By the Seed SistAs As herbalists, we’ve always celebrated the individuality of the human body and mind – we talk about treating ‘the person’ not the dis ‘ease. Each person’s […]
Herbalism and the Wisdom of Energetics By the Seed SistAs As baby herbalists, we were fortunate to have been mentored by a wonderful wizard; the renowned herbalist, Christopher Hedley, whose […]
By the Seed SistAs We find ourselves navigating the turbulent waters of perimenopause, a stage of life that can feel like an endless rollercoaster ride with no exit in sight. […]
By Seed SistA, Kaz Language is a powerful tool that shapes our beliefs and perceptions. When we consistently use warlike metaphors in medical language to describe illness, we may inadvertently […]
by The Seed SistAs Osteoporosis, often referred to as the “silent thief of bones,” is a condition that weakens bones, making them fragile and more susceptible to fractures. You can […]
by the Seed SistAs Blepharitis, what a tongue-twisting term for an all-too-common eye ailment! If you’ve ever found yourself dealing with red, irritated eyelids, or if you’re all too aware […]
The Magical Powers of Elder by Seed SistA, Kaz My love for elder trees began in my early childhood with my grandmother’s homemade elderflower cordial, a recipe she’d perfected over […]
by The Seed SistAs We all breathe, in and out all day and all night in our sleep! Oxygen is the body’s currency, and without it, everything grinds to a […]
By the Seed SistAs Our earliest memories of hops aren’t tied to the plant itself, but rather to the experience of being in those spaces where hops were ever-present. As […]
Herbal Treatment for Soothing a Sore Throat By the Seed SistAs Sore Throat? Itchy, scratchy feeling that makes it hard to swallow? Losing your voice and sounding all sexy […]
Herbal Hair Care by the Seed SistAs Herbal hair care has been an essential part of beauty and wellness rituals shared and passed down across many cultures, communities and tribes […]
I’m Clare, a composer, singer, accordionist and keen gardener. I first met Kaz (Seed SistA) back in the 90’s as an activist, attempting to protect the British countryside from being […]
Talking to Plants By Seed SistA, Kaz Growing up, I was surrounded by the lush, aromatic embrace of my grandmother’s deeply loved and cherished garden. Watching her grow her own […]
Healing with Flower Essences by The Seed SistAs Imagine if you could capture the essence of flowers and their energy, all in one bottle? With each drop, we’d be able […]
By the Seed SistAs Humans have been brewing with herbs and flavours as an essential part of their diet for thousands of years. Drinking often potent, herbal brews played crucial […]
by Seed SisA, Kaz Growing up during the peak of rave culture was an experience that opened us up, forged connections with fellow seekers and saw up exploring the […]
One of the The Seed SistAs 2024 Medicine Garden Grants went to Earth Tenders, a black-led community garden and archiving project based in South London. They offer low or no-cost […]
Microdosing is mainstream by the Seed SistAs The world and their mother know the word microdosing – somehow it has made drug taking’ palatable’ and acceptable…But do people even really […]
By Joanna Gore (Sensory Herbalist) It’s obviously better to prevent disease than to try and treat it, so first and foremost I keep the animals as healthy as I can. […]
By the Seed SistAs When you see that a herb is demulcent, it is a plant action ascribed to that herb. Herbal actions mainly describe the way a herb affects […]
Blackthorn – Prunus Spinosa – Sloe By – Deborah Lewis Deborah joined our Sensory Herbalism Apprenticeship and as part of the course each apprentice pulls one of our herbal oracle […]
Hypericum is a Solar Herb which has restorative and relaxing gifts on offer. A herb that literally invites the rays of the sun in. It is known as a […]
Making Rose Oil Considered as the creme de la creme of roses, Rosa Damascena is well known globally for yielding high-quality oil, and has long been associated with Bulgarian historically. […]
Bulgaria’s Rose Valley During the first weekend in June, all roads lead to the Kazanlak region, aka, The Valley of Roses. If you don’t already know, Bulgaria is one […]
Herbal Actions When you open a book about herbs, you will see various categories or ways to talk about herbal medicine – plants are often talked about in terms of […]
Ash Tree Medicine and Mythology By the Seed SistAs The majestic, mystical, mythical Ash Tree. Ash is having a hard time. It represents a challenging disconnect from nature that […]
Medicinal and Edible Benefits of Nasturtiums by the Seed SistAs The vibrant and versatile flowers of nasturtium have been honoured and adored for centuries, and are not to be […]
One of the The Seed SistAs 2024 Medicine Garden Grants went to Loveland Medicine Garden which is situated on the Penryn estuary in Cornwall. It is part of a […]
Guest post by – Hazel Osborne, Transpersonal Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, animist and artist Do you have witchy ways? A sense of magic and mystery in your bones and cells? When I […]
Working with Earth, Sun and Moon with Willow by Kim Creswell MNIMH How still one can feel on a calm moonlit night as this beautiful blue-green planet spins through […]
These blog articles are herbal education resources, produced by the Seed Sistas. Gain insights and join us in the evolution of healthcare, please do leave a comment or question. […]
