Category Archives: Immune System
Breakfast and Helping our Glucose Stores
Breakfast, “breaking the fast” quite literally, is the first food of the day after not eating for roughly 11 to 12 hours
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Frosty, Winter Yarrow
Yarrow has a myriad of uses and has remained a medicinal favourite by humans since Neanderthal times. It’s at this time of
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A Healthy Gut means better Immunity
As 70 to 80% of your immune system is found in gut tissue, a healthy gut is important. Time old fermented foods
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Eucalyptus to Help us Breath and Fight off Flu
Eucalyptus has the highest known ‘cineole’ levels of any plant (80-95%) and this is probably why it can help drug-resistant strains of
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Frosty Plantain and Winter Immunity
Plantago lancelata (slim leaved plantain) is still in leaf. Its one of our premier immune herbs and it couldn’t look more unassuming
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Aloe’s all-round Healing & Immune Support
Aloe Vera is incredibly anti-inflammatory used internally and you can either drink the fresh juice or use the dried powder version made
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Our Beautiful Evergreen Scots Pine
Pinus Sylvestris or Scots Pine is perhaps our most familiar pine tree. Its evergreen needles give us winter cheer visually but can
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Elder and Hawthorn Hedgerow Health
The Elder in this photo has lost its leaves and gained some damp weather lichen and algae, whilst the Hawthorn still has
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Anti-Virals are a Must for Winter
When I think of herbal anti-virals I know there are specific plants for specific situations like lemon balm for herpes or wormwood
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Damp, Wet and Cold need Ginger Days
Keeping the body warm and dry will help us feel stronger and potentially prevent existing aches and pains becoming more exacerbated. ‘Drying
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