Posts Tagged ‘salt spring island’
Healing Grief
Healing Grief: Natrum Muriaticum When I was 21 years old, my father unexpectedly died 10 days after my birthday. He was 47 years old. Death is strange. It’s as natural as birth, we all know it’s going to happen, yet when we see someone grieving the loss of a beloved we treat them like an…
Read MoreElderberry Medicine
The first herb to initiate me into the secret world of magic and herbal medicine was the Elder tree (Sambucus nigra). I was twelve years old, and it was the first summer at my grandparents new home in rural Ontario. My grandfather called me out to the backyard to meet him behind the garden house, near the…
Read MoreHawthorn: Myth, Magic & Medicine for your Heart
Register for The Alchemy of Herbal Medicine – Online HERE. Botanical Name: Crataegus spp. Common Names: hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, or hawberry. Crataegus is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the botanical family Rosaceae. The species often found where I live in southwestern Canada are C. monogyna, C. laevigata. The rosaceae family…
Read MoreA flower for first aid, swollen glands, yeast infections and more
This is the time of year where I’m reaping the benefits of my harvest. Not to say harvest season is over – in a lot of ways it’s just begun! But I harvest most of my flowers between April (when dandelion begins) through July, when the sun is the strongest. Right now, I’m focused on…
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