Furthering Your Relationship With Plant Medicine ~ written by Katolen Yardley, MNIMH, Medical Herbalist You have heard about herbal medicine and are wondering how to begin furthering your learning?? How does one gain experience with the ancient concept of the using herbal medicine to nourish and support the bodies internal healing mechanisms. One can easily…
Super Circulation! 20 Simple Tips for Improving Circulation ~ written by Katolen Yardley, MNIMH, Medical Herbalist Circulatory problems can be a sign of underlying and undiagnosed health concerns such as varicose veins, thrombosis and plaque buildup in the arteries, high or low blood pressure, chilblains, Reynauds syndrome, and diabetes. Tingling, burning,or pins and needle sensations in…
Kudzu Root
Home Use of Essential Oils How to Use Essential Oils Massage: First dilute the pure essential oil into a base oil, then pour into the palm of your hand and apply to the body for massage. Use 5-10 drops of pure essential oil to 125 ml of base oil. Bath: Add 5-7 drops of essential oil dispersed…
All about Dandelions
-written by Hunter Cubitt-Cooke The Latin name is Taraxacum officinalis.
Common names include: lions tooth, white endive, wild endive, swine snout, canker wart and puffball.
Actions: Traditionally Dandelion has been used as a powerful diuretic, bitter, pancreatic regulator, galactogogue (stimulates flow of breast milk), cholagogue (stimulates bile), aperient, stomachic, tonic, anti-rheumatic, mild…
A huge thank you to the Georgia Straight and its readers for for voting Alchemy & Elixir Health Group as one of the top 3 Herbal Clinics in…
This year, I visited the Earth Sanctuary, retreat center, sacred ground and a not-for-profit nature reserve. Situated a mile outside of Freeland and before Langley, on the south…
Why Bioflavonoids? ~ written by Katolen Yardley, MNIMH, Medical Herbalist During winter months it is common for people to begin using their Vitamin C supplement for both cold and flu prevention and to enhance immune system function. Unbeknownst to many, bioflavonoids taken together with Vitamin C actually enhance the absorption of the Vitamin C supplement,…