Wild Hops - try our Evening Peace Tea
Hop plants are now scrambling up trees and shrubs in our hedgerows. In late Summer, the female hops produce their hop fruits (commonly used in beer making) and these are blended into our Evening Peace Herb Tea (link: https://shop.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/product/evening-peace-herb-tea) for their calming, sleepy-making biochemistry.

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🌸 The Joy of Apple Blossom 🌸
Up and down the country, our apple blossom, both in the wild and cultivated, has nearly come to an end. Lovely to know that next up are apples slowly starting to form.

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Heartcare With Hawthorn
The month of May sees hawthorn flowering alongside their young spring leaves.
Apart from their red autumnal berries, these leaves and blossoms make a powerful heart and circulatory medicine. Rich in a wide range of polyphenols, antioxidants and flavonoids, it keeps the heart muscle and circulation functioning by helping tone and strengthen arteries and peripheral veins.

Tinctures and herbal capsules make using hawthorn easy.
Link to Pumpbeat Capsules: https://shop.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/product/pumpbeet-capsules-2 and Hawthorn Tincture: https://shop.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/product/hawthorn-tincture-2

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Artichoke is So Useful for Digestion and Blood Sugar
Artichoke and Cardoon (photo is Cardoon, leaves are more silver grey and fluted) are interchangeable as far as bitter leaves and biochemistry are concerned. However, we do favour Artichoke as having slightly stronger/bitter biochemistry.

Our Food concentrate, Lemon and Artichoke, really helps digestion, the stabilisation of blood sugar levels and the breakdown of fats.

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Barberry and its Berberine for Whole Body Support
Now flowering and in bud, these two plant species of "Barberry" contain the invaluable compound "berberine". This bright yellow compound is a premier cell regenerative that can help mend faulty mitochondria and more. It helps liver function and poor digestion.

Barberry Tincture: https://shop.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/product/barberry-tincture-2

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The Victorians made Primrose Tea
In the Victorian era, both wild primroses and violets were regularly made into Spring teas for their tonic, healing effects. They were especially popular for children, but adults also appreciated fresh primrose tea (leaves and flowers), which has calming biochemistry, helping with insomnia and headaches.

Photo from Blickling Hall, National Trust, Norfolk.

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Lymph Cleansing Spring Tonic
Both dogs and horses forage for Cleavers in the Spring when they first appear. Animals very much understand that this prolific wild herb is an important spring cleanser. We could learn a thing or two from them. It is a specific lymphatic cleanser useful in particular after Winter foods.

Collect a handful, chop fine and pour over one cup of boiling water. Steep for ten minutes and drink.

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