by Spiraea Herbs | Jun 15, 2016 | Cold and Flu, Detoxification, Digestive Health, Emotional Health, Natural Health, Pregnancy and Babies, Seasonal Affective Disorder
What is Bee Pollen? Falling into the category of “superfoods” bee pollen is the food of a young bees. From everything I’ve read collecting pollen is hard work! If you are interested in the exact mechanisms of how pollen is collected this website has...
by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 13, 2016 | Cold and Flu, Detoxification, Digestive Health, DIY Herbal, Emotional Health, Garden, Herbal Basics, Herbalism, Homesteading, Materia Medica, Natural Health
Spring is in the air! Although, I type this as I watch a flurry of snow fall from the sky… again. But alas, I know spring is around the corner and it’s time to get planning our gardens. IN a perfect world I would grow every herb in my materia medica, but...
by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 8, 2016 | Digestive Health, DIY Herbal, Emotional Health, Herbal Basics, Herbalism, Natural Health
Herbal infusions are just another way that herbalists and herb enthusiasts can incorporate the healing power of plants into their lives. This healing ability lies in the complex variety of chemical constituents that each herb has. Herbal infusions draw out...
by Spiraea Herbs | Mar 22, 2016 | Digestive Health, Emotional Health, Herbalism, Materia Medica, Natural Health
What comes to mind when you think of lavender? The “scent” of lavender can be found in everything from dish soap to dryer sheets. But this is not true lavender my friends! And most of the products on the market today don’t even smell like actual...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jan 19, 2016 | Cold and Flu, Digestive Health, Emotional Health, Natural Health, Seasonal Affective Disorder
Oh will this grey weather ever end?! It’s not uncommon for southern Ontario to be grey in the fall and winter, but I swear I haven’t seen the sun in weeks! Since our brain needs sunlight to create serotonin this is putting a grey little cloud on my mood...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 11, 2015 | Digestive Health, Emotional Health, Herbalism, Materia Medica, Natural Health, Seasonal Affective Disorder
In the first part of herbal formulations I talked a lot about the important role the digestive system plays in our overall health, including the health of the nervous system (i.e. depression, anxiety, SAD etc). You can find my first post here. I highly recommend you...