These blog articles are herbal education resources, produced by the Seed Sistas. Gain insights and join us in the evolution of healthcare, please do leave a comment or question. Wellbeing […]
These blog articles are herbal education resources, produced by the Seed Sistas. Gain insights and join us in the evolution of healthcare, please do leave a comment or question. Wellbeing […]
As clinical herbalists, we are fascinated by the whole physiology of the actual birth process and its impact on physiological, psychological and spiritual levels. We have 4 babas between us […]
Weddings are more than a celebration of love, they’re also a union of traditions and symbolism that span across cultures, generations and lands. One such age-old tradition is the use […]
Passed down through generations that date back to ancient civilizations, the use of herbs in funeral rites and ceremonies was, and still is, a way to honour and protect the dead. While […]
Creating an Indoor Herb Garden Herb gardening is one of the biggest gardening trends that have emerged this year as more people in the UK are growing and harvesting fresh herbs […]
As herbalists, we often get calls at all times of day and evening from friends and family asking what can help with this or that, from troublesome splinters to croupy […]
It can feel like you actually have glass in your eye when an infection first sets in. Herbal First Aid Solutions for Eye Infections is part of our first aid […]
Treating coughs, colds, wounds, digestive issues and a whole host more, with herbs, is as old as human kind. There are a set of stable herbs and products that will […]
In the heart of ancient European folklore lies Ilex aquifolium. Known commonly as the English holly, this evergreen plant boasts a rich history and a set of constituents that contribute […]
We want to share something of our favourite UK tree The Elder, although not a big shower she packs a few punches with her medicine, magic and folklore! Trees are […]
By the Seed SistAs Have you ever laid awake in a state of abject torture with legs that simply cannot stay still? The uncontrollable flick of the leg, twitch of […]
Cultivating Peace and Serenity in a Community Herb Garden “There’s huge physical and mental health benefits just from the actual gardening and maintenance,” Councillor Lucy Bywater said regarding community growing […]
Herbal Support for Meditation As Hedge Witches, we are herb and nature lovers primarily, potty about plants, our leafy family! However, we invite loads of differing healing and healthful […]
By the Seed SistAs We talk to a lot of concerned parents who find worms in their children’s stools. The first reaction is often repulsion and fear, which then leads […]
Apotropaic Magic The term ‘apotropaic’ is derived from the Greek word ‘apotropaios,’ which means ‘to ward off’ or ‘to turn away. This describes the intention to turn away harm or […]
The Power of Mugwort for Lucid Dreaming It is said that we sleep for a third of our entire lives – approximately 25 years, just snoozing! Just thinking about […]
3 Herbs to Enhance Psychic Abilities A sense of attuned intuition or psychic abilities are frequently seen in highly sensitive people that can feel the energies of a room or […]
Living near the woods is a great joy of ours. Being able to wander around within the mature oaks, beech, ash hornbeam and marvel at the beauty of the silver […]
Our Human Fascination with Smoke Cultures across the globe have created herbal smoke to both inhale and burn in communal spaces for medicine, magic, connection to spirit. Our human fascination […]
Magic Herbalism & Abundance Spell “The first time I called myself a ‘Witch’ was the most magical moment of my life.” “For all you know, a witch may be […]
As herbalists, it’s imperative that you have keen skills of identification of plants. The variety of forms, hues and colours that plants take are truly incredible to behold. Many folk […]
Creating a Community Medicine Garden Us Seed Sistas have dedicated our life’s work to help self-sustaining communities. Our aim has always been to educate folk about harvesting and utilising […]
When you’re going out, you need to know what options there are at the restaurant because you might accidentally eat something that will trigger a trail of events internally that […]
Opening the newspaper to thumb to the back and find the astrology section, what are Scorpios or Geminis going to be up to this week? What planetary foolery will be […]
‘Let thy food be thy medicine’ Hippocrates 400BC Summer-time and the living is easy….in this light, bright and colourful season, the garden bursting with life and dynamism. Flower energy is […]
We’re sure most people have had some form of a fungal infection in their lifetime. They’re more common than you think! Moreover because modern diets of high sugar and carbohydrates […]
Renaissance physician, botanist, and alchemist, Paracelsus, said “Everything is poison, there is poison in everything.” “The danger of a poison is in the dosage”, he concluded. There’s something very […]
Sacred Femininity and deep connections to plants or Herb Craft are one and the same. Herbalism is an art form as well as a science, and we believe that […]
Gardening by the moon You might associate following the moon with modern day witchcraft and cleansing your crystals – BUT following the moon’s cycles for astrological gardening has been connected […]
History of Herb Gardens The roots of the herbal garden run deep. Dating back to Prehistoric times, our ancestors intuitively recognised the wisdom of herbs. The shift from foraging […]
