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Chaparral, creosote bush, Larrea divaricate and L. tridentata. One of my absolute favorite herbs. The smell reminds me of my teen years spending summers with my grandparents in Southern New Mexico. The moisture from the summer monsoons would release its aromatic and invigorating sent, awaking every cell in my body, and the body of the Earth. Id imagine that the smell would help wake the soil and plants up to be ready to receive the rains so desperately needed on a hot dry day in July. The smell now takes me back to that space inside myself as a budding woman, just staring my long journey into female hood and all the hardships and miracles I would and still endure, it gives me comfort and strength.

Alder bark is one of the most under rated, under used and under researched botanicals, in my opinion. Its traditional usage is found in most parts of the northern hemisphere. From England and Russia to Alaska and New Mexico, Alder Bark has a long history of use, for good reason. It has a powerful ability to cleanse the waters of our bodies. Much like how alder trees cleanse the waters along streams and riparian ecosystems, Alder cleanses our lymph and blood from impurities and stagnant toxins. Alder is cooling and mildly drying in action and is very grounding.