Delve into the fascinating world of essential oils, exploring their origins, the science-backed benefits they offer, how to use them, the differences in their use in this country compared to other countries, along with important safety tips for using them.
As always, our aim is to help you integrate these natural medicines into your daily life with confidence and ease.
Scientific research is increasing verifying that nature-based recreation and spending time in natural environments significantly benefits our emotional and physical wellbeing, across all age groups, including youth, adolescents, the elderly and those with mental and physical health issues.
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Scientific research shows that participating in community groups and gardening provides significant benefits for both our physical and mental health. These include increased physical activity, improved dietary habits, enhanced wellbeing and social support, reduced stress and anxiety, better mood, and improved cognitive function.
Sunlight, and especially morning sunlight, improves our health. Simply being outdoors absorbing sunlight to make vitamin D benefits us in a number of ways. Sunlight-induced vitamin D production is vital for maintaining bone health, supporting immune function, regulating mood, and promoting cardiovascular health and adequate sunlight exposure and sufficient vitamin D levels play significant roles in regulating circadian rhythms, improving sleep quality, and potentially reducing the risk of sleep disorders
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Throughout history, plant medicine was the cornerstone of medication until the chemical revolution and the enactment of the Pharmacy & Medicine Act. This revolution brought us many essential medical drugs, but contemporary scientific research now underscores the indispensable role medicinal plants still have to play in modern healthcare, highlighting three crucial dimensions: medical drugs derived
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Alternatives to Drugs: Asthma
While no one should stop taking a drug they’ve been prescribed for asthma, unless first consulting a health care practitioner, a recent article in the British Medical Journal highlights the urgent need to tell patients with more prominent warnings on the packet of the risks of taking montelukast (Singulair), an oral treatment for asthma, as recommended by the drug regulator (MHRA).
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Aid respiratory health with this anti-viral respiratory supporting medicinal plant.
There are safe plant medicines, that have been used by humans for centuries, that carry the same efficacy as drugs with fewer if any side-effects. Only a select few of these plant medicines have been studied in controlled clinical studies. For example in patients with bronchial asthma there are plant medicines that safely decrease airway resistance and improve forced expiratory volume. These plant medicines include dried Ivy Leaf Extract
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Everyone wants to prioritise cognitive function, and adopting preventive measures through dietary choices is not only straightforward but also delicious. So can tea contribute to the wellbeing of your brain? … Delving into the cognitive advantages of green tea, as spotlighted on Radio 4’s Just One Thing ‘Drink Green Tea’ with Michael Mosley talking to our colleague Dr
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While awaiting clinically-verified evidence, a substantial body of supporting information attests to the traditional medicinal efficacy of Chinese star anise. Its range of bioactive components mean that it offers us numerous benefits.
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We’re pleased to have been working in association with renowned Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, for his current exhibition The Waiting Gardens of the North at Baltic. Commissioned by Baltic in partnership with the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, this major project responds to conflict by, figuratively and literally, nurturing a community and an evolving indoor garden landscape. Read comment
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Wild Garlic Allium ursinum (wild garlic or ransoms), and including information on Allium sativum (garlic). Make garlic part of your regular diet. Garlic is a readily available powerful foodstuff medicinal plant. Our native Ransoms or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) carries similar benefits to the common foodstuff garlic (Allium sativum). This is due to the presence of sulphur-containing
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Food is Medicine Salvia officinalis Common/European sage Add all ingredients to a clean glass jar, ensuring all herbs are covered by the vinegar. Allow to stand for one month in a cool, dark place. Strain through muslin and bottle. This botanical vinegar blend can be taken as a tonic and is good for all culinary uses
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Food is Medicine Salvia officinalis Common/European sage Put the milk, butter and garlic in a pan over a high heat and bring to a simmer and butter has melted. Reduce the heat, stir in the chickpea flour and turmeric and keep stirring until it thickens – about 2 minutes. Season with salt to taste and plenty
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Sage Tincture Recipe Salvia officinalis and Salvia lavandulaefolia (Spanish sage) tincture /ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/ noun a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol Similar: solution suspension infusion potion elixir extract essence Sage Advice European Sage can be taken as a memory ‘tonic’, to help improve and maintain our cognitive function as we age. It has clinical evidence
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European Sage Salvia officinalis and Salvia lavandulaefolia (Spanish sage) This medicinal plant is the reason why the Dilston Physic Garden began and is one of our research focus plants. As a traditional European tonic, viewed as a ‘cure-all’, it is an essential ‘food is medicine’ plant. Sage grows well here in the UK and we should
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