The Claws
Winter brings not only viruses, but also aches and pains in the joints tend to make themselves known in the colder months. Two of my favourite herbs for arthritis are Cat’s Claw and Devil’s Claw.
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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…
Two little herbal miracles
Many of my South African patients tell me that they or a close friend has used a herb called Sutherlandia to cure their cancer. Now, this is not making any claims, of course, but I’d…
Rowan berry butter
This is one of my favourite autumn rituals, and it produces a divine tart but sweet fruit butter which is perfect with either fatty meat or strong cheese.
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…
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.
Low in mood and energy?
It is always the basic premise of holistic medicine to try to ascertain the underlying cause of the problem presented to us. Both a low mood and fatigue can have so many causes. Our energy…
Herb Tastes:
You can feel the stirring under your feet, as the Earth prepares to explode into spring. Gardeners may be looking with weary resignation as nettles and ground elder bullishly thrust their heads above the ground,…
Egypt – offerings to the Gods
Egypt was like a dream. Mad, chaotic, hot and dusty, with gentle, kind people, and soft pink sunsets infused with the haunting calls to prayer flowing over the golden sunset waters of the Nile. Egypt…
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,…
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