Megan Stypulkoski

Herbalist, Artist, Food Nerd

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My Philosophy

I don’t know what came first, my love of food or my love of plants. I don’t think it really matters, though, because they both go hand-in-hand and have persisted, and co-mingled, throughout my life thus far. 

I believe that sovereignty does not just come from access to healthy, sustainable, and culturally appropriate foods. It also comes from access to safe and effective remedies for a healthy and balanced life. When we practice herbalism, we practice an ancient and empirical tradition that emphasizes the body’s own ability to heal, but we cannot isolate the health of the individual from the health of the environment. As an herbalist, my duty is to not just assist others on their path to wellness, but to advocate for a better future that is more sustainable and equitable for humans and planet alike.

In our modern world, we have the ability to draw from many herbal traditions and from science to create a well rounded, integrative approach. I am constantly learning more about herbalism, cultural competency, and social justice to be the best herbalist I can be.

My Education:

I have been studying herbalism since my late teens and began my formal studies as a college student studying ecology and plant biochemistry in southern Vermont. I was fortunate that the instructor of biology and chemistry labs, Allison Turner, was a trained herbalist who had her PhD in Pharmacogonosy. As a student, my interests focused on plant secondary metabolism and how these chemicals influence every relationship a plant has within its environment and their implications for the human body.

After college, I began more herbal-focused studies independently, online, and at conferences. Over time, I began to incorporate spiritual philosophy into my studies, as science, though vital, cannot teach us how to make sense of our world on its own.

Currently, I am training at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies to develop skillful clinical practice, and I study Buddhist philosophy under Feng Xiao Liu, owner of Sinofilia Tea Shop.

To schedule an intake, please contact me. I operate on a sliding scale basis.


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It’s a beautiful day for some tea! 🌞
There may still be ice, but we also saw snow drops blooming 🥰
Butterfly Wings is back in stock @sinofiliateashop! Come by this week to pick up a bag 🫖 🦋 it’s been going fast 🥰
Something about sunny days following snow storm make me eager for spring 🌷 I’m excited for a second year of market vending and working on my garden.
This book is a whirlwind, transporting through time and space at a dizzying rate to tell the stories of our most important cuisines. “Food and medicine formed a continuum everywhere in the ancient world,” writes Laudan as she highlights the importance that medicine, spirituality, and cosmology had on ancient cuisines. Of course, this is a mere section of an ambitious book. The most constant thing in world cuisines since agriculture began to dominate? Power and class disparity determine who will feast on the fruits of agriculture and who will toil over the earth in poverty to feed entire civilizations.
I have been totally shirking on here! Without a garden and markets, I feel like there’s not much to post about - which is silly, since we’re still open at @sinofiliateashop (except on snowstorm days) and online. I’ll try to do better 🤗
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