Horse Chestnuts and varicose veins
Whenever I collect Horse Chestnuts, I have a feeling of nostalgia, knowing that this is the last herbal harvest for the year.
Whenever I collect Horse Chestnuts, I have a feeling of nostalgia, knowing that this is the last herbal harvest for the year.
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…
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