tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338747204439863162024-03-13T22:16:40.931-07:00Sensory Herb CraftinDa Seed SistAswww.sensorysolutions.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17237041480669369758noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433874720443986316.post-34841379393568343682018-05-23T13:43:00.001-07:002018-05-23T13:43:27.315-07:00Learning Herbs<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IyYkSXowZSY" width="480"></iframe>www.sensorysolutions.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17237041480669369758noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433874720443986316.post-69977666623283163972015-11-28T06:26:00.004-08:002015-11-28T06:27:19.697-08:00Physician Heal thyself<div class="MsoNormal">
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always take my health or dis ease as a challenge to put all my resources and skill to the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I fully believe that herbs along with nutritional and lifestyle changes
can create Ease and Health with everything, often being nursed and taken care
of when we are down is integral to this journey to Optimum health.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Today I am suffering with a horrid gum swelling and infection, my lymph
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uncomfortable and painful and has done for about 30 hrs so far.</span></div>
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responded to me whining on the sofa last night and begging in a small childlike
manor to be ‘Nursed’ by using his skills of shiatsu; pressing several points
including The great eliminator (see picture). He also suggested to me hot salt
water gargles and garlic, prescribing 6 cloves a day, to be crushed and taken
hole but not on an empty stomach. He rather unervingly added that if it was not
better within a week I would need in his words; ‘To Nuke it with hardcore
stuff.’ This statement sent me into slight panic, what did he mean? 6 cloves of
Garlic daily surely was super hardcore??? Part of me seemed to think he was
talking about anto-biotics….My ego was dented, doesn’t he know who I am? A
herbalist with capabilities of healing herself…..with some support and care
from friends and family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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organic vegetables, ginger and turmeric and smoothies with natural bio live
yogurt, bananas, various soft and lots of turmeric, taking garlic in between
smoothie sips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Taking Echinacea, Calendula, Propolis, Elderberry and Swedish bitters internally
with high strength vitamin C and Rieshi mushrooms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harvesting the Lady Mugwort today for many things but gonna make me some smudge sticks now…….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;">She is an essential medicine in our
materia medica with countless amazing healing properties and also one of the
herbs in our hand prepared smudge sticks. The lady Artemisia has the power to work
her magic in our dreams, sending us, both coded and clear insights, to grasp
onto as we wake from slumber</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;">. She is a moon Spirit and duality is written all over her form with her
dark green leaves contrasting with the silver underside. She has soft flowers, filigreed leaves
and willowy movements in the breeze while her deep red backbone stems are
strong and upright. Full of contrasts, clarity and, mystery. She is protective and nurturing and
deeply connective to the constant changing cycles. She clears and opens
channels to our brains, connecting right and left hemispheres, rebalancing our pineal
and pituitary gland activity.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The magic of the pineal gland<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pineal gland has been likened to the seat
of consciousness. It becomes
active when we are in deep rapid eye movement sleep, creating our dream
world. The release of melatonin at
night balances out the sleep wake cycle, keeps us balanced, connected with the
cycles of day and night. Mugwort
can stimulate pineal gland activity thus bringing our dreams alive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smudging<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;">Smudging is a common name given to our ancient,
indigenous, spiritual tradition sometimes called sacred smoking. Its a powerful
spiritual cleansing technique which calls upon the spirits of various sacred
plants to clear, clarify, purify and to restore balance. We mix mugwort with </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;">purple sage, yarrow and
rosemary in our smugesticks.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smudging with our native herbs allows us to
effect the world of subtle spiritual energies. By using the spirits of these
familiar powerful, healing plants we deepen relationships with mother earth and
thus ourselves. Our bodies, homes, offices and green-spaces vibrate with
invisible energy currents that are strongly effected by outside forces, both
physical and spiritual.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smudging allows you to wash away all the
emotional and spiritual negativity that gathers in your body and your space
over time. It's a little bit like taking a spiritual shower! The
effects of smudging are instantly noticeable, banishing stress and providing
energy and peace. The air often twinkles with vibrancy after a good
smudge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoke<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People the world over have been using plants
to generate smoke to produce beneficial effects. Smoke is used to drive
off insects and to prevent disease. Smoke also is deeply symbolic, it
ascends to heaven, as if bringing any prayers and intentions up to the gods
with it. From the incense of Asia and Europe to the sage and cedar of the
indigenous Americans, the smoke generated by plants has a primordial history of
use as part of spiritual practice.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making smudge sticks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is nothing more powerful than using
sacred tools you’ve made yourself and smudge sticks are no exception. You can put all of your energy and
thought into the herbs as you harvest them, the tying of the twine around them
and then the drying and burning at the end. They are great for gifts or to use with patients and clients
if you have a practice you follow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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smudge sticks remember to use the intensions of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;">uplifting vibes, purification and
protection.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Firstly you need to harvest your herbs. We use mugwort as our base. She is abundant and really keeps the smudge stock alight
with the way she burns. Find a
good patch where’s she’s got lots to give. Harvest just as the plant has
flowered. We were keeping our eyes
on a patch 2 years ago up a pedestrian country lane, waiting for the right time
for the plant and the moon. We
finally harvested her and the next day, unbeknown to us, the farmer came and
mowed down the whole wayside.
