Who we are, What we do!

We’ve noticed a ton of new students & followers recently and wanted to do a ‘welcome’ message with a bit about our school and what we’re about for those of you finding out about us for the first time! Herbal Medics was founded by Sam Coffman in 2007 as The Human Path, and over the […]

Sweater Weather … eventually. An Iced herbal cider recipe.

the glass changes seasons while you hold it. You pour cold, bright, herb-infused cider over elder flower ice cubes. The first sip is summer — crisp apple, lemony, a little green. Then the cubes start melting and that muscat-floral elder flower creeps in, and by the bottom of the glass the whole thing has gone […]

Everything in its right place.

March 2024, around 430 am, Taos NM. The car heater hadn’t caught up with the pre-dawn chill of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as I headed out for one of my clinical rotations in nursing school. Exhausted, I ran through my daily list of what papers needed to be written, what clinical reports had to […]

Unlocking the Power of Prickly Lettuce: Lactucarium in its full medicinal force

From personal discovery to clinical application: why the traditional extraction methods just aren’t cutting it Almost 35 years ago, when I first stumbled upon wild lettuce (Lactuca serriola mostly at that time) growing abundantly around me everywhere in Colorado, I had no idea it would become one of my most valued therapeutic allies one day […]

Cordyceps – amazing medicine, but how to work with it?

What is Cordyceps? Cordyceps is a very well-known and popular mushroom throughout the world. It has become one of those buzzword nutraceutical marketing fads in the USA. Numerous supplements and various types of preparations of this mushroom are available online and in health food and nutrition stores everywhere. Most of the hype is real, in my opinion, […]