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Cornwall based Herbalist in training hoping to set up a shop and clinic in North Cornwall.

31/10/2025

🎃Ointment making for a patient on this All Hallows Eve 🎃

This ointment is a calendula and chickweed ointment harvested from my own garden and is a mixture of dried and fresh herb.

25/08/2025

Watch this space!

I've been very silent recently. Not only have I had exams and dissertations but I've been busy getting my clinic space ready for when I hopefully complete my course next year 🤞

Therefore, rather than posting pictures of herby goodness, I've been doing late night DIY and organising my remedies.

There's still a lot of work to do but it's already looking more like functional space.

23/06/2025

My lovely Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) 🐎

A plant that dates back to the prehistoric era and a potent medicine for bones, joints and the urinary system.

It contains silica which is important for repairing and improving the function of connective tissue such as tendons, ligaments, bones and cartilage. It aids bone repair by encouraging the deposition of calcium to aid bone repair and formation.

It has been traditionally used to treat cystitis and kidney stones according to King's American Dispensatory in 1898.

The pictured herb was sourced a short walk away from where I live and will be dried for use in decoctions and tinctures.

It is truly a lovely lovely herb 😅

22/06/2025

A day spent straining my homemade tinctures 🍃💦

It's great to be able to source medicine right on your doorstep where possible. Not only is it cheaper for both practitioner and patient but it's also more sustainable by using plants that are readily available with less mileage.

The tinctures pictured include lemon balm, southernwood, sage and yarrow from my garden as well as oak buds sourced from my travels to Norwich as part of my endobiogenics course. I now have a selection of medicines that can be used to treat anything from a sore throat to menopause to insomnia.

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02/06/2025

🌼Hello Arnica Montana🌼

At the moment, everytime I wander into my polytunnel, these beautiful flowers are there to greet me.

Most folk will be aware of Arnica cream but here is the beautiful plant behind all that medicinal magic!

25/04/2025

An evening's foraging in Somerset.

It's amazing what you can find in your nearby surroundings. A short walk from the campsite led to the discovery of white dead nettle, ground ivy, dandelions and the beginnings of hops tangling themselves into the hedge.

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is traditionally used for coughs, colds and sore throats but not to be confused with common ivy! It's completely different.

White dead nettle (Lamium album) is traditionally used for female health such as period pain and heavy flow. Its drying action was employed to dry up excess secretions.

My evening walk ended watching Mr and Mrs pheasant wander around the farm whilst sipping dandelion flower tea AKA a little cup of sunshine ☀️🌻

02/03/2025

☠️Restricted and poisonous plants☠️

The part of my course that I have been looking forward to since starting it almost 5 years ago. I've always been interested in these potent plants that need respecting and I'm thrilled to finally be learning about them and even growing some of them this year.

Pictured here are my own materia medica illustrations of monkshood, hemlock and pokeweed.

21/06/2024

Summer Solstice

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Celebrating the longest day at Brentor and Wistmans Wood.

Brentor seemed appropriate this year as I'm currently researching the St Michael's leyline and the mysticism that surrounds it and then finishing up the morning watching the sunlight filter through the trees at Wistmans was magical.

11/06/2024

A very interesting research paper about Chelidoniun majus (Greater Celandine) and it's effectiveness against treating COVID-19. There were only 20 participants and patients did suffer from other conditions such as obesity and hypertension but no adverse effects were reported from taking Chelidonium and results look really promising. Hopefully more research can be done.

Full article can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250801/

03/06/2024

Hawthorn or May/ Crataegus spp.

Annual visit to Mother May and Sister May out on the Moor. Mother May has been consistently bountiful over the years and she delivered once again this year for a collection of hawthorn leaf and flower. These have been tinctured to be used as medicine.

The leaves, flowers and haws can be used as medicine and it's traditionally used as a circulatory tonic for conditions such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and heart disease.

Fruit leather can be made with the haws and I have also made ketchup with the haws in the past which far exceeded tomato ketchup in flavour but it was time consuming to produce.

In folklore, alongside ash and oak, hawthorn forms part of the fairy triad. Rosaries can be made from the dried haws and this, "can be used for meditative purposes or to count the number of chants used in a spell" ( Pearson, N.G. 2019 Wortcunning). I have made rosaries in the past for myself, friends and family with the purpose of protecting and warding off negative spirits as hawthorn has also been used for this purpose historically such as at Roodmass. According to Nigel G. Pearson, "bathing the face with dew from the hawthorn on May morning bestows beauty and enhances the complexion"
(Pearson, N.G. 2019 Wortcunning). Hawthorn leaves can be chewed, "with intention to aid focus and Otherworldly contacts at sacred sites" ( Pearson, N.G. 2019 Wortcunning) I often chew on the leaves outside the local pub. I'm sure some folk would regard the pub as a sacred site and you could argue that some of the customers are a little otherworldly at times...

Please seek medical advice before self prescribing. Some herbs can interfere with pharmaceutical drugs and, in the case of Hawthorn, it may interfere with calcium channel blockers and other forms of heart medication.

28/05/2024

Sweet Cicely / Myrrhis odorata

One of my favourite herbs due to it's anise smell and taste but a herb that unfortunately seems to have fallen out of fashion amongst modern herbalists.

This is a native plant of Great Britain, it's great for bees and the whole plant can be used for culinary and medicinal purposes. Traditionally, it has been used to treat coughs and flatulence and according to Mrs Grieve, the old herbalists say that the root can be boiled and eaten with oil and vinegar and this is, "very good for old people that are dull and without courage, it rejoiceth and comforteth the heart and increaseth their lust and strength."

Tina Stapley mentions in her book, Herbcraft Naturally, that the roots can be used in liqueurs to add a liquorice flavour. She also has a recipe for a damson, elderberry and sweet cicely wine which sounds divine. I often munch on the seed pods when I'm out in the garden and add them to baking to get that lovely anise flavour. It's anise flavour may be in part due to the constituent glycyrrhizin which is also found in liquorice.

I'm a keen advocator of using native herbs when and where possible not just for sustainability purposes but also to help preserve historical and folk traditions. In my opinion, Sweet Cicely certainly still has a place on the modern apothecary shelf.

Please be careful when identifying as Sweet Cicely is a member of the Umbelliferae plant family (Cow Parsley, Wild Carrot, Water Dropwort) which can be very difficult to differentiate and some members of this family are poisonous so always seek advice from an expert and also when self prescribing, please seek guidance from a medical professional.

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