Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 22 June 2011 | 4 Comments
Categories: foraging, Herbal Medicine, Uncategorized, Wild foods
Picking lime blossom could’nt be easier. First find a tree, many victorian parks are lined with them and this is always a good place to start. Otherwise, they are often the trees that line our suburbs, the ones that get pruned to withing an inch of their lives in the winter/early spring before filling up with leaves and looking like the poodle of the tree world
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 01 April 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Wild foods
April Fool, well partly Ok, so the last post was indeed an April fool. I’m sorry if you have been had, but my idea was to make a point. Next month an EU law will be passed that will affect herbalists and health food shops across Europe. Friends of mine are facing an uncertain future [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 01 April 2011 | 9 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Uncategorized, Wild foods
Wild food ban I know we normally keep blog style posts away from the front page, but I am so livid that I feel I had to share. I have a friend who works as a civil servant in Westminster, I can’t really divulge much more than that for the sake of her job. I [...]
Yazan: Dave | 14 September 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: General Gardening, Herbal Medicine, Lifestyle and Recipes, Reference
Coriander Corriandrum Sativum is an annual herb and a native of Southern Europe and the Middle East. Corriander is the name given to the seeds of the plant whilst the leaves are known as Cilantro. Coriander is from the carrot family. It leaves are either tiny white or tiny purplish and are in clusters. Most [...]
Yazan: Dave | 30 October 2009 | 5 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Lifestyle and Recipes, Wild foods
Common Comfrey is related to both the herb ‘borage’ and the similar plant ‘Russian comfrey.’ Herbalists have used it for centuries, including the classical Greeks and the Turks. Its old English name was ‘knit-bone’ or ‘bone-set’ because its ability to heal wounds. Comfrey – As a plant feed Comfrey is often eliminated as [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 24 October 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine
A few years ago I wrote an article about natural remedies for colds and flu a few and since that time I have experimented with many more remedies. So this is a catch up of a few more things that I now have in my illness armoury. I am also writing this because at the [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 03 May 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Lifestyle and Recipes
Rosemary is an aromatic herb from the libiatae (mint) family and is a gardeners friend as it is known to be a natural insect replant. If left unchecked it can grow to over 2m (6.6ft) tall, regular picking and pruning will keep your plant more manageable. It has needle like grey\green leaves and its flowers are small and pale blue/pink in colour. There are several decorative variegated types, but none are as hardy as the ordinary green rosemary
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 02 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine
As I am writing this on the coldest day this winter I thought it was perhaps time to dedicate a page to natural remedies for coughs and colds. Remember though, that your medical practitioner should be your first point of call when ill, rather than a website! Dandelion Cough Syrup Ingredients Half a small jar [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 24 November 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Budget living, Herbal Medicine, Herbs
I don’t have many hero’s but I will admit to having more than just a little admiration for a 17th century botanist and herbalist. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) was a great man who believed that everyone should be able to treat themselves. I and many others believe that he was at least partly responsible for the [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 02 July 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Herbal Medicine, Herbs
I must start this page with a word of warning: the Internet is not your Doctor, asthma attacks can kill. You should talk to a health practitioner before using any of these remedies. Prevention My girlfriend suffers from mild asthma and she tells me that, for her, prevention is better than cure. One of her [...]
