29th January 2024
Words by Neil Allies I spend many happy hours falling down herbal rabbit holes as part of my herbal medicine studies, and my bookshelf is getting increasingly heavy with new... Read more
22nd January 2024
Words by Neil Allies Whatever the season, I find that there’s always something new in the plant world to surprise me, even in the most familiar of fields. Recently, I... Read more
24th November 2023
Words by Neil Allies There is a phrase that is sometimes used amongst practitioners – a ‘brown bottle herbalist’ – meaning, at its extreme, someone that uses herbs straight out... Read more
20th October 2023
Words by Neil Allies What’s the difference between a home herbalist and a professional medical herbalist? There are probably lots of different answers to that question, depending on who you... Read more
6th October 2023
Words by Neil Allies Medical herbalists prescribe herbs to patients to help improve their health but what’s the best way to ‘take’ herbs? Hippocrates, the ‘Father of Medicine’, is famously... Read more
22nd September 2023
Words by Neil Allies Why study herbal medicine? It’s an important question and there is a huge range of answers: a desire to reconnect with old traditions; frustration with other... Read more
12th September 2023
Barbara Wilkinson shares a recipe for elderberry gummies, a perfect treat to make with this late summer herb. 100gm Fresh Elderberries ½ Stick Liquorice root 2 Star anise 1Tsp True... Read more
2nd September 2023
Words By Kayleigh Sinclair According to Grieve’s Herbal in 1931, that “the English summer begins with Elderflowers and ends with Elderberries". An unremarkable shrub for most of the year... Read more
24th June 2023
Nicola is a student medical herbalist with a special interest in chronic illnesses. When not studying, she can usually be found tending to her garden or out in the woods... Read more
6th February 2023
If you are a member of The Herb Society and wish to write for the blog, get in touch with your ideas at blog@herbsociety.org.uk Nelle Jervis shares a garlic honey... Read more
23rd January 2023
If you are a member of The Herb Society and wish to write for the blog, get in touch with your ideas at blog@herbsociety.org.uk Barbara Wilkinson shares a recipe for... Read more
5th December 2022
If you are member of the Herb Society and wish to write for the blog, get in touch with your ideas at blog@herbsociety.org.uk Written for the UK Herb Society by... Read more
7th November 2022
If you are a Herb Society member and wish to write for the blog, get in touch with your ideas at blog@herbsociety.org.uk Written for the UK Herb Society by Lynda... Read more
10th October 2022
If you are a member of The Herb Society and wish to write for the blog, get in touch with your ideas at blog@herbsociety.org.uk Written for the UK Herb Society... Read more
13th September 2022
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