When I went to the doctor about my frozen shoulder*, they naturally took an Xray to ensure there was nothing wrong with the skeletal structure. Just by looking at it, you could tell my bones weren’t quite as dense as they ought to be. It...
A rant by one of my favorite people, Harold over at Alchemy Works, got me to thinking about a question I’m frequently asked. The answer is a qualified YES. My answer is qualified because a) there are some issues where herbs won’t help...
My neighbors already think I’m nuts but I’ve proved it to them once again: I’ve been crawling around the yard on my hands & knees, doing ‘selective weeding’. No, I don’t want a perfectly-kept suburban lawn...
I’ve been diagnosed with a “frozen” right shoulder. At first I thought it was the bursitis acting up but eventually, range-of-motion became an issue so I finally broke down last week and went to the doctor to find out just what...
It’s Weed Appreciation Day! Unless you use chemicals on your yard, you’ve probably got a few useful ones. My yard includes Plantain, Nettle, Chickweed and … Dandelion. I love Dandelions, and not just because I used to blow on...
If this two-volume set isn’t in your herbal library, it should be. Originally published in 1931, reprinted by Dover in 1971 and updated with cross-referencing and an index in 1982, Mrs. M(aud) Grieve gives a wealth of information on...
Stress … everyone feels it to one extent or another. Science knows that stress affects not only mental health but bodily health as well. Long term stress can weaken your immune system, making you vulnerable to infections, heart disease...
I posted a little something on my Facebook page last night about honey made by bees from the flowers of Rhododendrons being potentially toxic. It created such a firestorm of “whoa”, I thought I’d share some more of my notes...
I bought our holiday tree yesterday. (Yes, damn it, in this house it’s a HOLIDAY tree. We celebrate the Winter Solstice with it; a few days later, Christmas with the Christians in the family; and several days after that, Yule.) As I was...
If you haven’t seen my Facebook page or Twitter feed in the last week, you missed my post that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow have scanned an 18th century herbal, thought to be from lowland Scotland. It’s...
No matter how long I live in the South, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to school starting in early August. For me, summer’s “official end” is Labor Day and school should start after that. Today is the first day of...
I’ve been reading a lot about folks doing detox cleanses. They take pills or liquids, hoping to clean their ‘system’ out. These same folks seem to ignore another elimination channel: the skin. Cleaning the inside is all well...
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