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is nice to harvest when the moon is full.
The moon draws up all of the energy and constituents within the plant to
the tips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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chosen, we usually harvest from about half way down the stem, above where she
looks like she could divide off and keep growing if the weathers right. Ou will need the pieces to be at least
30-40cm long to make nice fat smudge sticks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Next choose what you want to go in with the mugwort. We usually head to the garden for
this. Yarrow, sage and rosemary
are our favourites but we’ve also used wormwood, once we used some white sage a
friend was growing. The aromatic
herbs tend to burn well and provide the most cleansing and protective
actions. The aromatic herbs are
high in essential oils which are the plants own defense system. The oils burn well with lovely aromas
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your herbs but mainly mugwort out in front of you. The thickness you choose depends on your choice and the
weird and wonderful shapes of the finished products often reflect the character
of the person who made it! It
probably wants to be a bunch the thickness that will fit snugly into your thumb
and first finger joined tip to tip to make a round.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Match up the stems approximately but you can trim them afterwards and
then holding the base of the bunch in one hand slightly twist the bunch with
the other and bend it over so that the ends of the bunch come back down to
where your first hand is holding the bunch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Now place some twine (green garden twine is nice or you can use nice
coloured embroidery threads) around the end and bind a couple of times around
before starting to work up towards the end being careful to include all the
ends of herbs as you go. It needs
to be bound tightly as the herbs will shrink as they dry but their needs to be
good gas between the spiral of thread going up the bunch to make sure that it
can breathe to dry properly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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around so that as the thread burns away it still crisscrosses to stop it from
unraveling before you reach the end of your smudge stick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Do a few nice tight rounds at the bottom before tying it tightly with
the loose end. Place an intension
clearly on each knot as you tie it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hang your smudge stick in a warm dry place to dry, near a wood burner or
in an airing cupboard and keep giving it a feel to check its dry. The length of time taken to dry will
vary depending on how thick and tightly you’ve made and tyed your bunch and on
where you hang it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choose a time where no
one but family who live there are about for 24 hours then clean and tidy and
generally have a good clear out, preparing a few bags to give away. Then put some good tunes on, light a
candle in each room whilst asking for support from your guides and spirits.
Light your smudge stick by pushing back some of the thread and holding a flame
to the end. When it starts to take
you can gently encourage it by blowing on the herbs til lovely embers forma nd
the stick starts to smoke. Start in the North top corner of the house and work
through each corner nook and cranny, North, East ,South, West in each room saying
a mantra as you go. Something like
‘clear the old vibes and make space for new energies’. Its nice to pay special
attention to the doors saying ‘let all whom enter do so with peace in their
hearts and exit with filled with love’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gently blowing on the smudge stick or wafting it with a big feather or wing
start to work up around the body spiraling as you go. Pay special attention to the womb or pelvic area, the heart,
the third eye and the crown.
