INTERVIEW with Erin of Herb Folk Medicine - Root + Bones

INTERVIEW with Erin of Herb Folk Medicine

Erin Masako Wilkins is an Asian American herbalist and acupuncturist who has been practicing for over a decade, specializing in Traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. By tapping into her own ancestral healing traditions, she aims to empower others...
Fertility Superfoods in TCM - Root + Bones

Fertility Superfoods in TCM

Whether you’re hoping to conceive or simply want to support one of TCM’s “vital signs,” there are plenty of medicinal foods and herbs you can integrate to help enhance fertility. Seen as a sign of...
New Blend: Warrior - Root + Bones

New Blend: Warrior

The second of our new products launching soon was specifically formulated to support the men out there in being well-resourced to embody their full power. Supportive for overall health, athletic vigor, endurance, and sexual health,...
New Blend: Nurture for Postpartum - Root + Bones

New Blend: Nurture for Postpartum

We are so excited to finally share that we have two new blends coming soon, one of which is called NURTURE. This formula combines classical Taoist herbs traditionally enlisted to support women’s vitality, nourish the...
Taoist Bedroom Secrets - Root + Bones

Taoist Bedroom Secrets

Taoism is an ancient spiritual and philosophical tradition of Chinese medicine that prioritizes harmonious living with the Tao, or the ways of the universe, and the sexual techniques contained within are premised upon the cultivation...
Facial Cupping for Beauty and Release - Root + Bones

Facial Cupping for Beauty and Release

Cupping is one of the oldest, most ubiquitous alternative therapies the world over, and applying this technique to facial massage offers a wide variety of benefits—for beauty and beyond. Because TCM views the whole body...
Tremella Cucumber Limeade Recipe - Root + Bones

Tremella Cucumber Limeade Recipe

Summertime calls for refreshing and truly hydrating elixirs that nourish our bodies and feed our cells! This cooling recipe helps calm the agitation that can come from excess heat, reawakens the senses, and has a...
The Five Elements: Summer, Fire, and the Heart - Root + Bones

The Five Elements: Summer, Fire, and the Heart

A central feature of TCM cosmology is The Five Elements framework, which expands upon the cyclical interplay of Yin and Yang. Each element – Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water – represents a specific season,...
Interview with Dennis von Elgg - Root + Bones

Interview with Dennis von Elgg

Dennis von Elgg is a leading Bay Area acupuncturist, renowned practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and an instrumental professor at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, where I was fortunate enough to learn...