Herbal medicine works.

It’s a deeply insightful, customized approach to wellness that responds to your whole self and meets you exactly where you are.

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Welcome to Psyche & Soma!

I’m Melanie and you’ve arrived at the front door of my complementary medicine practice. I specialize in herbal medicine for women’s health and mental health. Through this website, you can access a wide range of resources including both in-person and distance (phone/FaceTime/Skype) appointments.

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Articles & Inspiration

Healing Foods: Kitcharee

Welcome back to Healing Foods on Friday! I hope you’ve had a beautiful week. I want to start today’s post with a little background about why this healing foods series is so important to me. Food therapies are a vital component of natural...

Deadly Over-the-Counter Medicine?

I’ll never forget the first time I saw my Dad cry. We were in a waiting room at John’s Hopkins Hospital. True to his nature, my Dad struck up a conversation with a man sitting nearby. The man was distraught, exhausted. His body looked...