As Herbalists and Plant Lovers, Botany is an important aspect of our herbal studies. This branch of biology focuses on our green friends as Botany involves the study of the […]
We discovered Jodie and Paris via the inter web – fellow nature lovers with a particular passion for the plants that support the adrenals these fabulous women are working hard […]
The word lymph seems to get banded about when hearing about detoxes, the immune system and skin conditions, but have you ever wondered what lymph actually is? And do you […]
Nature is such a powerful, healing force that takes care in of us in a multitude of ways. It psychologically balances our mental health, literally feeds our bodies and lifts […]
As the warmer weather emerges out of the winter darkness, and the ground slowly thaws with shoots popping out, it’s time to get back on track. In this season of […]
Detoxing is such a buzz words these days, it may seem that everyone is having a go at a natural body cleanse. The problem is that the focus is often […]
Named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, an aphrodisiac is a food or drink that increases sexual desire or improves sexual performance. From ancient Rome to […]
During the winter months here in the northern hemisphere, darkness can feel like its closing in. The days get seriously short and feel bleak and grey on those days when […]
Most of us are guilty of letting things slide and having bad habits we can’t seem to shake off. And, if we do try and change our routines, we often […]
We are a social enterprise – in a nut shell that means that we value people and the planet and that profit feeds back into protecting green spaces and education […]
The world of nature is gently slowing down to a halt. We find ourselves in the depths of Winter a space of contemplation, introspection and rooting down deep into the […]
Father Winter has blown in! The ground is freezing and all the energy that was once in the branches retreats to the roots. And as all green seems to […]
In the world of mortals, beautiful scenery of painting in painting Wind, rain and sunset of buildings outside building In the tree, yellow oriole sings a song at night […]
Yarrow Herb in Spellcraft We are feral, wild herbalists. Some call us witches and we have enjoyed a life blessed by a beautiful magical relationship with plants. We literally […]
If there is ever a flower that represents the sun, Calendula is that flower. The bright yellow, orange, pink, and multi-coloured blossom will take your blues away with one look. […]
What is Circulation? Our bodies are incredible – a plethora of different actions are taking place every moment, even when we rest and sleep. The circulatory system is the transport […]
One of our all time favourite climbing plants has to be the famously elegant and mind altering Morning Glory. As we step out into the garden, around a trellis […]
July –Delphinium The blue blooms take our blues away. Beautiful Delphinium – flower of July. Along with last month’s flower, honeysuckle, hummingbirds (and we) are relentlessly attracted to these flowers. […]
June – Honeysuckle As we round the corner of Summer and the days grow hotter, the sweet smells of honeysuckle are in the air. There are over 180 varieties of […]
May’s Flower Fairy bells, Our Lady’s Tears, May Lily and Jacob’s Ladder. These dainty bell-shaped flowers ring in the month of May. And while at first glance, Lily of the […]
The sunny faces that will never give up! The regal dandelion in all its visual and medicinal glory. Common names: bitterwort, blow-ball, cankerwort, clockflower, lion’s tooth, piss-in-bed, pissinlit, priest’s crown, puffball, […]
Our Vegetable patch is filled with the lush plant chickweed, an annual flowering plant in the carnation family Caryophyllaceae. The beauty has self-seeded amongst the carrots and beetroots, this […]
Spring has Sprung: If there is a flower that radiates the look and feel of the sun after the long months of winter, it’s the daffodil, flower of March. […]
The glorious snowdrop is an iconic flower that is not just a pretty sight. There is so much more depth to this delicate winter beauty that signals to us Spring […]
January can be a particularly grey and wet month here in the UK, the merriment of the winter solstice and yule celebrations, the turning of the year and popping of […]
3 favourite trees and their magic, folklore and tree medicine They shade us, they tower over us, they provide the most valuable life source humans need to exist: oxygen. Trees […]
Top Tips for Menopausal Symptoms By the Seed SistAs You wake up in the middle of the night uncontrollably sweating from a sudden and severe hot flash. Whatever you had […]
Bramble – Blackberry Rubus fruticosus, or the common blackberry/ bramble as this thorny brute of a bush is more commonly known as is a familiar foraging dream around the late summer […]
Traditionally people have undertaken cleanses as a good clear-out at various times of the year. Usually, the change of seasons brings an opportunity to take stock and re-evaluate. Over the […]
Why Community Gardening as a path to Eco Activism is important – what is happening globally with community herbalism? The Pandemic reminded us why cultivating change through our eco-activism work […]
Foraging for Fresh Spring Greens This time of the year brings with it fresh, verdant, lush foods to forage, a time to stuff our meals with greens. Vibrant new herb […]
Come the spring the promise of new life is palpable and a walk in the local surrounds shows us that on closer inspection of the trees and bushes, tiny […]
