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The HPA Axis Part 2: Chronic Stress, Cortisol, and Autoimmunity (opens the original)
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Welcome to Part 2 of our HPA-axis series!When I started planning this series, I thought we might spend some time looking at all the different body systems the HPA axis manages to get its little hands into. And we still might! But as I was working through the research, something else tickled my fancy: the common belief that chronic stress can cause autoimmune disease.If you’ve spent any amount of time in wellness spaces, you’ve probably heard some version of this. Stress causes inflammation. Chro
Field Notes #14: Inside an Adaptogen’s HPA-Axis Mechanism (opens the original)
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BONUS SURPRISE FIELD NOTES TO HOLD YOU OVER UNTIL PART 2 COMES OUT!Hey all!My dad is in town visiting from Florida, so I’ve been spending time with him this week and haven’t had quite enough time to sit down and properly write Part 2 of our HPA-axis series yet. It’s coming next week, I promise!BUT, the planets aligned and my doctoral coursework handed me the perfect little Field Notes to hold us over in the meantime :)As you may have noticed by now, I tend to pair what I’m writing about here wit
The HPA Axis Part 1: How the Stress Response Works (opens the original)
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Welcome, class!If you’ve subscribed to my little side quest, The Herbal Academic, you probably knew this one was coming. Today, I want to give you guys an overview of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, better known as the HPA axis.Physiologically, the HPA axis helps coordinate our stress response, and in the herbal world, it has become pretty intertwined with conversations about adaptogens, cortisol, and “adrenal support.”We’ll get to the herbs, I pinky promise.As I started putting this ar
June '26 AMA (4 of 5): Dandelion, Yellow Dock, and Chronic Constipation (opens the original)
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Welcome to the June 2026 AMA answers! (…yes, it’s September and I’m still working through JUNE!? I’m behind, y’all, I’m behind!)The AMA is not, and never will be, a replacement for a consultation. I cannot and will not answer personal or individualized health questions. Where a question is specific to one person, I’ll answer the general version of it instead.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcd
Field Notes #13: What Does “Antiviral” Mean in Herbal Medicine? (opens the original)
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Hi! I have a surprise Field Notes for you today! This one exists because after completing my pieces on Long Covid and EBV, I’ve been working on an antiviral guide for The Library and I realized... I don’t think I’ve ever covered viruses as a general topic?! So, this is IT!It doesn’t make sense for me to tell you, “Hey, X herb was shown to work on the viral envelope!” without explaining what the heck a viral envelope even is. Sounds like a cute piece of stationery... it is not.And don
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