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Simple tips for Immune support – adults and children

  • how to..... immune health medicinal plants respiratory health self-care self-help
  • Oct 17, 2018
  • by Lucie Bradley

Lots of fluids >2 L per day of warm herbal teas to keep you hydrated and help the pathogens pass out the body through urine and sweat Rest – sleep as and when you can to restore energy and give your body time to repair. This may mean early nights if you work and/or have[…]

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Other ways to feel more chilled out

  • how to..... immune health mental health self-care self-help therapy
  • Oct 16, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

……….take a holiday! I’m not joking. And it doesn’t have to be a summer holiday, or a long holiday. Sometimes just taking a break from the norm is enough. I have recently (though now it feels like forever ago already) come back from 10 day holiday to a gorgeously hot and sunny Ottawa, Canada.  We were[…]

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Black gold – wild and free

  • foraging how to..... immune health medicinal plants respiratory health Uncategorized wild foods
  • Sep 13, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

This black gold is elderberries: the dark purple gems that are currently abundantly adorning the Elder trees (Sambucus nigra). The berries are produced after the aromatic white summer flowers, typically beginning to fruit in central Scotland around September, and last up until the end of the month/beginning of October depending on weather, foragers and animals’[…]

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Preparing for Winter

  • foraging how to..... immune health medicinal plants respiratory health self-care wild foods
  • Sep 12, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

Diversity builds resilience I was introduced to making multiple-herb tinctures back in 2007/8 while spending time with one of my teachers, Annie MacIntyre during my medical herbalism training. She had these huge kilners jars with layers of different, multiple herbs macerating in alcohol. They varied through the year depending on what was available and what[…]

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Are you crazy? Feeling anxious?

Are you crazy? Feeling anxious?

  • how to..... mental health self-care therapy
  • Sep 06, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

If you are feeling ‘crazy’, which as a woman is not an unfamiliar thing to hear, it’s more likely that you have some mental health issues. It is common that we use broad labels to deny or plaster over real issues. And that stops us from dealing with them. I was 24 years old when[…]

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Magnesium

  • how to..... immune health mental health self-help therapy
  • Sep 06, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

This is a personal account of my experience with a transdermal magnesium supplement, as well as a information regarding using magnesium: the what and how. I first came across magnesium supplements through a friend. I was on the phone to her in tears explaining how bad my premenstrual symptoms had become. At the time I[…]

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green weird things

green weird things

  • foraging how to..... medicinal plants wild foods
  • Apr 20, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis) is a little plant that you have probably walked past a trillion times. And that’s just walking down the street. You may know it by it’s pom pom fluffy flowers that make good toys for kids to blow, and hopefully make a wish upon. This is actually the flower gone to seed,[…]

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Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic pesto

  • foraging how to..... wild foods
  • Apr 13, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

At this time of year the woodlands are teeming with wild garlic, also known as ramsons (Allium ursinum). They’re a relative of chives, a British native and also of garlic: same genus different species. They grow in abundance at this time of year (March/April) in predominantly deciduous woodlands, preferring damp soils. They are therefore, ubiquitous[…]

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How to Make Chai Masala Tea

How to Make Chai Masala Tea

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  • Apr 13, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley

Chai (also known as masala chai) is a delicious aromatic, healing drink made from spices originally from the Indian subcontinent. It is often (but not always) combined with black tea and cow’s milk, then sweetened with sugar or honey. There are lots of variations of chai that are drunk all over the world. The addition[…]

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Getting rid of a cough

Getting rid of a cough

  • how to..... immune health respiratory health
  • Feb 22, 2017
  • by Lucie Bradley
Onion syrup is a simple, effective natural remedy that can be made at home, cheaply. Less than £2 in fact. Onions are antimicrobial (they kills germs) and have expectorant (they help the body get mucus out the body) actions. These two qualities alone make it an effective natural remedy for coughs. It is a remedy[...]
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