Wild East Herbals

05/05/2026

Coming off a three-week cleanse my body feels better able to deal with daily stressors, plus i no longer crave sweet or salty snacks. No more belly bloat and best of all no inflammation in my nerves and joints. I’m sleeping through the night, my sinuses are clear, my skin less dry, my nails are stronger and my clothes fit better. And i have endless energy. Win, win, win, win.

Except for the first day without caffeine, i didn’t feel deprived or hungry (much). I supported the cleanse with herbs to help clear lymph and blood of the by-products of food and cellular metabolism. I used other herbs to help my liver and digestive system break down food into nutrients and clear waste products.

After almost a month of conscious eating i am psyched to stay on this track. So i’ll continue with herbs that support good digestion, assimilation and elimination.

That means taking bitters before meals and drinking cleansing teas during the day.

If you would like to hear more about what herbs I am using and how to improve your own health with herbal protocols, sign up for my newsletter at wildeastherbals.ca, or book a consult. Or come find me at the Lunenburg Farmers Market this Thursday, 8 until noon. We’ve moved into the arena and there will be lots of new vendors!

04/22/2026

This is what resilience looks like.

A mullein plant that survived winter in a crevice of slate rock along the Blue Rocks shoreline, outlasting winter storms and freezing salt spray.

Tula is a one year old Golden Doodle, exhilarated after her salt water cold plunge. Her family is traveling and I am lucky enough to get to hang with her for a spell.

Herbs can help humans become more resilient too. They can help calm down our nervous systems so we sleep and digest better, increase our uptake of essential minerals, aid elimination systems in releasing waste products, and strengthen or regulate our immune systems.

I’ll be at the Lunenburg Market tomorrow, Thursday, from 8-12, with some herbal remedies for resilience. I may have just the right herbs to help you where you are right now on your health journey. Drop by and say helllo.

You can sign up for my newsletter at wildeastherbals.ca to hear about the opening of the Wild East Herbal Wellness Clinic in Bridgewater, happening soon, and about upcoming plant walks.

Happy Spring!

03/24/2026

I was listening to a talk by ethnobotanist Robin Wall Kimmerer today and she was talking about gratitude and appreciation for the plants. She pointed out that the plants need us too, for many reasons but also because they take in the carbon dioxide that we breathe out and use it to create leaves and berries and roots and soil. So when we are in the forest or other places in nature and we naturally feel a sense of peace that is because of this reciprocal relationship we have with the plants. We breathe in the oxygen they release and they in turn take up the carbon dioxide we expel. We belong in nature, because we are part of nature.

How are you nurturing your relationship to the plants and nature these days?

Wild East Herbals will be at two markets this week, the Lunenburg Market Thursday morning and the Blockhouse Market at the Waldorf School Saturday morning, both venues until noon. Come say hi!

Happy Spring. 🌱

02/26/2026

Come join me for Peter rabbit tea at the Lunenburg market this morning! Things are hopping!

02/25/2026

When winter feels intense I reach for herbal allies such as elderberry syrup and immun-i-tea to ward off colds and flu and heart's ease to lift my spirits. Come find me this week at the Lunenburg Market Thursday morning and the Blockhouse Market Saturday 9 til noon to get your winter fix.

02/06/2026

A perfect couple… rose and hawthorn.

Heart medicine for those who are deeply sensitive to the world around them, heartbroken or grieving, or stuck in depression.

Rose petals were known in ancient Persia for their ability to heal and protect the heart, and calm the nervous system.

Hawthorn has a long history of use in Europe as a tonic for both the emotional and physical heart.

Both plants are high in flavonoids and polyphenols, which reduce inflammation and oxidization in the body, especially in the cardiovascular system.

They strengthen and tone the heart muscle and vasculature, and help remove plaque from the walls of the blood vessels.

Did you know the heart is the primary organ of perception? We sense with our heart first, before the brain has time to register anything.

The calming nervine qualities of rose and hawthorn can help get us out of our busy heads and back into our hearts, where we are more in tune with the subtle nature of the world around us.

Heart’s Ease is a tincture made from wild foraged beach rose petals and hawthorn berries from a friend’s farm. It’s small batch and there are limited quantities available.

In honour of St. Valentine and all the tender hearts out there I am offering it at a special price for the month of February.

You can find me at the Blockhouse Farmers’ Market in the Waldorf School this Saturday (tomorrow) from nine til noon.

Hope to see you soon my loves.

❤️

02/04/2026

It's a joy to be part of this sweet lil market twice a month... the best, kindest people, adorable hand made crafts, sweet and savory baked goods, local produce, and small batch herbal remedies, plus tables and great coffee for hanging with friends, or a place to make new friends. I hope to see you there!

Get ready for a winter treat! We have some wonderful vendors this week at the Blockhouse Winter Market from 9 to noon at the 64 School Road, Blockhouse. Come on out to enjoy a delightful market morning!

01/29/2026

Elderberry syrup made from local wild elderberries and local honey can boost your defences against the viruses that seem to be hitting people hard this winter. Available this morning at the Lunenburg farmer's market, here til noon with all the herbs.

01/27/2026

Wild East Herbals is a new vendor at the Lunenburg Farmers Market starting this Thursday! After being a regular shopper at this incredible market for the past 15 years or so, I am finally going to be standing on the other side of the table. I'm nervous, but excited to share herbal wellness with my home community. Come visit me and stock up on winter wellness remedies like immun-i-tea, elderberry syrup and wild cherry cough syrup, or sleep and digestive aids, available as teas or tinctures. Or simply stop by and say hello...I'd love to hear which plant medicines are helping you in your daily life!

01/22/2026

There's something about the quietness of the living things in the winter forest... mosses and lichens composting dead tree stumps into nutrients for all the other living beings of the woods. It's a whole other world that we can walk by and not even notice.

A stunning colony of turkey tail mushrooms, sharing space with more mosses and lichens...

Forest walks inspire me to stay on my path of making medicines from nature to support vitality in the body.

I have been brewing and drinking immun-i-tea for well over 10 years, maybe 15, as my winter wellness tea. It has nine ingredients, because when I was studying with herbalist David Winston, we were using a system for formulating called a triune, that required using nine herbs in a formula, three for each body system we were targeting.

Immun-i-tea supports the immune and digestive systems, along with the lungs. It helps to build the deep immune reserves, our white blood cells, and I feel more vital when I drink it daily during the fall and winter months.

It's available at the Blockhouse Market every second Saturday through the winter, and at Ploughman's Lunch in West Dublin.

Blockhouse Market is at the Waldorf School Saturday mornings, 9-noon.

I'll be there this Saturday, with teas, elderberry syrup, wild cherry cough syrup, sleep remedies and other herbal formulas to keep you well. Come by and say hello, and give yourself a mid-winter vitality boost!

01/09/2026

the winter woods / update on the new clinic - https://mailchi.mp/3bcde7704f87/wildeastherbals