by chris marano | Apr 2, 2016 | Herbal Medicine Gardens, Medicinal Herbs
Long before the ‘tiny house movement’ became a trend, there was the Clearpath Herbals’ apothecary building. Affectionately known as the ‘herb shack,’ it boasts a less-than-100-square-foot floor plan. Realtors would call it cozy. Here are a few of my students–...
by chris marano | Mar 20, 2016 | Medicinal Herbs
Processing night-blooming cereus cactus into tincture medicine What would a blog series on night-blooming cactus (Selenicereus grandiflorus) be if I left you hanging and neglected to talk about the last part of the process? That is, turning raw cactus into a potent,...
by chris marano | Feb 12, 2016 | Wildcrafting
Successful wildcrafting mission of valuable medicine We arrived in Florida a few days ago for our short work vacation, and tomorrow we are starting the return trip back northward. The main ‘work’ part of my trip was to wildcraft night-blooming cereus (Selenicereus...
by chris marano | Feb 5, 2016 | Medicinal Herbs
Learn about night-blooming cereus cactus for health and you will discover why discerning herbalists use it I want to tell you more about the medicinal benefits of Selenicereus grandiflorus, the night-blooming cereus cactus. Although it is also called large-flowered...
by chris marano | Feb 2, 2016 | Wildcrafting
A wildcrafting trip likely to yield an abundance of cactus medicine Last month when my Clearpath Herbals apothecary crew and I were doing end-of-year inventory, we noticed that our cactus medicine — night-blooming cereus (Selenicereus grandiflorus) – was...