Finishing here. Remember to
whisper or chant a suitable mantra as you work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have begun our transformation in the Seed SistAs from the Wild n Wicked Witches, black hats moving to full skirts with many pockets filled with various Seeds…it is very exciting, off to the Radical Herb Gathering -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.radicalherbalism.org.uk/2015-gathering/programme-2015/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working with The Seeds of Inspiration</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am Seed<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here in this Moment all around
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In my Heart is the Potential, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All-Consuming Passion for
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Contained but Bursting.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Promise, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Potential, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A team of amazing volunteers gathered together to sow the first wildflower seeds onto the muddy stripped fields that are to be Northaw Community Orchard …..</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is a total privilege being part of a community group and hanging out with people that want to give, be outdoors creating positive change Thank you to everyone involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We plan to plant 75 trees mixed fruit and nuts which will go in next Feb, have a community bee project on the land and run educational workshops</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are looking for artists to come and create beautiful natural pieces, anyone any good with a chain saw? Because we'd love some benches…..</span><br />
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and stimulating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so hot that
when you chop it up, the enzymes release mustard oil into the atmosphere and
sting your eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was wearing
goggles to chop it yesterday. When you chew a small amount, once the
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is said that the oracle of
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We use it as part of our Ache Ease balm to bring circulation to a damaged or inflammed joint or as a rub for tired achey muscles. As you've heard it can be very irritant so it is best to mix with some other oils. In our Ache Ease Balm we also use comfrey and heather oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Chop it up as thinly and as small as possible soon after harvesting. If you wait too long and it becomes too dry and it is nearly impossible to chop. This time I placed the chopped pieces into a brown paper bag and in the airing cupboard for 3 to 4 days to get most of the moisture out. If you put the root in the oil still moist, the oil will go rancid.</span></div>
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hedgerows. Growing abundantly often intertwined with her equally protective and
prickly cousin Hawthorn. Her pale pink heart shaped petals give us a clear
indication of one of her medicinal virtues – to sooth any anxieties especially
of the heart and issues of love and grief, her hips full of vitamin C nourishing and nurturing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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children and adult’s alike hands are trailed along and wonderful smells
released each journey up or down it. Amongst others you’ll meet the uplifting,
protective, rosemary, </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">calming lavender, pungent thyme, heady sage, smoky
wormwood, tasty marjoram and sweet myrtle. All aromatics are anti-microbial in their very nature the high scents are often part of the plants own protective system to ward off pests and illness. Aromatic after the word aroma just means smelly!</span></span></div>
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simple. I choose the herbs I want in it, so in this layer cake there is calendula, daisy (lymphatics), rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, </span><span style="line-height: 48px;">myrtle (aromatics) lavender (anti inflammatory aromatic) Nastursium Flowers, Borage…..delicious and so pretty a mix.</span></span></div>
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for a garden harvest, I love to harvest the Ariel parts of plants inuring the
full moon when I know all the energies in the herbs are pulsating upwards to
bathe in maximum light. I was in my shed dispensing and noticed that last years
lemon balm (Melissa) tincture was almost finished so what better time to
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Balm is in full leafy glory at this time of year and each time I wander up my
garden path, brushing past various aromatics, the sweet sharp lemony aromas
makes me smile. I found a glass jar then holding an intention of calming,
uplifting healing, began harvesting juicy leaf tops whilst opening my voice and
letting words flow through me. I found myself singing about community love and
support and the importance of self-nurture. Each plant has a song and I find it
great fun to let my imagination and creative play free whilst working with
plant energies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jar was full of green, delightfully smelling leaves I covered half the jar with
Vodka and the top half with 80 percent alcohol from a holiday aboard.
I want to have a higher strength alcohol to extract some more of the volatile
oils. I am going to put this tincture out side in the moon light, standing on a
picture of symbols for love support community and self care for the next 3
nights before straining, I have a mantra to speak to the potion, ‘ With Great
Love and Respect I ask for Powerful Healings, Calming, Uplifting Support &
connection between all Life. Thank you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a very easy herb to grow one of the Mint family (recognisable by their
square stems) it is quick to establish in the garden and move around taking
over beds (I don’t mind too much!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lemon balm’s Greek derived scientific name
“Melissa” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ancient Greece sprigs of lemon balm were
placed into beehives to attract wandering honeybee swarms we now know that one
of its citrusy scents mimics the homing pheromone of bees. It is delightful to
watch the honeybees drinking her nectar on summer days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is thought that during the 10<sup>th</sup>
century the Arabs who had it as a valued part of their Materia Medica for many
hundreds of year’s prior introduced the plant to Europe. So thank you for that
wonderful present!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lemon
