Today I came across on a gardening show, the stunning ethereal Ceanothus. Why it is called New Jersey Tea is because during the war of the American Revolution ie. the war which resulted in the USA forming as a country independent from Britain, American dependence on tea, which was at the time mostly imported through … Read more
A bunch of cut daffodils were in a vase on a table. This was the sight that met my Granddad’s eyes as he walked into the house. After decades of not knowing where his children were, if they were even alive, of thinking he had no descendants left, he was walking into a house where … Read more
The Chinese herbalists classified energy as three types – Jing, Qi and Shen. I’ve replaced Qi with Mojo as that’s what most people know it as. Jing is the Oil. Mojo is the Fire. Shen is the Heat & Light. Let me write it another way. OIL -> FIRE -> HEAT & LIGHT JING -> … Read more
In the middle of the night I woke up perspiring (remember – boys sweat, girls perspire) and I found my heart beating really really fast. Having had two close brushes with heart attacks, I learned very quick that prevention is the best cure. How does a nineteen year old end up having heart attacks? That … Read more
“Yeast will tell you the time,” my Granddad John Waltham said to me. He started me off a journey that hasn’t ended, a journey into understanding the magic of my own body, host to millions of these little living beings with their own spirit, choice and memory, affecting my health, my moods, my smell, my … Read more
A time comes to every person who takes herbs and natural healing when they have to stop depending on herbs and cross over to being independently healthy again. Very few ever cross that line, and their body ends up developing resistance to the very herbs that are their medicine of choice. Herbs to stimulate healing, … Read more