“There is no nobler plant than the dandelion.” – Barbara Drake Boehm, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Dandelion. Resilient. Strong. Mighty. Humble. She grows all over the world, in […]
Roots are generally high in polysaccharides (long chain sugars which act as energy for the plant) giving them sweetness, and nutty nourishment; great medicine. One of our most commonly found […]
The winter is upon us and each glimmer of colour and light, that we are granted in the skies above, is a total gift. The days are getting shorter and […]
Halloween /Samhain is coming up and it is falling upon a Fullmoon Lunar vibration this year. We love this wonderfully connective festival of honouring our dead and the cycles of life. Halloween […]
We were up in the woods yesterday in glorious sunshine foraging for autumnal goodies! What joy this abundant and fruitful time of the year always brings – having children with […]
It is mushroom season which is an extremely exciting time for us Seed Sistas we love the Fungal world and are especially interested in all the medical ones that fill […]
Seed Sista Kaz waxes lyrical about her love affair with the eyes of the underworld…the mycelium medicinal wonderment autumnal wanderers, the mushrooms… It is Mushroom season, the woods are full […]
Hawthorn berries hang out side by side with rosehips in our native hedgerows in the Autumn months, our most abundant season. It is time to harvest, preserve and store the […]
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can affect different parts of your urinary tract, including your bladder (cystitis), urethra (urethritis) or kidneys (kidney infection). If you visit the GP with the symptoms […]
Us Seed SistAs met Latifa many years ago now, a fellow herbalist and as passionate about plants as we are and a real lover of the Pine trees. Here we […]
Heather – Calluna vulgaris / Erica spp Astrology: Venus Family: Ericaceae Sensory Experiences: Astringent, sweet, nutty, mineral Heather, with her purple rinse, is a resilient old bird full of gifts […]
Us Seed SistAs love plants, as you well know we are completely passionately potty about nature connection – we met Dr. Sam Gandy at The Medicinal Mushroom Conference and also […]
The Digestive tract begins at our lips and travels all the way through our entire bodies and end at the anus. All the way through this tubular pathway, the sides […]
Mugwort is said to have derived its name from being used to flavour drinks. It was, in common with other herbs such as Ground Ivy, used for flavouring beer before […]
Us Seed SistAs have spent many years working aiding in the support of womens’ journey towards motherhood, we delivered each others baby’s catching them and welcoming them into the herbal […]
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) This midsummer flower, herb of the Sun, is ready to harvest on his namesake’s day, St. John’s Day, the 21st of June. Often found on […]
Us Seed SistAs are passionate about plants & peoples health, community gardens are intrinsic to our message and plan of CULTIVATING CHANGE, here the lovely Lucy, who is also passionate […]
Us Seed SistAs are connected to a large plant family, a community of Earth loving herbalists and Nathan Hughes in Stroud is a good friend and valued colleague – here […]
Acne Acne is an embarrassing condition that most typically develops in teenage years but recently. It has become increasingly common for people to develop acne whilst in the pre-teen age […]
This plant is under the domain of Jupiter the planet of expansion Tastes – nutty and cereal-like, sweet Plant constituents include Oestrogenic Isoflavones, flavanoids, coumarins Profile This delicate pink beauty […]
The fabulous herbalist and astrologer Marcos Patchett is a long time friend and colleague of ours. We met whilst studying at Middlesex University on our Phytotherapy degree. Marcos supported us […]
Herbalism We are passion about drawing on the magic and medicine of the plant world to support our bodies in healthcare and in our many years of clinical practice we […]
We met Rasheeqa a few years back through the Radical Herbalism movement, she is a wonderful passion herbalist who is involved at the heart of community herbalism, within this article […]
Hayfever Are you dreading having itchy eyes, a tickly throat, streaming nose and sneezing? Those that suffer with hay fever know why they call it a fever. The foggy head […]
Flora is a natural dyer, grower and forager who loves to create inks, pigments, and dyes from plants for textile and paper. She demonstrates how we can create a diverse […]
Delicious! Foraging salad is filled with herbal delights – The glorious activity of Foraging is seeing a revival and many many people are enjoying finding, gathering and harvesting their local […]
White Dead Nettle (Lamium alba) – from the Greek ‘laimos’ meaning ‘throat’, referring to the shape of the flower. This jolly and super prolific herb is part of the Mint, […]
Harvesting Herbs for medicine – creating Dried Simple Herbal Teas Are you interested in growing, gathering, using and storing your own herbal medicines? If you’re new to harvesting herbs […]
What You’ll need: Elderflower heads with pollen dusting on them (a pan full) Water to cover Fresh mint leaves (handful) Juice and zest of 3 lemons Sugar (use your preferred […]
Lots of parents get in touch regularly about Molluscum Contagiosum, which is a common viral infection a member of the poxvirus family, like small pox. It looks horrific, but in […]
