Life Coaching
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How to extract and use Wild Lettuce latex
So you’ve probably seen my recent posts, playing around with Wild Lettuce extracts… I’ve had a fair crop of it growing by the end of my house this year, and everyone has been under strict instructions NOT to mow it down! I gotta say, the looks I’ve been getting have been hilarious- but have given…
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Wild Lettuce; Lactuca virosa
So I’m writing this as a blog post today because apparently the Instagram feed only lets me ramble so much, lol. Too many words they say… geez… It’s always fun wandering around a yard in Spring. Especially if it’s not been manicured beyond oblivion and some of the ‘weeds’ are left to grow enough that…
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Turkey Tail Mushroom
Turkey tail, otherwise known as Trametes Versicolor, Coriolus Versicolor, or Kawaratake in China. It is one of the most commonly found bracket mushrooms in the world, and can usually be seen growing as a parasitic fungus in tiers on dead stumps or old trees. You can find this mushroom growing in most parts of the…
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Home herbal relief for coughs and colds
This morning I woke up and realized just how many bare trees are around. Winter is pretty much upon us, and it’s fairly safe to say that so is the season of the Colds and Flu. So today I wanted to talk about something I see in my clinic very often, and that is the mismanagement…
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How to prepare a Garlic Oxymel (syrup)
Rainy days at my house always conjures the brewing of ‘something’ in my kitchen, and it just so happens that my garlic has finished its’ 2week-long ‘digestion’ in apple cider vinegar, and is all ready to be combined with the other herbs and honey, to create a batch of ‘Garlic Oxymel’, all ready for the…
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Pine Resin: How to render it for remedies
You might have seen some photos of pine resin that I posted a while back. I was on the hunt for some wild-grown resin to harvest and add to a few of the things I was making. Pine resin is one of my favourite thing to work with- not only for its amazingly uplifting fragrance,…
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Essential oils vs Infused oils
There is a huge movement toward using essential oils in the home and for healing, but this has only been so prolific in recent times. The use of essential oils and resins has been around for thousands of years, with cultures such as the Egyptians, Ancient China and Persia being some of the earliest documented, although many…
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Storing herbs correctly
I wanted to take a moment out and talk about the way that herbs and herbal products are stored and packaged. Far too often I am seeing packaging being chosen for its looks (and marketability) over its practicality and stability. For those of you who don’t know, some of my work is done as a Clinical…
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Red Onion, Quercetin and Zinc delivery
This little vid is a bit of a ramble about the potential reason that hydroxychloriquine could help with viral infections, and how it could be comparable to Quercetin, found in the humble red onion.
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Androgen blockers: Stinging Nettle and Spearmint!
In this short video I chat about the benefits of adding the humble Stinging Nettle and Spearmint into your daily routine! They both contain actives which help to block the aromatisation of Testosterone down to an androgenic derivative, DHT. The benefits of this are sparing or raising your ‘good’ Testosterone, and helping you take control of hormonal…