Deanne Greenwood Medical Herbalist

HRT shortage shock horror!

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Aug 242019

National media was today proclaiming the shocking news that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is being rationed in the UK until 2020, due to short supply! For many women taking HRT, this news is likely to send the number of hot flushes, and any other symptoms they are experiencing, sky rocketing, as stress and anxiety are Read more…

the Poison Garden

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Jul 092019

So just for a change, I thought I’d write about an extremely poisonous plant growing in my garden. Monkshood This deceptively beautiful plant is called monkshood (Aconitum napellus). Also known as wolfsbane, devil’s helmet, queen of poisons – and aconite. The poison is concentrated in the root. It’s a potent and fast-acting neurotoxin and cardiotoxin, Read more…

Spring detox

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Apr 222019

Hi! I have been a bit off grid, due to moving house – to somewhere wild and beautiful, and bursting with medicinal plants – hence no herbals posts for a while. But today I gathered my first crop of the season from the garden – loads of lush cleavers (Galium aparine) that literally wrapped itself Read more…

Preparing herbal medicines

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Jun 132018

Foraging This is my favourite time of year with regard to all things herbal. For the next few months I will be very busy indeed, with all the lush medicinal plants that are sprouting up everywhere in a glorious and wild profusion of colour and aroma. When the plants are in their optimum state for Read more…

Herbs To Help You Lose Weight

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Jul 142017

By Deanne Greenwood, Medical Herbalist, BSc (Hons) Herb Med Herbal medicine can help you lose weight and stay slim. But it’s not a magic bullet. It works in conjunction with a healthy diet, exercise and lifestyle. Efficient metabolism of food In herbal medicine there are many medicinal plants, aka herbs, used to optimise gut function. Read more…

Foraging For Food and Medicine

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May 042017

Wild foraging I do loads of foraging for medicinal plants to make herbal remedies, but also to add to salads and use in cooking. Yesterday, I’d run out of garlic, so dug up some Three-cornered Leeks, which are all over The Lizard (southernmost point of England) at the moment, used the bulbs in my cooking Read more…

Kirsty Wark: The Menopause and Me

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Apr 232017

HOW EXCITED I was to discover that there was going to be a documentary style programme about menopause on prime time TV, led by notable journalist and current affairs broadcaster Kirsty Wark. HOW DISAPPOINTED I was to discover that the programme was little more than an acknowledgement that the menopause is something all women go through, Read more…

Herbal remedies for coughs, colds & flu

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Oct 032016

There are lots of herbs and spices that you’ll find growing in the wild, or in your kitchens, that make fast and effective remedies for coughs, colds and flu. They all, variously, have potent antibiotic, antiviral and antiseptic properties, and promote sweating (which is the body’s way of reducing temperature and fever). They’re soothing, comforting and Read more…

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