Category: Herbs
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Bach Flowers for Activists 2 – making better decisions
These remedies give support to activists by helping them make decisions and focus their energy, preventing burnout.
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Bach Flower Essences for activists
Don’t be put off of reading these posts if you don’t consider yourself an activist and just want to learn about herbs and gardens. It’s all relevant. This is a post about how to nurture your own activism in these tense times. Whether it is purposeful gardening, focused non violence, local protests, letter writing or…
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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…
