While most people associate Argentina with futbol, steak, Malbec and the tango, one of the country’s most beloved culinary traditions deserves recognition for another reason entirely- it’s packed with medicinal herbs. Here is my mother’s Chimichurri recipe.

In Ayurveda, the ancient system of medicine from India, summer is associated with what’s called Pitta—the energy of heat, intensity, and transformation. We experience Pitta externally through hot weather and stronger sun, but also internally through things like inflammation, irritability, overstimulation, skin flare-ups, acid reflux, disrupted sleep, or simply feeling more reactive than usual.

Summer is less about pushing and more about cooling, softening, and conserving energy where we can.

As soon as the weather warms, the messaging begins—cleanse, reset, detox. Juices are pressed, coffee is cut, and meals become smaller, lighter, and stricter. For a moment, it feels good. There’s a sense of control, of starting fresh. We are told spring cleaning isn’t only for our homes; we need to do this with our bodies too. But is this a mismatch for the season?

In Ayurveda, we don’t see allergies as random or purely environmental. They’re understood as an imbalance, specifically an aggravation of one of the three foundational energies.

A grad school review of a Feverfew clinical trial.

The goal of the study was to answer the question of whether or not Feverfew is clinically effective in migraine and arthritis relief. There was a proposed mechanism of action, but no trials to refer to for proof of efficacy, so this trial set out to do that.

Confidence doesn’t always arrive with a bold entrance. Sometimes, it builds quietly, step by step, as we show up for ourselves day after day.

Tonic herbs play a valuable role in keeping people in peak health and vitality, offering gentle yet powerful preventative support.

This is especially relevant today, considering that nearly half of annual mortality in America results from heart and blood vessel diseases. Cardio-tonic remedies offer a tremendous advantage in the prevention and support of degenerative heart conditions.