Herbal Blog

Skin care cleans up: Bay Area clean beauty brands worth a second look

This article was originally published on Jan. 24, 2020 in the San Francisco Chronicle Culture Desk. By Leilani Marie Labong Anna Hsieh G...

Taking Tinctures, the TCM Secret to Glowing Health

An herbal tincture is a form of relief distilled in alcohol to break down the cell walls and store the bio-active compounds of the plant for a long...

Kristina Holey & Anna Gold on the Arcana Tinctures

Kristina Holey and Anna Gold discuss working together and how their collaboration lead to the creation of Arcana Tinctures.

Ayla Beauty talks to Anna about Demystifying Traditional Chinese Medicine

At its base, TCM is a system based on microcosms. Everything is part of a relationship: each thing found in nature relates to another. And everythi...

Clearing Acne Naturally for Sustained Results

Healing our skin and bodies is a holistic process. Eating a clean diet in addition to taking your medicinal herbs will quicken the time it takes to...

Ashwagandha and Stress Relief

Studies in biomedicine have shown Ashwaganda to lower cortisol levels which contributes to stress, anxiety, insomnia and depression.