The Herbwife

17/05/2025

Heading into the menopausal years, and trying to dig deep for avoiding HRT. I'm currently at the 'we can get enough oestrogens from food and herbs whilst we transition', and looking to supplement oestrogen this way. Now I'm questioning those who promote this, and perhaps it's time to dig a little deeper.

This author is challenging my views on using herbals. It's good to be challenged.

Logically, there is a reason why in traditional societies post menopausal women were the leaders and protectors of their communities . They were strong of mind and body.

09/02/2025

Homeopathy works with us...not on us.

14/01/2025

Amazing microbiome. ✨🔥🫰

01/11/2024

Found an old Herbal at the uni library recently with some great info on Comfrey.
Also this garden lane at the Mullum Community Gardens is pure joy. I bagged myself a shopping bag of comfrey leaf to take home and dry.

09/03/2024

This is interesting! Always thought this needed physical therapy in order to be fixed. Her course just for women looks great too.

Pregnancy causes numerous changes in the mother’s body — some beautiful and celebrated, some … not so much.

Diastasis recti is a fairly common condition experienced during or after pregnancy in which the muscles in the abdominal wall separate. Some say as many as 60% of new mothers experience this complication.

The separation can present as either an indented gap in the abdomen or a portion of the belly loosely pooched out where the muscles have separated.

Read more at: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/diastasis-recti-separation-of-the-abdominal-wall-muscles/
Pin it at: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566961040604957724/

09/11/2023

Just discovered Inclined bed therapy. Amazeballs. Look up on YouTube, Andrew K Fletcher. He gives and shows much better explanations.

Posting this clip because it's short and sweet.

I have just put bricks under everyone's bed today, and excited to try it out.

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19/08/2023

https://drdanenberg.com/dental-plaque-is-healthy-until-its-not/

Have just come across this doctor/ periodontist. And the link provides some new information which piqued my interest.

I also found his journey with cancer quite interesting. I had flashbacks to Dr Roby Mitchell who also died eventually of cancer. Both doctors went down the holistic path and gave themselves many more years, but still died of cancer in the end. They did many things right like changing their diet to whole food, but also included medical procedures like localised radiation, pharma meds, and supplements.

I wonder if they could have beaten cancer with herbal allies alongside what they were already doing? Why didn't they choose to investigate potent herbals like pau d'arco, the essiac formula, include nourishing mineral rich infusions like nettle and comfrey into their routine?

It heartens me when mainstream doctors look and find better protocols, but why not go further and investigate the power of herbals? Essiac would have been brilliant for bone marrow cancer.

The case of Dr Danenburg both heartens me, that medical doctors are finally thinking outside the box, but annoys me because they still have a long way to go.

Dental Plaque Is Healthy Until It’s Not Posted on September 18, 2017Alvin H. Danenberg, DDS • Nutritional Periodontist September 18, 2017 [printfriendly] Dental plaque is healthy, until it’s not. x What? How could dental plaque be healthy? x Isn’t dental plaque made up of unhealthy bacteria?...

27/07/2023

Some good advice.

29/06/2023

This is a great protocol, Jeremy is an Osteopath with deep knowledge of how to become well.

26/10/2022

Must try this out. 🥚🥚🐔🐔

Another unique Irish culinary invention , that I mentioned in an earlier post ,is buttered eggs, a unique and tasty way to preserve eggs.

Invented in time immemorial , probably due to the proliferation of butter on the island, the Irish developed this way to preserve eggs. It became so popular that exportation of buttered eggs to England numbered in the tens of thousands of dozens every year during the English colonial times .
Rubbed over freshly laid eggs the butter will melt forming a thin protective layering

Because the shell is porous, it absorbs the butter to form a more protective seal. Curious, I took one home. Soft-boiled, it tasted fresh from the hen, the yolk the color of sunshine, the white carrying with it a whiff of cream. Today buttered eggs are a delicacy, largely vanished from Irish farmyards and pantries. You can't butter eggs by machine, as it’s an intimate practice involving the hand . Every one needs to be done by hand. Farmers' wives used to say it was a task most difficult to execute in winter, when the butter was harder and their hands were colder. So perhaps in addition to the egg and the butter, what I taste is the memory of an Irish woman whose palm coaxed butter lovingly all the way around a fragile shell, hoping to preserve it for as long as she could.

That might seem counterintuitive. Why waste butter on the outside of an egg? But clever Irish farmers had hit on buttering eggs as a way to preserve them during winters, when hens produce less. Taking freshly-laid, still-warm eggs, farm families rolled them in their buttery palms. The butter helped solidify the hot, brittle shells, sealing off the yolky contents from the outside air.

Buttered eggs take on a shiny gleam. And, as an added bonus, the taste of butter permeates the egg, making it even richer when cracked opened and cooked. Eggs preserved this way keep for up to six months in a cool place and I have had them last even longer . It’s not surprising that buttered eggs were a Cork specialty, seeing as it’s also home to the Cork Butter Museum, a tribute to the region’s status as a butter-producing powerhouse.

They can be found at markets in Ireland and I make them regularly as a homestead speciality. If you keep chickens or know someone local who does , then you can too !

19/10/2022

Kvass wasn’t always held in the esteem that it is today: possibly appearing as early as 10th century Poland, kvass was typically served among peasants and the lower class before nobles later recognized its healing qualities. In fact, the Russian expression “to live from hand to mouth” refers to the practice of peasants making kvass from stale leftovers of rye bread. Beet kvass, while being a great liver support, is also rich in immune-system supporting probiotics, like Lactobacillus Casei, which is helpful for digestive regulation.

Get the recipe at:
https://hubs.ly/Q01q4d0j0

06/09/2022

Try a zeolite powder and oatmeal bath bag for a deeply cleansing, beautifying bath soak.

You will need:
15 cm square calico
2 teaspoons zeolite powder
3 teaspoons raw oatmeal
3 teaspoons dried herbs or flowers
A few drops of essential oil
A length of ribbon, raffia or string long enough to
loop around the tap spout.

Place the dry ingredients onto the square of unbleached calico then sprinkle the essential oil on top. Tie the bag with raffia. Place the bath bag in a cup of very hot water and let it soak for about 20 minutes then add the bag and the soaking water to the bath. Squeeze the bag often and rub it all over your body.
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Buy zeolite online at the link below
https://zeonatural.com/products/zeolite-powder