About 

What do we offer support with?

 Ruellia Botanicals currently offers herbal consultations to help you take responsibility and action towards replenishing your health! 

We'll take a look at your current dietary intake, day-to-day lifestyle, and body constitution to help you find areas of your life that may be missing the guidance you need to get back to your healthiest self, as well as recommend herbal allies to help support you on your journey.

 We'll also help perform collaborative research into your conditions to empower you to take a deeper look at the root causes. Research includes taking a look at studies, and traditional herbal remedies from your cultural background to help connect you with solutions that are tailored to your body. These are made available to you in a "living" resource/reference/research document!  

 Our community herbalist currently has experience working with:

• Chronic Inflammation 

• Allergies

• Respiratory Illnesses & Asthma 

• Nasal Congestion

• Acute illness

• Anxiety

• Dental Concerns

• Gut Health

• Acute Pain Management

• Support for Gastrointestinal Disorders

Your consultation will give us a chance to recommend ways for you to address acute ailments or help you support your body during its natural healing process, as well as assist in research into other conditions. 

Disclaimer: Consultations are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease nor do they substitute for the advice provided by your medical doctor or other medically licensed healthcare professional. It is important to work with your primary healthcare provider and to inform them of any herbs or supplements you are taking.

Meet Our Community Herbalist & Artist:

 Jay McKinley first became interested in herbal medicine watching their spouse struggle to recover from a botched-impacted wisdom tooth removal surgery. The healing process was horrific and Western medicine just wasn't cutting it (if you've experienced dry sockets...you know). The prescribed painkillers didn't seem to touch the deep-rooted nerve pain or help with the infection, and the healing process seemed never-ending. Their spouse was unable to get adequate support after experiencing medical gaslighting.

 Finally, after extensive research and a trip to the grocery store, they watched their spouse go from constant excruciating pain to being able to sleep and eat, something they had hardly been able to do comfortably in weeks. All because of one herbal ally...Clove! 

After this experience, Jay dove head-first into the wide world of herbalism and plant magic. Becoming a student of herbal medicine through the Herbal Medicine Making program at The Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, completing their Herbal Medicine-Making Certification taught by author, herbalist, and founder Juliet Blankespoor. They are currently continuing their herbal education within the Family Farmacy program through Iwilla Remedy, instructed by head clinical herbalist Selima Harleston Lust. Where they are learning to address common acute family ailments, the basics of anatomy and physiology, and  With an established love for helping others, a background in mutual aid organization, and a passion for creating community-based solutions to systemic problems, Jay continues their work by helping folks of all backgrounds find healing.