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    The Herbal Academy Educating Budding Herbalists

    Jun 09, 2017 4 minutes
    Story by Hannah Kincaid Photos by the Herbal Academy

    I FIRST BECAME interested in plant-based medicine while I was working at a tea shop during college. We sold more than 300 tea blends, and I learned very quickly which teas to recommend to customers who were having trouble digesting a big meal (chamomile), or were needing some help falling asleep (lavender), or were hoping to calm their nerves before a big exam (lemon balm). I loved opening the aromatic tea jars, researching the ingredients, and helping to ease the customers’ minor discomforts. I started reading as many books on herbalism as I could get my hands on, and a few years later, I enrolled in a six-month apprenticeship with a local herbalist.

    My apprenticeship was everything

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