balm seemed to be a favorite of William Shakespeare; lemon balm was used as a
secret messenger or code, in the language of flowers, between lovers to signify
sympathy. And is written into several of his plays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scientific studies have proven the anti-viral effectiveness of lemon balm
specifically in shortening the healing time of herpes cold sores and outbreak
of shingles (we have it in our lip balms with hypericum another great
anti-viral herb) & there are ongoing research programme in the treatment of
Grave’s disease, hyperthyroid, and Alzheimer’s/dementia. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tucking into a bowl of them with an evening film when the world around eats dorites….</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I have purchased a food dehydrator and this new recepies of dried
tomato and cashew Kale crisps is my favourite this month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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separate bowls, soak the sun-dried tomatoes and cashews in water for at least 1
hour, I left them over night but it can be done quicker if you need.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">After
soaking, keep the tomato soaking water. Drain and rinse the cashews.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">In a
food processer then mince up the nuts and add crushed garlic and the rest of
ingrediants including the tomatoe water</span></li>
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the kale into pieces in a large bowl. Pour the sauce on top of the kale and
stir with a spoon. Then toss the spoon and get in there with your hands to
massage the sauce into the kale until well coated.</span></li>
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with salt and pepper to taste.</span></li>
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for about 8 hours at 115F.</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the wild, the <i>Brassica oleracea</i> plant is native to the
Mediterranean region of Europe but Kale has been cultivated for over 2,000
years. In much of Europe it was the most widely eaten green vegetable until the
Middle Ages when cabbages became more popular. Historically it has been
particularly important in colder regions due to its resistance to frost. In
nineteenth century Scotland <i>kail</i> was used as a generic term for 'dinner'
and all kitchens featured a <i>kail-pot</i> for cooking.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Kale was grown as a staple crop in the the Scottish Islands due to it’s
extreme hardiness, and was given protection from the elements in purpose built
Kale Yards. Indeed, almost every house had a kale yard and preserved kale in
barrels of salt, similar to sourkraut in Germany. They also fed it to livestock
through the winter. Kale continued to be extremely important until potatoes
came to the Islands towards the end of the 18th century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Portion for portion kale is hard to beat when it
comes to the number of nutrients it contains</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">
and a great choice for those wanting to enjoy a healthy balanced diet. Kale is
an excellent source of vitamins K, A and C, as well as containing useful
amounts of manganese, copper and phytochemicals, which are believed to help
against certain types of cancer.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have an itchy irritating rash on my torso
and under my breasts. It first appeared last springtime and after 3 separate
visits to my GPs I was none the wiser as to a ‘diagnosis’. I treated it as
Shingles and after 2 weeks it disappeared leaving a slight itch but no visible
sign of rash. Now a year on it is back and I feel very irritable and annoyed at
myself that I haven’t led a purist lifestyle so perhaps let it back into my
life…I chuckle as I write this because only one side of my Gemini self feels
annoyed the other is treating this as another interesting challenge, what can I
learn, how can I grow?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This rash began after a few days of not
getting enough sleep on holidays and I wasn’t eating my preferred diet…even
though I took my juicer away I was eating lots of bread and cheese, chocolate
and salted nuts…..Anyhow I don’t know what it is called this rash but it feels
to me like a herpes infection. The reason that the GPs didn’t diagnose shingles
or Herpes Zoster is because this rash is all around my torso and shingles are
normally along one dermatome or on one side of the body. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have browsed the net looking at loads of
rashes and come to the conclusion that it doesn’t really matter what it is
called all I need to understand is how to treat myself so that my system can
shake it off and get better.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So this is how I am treating myself –</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because it is extremely itching and
irritating I am using herbs to support my nervous system I am taking hypericum
as a Nervine tonic and also because I know it is an excellent ant viral herb
and I am sure this rash is viral in some way. I also have Hepatitis C (another
virus) so the hypericum supports my liver.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauA3eSNTmHCf4m7Uy3B5Wnq9DBRdbfgMYbwy1iqvfcLIYeHZsWjzTl1AFoF4rgdKzROM0UZIffrwOhOSeyOi7l817VxUy6h3ItoXjsifqae7Ul-BqRBzmxs5FV-9hJcX3qOXrY5pQdfc/s1600/aloe-inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauA3eSNTmHCf4m7Uy3B5Wnq9DBRdbfgMYbwy1iqvfcLIYeHZsWjzTl1AFoF4rgdKzROM0UZIffrwOhOSeyOi7l817VxUy6h3ItoXjsifqae7Ul-BqRBzmxs5FV-9hJcX3qOXrY5pQdfc/s1600/aloe-inside.jpg" height="201" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am eating Aloe Vera gel most bitter but
it feels good. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Topically I started with the Aloe Vera gel and Lavender essential oil but as the rash has progressed and is now open and weeping I am using calendula, hypericum and lavender in our own home made healing balm I have added peppermint oil to this which is amazingly cooling and pain numbing.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Milk Thistle I normally take daily but I
have upped my intake to 5 capsules a day this is a fab liver herb. I have gone
entirely raw with my food and having 3 green juices daily with plenty of lime
and lemon juice in water in between.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Teas of calendula, red clover and hypericum
are free flowing, both Calendula & Red Clover are lymphatic herbs and will
help clear all the old viral particals and dead and dying skin cells, transporting
the debri away.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through the night I am taking valerian to
