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Myrobalan Clinic is my herbal medicine practice combining Tibetan Medicine with Western herbal medic Thank you so much for visiting my page.
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Here at Myrobalan Clinic I can offer you a unique way of working with your health since I combine over 20 years of Tibetan Medicinal training and practice with a Western herbal medicinal treatment approach. I'm absolutely passionate about identifying and treating the root cause of illness which is different in every case, even if the 'named disease state' is the same as in other patients. If the r

oot cause of illness is addressed then true sustainable healing is possible (as opposed to temporary relief). My aim is always to help patients take charge of their own health and to not 'need me'. I spend time investigating the detailed case and then formulate a prescription especially for each patient, taking into account Tibetan diagnostic techniques as well as traditional Western herbal medicine. This prescription is likely to involve dietary and lifestyle advice, herbal medicines and sometimes mindfulness, meditation or visualisation techniques. There's no 'one size fits all' prescription strategy, everyone is different and I aim to tailor my approach to fit in with what people are comfortable with as well as what is needed to effect a positive change to a patient's health. I will always be honest about how I can help and give the best estimate possible of how long it is likely to take before you see results. My priority is to help people be as healthy as possible and to get the most out of this precious human life that we share. I'm not in the business of simply 'selling herbs. I view my dispensary as precious medicine to be used and taken with respect. I grow and gather most of my herbs ensuring that they are processed at the peak of their potency to produce the best possible quality medicines.. It's hard work to work in this way but it's worth it because I know I'm prescribing fabulously vibrant medicines. I truly value the medicines that I make so that is why I don't prescribe herbs unless I know they are totally necessary and appropriate. You'll get an understanding of my approach by having a look at my Notes here on my page. Behind the scenes activity is documented on my blog at http://myrobalanclinic.wordpress.com/ and more official stuff is on my website www.myrobalanclinic.com

Please note that I am only available for drop ins on Tuesday and Saturday mornings 9.30 - 1.00pm. Very occasionally I'm not there on Saturday mornings so if you are travelling a significant distance to come to a Saturday drop in please feel free to email or telephone ahead of your planned trip to ensure that I will be there to answer your query. The rest of the week when I mark myself as open I'm actually in consultation with patients who have pre-booked. If you're unable to attend at a drop in session but really want to talk to me in person please do telephone me and we can try and arrange an alternative time for a 10 minute chat.

27/04/2026

Recently I made a gorgeous batch of Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) flower tincture. As I filled the jar with my own home grown and carefully dried flowers, the beautiful fragrance transported me right back to the day they were picked.

Honeysuckle flowers are prized for their anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. They’re cooling and can be prescribed to reduce fever, menopausal hot flushes or other hot conditions. They are also very helpful for supporting the respiratory system, whether it’s to ease the symptoms of colds and flu or to relax the bronchi and bronchioles in cases of asthma, croup or bronchitis.

If you have the space, I thoroughly recommend planting a vine for future harvests. I think that harvesting Honeysuckle could be one of my absolute favourite herbal activities (but don’t tell the other herbs that I said that!).

Photos:
1. Harvesting Honeysuckle (back in the summer).
2. A basket of gorgeousness.
3. Tincture of Honeysuckle flowers for my dispensary.

26/04/2026

Whilst it’s not yet the time for Elecampane to flower, it is the time to harvest its gorgeous fragrant medicinal roots.

Elecampane is most often thought of as an expectorant and antitussive. As an expectorant, it loosens phlegm and helps to clear congested lungs. Its antitussive action calms coughs, being helpful in bronchitis, asthma and whooping cough.

It’s also an excellent bitter digestive tonic, encouraging improved levels of stomach acid which in turn reduce mucus production. With strong digestive systems we’re in the best position to get well again and stay well. In fact, Elecampane is my first choice as a tonic for weakness following a bout of influenza or bronchitis. Traditionally this kind of post viral malaise was thought of as being caused by malicious elves and the affected person was said to have ‘elf shot’. The old sources specifically describe Elecampane as an effective cure for ‘elf shot’.

