I want to ensure that everyone is clear about the role and aim of the Wise Herbal Ways patreon. Broadly, within it, we are looking at the history of Britain. In a more defined focus, it is about the women and the system of healing. That healing system includes the wider ideologies of animism andContinue reading “Reclaiming the wise woman and our traditional knowledge…”
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Ginger, Empire, and Herbalism
Western herbal medicine in Britain is often framed within the context of being local, traditional, hedgerow, and folk. I’m not here to dispute this claim entirely, but I would like to untangle it a little. Within our framing of British herbalism, we often forget to include the influence of plants that have been imported becauseContinue reading “Ginger, Empire, and Herbalism”