Monthly Archives: July 2013

Harvesting Calendula – The Sunshine Herbal Medicine

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Myrobalan Clinic

It’s the time of the year when my Calendula crop is flowering and requires regular picking and dead heading. I pick little and often so that at the end of the season I have enough dried Calendula flowers and infused … Continue reading →

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Gathering Meadowsweet – A Natural Anti-inflammatory

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Myrobalan Clinic

At this time of year the damp areas of lanes and water meadows are covered with frothy clouds of Meadowsweet.  Meadowsweet or Filipendula ulmaria is a very important herb for my clinic.  Like other damp dwelling plants it contains salicylates, … Continue reading →

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