Elecampane helps to ripen and resolve lingering fevers being a stimulant and a diaphoretic. It’s also alterative and diuretic. This means that it can support the body in detoxification and recovery after illness.

This is only a snap shot of some of the very many medicinal virtues of Elecampane. My book: ‘A Working Herbal Dispensary’, which is published by , has a much more in depth section on this beautiful herb. Alongside physiological properties, I describe energetic, emotional and magical aspects as well as how I work with it in my clinic.

There’s a link in my bio.

Photos:
1. Elecampane in flower during the summer.
2. Harvested roots.
3. Large tub of roots after their first rinse.
4. Washing roots in my clinic sink.
5. After the washing comes the chopping and drying.

23/04/2026

I’m beginning the process of letting go of my allotment. This is what it looked like in late summer a few years ago. Now, many of the herbs have been relocated to the mandala herb garden and it’s looking rather unkempt.

Other herbs that were present but not shown in this reel are:
Peppermint, Spearmint, Marjoram, Skullcap, Rose, Goldenrod, Catmint, Motherwort, Horseradish, Slippery Elm, Cramp Bark, Cowslip, Nasturtium, Comfrey, Violet, Greater Celandine, Wild Lettuce, Honeysuckle, Lovage, Yarrow, Wormwood and Hops.

I was so grateful to have this allotment when we had to leave Dorset 13 years ago. I’d spent five years establishing a herb field on a local organic farm and having the allotment meant that I was able to move some of the herbs here to wait for a more permanent home.

Everything changes. Change is good, but it can be hard work when you’re a herb gardener!

21/04/2026

More Cowslips (Primula veris) from the mandala herb garden!

The SW diagonal of the mandala is planted with Honeysuckle and underplanted with Cowslips. In time, the whole diagonal will be filled with Cowslips and they’ll provide fabulous medicine at the same time as carrying out much appreciated w**d suppression duties.

I talked about the medicinal properties of Cowslips on the 6th April so, if you missed that, do take a look back through my posts.

I write about Cowslips (and 107 other herbs) in both of my books: ‘Self Sufficient Herbalism’ and ‘A Working Herbal Dispensary: Respecting Herbs As Individuals’. Both are published by and the link to find out more or to purchase is below:

https://health.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/working-herbal-dispensary/95192

Photos:
1. Second harvest of Cowslip flowers from the mandala herb garden this year.
2. SW diagonal, a work in progress.

18/04/2026

These beauties are dried Rhododendron flowers destined for a Tibetan herbal bathing mix called Dutsi Nga Lum (བདུད་རྩི་ལྔ་ལུམས།).

Rhododendron is known as Dali (དྭ་ལི།) in Tibetan language. It has a hot taste and a warming potency. In bathing therapy it’s mixed with at least four other herbs to form a balanced and rejuvenating treatment which is also excellent for joint inflammation and lymphatic system support.

I’ve been wanting to make some of this blend for myself for many years and finally have all of the herbs I need. I love that my herbal learning will involve a lot of relaxing in a fragrant bath over the next few days!

Dali is a wonderful Tibetan Medicine, not only for bathing therapy but it’s also very helpful in formulae that help with acclimation to high altitudes, one of which I sampled first hand whilst travelling in Amdo in 2016 and 2017.

This is, however, a herb that I will definitely not be planting at the herb field in Cymru! This is because Rhododendron can be highly invasive and there’s already plenty available elsewhere where it has sadly spread out of control.

Photos:
1. Dried Rhododendron flowers
2. Rhododendron in flower
3. Harvested flowers
4. Flowers laid out for drying
5. Entry for ‘dark’ Rhododendron (which has red flowers) in Dr Dawa’s ‘Clear Mirror of Tibetan Medicinal Plants.
6. Entry for ‘light’ Rhododendron (Rhododendron przewalskii) in འཁྲུངས་དཔེ་དྲི་མིད་ཤིལ་གྱི་མེ་ལོང་།

15/04/2026

This is a young plant of Chinese Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) or Chum Tsa ལྕུམ་རྩ། in Tibetan language. It’s growing, with other Tibetan medicinal plants at the mandala herb garden.

