When it comes to the rose plant, it’s usually the lush, full blooms that get all the attention. But just below the sweetest of nature’s eye candy lies the rosehip, a berry-shaped fruit that gives our Face Oil and Body Butter the magic ability to glow up your skin and keep it baby-soft to the…
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Elderberry syrup is delicious, good for you, and a versatile way to incorporate more herbs into your daily routine. We love it by the spoonful, mixed into sparkling water as an herbal tonic, or mixed into hot water with our daily Mab Tab for a tasty herbal boost. Simple yet brimming with benefits, it is…
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While developing our Face Oil and Body Butter, we were looking for an ingredient that would not only create serious glow power, but also leave your skin feeling soothed, healed, and wildly happy. And that’s how Calendula made the cut, the ingredient also known as pot marigold. Native to the Mediterraneand, this herbaceous plant has…
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After months of hiding out at home and merry making for the holidays, we are all about green juice for January. We tailored this recipe to be an ultra hydrating juice for recovery from late nights or when you’re dragging and simply need a boost. Not just good for you, this detoxifying and restorative juice…
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We like to think of antioxidants as nature’s superheroes, here to protect us from the bad guys known as free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, and free radicals, well, they’ve been known to cause all sorts of damage. Kind of a dramatic set up, but really, that’s the tension that exists between the two warring…
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If you haven’t yet noticed, we have a deep love of ginger! We use it in Mab Tabs, make teas with it, add it to soups, spice cocktails with it, and last but not least, we put loads of it in baked goods. These cookies are an ode to ginger in all its spicy goodness.…
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When it comes to modern wellness, ingredients with exotic names and mystical pedigrees are often the ones to make headline status. But amongst the Astragali, Ashwagandhas and Burdocks is the ubiquitous but equally potent Ginger. The knotty, irregular shaped root counts turmeric and cardamom as cousins, part of a family of flowering plants called Zingiberaceae.…
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If you’re a fan of South East Asian cuisine, you’ve probably already crossed paths with a plant admired by Confucious and yogis alike: Centella asiatica, a leafy little herb commonly known as Gotu Kola. Found in our skin-supporting Renew Mab Tabs, brain boosting Focus Mab Tabs and often a star ingredient in our Custom Mab…
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Get familiar with mycologist Paul Stamets’ work and you’ll come across this surprising fact: Humans share almost half the same genetic material as mushrooms, to the point we can contract many of the same viruses. And with such close DNA, he’s also quick to note it’s possible for humans to benefit from the survival structures…
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In the plant world, there are over 500,000 marvels. Among that precious bounty is a unique category of herbs that seems particularly relevant for modern life. They’ve come to be known as “adaptogens” even though many have been foundational medicinal herbs for thousands of years in various cultures. Humans may not be being chased by…
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