What You’ll need: Elderflower heads (a pan full) Water to cover Fresh mint leaves (handful) Juice and zest of 3 lemons Sugar (use your preferred kind) 1.Pick a load of elderflower heads, just as the Read more…
Molluscum contagiosum
Lots of parents get in touch regularly about Molluscum Contagiosum, which is a common viral infection a member of the poxvirus family, like small pox. It looks horrific but in truth isn’t anything to get Read more…
The Hawthorn Tree
Hawthorn Blossom The old English for Hawthorn was Haggathorn meaning hedge or encompassing fence thorn. Hawthorn has been utilised as a boundary marker by many farmers and country folk alike all over the globe, since Read more…
Herbal Tincture Making
Creating herbal remedies There are various ways to store herbs once you have gone out and harvested them – it is lovely to have fresh herbal infusions but fresh herbs are seasonal thus preparing them Read more…
Ethical Chocolate
We first met the lovely Deya at WOMAD festival, after we had just given a talk in the World of Words tent on connecting with herbs. Her open bright spirit instantly attracted us and we Read more…
Hawthorn Blossom, Orange & Cinnamon Cordial
The wonderful veritable courage-giving heartwarming hawthorn blossoms are out… We love to make kitchen remedies, everyday foods as medicines that we can enjoy with our families and friend, get beneficial goodness, compounds and energetic boosts Read more…
Harvesting herbal remedies for women from our medicinal forest garden by Anne Stobart, MCPP
Us Seed SistAs met at Middlesex University where we were studying a 4 year BSc degree in phytotherapy. On the first year in the first term of that degree we had a module called History Read more…
Herbal Treatment of Asthma
Asthma is a debilitating and often scary condition that arises in the lungs and is often linked to the emotion of grief that has not found a way to be expressed. Asthma is often seen Read more…
Herbal support of the Respiratory system
Check List for Respiratory Infection Support: • Nurture and soothe the lung tissue – herbal teas of elecampane, liquorice, marshmallow root, plantain leaf • Thin and then expectorate mucous and debris – • drink lots Read more…
Kitchen Remedies – Onion Syrup
Kitchen Medicine Kitchen medicine is so important in times when it is hard to get to the shops or the herbs needed are not in season we can look to our store cupboard and fridge Read more…