help me relax to sleep alongside yogic breathing and meditation –</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4 counts inhalation </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Visualising inhaling fresh cooling healthily oxygen,</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in the pause I search for all the irritation in myself & collect it up
for exhalation</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Breath it all out</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">then in the pause I collect cool fresh air again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">repeating this
has really helped me to relax and let go of the constant itch.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been using the shiatsu point the
great eliminator for a few moments before each juice… and thinking about all
the things in my life that I find irritating, making lists to burn….</span></span><br />
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keep cool when it leaves. It is in fact my body talking to me telling me that I
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Rootin' and a tootin': decocting herbal roots for coughs</div>
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daughter for a few days as she is suffering from a nasty cough virus. Got a
little cabin fever myself and escaped for a walk around my village this
morning. It is beautifully sunny and I harvested a load of feverfew which is
miraculously still in full flower this December mornings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;">As I picked the leafy
plant my fingers got quite sticky with the resins and the pungent smell from
this resin was very heady. It struck me have much of this bushy plant there was
all about our local community garden it felt very abundant and giving in its
nature, I imagined that if the plant was a human they would be someone who run
a bakery and was always baking and giving away delicious cakes and loaves….The leaves taste a little like eating perfume so high in volitile or essential oils so an indication on their anti microbial qualities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;">The plants name Feverfew
is actually a corruption of the word Febrifuge, from its tonic and
fever-dispelling properties. Since the time of Ancient Greece and probably
before, physicians and ‘ol wives have used it to reduce inflammation, treat
headaches, fevers, coughs and menstrual cramps. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;">It is a member of the daisy or asteraceae/compositae family and its Latin
name is <i>Tanacetum</i> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">parthenium.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">The name <i>parthenium</i> is from the Greek meaning
"girl" and alludes to its traditional use for female complaints.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">It's now famed in its
use to prevent migraine headaches, especially the ones that are relieved by
warmth applications to the head, some say a fresh leaf eaten daily will prevent
further migraines and several scientific studies have tried to explain it exact
mechanism of action effective. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Researchers have
postulated a substance called parthenolide, which helps relieve spasms in
smooth muscle tissue, was what made feverfew effective against migraines. Parthenolide
may also reduce inflammation and may stop cancer cells from growing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> <i> 'Part of the herb's action appears to be via an inhibition of secretion
of the granular contents from platelets and neutrophils in the blood. This may
be relevant to the therapeutic value of Feverfew in migraine and other
conditions such as osteo-arthritis. Pharmacologists say that it is very likely
that the sesquiterpenelactones inhibit prostaglandins and histamine released
during the inflammatory process, so preventing spasms of the blood vessels in
the head that trigger migraine attacks.' </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Feverfew has blood thinning qualities and should not be
used by anyone who is taking blood thinners or who is planning to undergo
surgery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We set about cracking the nuts and pulling out the brain-like nuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Walnuts are amazingly high in omega 3 and 6, vitamin E and vit B6 making them super food for a healthy brain and nervous system. They are a perfect example of the Doctrine of signatures, that everythung provides us with a sign as to what its good for. Walnuts look just like brains, encased in the hard skull shell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They have a slightly bitter taste sometimes especially when the skin goes a bit black. This is from the phenols, an antioxidant compound that developes to protect the plant but will also protect human cells when we eat them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Its latin name if Juglans nigra, black walnut...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We use walnut in herbal medicine, we harvest the green unripe fruits and tincture them to make a dark black liquid.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make black walnut tincture: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. harvest green unripe walnuts in their shell. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. chop up and place in a jar</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Cover with vodka or similar strong alcohol </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Leave for one lunar cycle, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Strain and bottle </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is a great purifyer in the body, strong hepatic/liver action, laxative, and great for skin conditions. It is used as part of a traditional combination for worms of black walnut, cloves and wormwood.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Walnuts were thrown to Roman wedding guests by the groom to bring good health, to ward off disease, and increase fertility. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We use the nuts to</span> make delicious nut butter in our juicer which has a nut butter attachment, in delicious babana cake or just to chew on....they taste so creamy and fresh straight off the tree. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The walnuts'll keep our brains in check over the sluggish winter months.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow what an amazing harvest and product day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We must have had about 30 pumpkins and squashes so what to do? This coupled with plenty of onions and chillis made for Pumpkin pickles today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dieters Mum is over from Austria and she has brought with her a special recipie book dedicated to Pumpkins....</span><br />
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