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Why Do I Focus on Food as an Herbalist? | Sidewalk Chemistry

This is one of the manners in which I love working with the plants the most, because you can make your medicine literal tastiness (I don't like to subject myself or anyone else to yucky spoonfuls, hard-to-swallow pills, or any other uncomfortable ways towards healing). Also, this way is an easy way to encourage others into self-care. 

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or temu haul

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Green Fruit Platter (Vegan)

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"Traditionally, there is a particular flower associated with each of the four seasons. The peony is connected to spring because that’s typically when it’s in bloom. Summer is connected to the lotus, fall to the chrysanthemum, and winter to the plum blossom. In Asian culture and in feng shui, we look at time and nature as cyclical, like a wheel, and these four flowers are often depicted together to show the whole cycle of the year through the four seasons."

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"The Japanese word Mottanai is used to express regret over a resource or possession being wasted. It loosely translates to “What a waste”, and describes an attitude of trying to avoid being wasteful as much as we can. It is rooted in Japanese Buddhist philosophy that holds that we should respect and feel great gratitude towards our world and all the resources it gives us. Some people say it also has connections to the Shinto belief that objects have souls and therefore should be treated with respect. And the best way to show respect is by not wasting them.

Besides being a spiritual idea, Mottainai has clear practical implications as well. From not leaving even a single grain of rice in a plate, using all parts of an animal or vegetable for cooking, repairing clothes instead of buying new ones, repurposing and upcycling old objects and giving them new life to keep using older technology while they still function instead of upgrading, there are a million ways we can do to ensure we are using resources as efficiently as possible."

{Mottainai: An Eco-Conscious Japanese Lifestyle Concept}