This robust, seriously spiky, beautiful thistle was once famed for supporting breastfeeding mothers because of the milky white veins that run through her leaves. While being a very good galactogogue (milk promoter), which gave rise Read more…
Kickstart 2018 with a Cleanse
The festive season has drawn to a close and the excesses of the past few weeks may have left you feeling sluggish and lacking energy to get back into the groove of life. Even with Read more…
Seven Herbs for Postpartum Support
Herbs for Post-Natal Support Pregnancy and birth can be filled with utter extremes of joy, glistening love, mind-bending pain and sometimes sadly loss and grief. The transformation of the womb alone is a wonder to Read more…
Into being: Birth your project or idea
Supporting your Womb, Supporting your Creativity Women’s wombs are organs of great creative force. We see this represented physically in the state of constant change and flux as the womb cycles through growing, shedding and Read more…
Women, Herbs and Death-Work
by Felicity Warner I recently had lunch with a fellow death worker. It was our first meeting and we learned much from each other, revealing and sharing all sorts of intriguing practices, traditional and modern. Read more…
Clear Vision Drops: Finding the Answers Within
by the Seed SistAS When winter creeps in, the energy of growth and production sinks beneath the Earth and the air starts to shimmer. Samhain marks a time of change, traditionally the coming of the Read more…
Autumn Rituals and Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe
By Kristin Walker Autumn! Isn’t it just the best! It’s got everything that I love; the change of the leaves into beautiful tones of gold, bronze and delicious burgundy red, the smell of spice, wood Read more…
Herbs to Call in Love
by The Seed SistAs “ The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along.” Read more…
Medicinal Uses of Turkey Tail Mushrooms
by Karen Lawton The turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor), like most fungi, is very useful to the ecology of the forest, as it helps decompose hardwood. Due to its ability to help cancer patients, turkey Read more…
A Tale of Mushrooms & Gluten Sensitivity
Fred Gillam and his partner Natascha run herb and mushroom foraging courses in the UK, as well as a busy voluntary community dispensary using medicinal mushrooms and herbs to promote health and wellbeing. Fred’s business Read more…
