We believe in the power of natural medicine to treat the roots of disease & support your innate healing capacity.

You’re probably here because you, someone you love, or your patients have been affected by Lyme or a Lyme-like chronic illness. After trying so many different things to heal yourself, or them, you’re exhausted and confused. The Western medical approach by itself isn’t working. Uprooting Lyme’s Founder, Hillary Thing, understands.

Her husband was infected with Lyme disease 10 months after they were married. Two weeks later, their home was struck by lightning that set the whole house on fire. Both events spawned a long and stressful journey, but out of the char and rubble of body and home rose a new way of treating Lyme.

Uprooting Lyme is the result of two decades of Hillary’s research and clinical experience using holistic and natural strategies to heal complex health problems – including cancer, Lyme, chronic infection, and chronic inflammatory disease.

If you or people you care about are struggling with Lyme or Lyme-like disease, it may feel like the house has burned to the ground and there’s nowhere to turn for answers or comfort. Uprooting Lyme will give you the tools and support you need to rebuild your body, mind, and spirit.

For over twenty years, I’ve treated Lyme and complex chronic disease with Classical Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture and herbal medicine, and a range of clinically validated holistic techniques. I also use a broad range of cleansing practices based on a regimen I created for myself which had a huge impact on my health: It nearly eliminated all Bartonella symptoms and resulted in the natural pregnancy and birth of my second child at the age of 42.

My mission is to provide access to holistic, natural tools to recover from Lyme and complex chronic illness to as many people as possible. Consequently, in addition to treating patients and training holistic practitioners with these techniques, I speak at conferences, community gatherings, and schools across the country.

I admit it: I’m kind of a geek when it comes to solving mysteries. When I was growing up, my father advised me, “Never go anywhere without a book.” I think I’ve carried that wisdom with me as I’m constantly seeking new knowledge and insights to help my patients, my family, and myself to live our best lives. To relax, I spend time in my garden and love being outdoors with my two daughters and husband.

It is an honor to help others on their healing journey. I am a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild (RH, AHG), digestive and hormone educator, and midlife mentor with more than 20 years of clinical experience and over 30 years of study and experience with herbal medicine.

My approach blends traditional Western herbalism with Traditional Chinese Medicine energetics and herbs, along with nutritional support, digestive health, mineral balancing, nervous system support, and practical lifestyle strategies. I believe deeply in the wisdom of traditional herbal medicine, while also drawing from modern research and functional approaches to help make sense of complex health patterns.

My work with chronic illness is both professional and deeply personal. My own experience with Lyme disease, along with helping both my children navigate Lyme and complex health challenges, led me to specialize in tick-borne disease and complex chronic conditions. Today, my children are thriving young adults, but I remember well the uncertainty and confusion that can come when you are trying to help someone you love heal, or when you are trying to find your own way back to wellness. That experience became an important part of why I chose to help others navigate this often complicated path with greater clarity, understanding, and support.

Over the years, I have worked extensively with Lyme and co-infections, mold exposure, parasites, gut dysfunction, chronic inflammation, and the many layers that can keep someone from feeling well. I am very comfortable navigating the complicated clinical presentations that often accompany chronic Lyme and other complex illnesses, where multiple infections, mold or environmental exposures, digestive dysfunction, immune dysregulation, nervous system stress, and depleted nutritional or mineral reserves may all be present at the same time. My herbal and foundational work is an important complement to the treatment of underlying infections, helping to strengthen resilience, support detoxification and elimination, calm inflammation, rebuild digestive and nutritional foundations, and help the body better tolerate and respond to treatment.

I also have a particular passion for supporting women through midlife, menopause, and beyond. I understand personally as well as professionally that tick-borne illness and other chronic health challenges can make an already complicated midlife health journey even muddier. Is this hormonal? Is it inflammation? Gut health? Stress? Mineral depletion? An unresolved infection? Often, there isn’t one simple answer. That is why I look at the whole person rather than an isolated symptom or diagnosis. Hormones, digestion, sleep, stress, nervous system health, inflammation, minerals, metabolic health, toxic burden, and underlying infections can all be pieces of the same puzzle.

Education is an important part of how I work. I love taking complicated health information and making it understandable so clients better understand what their bodies are asking for and feel empowered to participate in their own healing.

I believe true wellness is about more than chasing symptoms or identifying the next thing that is “wrong.” It is about understanding the patterns, strengthening the foundations of health, removing obstacles to healing, and supporting the whole person. My goal is always to meet people exactly where they are and help them move toward greater health, resilience, clarity, and vitality with care that is personalized, practical, and rooted in both tradition and science.

I’m Kelsey, a Clinical Herbalist + Nutritionist, and founder of Heritage Apothecaries. I’ve studied and worked in a variety of settings, from forest, field, + farm to apothecary + pharmacy, garnering 10+ years of experience along the way. I believe what is good for people is good for the planet.

I work with clients 1:1 to address Lyme disease and complex chronic illness in an accessible telehealth setting. I’m a Lyme-literate practitioner with clinical training in chronic infectious and complex diseases, but my foremost knowledge comes from living with undiagnosed Lyme, Lupus, and Endometriosis for many years myself. Within this specialty, I am especially interested in gut health, the microbiome, reproductive health and fertility, immune and endocrine dysfunction, hypermobility disorders, neurodivergence, and underlying root causes that drive chronic illness and susceptibility to persistent infection.

I hold a BA in Contemplative Psychology and Environmental Studies, an MS in Clinical Herbal Medicine, a Post-Masters Certificate in Integrative Nutrition, and am currently in the final months of my Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition (DCN) program. In addition to seeing clients at the Nourishing Life Health Center, I teach classes (online + in-person) about herbalism, traditional nutrition, nature-connection, and living with chronic illness. Find me online @kelseytheherbalist to learn about cultivating, cooking, + crafting healing foods and herbal medicines!