From the Ground Up
Roots Revival sprouted in 2019 by Melanie Storm. The grassroots herbal project is to bring the healing power of nature back into the medicine cabinets and reconnect people with their roots. Her intention is to awaken the innate healing power by creating plant based products that allow the vital intelligence of plants to support and nourish the bodies natural healing system. Roots Revival is not solely intended to be a symptomatic treatment, for the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, therefore the constituents and energetics of the plants are what make these herbal products a beautiful adversary for wellness in mind, body, and spirit.
The Roots Revival Apothecary is growing and currently you can find teas, tinctures, elixirs, and oxymels for retail. Melanie now offers custom blending of products and will be offering holistic health/intuitive herbalism consultations.
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Melanie Storm
Budding Herbalist, Holistic Health Specialist,
Natural Medicine Enthusiast, Plant Conduit
I am a crunchy mama, wisdom seeker, nature lovin' budding herbalist who gained my Bachelor's in Alternative Medicine through Everglades University, completed level 1 Reiki, and am currently continuing my education via the Evolutionary School of Herbalism's Vitalist Herbal Practitioner program.
My plant path is rooted in my beginnings where I was raised on a hobby farm in the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I was surrounded with large fields and woods having a wide exposure to nature. I loved how alive nature made me feel; the smell of the pines, the touch of the grass, sparking my curiosity about the different sprouts and shoots, sampling various random plants which I much later came to identify as red clovers, dog tooth violets, and horsemint. My mother was an avid alternative health follower, so growing up it was common for us to be on parasite cleanses, go to the chiropractor, and have an herbal vitamin or remedy for most of our health issues.
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When I became a young mum I started reconnecting with those roots as I saw the broken medical system, the failing health of the country thus realizing the vital importance of holistic living and healthcare. Our diet cleaned up and our medicine cabinet was cleaned out of the typical OTCs of an average American and I started replacing them with Essential Oils, Tinctures, and other natural remedies. When my children were sick, I did my research and started doctoring them at home as I felt most common symptoms are easily treatable at home. When my daughter had terrible reactions to bee stings I would make up a turmeric paste and alternate it with lavender to bring the swelling down. I then came across the opportunity to really expand my learning through a Bachelor's in Alternative Medicine program which taught me about everything from Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine to Nutrition and Homeopathy. This past year my plant calling led me to an amazing Holistic Herbalism program, the Vitalist Herbal Practictioner course taught by the stellar herbalist Sajah at the Evolutionary School of Herbalism. This wisdom is only further deepening my love and connection with nature and her medicine, and I am so honored to share this with my community.
Photo credits::Janelle Elaine Photography
Honored to have the beautiful spirit Janelle capture some wonderful professional branding pictures you will see throughout the site. Please visit her website to learn more, and as always please do not download her work without written consent!