Posted: January 25, 2021
Juniper Berry Medicine. The herb is also known as gin berry, hackmatack, horse savin, old-field common juniper, mountain common juniper. Juniper berry medicine has been known to man since the time of the Egyptians. Seen as a small shrub they can grow into small trees. The plants are used as ornamentals in people’s gardens or
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Posted: January 15, 2021
Get Up and Go Balls This is my take on adaptogen balls. I’ve read a few different ones over the years and if mine doesn’t do it for you try this one or this one. I remember at the herb store there was a gal one day really agonizing about getting the exact ingredients for a
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Posted: January 12, 2021
Stress during the pandemic Each of us is dealing with stress during the pandemic. I think of each of us as walking around with an invisible backpack of bricks. When I have to line up (again) to get into the grocery store and the person in front of me isn’t as fast as I would
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Tags: adaptogen, herbalism, immune system, memory, nervine, Ottawa herbalist, pandemic, Stress
Posted: August 29, 2020
A Visit to Vervain Lane I’ve been using some of my pandemic time to do some continuing education via a webinar (isn’t it all webinar all the time now?) The herbalist (David Winston) leading the session mentioned his love for blue vervain (Verbena hastata) and said it was a little-known herb. I, as a long-time
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Tags: 7Song, blue vervain, David Winston, Ottawa herbalist, Verbena hastata, wetland
Posted: July 10, 2020
There is no alkaline diet. There is no alkaline diet. Ok, as you were. That’s it, that’s the post. Been torn the past few days about writing something “positive”. This is despite (makes gesture to the world) everything that is going on at the moment. But I just cannot. Misinformation really makes the hair on
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