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The Healing Hedgewitch

Locality: Murwillumbah, New South Wales

Phone: +61 431 850 160

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21.01.2022 Here's how to easily make a spicy delicious nasturtium flower infused vinegar! Get the recipe here ---> https://www.growforagecookferment.com/nasturtium-flower-in/

19.01.2022 My Latest Alchemy: ‘Wiseman’s Gold’ Turmeric Activator The three wiseman gave Jesus Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold - but if only they had given him the ‘herbal g...old’ of turmeric instead! The synergy of these herbs is truly amazing for pain, inflammation and cancer. Check out my latest herbal alchemy! See more

18.01.2022 The Celts recognized that the shape of each soul is different; the spiritual clothing one person wears can never fit the soul of another. It is interesting tha...t the word ‘revelation’ comes from ‘re-valere’, literally, ‘to veil again.’ The world of the soul is glimpsed through the opening in a veil that closes again. ...The soul was never meant to be seen completely. It is more at home in a light that is hospitable to shadow. Before electricity, people used candlelight at night. The ideal light to befriend the darkness, it gently opens up caverns in the darkness and prompts the imagination into activity. The candle allows the darkness to keep its secrets. There is shadow and color within every candle flame. Candlelight perception is the most respectful and appropriate form of light with which to approach the inner world. It does not force our tormented transparency upon the mystery. The glimpse is sufficient. Candlelight perception has the finesse and reverence appropriate to the mystery and autonomy of soul. Such perception is at home at the threshold. It neither needs nor desires to invade the ‘temenos’ (sacred sanctuary or holy grove) where the divine lives. (p.80-81) ...Celtic spirituality also has a great awareness of the sense of vision, particularly in relation to the spirit world. The Celtic eye has a great sense of that interim world between the invisible and the visible. This is referred to in scholarship as the ‘imaginal world’, the world where angels live. The Celtic eye loves this interim world. In Celtic spirituality, we find a bridge between the visible and the invisible. (p.77) ~ John O’Donohue (b.1956-d.2008); Anam Cara : A Book of Celtic Wisdom; Cliff Street Books (1997) Photo source: https://pin.it/63lYYof

16.01.2022 I took a day off studying today and spent it crocheting a new cardigan.

13.01.2022 Aunty Beryl Van Oploo is an indigenous elder, a proud Kamilaroi woman and an educator whose career has spanned 50 years. She is the go-to person for anything an...d everything to do with bush tucker. Indira Naidoo spoke with her about teaching hospitality and traditional food. LEMON MYRTLE BUTTER BISCUITS Ingredients 2 cups (250g) self-raising flour 1 teaspoon dried lemon myrtle 180g butter, softened cup (125g) sugar 1 beaten egg 1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Sift flour and dried lemon myrtle into a bowl, then rub in the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. 2. Add sugar and beaten egg and mix into a stiff dough, turn out onto a floured surface and knead gently until smooth. 3. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes. 4. Roll out onto a floured surface about 5mm thick and cut into about 30 biscuits. 5. Place on a greased baking tray and place in oven at 180 degrees C for about 12-15 minutes until golden. See more information @ https://www.abc.net.au//eat-out-in-bush-tucker-wi/12491790

12.01.2022 To the Anglo-Saxons of the days of yore, the wise women and men who knew the virtues of plants were known as wortcunners. Wort means root, herb, or spice..., and cunning (from the Middle English cunnen) means to know herbs were generally called worts in common English. The concept of wortcunning is not readily translated into botany, pharmacognosy or herbalism. Scientific botany did not yet exist. A root was by no means just a tuber, rhizome or subterranean appendage of the plant. A root was the place where gnomes dwelled, where hidden unperceived things generated and took form until they burst into the visible world of appearance. Roots belong to the zone of the deep, dark and mysterious to the other side of Being, to Essence, to Origin, not to the side of phenomena. A root-knower (wortcunner) is a seer. He or she knows the root of the illness that strikes a human being down and knows the root of the cure: the wort, which unfolds as secretly in the dark as the very malaise it will heal. (pg.3) ...A wortcunner is not just a botanist or a knower of herbs, but one who has the occult (Latin occultus = hidden secret) power to see into the origins of things, to see beyond the surface. He or she has a relation of kinship and kindness to the worts, knows their names, and knows the words (chants and mantras) with which to call upon spirits that inhabit the plant world. (pg.5) ...Herbs and other remedies revealing themselves in dreams is perhaps more common than the priests of our modern worldview dare to admit. Peasants of Switzerland frequently told me of such experiences. The clairvoyant healer Edgar Cayce, who dreamed of reliable remedies, is not a solitary figure. In times of great turmoil and calamity such as the plague of the Middle Ages, the beings of the other side would jump into open daylight and not even wait for the vehicle of a dream to make their appearance. Countless stories attest to peasants who meet wild folk, little people, or gray, wizened, wee men showing themselves in field and forest, telling the panic stricken: Eat valerian and pimpernel And all of you will be well. It is claimed that those who ate these and similar plants in full belief did not succumb to the plague. (pg.8) ...As we gather from bits of folklore and old writings, herbs were picked and used in a highly ritualistic manner. The best time to pick an herb or dig a root was in the dark of the moon an ancient custom that was still kept by Maurice Mességué’s father, who claimed, Moonlight saps their strength. For plants to be at their best, they need plenty of sunshine and very little moonlight. The best time of day, according to Celtic tradition, is at the break of dawn. The wortcunner should not wash, pray, talk, or greet anyone when proceeding to the desired plant and should then tell it for what purpose and for whom he is digging it. Besides mistletoe, staghorn fern, club moss, scarlet pimpernel and vervain were especially sacred to the ancient Celts. As the Roman naturalist Pliny tells us, vervain was picked in the dark of the moon, at the time of year when the Dog Star (Sirius) was visible. A magic circle was drawn around the plant. While digging, the appropriate chants were mumbled, and the face was turned to the east, the direction of the rising sun. Vervain sprigs were used to ward off inimical spells and for sprinkling lustral water to purify altars. Many healing herbs were picked at the dawn of midsummer solstice. Usually the gatherer had to be barefoot and wearing unstitched clothing without a belt, or go stark naked. The Gauls lifted the sacred herbs from the ground with their left hands and held them up, dedicating them to the heavens. The houseleek, belonging to the thundergod, had to be picked between the flash of lightning and the clack of thunder. (p32-33) -Wolf D. Storl, The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners : The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants; North Atlantic Books; Berkley, California (2012) https://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Lore-Wise-Women-//1583943587 Photo source: Mags Black-raven 200- tumblr : https://black-raven200.tumblr.com//forest-cottage-love-wit

