- March 27, 2025
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Lady Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh

Welcome to the fifth and final blog in our month of celebration for International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Title image to this blog shows Lady Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (second from the left) greeting the Queen Mother (second from the right) on her arrival at the Society of Herbalists, London, 1960s. Words by Laura Pardoe The Herb Society ...
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- March 7, 2025
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International Women’s Day 2025

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide on 8th March each year. For 2025, the UK Herb Society are taking the opportunity to celebrate women herbalists throughout history. In a series of blog posts through March, we will explore the crucial role women had in the origins of herbal medicine and then highlight some of the ...
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- March 6, 2025
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Prehistoric Women Healers

Words by Rox Madeira from Wise Herbal Ways   There is a new view of prehistory, emerging from the growing voices of women and evidence of Matriarchal societies. Studies of ancient and recent Matriarchal societies show that they were egalitarian societies, rather than the previous idea that it was simply the opposite of today: societies with ...
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- January 20, 2025
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Herb Society Student Group

There are many reasons for people to join the Herb Society, but the thing uniting us all is a fascination with plants and the benefit that can be found by bringing them into our lives – whatever our favoured approach to doing so. Continual learning With so many herbs, each with multiple virtues, and all influenced ...
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- January 6, 2025
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Bay

Among the many recommendations for seasonal herbs in our recent newsletter, bay was a popular choice. It has been much in use through our festivities, but deserves to be kept at hand ongoing into the New Year. Year round sunshine If you have a bay tree in your garden you can access fresh bay leaves all ...
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- December 24, 2024
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In seasonal style, here is a gentle herb-related quiz to try yourself, or possibly challenge friends and family over the festive period. Be generous with your scoring, as the herbs are generous to us; and accepting of the variety of potential responses, given the many potentials offered through plants' virtues. Answers are at the bottom (no ...
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- December 6, 2024
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Western herbal medicine and traditional astrology in practice

Author: Marcos Patchett BSc (Hons.) Herbal Medicine, MAMH, MNIMH. Plan*tarium Founder https://plantarium.uk https://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/ In the parlance of 90’s advertising slogans, astrology is Marmite. Some love it, some loathe it, few are indifferent. It has a long and storied history of use alongside medicine, but little scientific support.1 The majority of studies purporting to examine the accuracy of astrological ...
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