This plant is extremely cold hardy and prefers to grow in moist sunny places. It seems to be doing well in the northern segment of the garden, in an area where the soil is more moisture retentive as it has a higher proportion of clay.

The root is the medicinal part of this herb. The leaves being very high in oxalates and are therefore toxic.

Chum Tsa root has a sour to bitter taste and a neutral to coarse potency. It acts as a purgative when prescribed in high doses but in smaller doses it is an astringent tonic to the digestive tract.

It’s prescribed in carefully balanced formulae to support the digestion, improve appetite, reduce flatulence and treat constipation. It was also traditionally prescribed in cases of poisoning.

For topical treatment, it can be made into poultices to treat swelling and injuries.

I’m very happy to be growing two of these beautiful medicines at the mandala herb garden. I hope that in time, the population will increase.

1. Me with one of the Chum Tsa plants
2. View from above
3. In Amdo in 2017 at high altitude with a wild Chum Tsa plant.

13/04/2026

This is our mandala herb garden - a work in progress and a labour of love.

In June, it will be just three years since we became guardians of this piece of land. We’re creating a medicinal woodland and a mandala herb garden within a meadow area rich in wild medicinal plants.

The design of the garden is based on the description of ‘Tanaduk’ in the Gyudzhi - the Four Medical Tantras of Tibetan Medicine. ‘Tanaduk’, which means ‘Beautiful to behold’, is a land of medicines and healing. Herbs, healing trees and other medicinal substances grow (or are found) all around a square central ‘sanctuary’ area.

In the North of the mandala, there are herbs which are cooling and bitter. This direction is especially associated with herbs that help to resolve infectious diseases and reduce heat in the body.

In the East of the mandala, there are herbs associated with the element of Air. These are mostly fragrant, aromatic herbs which help to support the nervous system.

In the South of the mandala, there are warming herbs, those that help support the circulatory system and the heart.

In the West there are herbs associated with the element of Water. These may either act on the water balancing systems of the body, such as diuretics, or they may be herbs which are moistening or are traditionally prescribed in water for example in Tibetan bathing therapy.

The boundaries between different herb growing areas are divided by diagonals formed by trellises. There are four gateways, one at each compass point, two actual gates and the others are symbolic.

North is orientated to be at the top of the (directly overhead) photos.

1. Mandala herb garden April 2026.
2. November 2023, rabbit fencing and trellises put in.
3. Rainbow blessing.
4. Placing treasure vases at the perimeter was the first job.
5. Summer 2024.
6. Summer 2025.
7. Looking to the west.

If you’re keen to follow along with our journey of creating the mandala herb garden and medicinal woodland at our herb field, you could do so by becoming a member of my P/\treon. There’s a link here:

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=36072641

Or go to Patreon and search ‘Lucy Jones Herbalist and Author’.

06/04/2026

I’m was very happy to see the Cowslips (Primula veris) flowering at the mandala herb garden. It was wonderful to be able to take a little harvest.

Cowslips are sedative and antispasmodic, usually being prescribed these days as a cough soother and stress reliever. Older sources report that Cowslip has a special affinity with the nerves and the brain and it was traditionally considered to be a headache medicine.

Mrs Grieve’s ‘A Modern Herbal’, published in 1931, mentions that ‘in earlier times’ it was chosen for paralytic ailments, being known as ‘Palsy Wort’ or ‘Herba Paralysis’. This is just one example of where we have lost (or nearly lost) knowledge of beneficial herbal virtues.

I remembered Cowslip’s special ability to support the nervous system when treating a child a few years ago. The child, had respiratory issues and was also suffering with ‘tics’ so I included Cowslip in his tea blend. The respiratory issues resolved and the tic reduced, a potentially promising result but obviously much more than one case would be needed to draw any firm conclusion.

Cowslips are too scarce to wild harvest so, if you see them in the wild, leave them be and have fun establishing your own colony if you would like Cowslip as medicine. Seeds are widely available from wildflower seed suppliers.

I write about Cowslips (and 107 other herbs) in both of my books. My first book, ‘Self Sufficient Herbalism’, is there to help inspire you to grow and process more of your own medicines and provide a little support and guidance if there are areas where you feel less confident.

