A workspace with herbal tinctures, dried herbs, and a notebook detailing herbal preparations like tincture, extract, and infusion, surrounded by jars of dried herbs on shelves, a mortar and pestle, a digital scale, and a beaker, near a window with a potted plant.

Apothecary

A place for practical herbalism. Explore materia medica, medicine-making, herbal preparations, formulation notes, and the art of working with plants as medicine. These writings bridge traditional wisdom, modern science, and hands-on experience in the apothecary.

🌿 Notes from the Apothecary
Before the Formula
Before the Formula

Most of the tinctures on my shelves begin as individual preparations called simples. Before a plant becomes part of a formula, I want to understand what it contributes on its own.