A trip to the pharmacy is, let’s be honest, kind of a drag.  You wait in line.  You give your name.  You watch them rifle through the bags. If you’re lucky, they have your prescription ready.  You pay, and you’re done.  On a good day, you might get a half-smile and a muttered, ‘hello,’ from your pharmacist.  It wasn’t always this way.  Before the modern-day pharmacy, there was the bygone era of the apothecary.  And before pharmacists were relegated to their roles as rubber-stampers of doctor-prescribed medicines, there were herbalists who used their encyclopedic botanical knowledge to create and dispense hand-crafted remedies.  Well, what’s old is new again.  The Signal’s Aaron Henkin has the story…

Upcoming community education events with Oherbals herbalist Olivia Fite:

KITCHEN MEDICINE

A one-hour class on how to use food as medicine & medicine as food

Saturday, November 9th

MESH Baltimore Skill Share event 1-4pm

Christ Lutheran Church

701 S. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21230

KITCHEN MEDICINE

Learn self-care techniques with the contents of your kitchen  

Thursday, November 14th, 7 - 8:30pm

Pivot Point Office

2501 Manhattan Ave. Baltimore, MD 21215

HERBAL DIGESTIFS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

Sunday, November 24th, 2-4pm

The O Herbals Apothecary

1903 E. Pratt St. 21231