Tag Archive: anti-inflammatory

Corn Silks:

These pretty corn silks are usually the parts that we throw away, but do you know what you are throwing out?

What to do if you get Covid, or any other virus

I have been inundated with people ringing me for herbs to help against Covid or other flu-like viruses. This is the advice I give people to start immediately until their herbal medicines arrive the next…

Of rosehips and spiders

Don’t you just love autumn? There is something so nostalgic about those last gentle rays of summer, and the chilly mists which descend in the evenings. I love the early-morning dewy spider webs strung like…

Nefertari’s Unguent

The story begins with Adrian and I booking to go on a Nile cruise in late February. Of course, I am doing all the research on ancient Egypt that I can, and in the process,…

Chestnuts for male fertility

Sometimes the plants tell me things, which I have to research to double check, and this is such a story. Please brace yourself because it has quite a sexy content.

The mighty Baobab tree

In Tanzania, I was held in rapturous awe at these magnificent trees. Not only do they look splendid against the sunrise, but bees seem to love making wild nests on their branches. Elephants eat the…

Blackberries, 3 things you may not know

Our hedgerows are thick with blackberries now, but the berries are heavily guarded by spiders. Careful not to disturb them, I’ve just picked a few handfuls for my annual treat of spiced blackberry and scrumped…

Tone your veins with conkers

Now that it is conker season and people have discovered ‘Viking soap’ there seems to be concern on the social media over Horse chestnut toxicity. The natural constituent aescin, is a saponin, which lathers up…