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Qualified Medical Herbalist practicing in Devon; Exeter, Topsham & Ottery St Mary. Offering 1:1 consultations, foraging walks & workshops.

Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. 🌿

https://linktr.ee/honeysuckleherbal Yasmin is a qualified medical herbalist who completed her training at the esteemed Betonica School of Herbal Medicine. This rigorous four-year program instilled a scientific yet holistic approach to healthcare, emphasizing integrating traditional knowledge with modern medical understanding. Yasmin is an insured practitioner and a proud National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) member. Mission:

Yasmin is dedicated to making private healthcare affordable, accessible, and sustainable for both people and the planet. Her goal is to share her expertise in herbal medicine, empowering individuals to make informed choices throughout their healthcare journey. She is committed to helping patients achieve their optimal health and well-being. What is Herbal Medicine? Herbal medicine involves the use of plants and their natural compounds to support and enhance health. This approach is rooted in holistic healthcare, focusing on understanding each patient's unique needs and addressing the underlying causes of illness rather than merely treating symptoms. Herbal treatments are available in various forms, including teas, powders, tinctures, syrups, and capsules. In addition, Medical Herbalists often recommend lifestyle and dietary changes to further support overall health. How Herbal Medicine Can Help:

Yasmin supports individuals with a wide range of health concerns, including but not limited to:

Painful, heavy, or irregular periods and PMS
Fertility issues, PCOS, and endometriosis
Perimenopausal symptoms
Low mood, insomnia, fatigue, headaches, and migraines
Fibromyalgia, arthritis, and osteoporosis
Digestive issues such as acid reflux, IBS, Crohn's disease, colitis, and diverticulitis
Raised blood pressure, varicose veins, and Raynaud's
Respiratory conditions like hay fever, asthma, sinusitis, bronchitis, and tonsillitis
Skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne

Yasmin’s comprehensive, patient-centered approach aims to address these and other health concerns, guiding individuals towards better health and well-being. If you would like to explore the ways in which herbal medicine can support you in your health care journey, why not book your free introductory call today? Book here: www.calendly.com/honeysuckleherbal/booking

I look forward to hearing from you. Warmest Wishes,
Yasmin x

13/03/2026

🍯 BUSY BEE 🐝

👩🏻‍🏫 On Wednesday I hosted a talk on Herbal Support for Osteoporosis! Thank you to the South West Osteoporosis Support Group for such a warm welcome. 🦴

👩🏻‍⚕️ In between patients and dispensing I've been preparing for two very exciting events next week...

👉 SPRING AWAKENING
Fri 20th March, 14:00 - 16:00 (Free)

👉 SPRING MEDICINE & TINCTURE MAKING WORKSHOP
Sat 21st March, 14:00 - 16:30 (Tickets)

💚 Fancy coming along? Check out https://linktr.ee/honeysuckleherbal for more info! Link in bio. 🎟️

🤓 For those of you who are herb nerds, the prescription dispensed in this video is for a patient with IBS (diarrhoea, bloating, flatulence, etc) and hormonal symptoms (palpitations, anxiety, PMS, low libido, etc).

⚗️ The tincture blend contains Marshmallow root, Chamomile, Fennel, Shativari, Echinacea, Hawthorn and more...

🌼 What other herbs do you reckon could be helpful? Drop your thoughts in the comments section!🍃

10/03/2026

⚗️ NEXT WEEK: Tincture Making Workshop 🍃

💚 ...with medical herbalist, Yasmin Kerr of 👌

👩🏻‍🏫 Are you fed up battling hay fever year after year? Are you looking for natural ways to support your health throughout the seasons? Let’s use seasonal herbs growing in our hedgerows, meadows and gardens to combat seasonal health complaints!

🌿 During this introductory workshop, participants will discuss hay fever; explore seasonal herbal remedies used to alleviate common symptoms; and learn invaluable tools to support you throughout hay fever season (dietary, lifestyle and supplement advice).

Expect:
👍Small group setting
👍Delicious organic herbal tea
👍Hands-on tincture making
👍Personalised guidance
👍Recipes, book recommendations & more
👍Holistic knowledge & skills learned for life

🌷Details:
Saturday 21st March 2026, 14:00 – 16:30
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy St, Exeter, EX4 3LS

🌻Last few tickets. Booking essential, via website. Ticket link in bio.

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/herbal-remedies-tincture-making/

🌱 Any questions, just ask!

08/03/2026

🌿 Roadside Foraging (& Poisonous Wally's). ☠️

🚙 Whenever I host a foraging walk, I'm often asked whether or not one should harvest plants from roadsides or areas frequented by dog-walkers. 🐕

My answer is always the same.

