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How do you process medicinal plants? About infusions, ointments, tinctures and much more.
It’s great to learn about how plants work, but it is even more fun to use them. In this blog I will tell you how you can process medicinal plants.…
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How to achieve self-healing?
Say you have a chronic issue, and, with the right guidance, you could overcome it. There's really no reason why you couldn't achieve this yourself if you’d know how to…
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How to make a medicinal herbal syrup, part 1: the basics
When I was very little, I didn't really appreciate many of the home-made remedies administered to me. It was medicine that was bitter and far from tasty. I rather coughed…
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How to make a medicinal herbal syrup, part 2: basic syrup
Last time we went over some theory about the use of medicinal herbal syrup. This time we will get to work. We’ll start, logically, at the beginning: the basic syrup.…
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How to make a medicinal herbal syrup, part 3: medical herbal syrup
In the first blog of this series, we went over some theory about the use of medicinal herbal syrups. In the second blog, we discussed how to make a basic…
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How to make a tincture from medicinal plants: the traditional method
In the meantime, your hands are probably itching to get started and create your own tincture from medicinal plants. Today we are going to discuss how to do that using…
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How to make a tincture of medicinal plants: the preparations
Part of my work as a hagetisse is making all kinds of remedies from medicinal plants. Tinctures are of course one of these remedies. Although it isn’t hard to buy…
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How to make a tincture of medicinal plants: the weighted method
I hope that, in the meantime, you have made all kinds of tinctures and experimented with the traditional method. As I wrote before, this is the method I use the…
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Hypocrisy in media reporting on medicine
Recently, there were reports about some dangerous herbs all over the Dutch media. Frankly, it really got my goat. Not so much because there were warnings about the use of…
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Illness and discomfort as an invitation to change
As some of you know, I used to offer one on one consultations. During those consultations, I helped people tackle problems. These could include chronic illnesses or other situations that…
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