Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms of Use form an agreement between you and herbsbydesign.com regarding access to herbsbydesign.com .

Your access to the website is also subject to our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. Additional notices displayed on a particular page may also apply to that content or feature.

2. Website purpose

herbsbydesign.com is an independent educational blog about herbs, botanical topics, gardening, traditional context, natural living, and general wellness.

Content is provided for general informational and educational purposes. It is not designed to address every circumstance, health status, medication, allergy, location, or legal requirement.

3. Medical and health disclaimer

The website does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, or individualized healthcare recommendations.

Information about an herb, food, supplement, preparation, traditional practice, or wellness routine does not mean that it is safe, appropriate, effective, or suitable for every person.

Herbs and natural products may cause allergies, adverse effects, or interactions with medications, supplements, medical conditions, or procedures. Risks may be different during pregnancy, nursing, childhood, older age, or before surgery.

Always seek advice from an appropriately qualified physician, pharmacist, dietitian, or other healthcare professional before starting, stopping, or changing any treatment, medication, supplement, diet, or health practice.

Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information found on this website.

4. Medical emergencies

Do not use this website, its contact form, or its email address for a medical emergency. If you believe that you or another person may be experiencing an emergency, poisoning, severe allergic reaction, or other urgent condition, contact the appropriate local emergency or poison-control service immediately.

5. Permitted use

You may access and use the website for lawful, personal, non-commercial, informational purposes, subject to these Terms.

You may:

• Read and share links to publicly available articles.
• Print a reasonable number of pages for personal reference.
• Quote brief excerpts with clear attribution and a link to the source.
• Contact us with questions, corrections, or topic suggestions.

6. Prohibited conduct

You may not:

• Use the website for unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful activity.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.
• Introduce malware, malicious scripts, harmful code, or automated attacks.
• Interfere with the website's operation, security, or availability.
• Scrape, copy, or reproduce substantial content without permission.
• Present website content as your own work.
• Remove copyright, attribution, trademark, or other notices.
• Use automated systems in a manner that creates an unreasonable load.
• Submit spam, deceptive messages, harassment, or unlawful material.
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.

7. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, the website's original articles, page layouts, branding, graphics, logos, organization, and other original materials are owned by or licensed to herbsbydesign.com and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

These Terms grant only a limited, revocable, non-exclusive right to access the website for permitted personal use. They do not transfer ownership or grant a license to reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from website content.

Names, quotations, photographs, trademarks, and other third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners.

8. Messages, feedback, and submissions

When you send feedback, corrections, suggestions, or other non-confidential material, you confirm that you have the right to submit it and that it does not violate another person's rights.

You retain ownership of your original submission. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to review, reproduce, edit, and use the submission as reasonably necessary to respond, investigate corrections, improve content, maintain records, or protect the website.

Do not submit confidential business information, medical records, passwords, payment-card details, or material that you do not want processed for these purposes.

9. External links and third-party services

The website may link to external references, scientific resources, organizations, retailers, tools, videos, or other third-party materials for convenience or context.

A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement. We do not control external content, availability, pricing, security, privacy practices, or terms. You access third-party websites at your own discretion and subject to their policies.

10. Commercial relationships and disclosures

The website may develop commercial relationships, sponsorships, referral arrangements, or other monetization methods in the future. If a specific page contains a material relationship that readers should know about, we intend to provide an appropriate disclosure on or near the relevant content.

Any future commercial relationship will not change the reader's responsibility to independently evaluate products, services, claims, ingredients, instructions, risks, and suitability.

11. Accuracy, updates, and availability

We aim to provide useful and carefully prepared information, but we do not guarantee that all content is complete, current, error-free, or suitable for every purpose.

Botanical names, product formulations, evidence, recommendations, regulations, availability, and safety information may change over time. Publication dates and update dates should be considered when evaluating an article.

We may correct, update, reorganize, suspend, or remove content and features at any time. The website may occasionally be unavailable due to maintenance, technical problems, security events, or causes outside our control.

12. Disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, free from harmful components, or that information will meet your individual needs.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, herbsbydesign.com and its owners, contributors, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss arising from reliance on website content, inability to access the website, third-party content, or decisions made using information from the website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

13. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless herbsbydesign.com and its owners, contributors, contractors, and service providers from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the website, violation of these Terms, or infringement of another person's rights.

14. Changes, suspension, and termination

We may update these Terms when website features, practices, or legal requirements change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access when reasonably necessary to protect the website, enforce these Terms, comply with law, or respond to misuse or security threats.

15. Applicable law and severability

These Terms are governed by the laws that lawfully apply to the website operator and the relevant dispute, without overriding mandatory consumer or privacy protections available in your place of residence.

If a provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

Failure to enforce a provision does not waive the right to enforce it later.

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