1. Dog wee washes off. When applicable, you can always give your fresh Wild Garlic leaves a rinse under the tap before whipping up your pesto sauce.

2. Consider where all of your other fruit, veg and leafy greens come from. Consider the chemicals they've been sprayed with, the insects that have chomped them, and the birds that have likely pooped on them. We don't get to see most of our foods growing conditions. Personally, I think a teeny bit of hypothetical dog wee is OK in comparison to the alternatives.

😱 "But what about pollution and car fumes?!" 🤔

Plants are very clever. The relationship between a plant's environment and its chemical composition is complex. Different environmental factors like soil temperature, moisture, and light can enhance or suppress the synthesis of various defensive compounds.

Often times, when growing conditions are more challenging plants produce more potent "secondary metabolites" (AKA more medicinal compounds).

In the case of Wild Garlic, a scientific study evidenced that the concentrations of its defense metabolites, such as flavonoids and antioxidant compounds, varied significantly depending on the location and environmental factors.

To summarise, it may be more beneficial to harvest plants from roadsides, opposed to idyllic untouched meadows (if they even exist).

I hope that's provided you with some clarity and reassurance. And now.. Let's play a fun game!

👀 SWIPE LEFT TO PLAY WHERE'S WALLY. 👈

☠️ Find the poisonous plant hiding amongst a carpet of Wild Garlic leaves. 🍃

🙏 If you're herb-curious and want to learn how to safely identify and use plants in wild food recipes and herbal remedies... Join me on one of my upcoming foraging walks and medicine making workshops!

💚 Check out https://linktr.ee/honeysuckleherbal for more info!

04/03/2026

🌞 I'm super excited to announce that will be hosting intuitive mini tea tasting sessions at the Spring Awakening event on Friday 20th March.

🍵 During each mini session we will taste one plant anonymously, and question where the herb travels in our bodies, what memories it evokes and the sensations it enlivens.

🌿 Yasmin will then reveal the mystery herb, sharing its modern and historic uses, folklore, wild food recipes and more.

🏵️ Participants will receive a herb monograph after each session.

🙏 These sessions offer a meditative and introspective opportunity for guests to deepen their understanding of the plants and their own bodies.

💚 There will be an array of other wellbeing activities throughout the day, such as aromatherapy and more!

🌱 Learn more and book your FREE ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-awakening-a-celebration-of-learning-tickets-1980884051522

02/03/2026

🧄 Meet Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) 🧄

🌱 You'll likely smell Wild Garlic or Ramsons before you see it. It likes to carpet canal paths, woodlands, and roadsides.

💮 Key botanical identification features include its clusters of small, white, six-petaled, star-like flowers on a leafless stalk, and its long oval leaves.

☠️ I advise picking the leaves individually as many unsavoury plants grow amongst it, such as poisonous look-a-likes Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum).

🥬 That being said, fresh Wild Garlic leaves make for a delicious pesto sauce. One can also freeze the leaves and add them to meals throughout the year. Likewise, the unopened flower buds and seed pods can be preserved through pickling to mimic capers, and used to garnish salads, pastas or pizzas.

💚 Wild Garlic is not only a yummy wild food, but it also possesses many health benefits, from supporting the immune system to reducing cardiovascular diseases (e.g. high blood pressure and cholesterol).

🤧 Traditionally, its antimicrobial properties have been called upon for coughs, colds and sore throats. Modern scientific studies have demonstrated its anti-diabetic activity as it can lower blood glucose levels!

👩🏻‍⚕️ It is generally well-tolerated. However, excessive consumption may cause heartburn or flatulence. For those taking blood-thinning medication, seek guidance from a medical herbalist before regularly consuming this plant.

🌿 Would you like to feel confident to identify, harvest and use seasonal plants in wild food recipes and herbal remedies? Come along to a foraging walk!

🤩 Visit www.honeysuckleherbal.co.uk to learn more about my 2026 events: including foraging walks and remedy making workshops!

🤓 Make sure to FOLLOW for your weekly herbal fix.

25/02/2026

Join on Sunday 1st March for an afternoon of eco-friendly fun!

🫘 Seed swap
🔬 Soil testing
🌿 Plants & herbal remedies for sale
💕 And more...

🌱 Pop by my stall for a complementary herbal brew and stock up on seasonal herbal remedies.

💚 See you then!

🤫 Psst...Doors open at 1pm. Get there sharp to have first dibs on good seeds & plants. You're welcome! 😉

21/02/2026

🌿 Sidmouth Health & Wellbeing Fayre 🌿

19/02/2026

🌀 THANK YOU 🌀

🥰 Last night at was dreamy. We hosted our first Herbal Medicine Club session of the year.