Hawthorn Blossom The old English for Hawthorn was Haggathorn meaning hedge or encompassing fence thorn. Hawthorn has been utilised as a boundary marker by many farmers and country folk alike […]
Creating herbal remedies There are various ways to store herbs once you have gone out and harvested them – it is lovely to have fresh herbal infusions, but fresh herbs […]
We first met the lovely Deya at WOMAD festival, after we had just given a talk in the World of Words tent on connecting with herbs. Her open bright spirit […]
The wonderful veritable courage-giving heartwarming hawthorn blossoms are out… We love to make kitchen remedies, everyday foods as medicines that we can enjoy with our families and friend, get beneficial […]
Us Seed SistAs met at Middlesex University where we were studying a 4 year BSc degree in phytotherapy. On the first year in the first term of that degree we […]
Asthma is a debilitating and often scary condition that arises in the lungs and is often linked to the emotion of grief that has not found a way to be […]
Check List for Respiratory Infection Support: • Nurture and soothe the lung tissue – herbal teas of elecampane, liquorice, marshmallow root, plantain leaf • Thin and then expectorate mucous and […]
Kitchen Medicine Kitchen medicine is so important in times when it is hard to get to the shops or the herbs needed are not in season, we can look to […]
Meeting Bob from Woodcroft Wildspace, has been a total inspiration and a joy – his community project is a testament to the tenacious spirit of humans. Bob and the other […]
Cultivating Change Cultivating plants for food and medicine is one of the most positive and proactive endeavours you can take on. It is so rewarding watching your own garden grow, […]
Creating Herbal Remedies We think the important thing about creating herbal remedies, is good preparation and being clear about what and why you are making what you are making. We […]
We absolutely LOVE Herbal Haven our most wonderful go to Plant nursery for medical herb plugs. They are a specialist herb nursery growing over one hundred and fifty varieties of […]
Check List for Fever 1. Make yourself or your patient as comfortable as possible, mop brow with cool, damp flannel with a drop of lavender oil on it. 2. Air […]
The common and ubiquitous stinging Nettle is one of the most easily recognisable plants – and if you are in any doubt, just brush your fingertips over the familiar warrior […]
Nettle Syrup You will need to head out and find some young, juicy nettles, away from spray fields & heavy traffic. You will need some good heavy gloves to avoid […]
Spring greens pesto: It is March at the Spring is in full flow with a wealth of luscious leaves in the garden, many of them are called weeds, but we […]
Us Seed SistAs love plants, as you well know we are completely passionately potty about plants, but we love trees, and rivers and the sea and all the creatures too in-fact we […]
Checklist: Relaxation & Rest Sleeping well Vitamin C & D and Garlic daily Eating a rainbow of food colours Herbal nourishment Looking after your lymphatic system Exercise Connection and herb […]
Your Oat Milk recipe video is loading above…please click to watch it play Warming Spiced Oat Milk Recipe It’s a really good idea to familiarise yourself with the […]
Properly washing your hands is one of the best ways to stop the spread of microbe transfer, and to protect yourself from getting ill with colds and viruses. But if […]
Covid19 the Global Situation & Herbalism We are all currently transiting a situation that is unprecedented and constantly changing, many of us are experiencing anxiety in the face of it. […]
It’s a classic, and something bound to pop up on your meal planning radar – a hearty soup always hits the spot! This special immune boosting warming food can be […]
Elizabeth Burchill is a Clinical Aromatherapist who offers treatments in London and Hertfordshire, runs workshops, collaborates on retreats and has a brand of natural, cruelty free aromatherapy products. www.blovedcandles.com We […]
Have you looked at the copious yellow flowers of the Primroses and wondered how to utilise them for your healthcare? The familiar and beautiful welcome site of the blooming soft […]
Event Notice: Seed SistA; Karen Lawton will be visiting The Haseya Apothecary garden to share her passion for growing and working with medicinal herbs on Sunday 15th March 2020 between […]
VALERIAN Anneliese is currently in her final year of the Sensory Herbal Apprenticeship, having been passionate about herbal healing and food as medicine for many years. She is an Internationally […]
Sarah’s journey toward the herbs began when she met the Seed Sistas at Breaking Convention in 2017, where they shared some drops of Perception Potion with her in a moment […]
Herbal Support for Women’s Reproductive Health By Seed SistAs The Seed SistAs are passionately dedicated to shining a light on herbal education and bringing back where it belongs, into your […]
Tales of Death – and the making of life. Angie shares her journey as a modern medicine woman. Angie Litvinoff is a Medicine Woman, Ceremonialist and Mentor. You can find […]
Alexandra and Sjanie teach their special approach to woman’s wellbeing, based on the power of our menstruality consciousness. With experience in various fields including psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, coaching, teaching and facilitation, […]
