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Sunday, 24 February 2013
Friday, 22 February 2013
Get your free herbal remedies book here
There's a free promotion today through 24 Feb for Home Remedies from Weeds and Wild Flowers, volume 7 of the Herbal Medicine from your Garden or Windowsill series on Kindle. As the title suggests, it's all about making remedies from plants we probably don't usually welcome to our gardens - unless you have a wildlife garden, of course. I don't recommend collecting plants from the wild unless you have a recognized professional qualification that allows you to collect sustainably. Not all
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Quickly look up aromatherapy oils by name
Abies balsamea Abies balsamifera Abies canadensis var. gracilis Abies xphanerolepis Anthemis mixta Anthemis nobilis Apple Geranium Australian Sandalwood Avocado Balsam, Canada (Tsuga) Balsam, Canadian Balsam, Copaiba Balsam, Friars' Balsam, Peru Balsam, Tolu Bergamot (Orange) Bitter Orange Blood Orange Blossom, Orange Blue Gum (Eucalyptus) Boswellia sp. Broad Leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus Cabbage Rose Canada Balsam (Tsuga) Canadian Balsam Cananga odorata Catalonian
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Avocado Oil - more than just an additive
Avocado oil is cold-pressed from the fruit of Persea americana, (often referred to in the 1970s as an avocado pear). Despite this, it is classed as a vegetable oil. This oil additive is used in aromatherapy massage oils and is particularly recommended for people with stretch marks, dry, fragile, itchy or mature skin or who suffer from eczema or psoriasis. It is also useful for sun-damaged skin, rehydrating and helping to regenerate the skin. Avocado oil's seemingly viscous and heavy
Monday, 18 February 2013
Queen Anne's Lace for genito-urinary conditions
Queen Anne's Lace or QAL, Daucus carota (syn. D. abyssinicus, D. aegyptiacus, D. azoricus, D. bocconei, D. gingidium, D. glaberrimus, D. gummifer, D. halophilus, D. hispanicus, D. hispidus, D. maritimus, D. mauritanicus, D. maximus, D. micranthus, D. parviflorus, D. polygamus and D. rupestris!), is also known as eastern carrot, hu luo bo, Mediterranean carrot, Queen's lace, salosi, sea carrot and wild carrot. Although it is extremely pretty in its second year when it flowers, it should
Friday, 15 February 2013
Get your free copy of Unusual Medicinal Herbs
I'm doing a free promotion on the 6th volume in the Kindle series Herbal Medicine from Your Garden or Windowsill from today (15 February 2013) until 17 February inclusive. So you've got 3 days to get your free book. Use one of the following links to order your copy: Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk or search for B00AC7FVB4 in your local Amazon store. Note: If you don't have a Kindle, but you do have a PC, tablet or smartphone there are free apps available either in your local app store or
Monday, 11 February 2013
<b>Books Available Now from HMYG</b>
Herbal Medicine from Your Garden series Home Remedies and How to Make Them (Kindle) on Amazon.com on Amazon.co.ukAsk David about this book Home Remedies from Culinary Herbs and Spices (Kindle) on Amazon.com on Amazon.co.ukAsk David about this book Healing Herbs in Pots and Containers (Kindle) on Amazon.com on Amazon.co.uk Natural Remedies from Salad Herbs (Kindle) on Amazon.com on Amazon.co.uk Healing Herbs for the Ornamental Garden (Kindle) on
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Herbs from Native American Medicine
Volume 9 in the Kindle series Herbal Medicine from your Garden is now available. Priced at 2.99 it covers the following herbs: ragleaf bahia, Fendler's bladderpod, wild buckwheat, creosote bush, Eastern skunk cabbage, catnip, black Western chokecherry, Devil's club, black cohosh, blue cohosh, cotton, dogbane, gentian, stiff goldenrod, goldenseal, trumpet honeysuckle, hops, American licorice, milkweed, American mistletoe, partridgeberry, persimmon, pokeweed, white sage, broom snakeweed,
Friday, 1 February 2013
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Monday, 28 January 2013
Balsamic essential oils
Although the word balsamic is generally associated with an expensive gourmet vinegar nowadays, originally it meant "derived from balsam" - which is another word for resin. There are several essential oils which include the word balsam in their names (not all of which are actually derived from resin). In today's post I will be covering the four most commonly found, Canadian balsam, copaiba balsam, Peru balsam and Tolu balsam and another which is sometimes called Canada balsam,
Monday, 21 January 2013
Sacred Lotus for men's problems and women's problems
The sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera (syn. N. caspica, N. komarovii, N. nelumbo, N. speciosum and Nymphaea nelumbo), is also known as East Indian lotus, lian, lotus, lotusroot, oriental lotus and sacred water lotus. It is sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. The Buddhist mantra "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus" (Om Mani Padme Hum) has many meanings, but the lotus referred to is this one. At the risk of sounding irreverent, this plant is really just a "posh" waterlily, and requires similar
Friday, 18 January 2013
Download Natural Remedies from Salad Herbs for free
I'm doing a free promotion on the 4th volume in the Kindle series Herbal Medicine from Your Garden or Windowsill from today (18 January 2013) until 22 January inclusive. So you've got 5 days to download your free copy. Note: If you don't have a Kindle, but you do have a PC, tablet or smartphone there are free apps available either in your local app store or online. Smartphone users should search for "kindle reader" on Google Play, IOS App Store or Blackberry market. PC users, search on
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Good King Henry is nutritious and easy to grow
Good King Henry (GKH), Chenopodium bonus-henricus, is also known as allgood, Lincolnshire spinach, mercury, perennial goosefoot, poor man's asparagus and wild spinach. It's closely related to goosefoot, fat hen and wormseed but not related to spinach or asparagus. GKH is a hardy perennial which reaches a height and spread of 65cm (2'6"). It grows best in fertile humus-rich soil and prefers a semi-shady position. Virtually pest and disease free, it is a very versatile plant historically
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Don't try these at home
As I've said before, you should never use anything except 100% pure essential oils, for safety's sake if for no other reason. Almost all essential oils will also need to be diluted with an appropriate carrier oil as well, which also reduces any chance of problems. Of course, anything can cause an allergic reaction if you're sensitive, so please be careful the first time you use any essential oil, especially if you already suffer from allergies of any kind. There are some oils you should
Monday, 7 January 2013
Mistletoe for panic attacks (or kissing under)
The mistletoe, or to be precise the European mistletoe (Viscum album) is also known as European white-berry mistletoe, common mistletoe, all-heal and masslin. It is not related to other plants called allheal. It is also not closely related to American mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) or dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium pusillum), but all three of them are in the same family. Mistletoe is an evergreen hemi-parasitic* shrub. 1m (3') x 1m (3'), It likes to be in full sun or semi-shade and
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