Life is too interesting… When I wake up on a crisp Autumn morning, bright sun glinting on damp yellow and red leaves scattered in drifts on the edges of my garden, I want to go for a walk in the woods. I would take a flask of hot tea and a packet of ginger stem […]
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Feb
Feb
Something new I am trying. Ginger shots. I read an article reposted from Glamour Magazine (not my usual read, obvs), that described the journalist’s journey into Ginger Shots, taken every morning. She was buying them from her local supermarket in tiny 60ml bottles which housed one shot. These were to be taken every day. The […]
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Mar
Mar
My experiment with blood sugar Some time ago, I started experimenting with alternatives to metformin. To recap, I had been told that my blood sugar levels [the HbA1c] was just in the diabetic range [51] and that I would have another test in a few weeks to confirm. If I did have diabetes I would […]
06
Mar
Mar
When gardening is scary. At 7.30 this morning I put on my wellies and decided to get an hour of gardening in before the real day’s work started. This was a simple wish to tidy up, sweep leaves, do some weeding around my Autumn raspberries, and spread some mulch. I found it a trifle traumatising. […]
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Mar
Mar
And prevent them coming back… I know that you probably won’t have encountered head lice unless you have school age kids, or teach kids, or are a regular babysitter. Recently I saw a post on a Mum’s forum that reminded me of those dark days, when you had to check your kids hair every single day during […]
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Feb
Feb
Everyone needs a break. My husband and I are in Norway at the moment, doing nothing much at all. When I get home later this week I will have some exams to mark, a CV to write, a couple of new patients to see, and some documents from an accrediting body to sort through. Although […]
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Feb
Feb
Something I need to know more about… So, I’ve registered for something new. I will tell you the what and the why. I teach Herbal Therapeutics and Clinical Medicine at The School of Herbal Medicine. My idea in joining these two modules together over 6 years was in order to go through the pathophysiology of […]
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Feb
Feb
Soon be that time again… If you have dabbled in herbal medicine you may recognise this picture for what it is. Not a bowl filled with blood from a cut hand, but of elderberry juice wrung manually from a cheesecloth filled with the ripe berries. For it is nearly that time of year, my friend. […]
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Feb
Feb
I always meant to do this but never got round to it… I have been in practice for nearly 15 years as a medical herbalist, and I have been teaching herbal therapeutics for seven years. In that time I found that I got into a rut, both of thinking and of teaching. I have developed […]
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Feb
Feb
Why I don’t do things… My colleague and I went to a talk recently. The hall was large and filled with about 100 people. We were sitting near the front, so when the presenter asked a question, I felt able to put my hand up and give an answer. What she said surprised me; ‘Well […]