Tag: comfrey
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What is medical herbalism?
After reading an excellent blog by Lynda Jones, a fellow medical herbalist, she gave me kind permission to make some changes to it. Click here to see the original blog. “If I wasn’t a Medical Herbalist I’d be really confused about the difference between a Medical Herbalist and someone who knows lots about herbs. Many people know…
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Herbal medicine research – March 2015
This month the following research on herbs and health has caught my eye. 1. A Cochrane review of 14 studies including 2050 people found that the following herbs were effective at reducing lower back pain. Devil’s claw, lavender, comfrey root, chilli, and white willow bark. 2. A study of 60 people with acne found that the…
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Why use a natural cream?
What is a natural cream? A natural cream is one that does not use chemical based ingredients as fillers or preservatives. Why use a natural cream? Some people with sensitive skin are allergic to the chemical ingredients within creams. Or you may want to reduce the chemicals that you are coming into contact…
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Autumn herb walks and delicious autumn recipes
Forest Farm herb walk At the Forest farm herb walk we were lucky with the weather but unfortunately not so lucky with the plants. We did manage to see a lot of blood cleanser herbs, like dandelion, burdock, yellow dock, red clover and nettle. Forest Farm herb walk The herbal tea tasting went down well,…
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This month in research – September 13
This month I have found the following research particularly interesting. Blueberry1. A 300g portion of blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) has been found to protect DNA from damage, in a study in men. 2. Korean ginseng (Coreanica ginseng) has been found to improve erectile dysfunction in men, when taken for 8 weeks. 3. There have been several studies showing that artichoke (Cynara…