My second book, ‘A Working Herbal Dispensary: Respecting Herbs As Individuals’, is a follow on to the first. It’s all about the stories and virtues of the herbs with which we work. My aim is to empower you to work with them with respect and to help them fulfil their amazing healing potential.

Both books are published by and the links to find out more or to purchase are in my bio.

04/04/2026

Seed saving is all the more joyous when the seeds are as special as these! They’ll be cultivated with love to increase the little population of Saussurea lappa at the mandala herb garden.

Photos:
1. Seed separation in action, a long job but a chance for contemplation.
2. A seed head of plump seeds, not all develop in this way and sometimes there are only one or two developed seeds in each head.
3. Each seed looks like a little arrow (or a parachute during dispersal).
4. It took four hours of hand sifting to get these!
5. The fluff was placed on my Ruta bed just in case I missed any seeds.

If you want to know more please take a look at the previous post on my grid.

#རུ་རྟ།

01/04/2026

This little plant may not look like much but it’s probably the most important species I’m growing at the mandala herb garden!

It’s called Saussurea lappa or (Saussurea costus) and in Tibetan language it’s called རུ་རྟ། (Ruta). Widely prescribed in Tibetan medicine as a warming bitter, it’s especially helpful for nervous digestive disorders as well as tonsillitis, respiratory issues and eliminating necrotic tissue.

Traditionally, it was wild harvested but unfortunately it’s now very scarce and has been classified as ‘extinct in the wild’ by CITES. There are hopefully still some small isolated populations at very high altitudes in the Himalayas but to all intents and purposes it’s extinct and should be protected.

Luckily, it grows well in cultivation and I’m hoping that, in time, I’ll be able to harvest some of the root for its gorgeous aromatic root medicine as well as continuing to collect seeds and expand the planted area.

Photos:
1. Me with a root cutting of Ruta ready to plant at the mandala herb garden
2. It’s taken three years of dividing and transplanting but now the first Saussurea lappa bed is completed and mulched.
3. Some of the established plants last summer.
4. Ruta’s flower spikes are pretty impressive.

26/03/2026

After a lovely piece about me in the online edition last year, I’m thrilled to be featured in this glossy print edition of (Volume 9 Issue 13). The article is about me, my herbal practice, my books and my journey to become a medical herbalist.

23/03/2026

At this time of the year we can marvel at the galaxy of little Lesser Celandine ‘suns’ that come out at our feet, but only when the sun is shining. If you’re looking for them on a cloudy day or at dusk, you won’t see them. On closer inspection you’ll see the underside of the tightly closed yellow petals instead. They’re waiting for the sun to come out again.

Lesser Celandine was William Wordsworth’s favourite flower and he wrote several poems about them. Here’s a snippet from his poem ‘To the same flower (1802, 1807)’
“Blithe of heart, from week to week
Thou dost play at hide-and-seek;
Wile the patient primrose sits
Like abeggar in the cold,
Thou, a flower of wiser wits,
Slipp’st into thy sheltering hold;
Liveliest of the vernal train
When ye all are out again.”

As well as enjoying them for their beautiful spring time display, we can also gather the whole plant (yes that’s flowers, leaves, stems, roots and tubers), in order to prepare a very effective treatment for haemorrhoids and also varicose veins. Many herbal folk have told me that they don’t gather the roots as it’s ‘easier’ to gather the leaves and flowers. The medicine is in the whole plant and the roots and tubers are important. It’s worth the extra effort to wash the underground parts.

If you are unsure about when to gather wild herbs and which parts are medicinal you will find my book ‘Self Sufficient Herbalism’, published by , a very helpful guide. There’s a link in my bio.

Photos:
1, 2. Lesser Celandine harvest
3, 4, 5. A galaxy of mini suns on verges and in the woodland edges.
6. Lesser Celandine flowers
7. Lesser Celandine washed and laid out
8. Flowers while ‘hiding’.

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Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	9:30am - 1pm

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http://www.myrobalanclinic.com/

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