Category: Herbs
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Goo!
Leave Chia seeds in water for a long while and you’ll get a wonderful, gooey mucilage that can help your digestion, reduce inflammation and boost your immuntiy. Chia (Salvia hispanica) is in the Mint (Lamiaceae) family and shares this feature with other members of the family such as Basil. Basil seeds are used in the…
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It’s the best time for Mallows!
Our local Mallow isn’t the Marshmallow of Northern hemisphere herbalists but is rather the Small Flowered Mallow, Malva parviflora. It does have its appeals, though and, as with many of the Malvaceae, it has a good level of nutrition plus a soothing mucilage that is present in all parts of the plant. Try some for…
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Resting and preparing for more. A recent update
Having a coffee at Coffee on Jacob, I’m telling friends that im still resting after last week’s successful herb infused oils workshop at Fulham Community Centre. It was exciting too because I went really high tech (for me, that is) and ran the presentation via a data projector from my phone! The participants and myself …
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Too hard? Too much info?
Learning herbalism can be overwhelming. Hopefully this will make you feel a bit better about it.