11.01.2022 After last week’s wonderful presentation by Sophia Gerontakos for SEQherbs, we thought it fitting to choose Eleutherococcus senticosus as our herb of the month...! This medicinal plant hails from Russia and Northeast Asia and is sometimes referred to as Siberian ginseng, as a nod to its geographic origins, but is more commonly called Eleuthero by herbalists and naturopaths. A member of the Araliaceae family, Eleuthero is a woody deciduous shrub that grows up to ~ 2 metres tall. While the leaves can be used to make a tea, it is the root of the plant that is used medicinally. Studies have shown that this wonderful herb has positive effects on both physical and cognitive function, which is arguably what it is best known for medicinally. Eleuthero is a herbal adapatogen and immunomodulator. Adaptogenic herbs improve the body’s response and resistance to stressors, promoting healthy physiological function. It is often recommended clinically for fatigue, to improve energy and endurance, to improve the body’s response to stress and support overall wellbeing, particularly in convalescence or chronic illness. Eleuthero has also been shown to promote immune response to viral infections, allergies, and seasonal infections. There are many applications for this herbal hero and it is certainly one of our favourites! #NHAA #Naturopathy #HerbalMedicine

08.01.2022 The ‘Gold’ in Marigold (Calendula officinalis) These cheery, happy go-lucky buckets of orange and gold are not just a joy to look at but their petals have poten...t anti-viral and anti-bacterial biochemistry. In fact one of its traditional names ‘Mary’s Gold’ indicates how precious their uses always were. They still are especially being antiviral. If you’re lucky enough to have any and wish to pick? Then use 1 tablespoon of fresh petals to one mug of boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes and drink. You can also buy and use dried petals of course. These petals are also anti-inflammatory, extremely anti-fungal, and a well known skin remedy for literally anything from cuts to eczema. In the pre-antibiotic era, they were notorious for helping wounds heal faster, eg World War 1 and U.S. Civil War. Last but not least, Marigold petals are hugely detoxifying, partly because they assist the work of the liver and gallbladder. The wonderful petals are in our blend tea called ‘ImmuGold Loose Herbal Tea’, we used a lot this year one way and another. ENSURE you do NOT pick French marigold (Tagetes), which looks a little similar but smells very different. Tagetes species are NOT edible, the roots (and leaves/flowers) release toxic substances often planted as a useful insect and nematode repellent.

08.01.2022 Herb of the month for May is Plantago lanceolata, common name: Ribwort or narrow-leaved plantain. Ribwort is a herbal medicine that has been used therapeuti...cally for thousands of years. Originating in Europe, northern and central Asia, it can now be found across the world. Ribwort leaves, which are used medicinally, are lanceolate (spear-shaped) and covered in silky hairs. Rich in mucilage, a decoction of the leaves was used traditionally for dry cough and as a gentle expectorant. The common indication in modern herbal practice is for coughs of all types - Ribwort acts as a relaxing expectorant and for dry or sensitive mucous membranes. Like many of our favourite medicinals, Ribwort is often classified as a weed it can grow anywhere! It can be found readily across Australia, often along paths and roadsides, in parks and suburban lawns. Do you have this growing in your neighbourhood?

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06.01.2022 My thought for today..... Someone telling me to weed my garden is like someone telling me to clean my junk draw....... Everything there is useful to ME . And useful to them if they look hard enough.