by Sue Sprung | Sep 5, 2017 | Conditions, Individual herbs
The chard plants on my allotment have been interspersed with beautiful feverfew flowers this year. As a remedy for preventing migraine headaches and arthritic pains, the leaves are best used fresh and a couple taken daily with a bit of bread and butter, as they can be...
by Sue Sprung | Sep 5, 2017 | Conditions, Diet, Individual herbs
Bitter herbs are one of the most important groups of herbal medicines. The picture on the left is a bed of greens on my allotment which has an assortment of leaves for use in salads and stir-fries, including chicory, dandelion, kale, rocket and mizuna. The bitter...
by Sue Sprung | Jul 14, 2017 | Individual herbs
This tiny plant is popping up all over the place at the moment, in lawns and grass verges. Although little used in modern herbalism, it has been the surprising subject of research studies for its antiviral and anticancer properties. However, its traditional uses are...
by Sue Sprung | Jul 7, 2017 | Individual herbs
Lime trees are covered with feathery yellow-green flowers at this time of year and these are the parts commonly used by herbalists. Lime flowers make a a relaxing tea for helping with anxiety and poor sleep, but as with all herbs there’s much more to it than...
by Sue Sprung | Apr 12, 2017 | Individual herbs
Shepherd’s purse is a lesser known weed that is flowering at the moment; it’s easily identified by the ‘purse’ or heart-shaped seed pods on the stem. The entire plant above the ground is used to make a medicine that’s commonly used to...
by Sue Sprung | Mar 12, 2017 | Individual herbs, In the news
In news this week, a cautious discussion about why hot chillies ‘might’ be good for us, following a recent study of thousands of Americans which suggested general benefit to health of eating chillies. Chillies have been long valued in herbal medicine for...
