Here is something that could help both… I have been experimenting, and I have come up with something really useful. The reason I was experimenting was financial. We had bought a remedy that was applied topically, and with which we had had good results. The only problem with this remedy was the price. We had […]
08
Nov
Nov
AKA the therapeutic relationship This week I was asked to visit a woman in hospital with septicaemia. She had had intravenous antibiotics, but these had been discontinued as they had not improved her condition. It was an acquaintance of theirs that asked me to visit because she knew they had used herbs before, and her […]
01
Nov
Nov
And avoid a scattergun approach… I know it can be tempting to think that herbal medicine is ineffective just because you rubbed Lavender essential oil on your temples when you had a headache, and the pain was still there 10 minutes later. It’s understandable to be cautious about taking herbs when you hear through the […]
25
Oct
Oct
Could medicinal herbs help? To recap: I have a degree in Herbal Medicine [which incorporated modules from core medical degree studies]. I gained a post graduate teaching diploma. I took a short 12-week course with Duke University in Medical Neuroanatomy which covered the structure and function of the brain in detail. I am currently in […]
18
Oct
Oct
Is it really uncertainty – or something else? A thought irritated me this week. I was asked a question about blood thinners, it got me thinking… There is a situation that I am often put in, and that is whether or not it is suitable to give certain patients medicinal herbs that are anti-PAF and […]
11
Oct
Oct
No, but there is more… My last post was a little tongue-in-cheek. It was about the success of a herbal tincture in getting rid of warts, and was titled ‘Herbal success stories, one wart at a time’. And I can imagine some people sniggering and thinking so what? Warts may not be significant. If you […]
04
Oct
Oct
One wart at a time… I once tried to get someone interested in castor oil packs because I thought it would really help the problem they had at the time. When they found out what was involved, they very quickly decided that the problem wasn’t that bad. Castor oil is viscous and sticky, and when […]
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Sep
Sep
What do I do with all the stuff? I have gathered information about medicinal herbs and their use for over 30 years. During these years I have made notes about everything I think is relevant about medicinal herbs. First in an informal, unstructured way on bits of paper I stuffed in drawers, then in a […]
20
Sep
Sep
Something I don’t usually say… Can I just say that today has been very busy, I needn’t go into details, but I’ve run out of time. A patient has asked me for 100 capsules for her arthritis on Saturday, and ordinarily that wouldn’t be a problem. But the problem today stems from the fact that […]
13
Sep
Sep
Quality not quantity… I’m a very small fish in a very small pond. And I’m never going to have a six-figure income to brag about, or thousands of followers to tell me how great I am. But these are measures of quantity, and in my small pond I think quality trumps it. No, not my […]