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A trip to the pharmacy is, let’s be honest, kind of a drag. You wait in line. You give your name. You watch them rifle through the bags. If you’re lucky, they have your prescription ready. You pay, and you’re done. On a good day, you might get a half-smile and a muttered, ‘hello,’ from your pharmacist. It wasn’t always this way. Before the modern-day pharmacy, there was the bygone era of the apothecary. And before pharmacists were relegated to their roles as rubber-stampers of doctor-prescribed medicines, there were herbalists who used their encyclopedic botanical knowledge to create and dispense hand-crafted remedies. Well, what’s old is new again. The Signal’s Aaron Henkin has the story… Upcoming community education events with Oherbals herbalist Olivia Fite: KITCHEN MEDICINE A one-hour class on how to use food as medicine & medicine as food Saturday, November 9th MESH Baltimore Skill Share event 1-4pm Christ Lutheran Church 701 S. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21230 KITCHEN MEDICINE Learn self-care techniques with the contents of your kitchen Thursday, November 14th, 7 - 8:30pm Pivot Point Office 2501 Manhattan Ave. Baltimore, MD 21215 HERBAL DIGESTIFS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Sunday, November 24th, 2-4pm The O Herbals Apothecary 1903 E. Pratt St. 21231