I’ve been experimenting with making soaps for about 6 months now and I’m hooked. Once you use a quality hand-made soap, one that is rich with vegetable oils and divinely scented with pure essential oils you’ll never go back. I’ve narrowed down the first soaps I’ll soon have up on the web-site shop. All my […]
Tag: eczema
CHICKWEED Stellaria media
When I was seventeen years old I become a vegetarian as well as a skillfull forager. I was the salad queen. It seemed as if I could make a salad appear out of the ether. I would wander through backyards and gardens, searching through hedges picking this and that. Without fail I could produce a […]
RED CLOVER Trifolium pratense
Every fortnight as I write my plant blog I experience it as a little journey. First there’s the resistance to the work, then the slow drawn out beginning where I’m still in resistance mode then the buckling down. Then comes the pleasure of immersion in remembering, gathering and sharing information. This fortnightly blog discusses red […]
KEEPING IT SIMPLE
I attended a seminar yesterday talking about herbal solutions for skin problems. We all get (well I know I do) overwhelmed and confused by the information about the “bad” ingredients in shampoos, conditioners, moisturisers, hand creams, washing powders, detergent, etc etc etc. One thing is sure and that is that there are a huge amount […]
Eczema – Dealing with it Naturally
Eczema – Dealing with it Naturally ——————————————————————————– Written by Jill Dunn – MHSc Complementary Medicine, Registered Naturopath, Registered Medical Herbalist, Registered Nurse (Non-practising) “Eczema is a common condition in children and affects two to seven percent of the population. Most children with infantile eczema grow out of it by three or four years of age, […]