How demulcent herbs save us from hot, dry inflammation  As Spring emerges with her bouquets of pollen, there seem to be two main kinds of seasonal allergy sufferers: the runny, drippy, puffy folks, and the dry, scratchy, hot folks The runny, drippy, puffy folks we will have to save for another time- since the herbal action we are about to discuss is more likely to intensify these symptoms than ease them. Today we're looking at the dry, scratchy, hot folks. This may still come

Here at Spirit Haus Botanicals, We don't subscribe to the notion of oil-free skincare. Here's why: Soaps and other lathering cleansers can strip our skin of the oil that it naturally produces, leaving our largest organ to try and repair itself. Each time we strip the oil away, our skin over-compensates for the lack of protection by creating even more oil than is necessary. This puts us in a cycle of being tight and dry, followed by an oil slick. But if we provide healthy oil