👏 Thank you to all of our lovely guests who braved the miserable weather and joined us!

✨ We meditated. We drank tea. We shared our experiences. We went on a unique herb journey with the magical Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). We learned about its therapeutic uses, folklore, botany and so much more.

🙏 If this sounds like your cup of tea, join us for the next Herbal Medicine Club on April 22nd. Event details via link in bio. Please do join our gorgeous herbal community.

🥳 I'm always happy to offer talks, workshops, or webinars to share herbal knowledge. Please get in touch if you would like to bring a herbal perspective to your community or venue to support natural steps towards better health.

🌿 If you would like to learn more about how herbal medicine can support you and your health, reach out via email or the contact form on the website.

👩🏻‍⚕️ I hope to see you soon; at the next event or in clinic.

honeysuckleherbal@gmail.com
www.honeysuckleherbal.co.uk

17/02/2026

Spring Foraging Walk & Remedy Making Workshop

🌱 FORAGE - LEARN - MAKE 🌱

Join Medical Herbalist, Yasmin Kerr, for an afternoon of foraging, plant exploration and hands-on medicine making.

During the first half of the event, we will forage for seasonal plants, discuss key identification features, delve into their botanical folklore, and consider their historic and contemporary uses in Western Herbal Medicine.

During the second half of the event, participants will discuss hay fever and allergies; explore seasonal herbal remedies used to alleviate common symptoms; and make their own Spring Tonic Tincture! For more information, please visit the Eventbrite link below.

🌿 Details:
Saturday 18th April 2026, 13:00 – 15:30
Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6QG

Booking is essential. Limited availability. Link in bio.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-foraging-walk-remedy-making-workshop-tickets-1964289252030

See you in the field!

10/02/2026

🌿 ONE WEEK TO GO! ✨

Join Yasmin Kerr AKA & gather together in the gorgeous space that is on Wednesday the 18th of February from 6 to 8pm for a meditative journey exploring herbs & their healing properties.

Using the traditional practices of organoleptics Yasmin will guide you through an intuitive ‘blind’ tea tasting ☕️ tasting one plant anonymously, and questioning where the herb travels to in our bodies, what memories it evokes and the sensations it enlivens 🌀

After we’ve met the herb in question, we’ll share and combine experiences. Yasmin will then reveal the herb in question, sharing its modern and historic uses & giving us a deep understanding of the plants & our own bodies ✨🦋

💫 ENTER THE COMPETITION TO WIN A FREE TICKET (for you or a loved one).

Or nab a ticket now to avoid disappointment. Spaces are VERY limited

🔮 £20pp - bookings via the eventbrite link in bio or below.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/herbal-medicine-club-herb-journey-meditation-tickets-1975301473882

09/02/2026

🧡 Galentines Giveaway 🩷

🎉 WIN 1x ticket to the Herbal Medicine Club: Herb Journey & Meditation 🌿✨

HOW TO ENTER:

👍 Like this post
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👯‍♀️ Tag a friend (or that special someone) you'd like to go to the event with, one tag per comment
❤️‍🔥 Share to your stories and tag so I see 👀
💌 BONUS ENTRY: press the repost button!

🎉 Winner will be announced on Saturday 14th February.

🫖 Event Details:
Wednesday 18th February, 6-8pm
Sacred Grounds, Exeter
Hosted by

Full event details can be found via the link in my bio or below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/herbal-medicine-club-herb-journey-meditation-tickets-1975301473882

🍀 GOOD LUCK! 🤞

❤️

07/02/2026

⚗️ Tincture Making Workshop Exeter🍃

💚 ...with medical herbalist, Yasmin Kerr of 👌

👩🏻‍🏫 Are you fed up battling hay fever year after year? Are you looking for natural ways to support your health throughout the seasons? Let’s use seasonal herbs growing in our hedgerows, meadows and gardens to combat seasonal health complaints!

🌿 During this introductory workshop, participants will discuss hay fever; explore seasonal herbal remedies used to alleviate common symptoms; and learn invaluable tools to support you throughout hay fever season (dietary, lifestyle and supplement advice).

Expect:
👍Small group setting
👍Delicious organic herbal tea
👍Hands-on tincture making
👍Personalised guidance
👍Recipes, book recommendations & more
👍Holistic knowledge & skills learned for life

🌷Details:
Saturday 21st March 2026, 14:00 – 16:30
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy St, Exeter, EX4 3LS

🌻Limited availability. Booking essential, via website. Ticket link in bio.

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/herbal-remedies-tincture-making/

🌱 Any questions, drop me a line!

Address

15 Castle Street
Exeter
EX43PT

Website

https://www.honeysuckleherbal.co.uk/

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