Nicky is a professional gardener and a keen spinner. She has a life long passion for plants. Nicky has run workshops on using the drop spindle and natural dyeing using […]
Love, Acceptance & Reflection with Holly & Clear Vision Drops By Seed SistAs Acceptance & Reflection Take stock this festive winter-time by making some time reflect on the year, time […]
Anneliese is currently on the 2nd year of the Sensory Herbal Apprenticeship, having been passionate about herbal healing and food as medicine for many years. She is an Internationally certified […]
Kitt Acott the Towpath Herbalist. Travelling on a narrowboat around the English Inland waterways, herbalist, roving canal trader. I have been a qualified medical herbalist for 22 years and […]
By the Seed SistAs Digestion In Sensory Herbalism, the Digestive system is associated with the Earth element. The digestive system is where we process our food, making nutrients bioavailable to […]
By the Seed SistAs The meditation drops can be used to utilise the power of this magical time of year. To time travel when the veils are at their thinnest. […]
Elaine lives in the little Bedfordshire village of Tingrith. Her passions are roaming in Mother Natures fields, going for long walks in sunshine, wind or rain. Its where she finds […]
Crab Apple Medicine This time of year sees the start of apples ripening on the trees. They start from the end of summer through to Autumn, culminating in Apple Day […]
Lynette is founder of A Woman’s Blessing. She is a modern day medicine woman, using the sacred plant medicine Cacao, ritual and meditation to bring alignment to source and grounding […]
Kitt Acott the Towpath Herbalist. Travelling on a narrowboat around the English Inland waterways, herbalist, roving canal trader. I have been a qualified medical herbalist for 22 years and […]
Fred and Natascha are advocates for the mushroom world…as if the mushrooms aren’t shouting loud enough with their awe inspiring shapes and forms and often brilliant colourings, these wonderful folk […]
Taken from The Sensory Herbal Handbook – Seed Sistas The quick wit, changeability and intangibility of air is expressed beautifully through the nervous system and the lungs. The nervous system […]
Manna from the Mellow Land Jules has just completed her seasonal year of the Sensory Herbal Apprenticeship. She is a total inspiration, planting and re-wooding acres of land in Wales. […]
Anneliese is becoming a featured article writer for the Sensory Herbalism Blog. She is currently study Sensory Herbalism but has long worked in health and sports science. Here she explores […]
Nikki Wyrd is the Editor of the Psychedelic Press Journal. She is a director of the charity Breaking Convention, which holds a biennial multidisciplinary conference on psychedelics. Her copyediting work […]
Elder leaf balm offers protection from all of life’s biting, sucking creatures, gifting a defensive shield and the ability to repel all of the blood suckers. We are talking protection […]
Plantain is a herb of Saturn, the bringer of positive authority, creating boundaries and structure. It protects the mucous membranes which are the tissues located inside the nose, mouth and […]
Danny O’Rawe is a well-known herbalist, working in the field of natural medicine since 1986. His diverse training has since taken him from a Diploma in Herbal Medicine to the […]
The Lesser known medicine from the Elder Tree Anneliese is currently on the 2nd year of the Sensory Herbal Apprenticeship, having been passionate about herbal healing and food as medicine […]
Tom Amery, MD of The Watercress Company Tom Amery is Managing Director of The Watercress Company with watercress beds in Hampshire and Dorset. He joined in 1999 after studying Commercial […]
By the Seed SistAs Harvesting Tilia or Linden/Lime Blossoms is possibly one of the most pleasurable things to do on a summer’s day. The scent is both uplifting and relaxing, […]
The Yoga Nidra Network was set up by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli, who together have over forty years experience of practice, teaching and working therapeutically with all forms and […]
Michael Isted is a trained phytotherapist (BSc Hons), aromatherapist and nutritionist who started up his company The Herball in 2013. Michael set up The Herball as a portal to promote […]
There is often a link between good, digestive gut health and ability to think clearly. You can pretty much guarantee that people with cloudy minds or foggy brains who find […]
Kitt Acott the Towpath Herbalist. Travelling on a narrowboat around the English Inland waterways, herbalist, roving canal trader. I have been a qualified medical herbalist for 22 years and a […]
Jan Kuśmirek is a medical herbalist, clinical aromatherapist and author. He is co-founder of the Fragrant Earth Company, the UK’s leading producer of aromatic raw materials and finished goods and […]
We are working on the final flourishes of our first published book, The Sensory Herbal Handbook. We are thrilled to have worked with Watkins Publishers on this and are finally […]
On her travels through the countryside aboard the narrowboat Gyptian, Kit stops for an encounter with the Scots Pine… and shares that magic with us… My name is Kit Acott […]
We have made great progress over the last century with regards to infection. We now know that infections are caused by tiny microbes, invisible to the naked eye. These microbes […]
“Now is the time to be open and bold, to create waves of change through the way we honour who we are, by taking responsibility through connecting meaningfully to the […]
