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[…]
Category: medicinal plants
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’[…]
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[…]
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,[…]
Lucie Bradley MSc | Medical Herbalist & Holistic Therapist
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