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Our expanding resources page is a key component of our mission to promote public & educational awareness of plant medicine.

Britain lags behind other nations in using medicinal plants for disease prevention and in using plant medicine to treat common conditions with minimal side effects.

Medicinal plants are rich in bioactive compounds that boost health, prevent disease, and effectively treat a range of common conditions when used at the right dose. These natural remedies are both powerful and safe when applied correctly, empowering you to take control of your wellbeing. Enhance your health across various areas—from memory, mood, anxiety, and sleep to immune, digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems.

Explore our detailed botanical close-ups, where we spotlight essential plant medicines and their powerful applications. Find easy-to-follow guides, recipes, and tips for seamlessly incorporating these plants into your daily life. Learn how to responsibly source, cultivate, and prepare effective plant-based remedies.

All of this is grounded in scientific research and our deep understanding of each plant’s unique benefits.

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Unlock the Power of Essential Oils: Global Traditions, Proven Benefits, and Everyday Wellness!

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.

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Nature is Medicine!

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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Soak up the Sunshine, especially morning sunlight, and improve your health

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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Are there safer alternatives to drugs for respiratory health

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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Common (English) Ivy to support respiratory health

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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Chinese Star Anise

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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The Waiting Gardens of the North

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

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Four Thieves Vinegar

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

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