Blood Cycles Menarche or the first menstrual cycle of a woman’s life has the potential to be a celebration of entry into the fertile years. Her first bleed is the […]
I was a total addict… In particular; sex, drugs and rock n roll – but additionally and chronically nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, meat, raw Jersey milk, and cake. The dairy […]
Grief is a multifaceted response to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions. Grief can be […]
I first came across the fact that you can be the undertaker/funeral director for a loved-one’s send-off some years ago, when my half-sister’s grandmother died and the family arranged the […]
Our lives can be sweet precisely because they are finite. The sands of time are moving through the hour glass continuously, we are all moving towards death. Yet living under […]
Introduction Today, most of us create a very acidic environment for our bodies by leading thelifestyle we do. Too much to do in combination with foods that increase the metabolic […]
Freshly qualified in 2014 as a Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist, I thought I really understood how I felt about one specific topic of health and wellbeing; Cancer. I had my opinion […]
There is often a link between good digestive health and ability to think clearly. You can pretty much guarantee that people with cloudy minds, or foggy brains who find it […]
Tonight’s Aquarian full moon (27/07/2018) presents the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century – it is going to last for an amazing 1 hour and 43 minutes! […]
I carry you in my eyes: chant of the whale swan I am an artist and filmmaker and completed my foundation year with the wonderful Seed Sistas last November. During […]
The aims of Sensory Solutions Herbal Evolution are to connect people to their local plant medicine. Through various community growing projects that we have managed, we realised just how important […]
BOTANICA 2018: Celebrating Herbs & Clinical Aromatherapy EDUCATION, INNOVATION & INSPIRATION August 31st-Sept 3rd 2018 | University of Sussex, Brighton. Botanica is an international conference celebrating herbs and clinical aromatherapy […]
by Henriette Kress ” Christopher Hedley Tribute “ When I first started to use the internet in 1992 or 1993, I joined the herbal discussion groups and found herbalists. One […]
by Amy Dadachanjia ” You are a Princess of equal standing.” This is one of the (many) things that Christopher said to me that touched my heart. If I’m honest […]
by Agnies Calkoen NHS England’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, states antibiotic resistance kills 5,000 people in the UK each year. Yet at least 12,000 people in the […]
by Fiona Heckels My son fell over on one of those bridges that go over the railway line at stations. They are super hard, sharp and lumpy and really scruffy. […]
by Belle Benfield Scientists are spending much energy and resources to try to combat anti-biotic resistant infections, which are now a common and growing phenomena across the globe. They are […]
My Inula /Elecampane patch is reviving itself from the winter slumber which is super exciting. I often have dreams about this statuesque, powerful, pungent beauty. I am watching her vibrant, […]
Herbal Spring Vinegars By the Seed SistAs Preserving fresh green herbs in vinegar is an easy way to capture their nourishing goodness. In Spring, the leaves of plants are […]
by Jane Vere-Hodge Nether Wallop Trading designs and develops innovative, eco-friendly kitchen and garden tools and gifts. Owner, Janes, tells their story. I’ve always had a passion for trees – […]
by the Seed SistAs Earth Clarity Elderflower and Plantain Cordial Recipe Makes about two litres of delicious cordial Ingredients: 1. Pick the Elderflowers and Plantain leaves on a sunny dry […]
by Katie Shellard As part of my training as an apprentice with Sensory Solutions I have to create a community herb garden. In any size, shape or form that I […]
by Fiona Heckels We Seed SistAs have a vision. A dream to create positive social change through connecting people with the medicine and healing potential of the plants growing around […]
By Karen Lawton When the heavens move and shift, we often feel a loss of control over events. Mercury in retrograde always sends me into a flap about travel. Full […]
By Marcos Patchett Medical astrology is old. Perhaps, in some form, as old as medicine itself. Historically and prehistorically, divination was used alongside medicine as an integral part of holistic […]
Mugwort is said to have derived its name from being used to flavour drinks. It was, in common with other herbs such as Ground Ivy, used for flavouring beer […]
by Katie Shellard There’s no mistaking the sweet pungent scent of Valeriana officinalis, otherwise known as Valerian. I recently flew from Vancouver to London and each time my foot knocked […]
This robust, seriously spiky, beautiful thistle was once famed for supporting breastfeeding mothers because of the milky white veins that run through her leaves. While being a very good galactogogue […]
The festive season has drawn to a close and the excesses of the past few weeks may have left you feeling sluggish and lacking energy to get back into the […]
Herbs for Post-Natal Support Pregnancy and birth can be filled with utter extremes of joy, glistening love, mind-bending pain and sometimes sadly loss and grief. The transformation of the womb […]
by Felicity Warner I recently had lunch with a fellow death worker. It was our first meeting and we learned much from each other, revealing and sharing all sorts of […]
