My new book:
I am delighted to tell you that my new book, Secrets from a Herbalist’s Garden (Watkins Publishing) will be out on the 10th of May, and although you can pre-order online, if you wait a…
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Why we kiss under the Mistletoe
Also known as All Heal, Mistletoe is one of the sacred herbs of the druids, perhaps because it lives in that liminal space between the sky and the earth. Even the (Viking) gods of Asgard…
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…
Sloe gin, Covid and Histamine
What have Sloes, Covid and allergies got in common? It is becoming clear that there is a link between the spike protein, and increases of histamine levels in people who may never have had such…
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…
Hawthorn Honey
Hawthorn berries are abundant in the hedgerows at the moment. This is a very safe herb to harvest and use, but please do be absolutely sure that you are harvesting hawthorn and not Yew berries…
Nettle for arthritis:
Well, finally the rain stopped and I was able to get out into the hedgerows to collect some nettles. My gardening gloves had got soaked the day before, and I had put them on a…
Wild garlic (Allium ursinum)
I think that all across the land, we eagerly await the coming of Wild garlic (aka Ramsons) in the spring. Here, the hills are festooned in the gorgeous glossy leaves, and later the beautiful white…
Carob – A sweet to control your blood sugar levels
When John the Baptist lived off locusts and wild honey, his diet might have been sweeter than first meets the imagination. It is not unrealistic that he lived off the highly nutritious pods from the…
Herbs to lift a terrible state
Of all the patients that I look after, I have come across very few people who have been terribly ill with a virus this year, but almost everyone I speak to is feeling terrible emotionally…
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