. And it grows like a weed in many places…so no need to feel guilty harvesting it :)  Check it out in this short...

5 easy plants for your first aid garden

Don’t have a yard? No worries…you can grow these must-have 1st aid plants on a balcony! When I first started studying botanical medicine, I was at work and got a call from my then boyfriend asking which plant in the yard was yarrow.  He had cut his hand...

What’s your tongue telling you? A map to the organs

In Chinese medicine, different parts of the tongue reflect what’s going on in different Organ systems.   In the first 3 parts of this series on the basics of tongue diagnosis, we got into what tongue body color, tongue shape and tongue coat have to say. This article...

Hawthorn!

All about Hawthorn. A gentle yet effective herb I use daily and a powerful plant ally….   https://www.facebook.com/basmatidotcom/videos/1538129646271518/