by the Seed SistAS We love to work with our Clear Vision Drops to connect with our inner wisdom. To embrace the sweet silence of our own souls and the inner knowledge […]
By Kristin Walker Autumn! Isn’t it just the best! It’s got everything that I love; the change of the leaves into beautiful tones of gold, bronze and delicious burgundy red, […]
by The Seed SistAs “ The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re […]
by Karen Lawton The turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor), like most fungi, is very useful to the ecology of the forest, as it helps decompose hardwood. Due to its ability […]
Fred Gillam and his partner Natascha run herb and mushroom foraging courses in the UK, as well as a busy voluntary community dispensary using medicinal mushrooms and herbs to promote […]
By Belle Benfield For as long as I can remember into my childhood, it was littered with moments spent doubled over in piercing abdominal pain; harbouring a dull, perisitant ache […]
Katie Shellard is one of our Sensory Herbcraft apprentices. In this video she takes you on a herb walk through her local countryside and shares what she’s learned on the […]
Mel Diamond is currently in the Foundation year of the Sensory Herb Apprenticeship. Here are her favourite Herbal Recipes for Summer. Mugwort and Lemon Balm Tea This is really simple. Just […]
By Annie Lambeth-Mansell I love using this scrub after a hard day in the garden to sooth any bruised or aching muscles, and freshen my tired mind and body. It’s […]
Becoming a Healer by Agnies Calkoen Between 2013 and 2015 I was an apprentice on the first Sensory Herb Apprenticeship. I trained as a GP and have been working in […]
Making of a Community Herb Garden at Atlantis Spiritual Centre, London By Chris Gooch In March, as part of a project for the Sensory Solutions Practitioner Training I am doing, […]
Which herbs should I use when I have a difficult period? Period cramps, lower back pains, anaemia, headaches, bloating, digestive changes, nausea, breast tenderness, mood swings, spots and insomnia are […]
By Chloe Forfitt Recently I’ve published my first book. It’s a beautiful wee thing- children and their parents appear to love it. And it’s all about cannabis. Elkie Meets The […]
By J. Levity I inhale the vapour from the flowers of a female cannabis I have nurtured to maturity and carefully prepared. I instantly envisage being transported to a molecular […]
Keeping Plant Folklore Alive By the Seed SistAs Over 20 years of experience, we’ve witnessed that true healing occurs when you bring plant medicine to life through humour, art, theatre […]
The Seed SistAs with our guest and friend, Fiona Shakeela Burns Cancer is a BIG subject. Possibly one of the words in the English language that holds the most fear. […]
Getting hot under the collar with the Seed SistAs’ Chilli Hot Chocolate Chocolate is made from the fermented seeds of the plant, Theobroma Cacao L. The roasted and ground seeds […]
Nature’s Pharmacy: Trade your expensive supplements for a salad dressing packed with free, natural medicine from the hedgerow When you walk outside in the countryside at this time of year, […]
The goodness from Nettles Spring has properly sprung! This time of year is so exciting and full of delight after the long, dark, slow, winter months. It is a joy […]
Celebration of Women Be Bold For Change We Seed SistaA’s believe in positive action, especially in the journey towards health and wholeness, both in the individual and our planet as […]
To honour and celebrate creativity this International Womens’ Day, we’d like to introduce you to Joanne Tremarco. She is artistic director of Fool Size Theatre. Her work is concerned with […]
Keeping Your Health Rosy… Our Austrian grandmother Elsa introduced us to roses. She adored her rose garden, planted during the 2nd World War in her sanctuary in North London. She came […]
By Kris Walker As I write this article, I sit in the independent coffee house opposite my home, sipping on a single origin, artisanal roasted, expertly hand-brewed coffee from Tanzania. […]
Some biologists would argue having children is the reason we’re alive. So it’s easy to understand why it can be all-consuming when you try to have a child but can’t. […]
Horseradish Fire Cider Making Medicine for Herbalists Without Borders A couple weeks ago, Belle joined the Bristol group of Herbalists without Borders at Kebele Centre to make more than 20 […]
HOT HORSERADISH ROOTS… Horseradish classified under the domain of the planet Mars. It’s creeping towards the start of the freezing winter months and all things warming and spicy are the […]
by Prue Nichols I had always wanted to set up a woman’s circle. I think that when women get together to share their stories and support each other then it’s […]
Elderberry Decoction Healing This time of year brings with it Cold infections as the temparatures drop, and the seasons change nursing a families and friends through snotty, coughing that can […]
The crab apple is the wild ancient ancestor of all the other apple species in Britain, the source of every apple we have today. To me apples are the epitome of […]
Our guest blogger this month is Laura Carpenter who talks here about founding Tilia Magazine. At Sensory Solutions, we strive to create and support a global network of people growing, […]
Physician heal thyself is the old adage and indeed I personally always take my health or dis ease as a challenge to put all my resources and skill to the […]
