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Coming Through the Other Side

Coming Through the Other Side

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven   Returning from a trip to Loch Lomond I noted the adaptogenic qualities of the landscape around me....

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Blue Moon Milk for Sleep and Stress

Blue Moon Milk for Sleep and Stress

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”― Ernest Hemingway   Blue Moon Milk may be just the answer to help you unwind and drift off into a deep and healing sleep....

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Tomorrow’s Medicine You Can Begin Today

Tomorrow’s Medicine You Can Begin Today

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.   Aldo Leopold   The Royal Society of Medicine sits nicely next to the headquarters of Coca-Cola on Wimpole Street...

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Befriending the Darkness

Befriending the Darkness

Life is a Growth in the Art of Loss John O’Donohue   As I took my daughter to the train today she said that every day feels like World Mental Health Day. We read and hear constantly about the struggles...

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Andrographis for Immunity, Inflammation, Infections and More

Andrographis for Immunity, Inflammation, Infections and More

Andrographis paniculata is a herb native to India, traditionally known as the “King of Bitters”. Used for centuries Andrographis is a bitter tasting plant, giving us an insight in to its support for the liver. It is the perfect choice where...

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Blackberry, Elderberry and Star Anise Cordial

Blackberry, Elderberry and Star Anise Cordial

Nature Gives to Every Time and Season Some Beauties of its Own Charles Dickens There is a real feel of summer merging into autumn. Nature gently shows us this transition. The air suddenly seems to take on a different feel,...

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Hedgerow Pavlova with Apples, Blackberries and Nuts

Hedgerow Pavlova with Apples, Blackberries and Nuts

At this time of year we are starting to see Autumn make its gentle arrival. With it comes an abundant offering from nature; the trees heavy with apples, hedgerows glistening with blackberries and the ripening elderberries beginning to appear. There...

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Magnesium Deficiency Can’t Be Ignored

Magnesium Deficiency Can’t Be Ignored

As a child I suffered from restless legs; an irritating, troubling sensation in my legs. They just wouldn’t keep still. There were other signs too that I now, through much study, have concluded were from deficiency in this forgotten but...

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Apple Bacteria keeps the Doctor Away

Apple Bacteria keeps the Doctor Away

‘let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food’ – Hippocrates   An apple a day keeps the doctor away. And this may be true after all and not just an old English proverb with no weight....

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