Tea of the month:
Quite often my patients ask me to make them a tea - just to enjoy as part of their daily rituals - which is suitable for this particular time of the year, and of course,…
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Tag Archive: anti-viral
Come with me on a tour of my herb garden
Spring and summer are very busy times of year for me, as I race around trying to catch up with the abundance of Nature while she provides wonderful herbal medicines.
What can herbs do for you?
It is interesting that in days gone by, wounds and infections were the biggest reasons to use herbs. Today, the medical herbalist is required more to focus on calming anxiety, strengthening an exhausted person, balancing…
Hyssop Herb
Hyssop is looking so gorgeous that I thought I would share with you, one of the hero herbs which I used over the past two years. Hyssop is a brilliant herb for Covid, with significant…
Hail the humble Dandelion
Through all my years of practice, I have only known Dandelion leaf as a diuretic, a mineraliser and supporting a kidney cleanse, but now it has been revealed as an anti-viral too! This amazing little…
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…
Herbs which may be of help during an influenza outbreak
I am aware that many are looking towards herbal medicine to protect against this Corona Virus, and there are also some concerns. I have been meaning to write this for some time but have been…
Echinacea
For most of my career, I understood that it is the root and not the tops of Echinacea which have the immune stimulating effects. It was only when I lectured some homeopaths a few weeks…
Elder flowers
It is said that summer begins when elderflowers bloom, and ends when the elderberries are ripe at the end of August. Unfortunately for an increasing number of people, lovely summer days can be blighted by…