As we pass the Spring Equinox and the plants are starting to show signs of life again, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to stay apart from each other and be mostly at home. We’ve taken the opportunity to turn our popular 8 month wild food & medicine course & make it available online …
Botanical Name: Agrimonia eupatoria, A.procera (Fragrant Agrimony) Common Names: Cocklebur, Church Steeples, Sticklewort Family: Rosaceae Parts Used: Aerial parts, (also the root & seed according to some authors) Botany & Identification: Upright perennial with spikes of yellow flowers reaching up to 60cm. Prefers to grow in meadows and grassy roadsides, found throughout the UK …
Last week a public NHS/Edinburgh Council body called the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) met to allocate funding for Health &Social Care projects within Edinburgh over the next three years.Their budget for this was a mere £14.1 million pounds, down from £35million for the previous three year period. A combination of a change in policy …
Botanical Name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Common Names: Shepherd’s Purse, Sanguinary, Pick Purse, Witches’ Pouches, Mother’s Heart (Scots), lus na fola – The Blood Herb (Gaelic), Family: Brassicaceae Parts Used: Aerial parts Botany & Identification: A variable annual or biennial plant with an erect main stem which grows from 3cm to 40cm depending on its conditions. The …
We are delighted to be part of the organising crew for the next Scottish Radical Herbalism Gathering taking place in May 2018. The crew is looking for workshop proposals for the event – so please spread the word! Exciting News – *Call out for Workshop Proposals* We’re looking for people to facilitate workshops at the …
Hi folks, we are cancelling tomorrow’s ‘Autumn Medicine Making’ workshop at the Salisbury centre due to lack of bookings. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Watch this space for a new series of ‘Pay It Forward’ solidarity medicine making workshops which we will keep you posted on.
Come along to our Autumn Medicine Making workshop tomorrow afternoon to discover how to make a range of remedies from the seasonal fruit growing all around us!
Botanical Name: Usnea spp. Many similarly used species Common Names: Old Man’s Beard, Seaweed of the Mountain (Hawai’i), Fish Bone Beard Lichen, Tree Dandruff, Woman’s Long Hair Family: Usneaceae Parts Used: Whole Lichen Lichenology & Identification: Lichen are a symbiotic relationship between an algae and a fungus. The algae is able to photosynthesize and therefore …
The Wester Hailes Community Herbal Clinic is 1 year old! To celebrate our first birthday and kind offers of funding from Lush & Vegware, we are lowering our prices for staff of the Healthy Living Centre – only £25 for an hour’s appointment, and £15 for half an hour. Best price in town!
Botanical Names: Urtica dioica, Urtica urens Family: Urticaceae (Nettle Family), formerly Cannabinaceae (Cannabis Family) Common Names: Nettle, Stinging Nettle. U.urens –Dwarf Nettle, Small Nettle, Dog Nettle Identification: Cordate leaves which taper to a point and are toothed. Green flowers in long, branched clusters spring from the leaf axils. Urtica dioica is ‘dioecious’ meaning individuals are …
