Montpellier Market and Learning French… Should you ever visit Montpellier the Saturday market at Arceaux (beneath the aqueduct) is well worth a trip. The aqueduct is very interesting to see …

Montpellier Market and Learning French …

Essential Oils to Help with Breathing Difficulties and Congestion
Essential Oils to Help with Breathing Difficulties and Congestion At this time of year there are so many winter bugs. Using aromatherapy and essential oils for vaporisation in the home …

so what is Herbal Energetics ? Warm Cold Moist Dry ?
so what is Herbal Energetics ? In many of the individual medicinal plant profiles on this blog I often include a small section on the plant energetics. So exactly what …

Botanical members of the Fagaceae family
Botanical members of the Fagaceae family Often, on herb walks, people are surprised to discover beech and oak trees are related. Both the beech and oak are botanical members of …

Natural Remedies to Help with Menopausal Itching
Natural Remedies to Help with Menopausal Itching This post is the fourth in the menopause series of articles. While the advice is predominately natural remedies to help with menopausal itching …

Free food foraging of wild edible plants, a popular pastime
Free food foraging of wild edible plants, a popular pastime Over the springtime I am frequently asked about plants for wild foraging. Free food foraging of wild edible plants is …

Are conifer trees important medicinals?
Are conifer trees important medicinals? There are a number of conifer species throughout the world. Conifers are trees or shrubs with needle or scalelike leaves as opposed to broadleaves such as …

Nosey Problems? Hay Fever or Infection?
Natural Advice for Rhinitis I had the following article published when I was practicing in the UK. I just came across it in my files and thought well hay fever season …

Nutritional Factors to Help with Menopausal Symptoms
Nutritional Factors to Help with Menopausal Symptoms So first up the sad part … those to reduce or avoid Caffeine Fix In clinical research, caffeine has been shown to cause more frequent …

Using Herbal Medicine and Natural Methods for Sciatica
Using Herbal Medicine and Natural Methods for Sciatica Earlier in the week I was contacted and asked for advice on sciatica. As sciatica affects so many people I decided it was …