Healing with Nature
Nature heals us, as we help Nature heal herself. A journey of discovery into self-healing and embodied health, in relationship with Nature, using local plants and remedies.
Broccoli Medicine
Growing broccoli Broccoli is one of our garden successes. I sowed seeds of several different types, purple sprouting, green sprouting and the large headed variety – the purple sprouting is the most prolific and easy going by far. It’s been…
Melissa: Queen of the Bee Haven
It’s just before Imbolc and in the garden, Melissa is thrusting her crinkled, heart-shaped leaves through the cold wet clay with wild abandon. I picked some leaves and made a strong infusion and let it cool, so I can sip…
Healing the Waters
What if there was such a thing as healing water? True holy water, sacred water; water that can heal any ailment. Would you drink it? Would you even taste it? Surprizingly, to me at least, many people will turn their…
Yellow dock root: badger medicine for a new story
Five years ago, I made a batch of yellow dock root tincture, for no reason at all at the time. It sat stewing silently in the back of my medicine cabinet, waiting for the moment to make its debut. That…
Pennyroyal: Sekhmet’s Gift
Pennyroyal: facts and folklore Pennyroyal, Mentha Pulegium, has a killer reputation. In relatively recent times, several women have died using pennyroyal to end unwanted pregnancies. One was a 23 year old English woman in 1897, who drank a tablespoon of…
Wild Juicing
Foraging for weeds Whatever the weather, our day starts with walking the dogs and (sometimes with cats in tow) and sometimes foraging for weeds. We are lucky to live in an area where there is no intensive farming, no crop…
Iodine Kills Cancer Fungus
This is an update on Dean’s success regarding the elimination of a persistent fungal sore, of the type that has been named basal cell carcinoma, as in skin cancer, by medical experts, but is really just a fungus. Fungus helps…
Living Water in the New Real
The Body as a Solar-Powered Water Battery In the new real, water is not just for hydration; it is a solar powered battery, that fuels many cellular functions, drives circulation and supports the heart. Remember the alchemical image of The…
Usnea Barbata, Old Man’s Beard
Usnea, Old Man’s Beard Lichens are composite life-forms, the product of a symbiotic relationship between algae, funghi and yeast. Many of them look like plants, but they are not plants at all. Lichens can grow in almost any environment, from…
Pine Pollen Boost
Pine pollen is nature’s perfect boost for good health and the immune system. Pine pollen is ‘the sperm’ of the pine tree and almost the same structure as human testosterone. It is the most abundant source of testosterone in the…
