***Bladder Infections
Bladder Infections Excerpt from: New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, Alte ative Approaches for Women 30-90 by Susun S. Weed
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Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ July 10, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine filled with photos and a recipe, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/july10-2012/index.html Weed Walk July 10, 2012 Welcome.
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Read article***Herbal Vinegars - Part 2
Herbal Vinegars PART TWO of a two part article Part one of this article explained herbal vinegars’ many potent qualities and reviewed the basic tools and simple process of making herbal vinegars. A jou ey into the author’s garden illustrated how we can reap nature’s rewards and harvest numerous herbs for herbal vinegars. Now, we get to the root of making herbal vinegars: roots! We’ll also review some helpful tips for making vinegars, and review a list of plants that make for tasty vinegars and for herbal calcium supplements.
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Read article***WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS) GREAT TREE OF PEACE
WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS) GREAT TREE OF PEACE c 1990, Susun S. Weed The warming air of this verdant May morning touches my senses with pine. In the sweet-scented shade of a towering white pine much like the one I now sit under, the Peaceful Nations buried their weapons. I breathe deeply, asking their ancient wisdom to flow into me with the refreshing pine smell.
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Read article***The Bladder
The Bladder by Susun Weed mentor at the Wise Woman University Excerpt from "Down There Sexual and Reproductive Health"
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine - March 6, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/03/06/march-6-2012/ Green Report - Susun Weed Dear friends of the green, Aha! We finally got some winter-like weather, even a few inches of snow! The hardy plants don’t mind at all; in fact, I think they relish the fertilizing effects of the snow. I hope those of you who have been following the Green Report for the past two months have been successful in finding several mint family plants and some wild cabbage family plants, too.
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Read articleThe Green Report with Susun Weed - May 29, 2012
To read the entire six page ezine, including photos and recipes visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/may29-2012/index.html The Green Report - May 29, 2012 Green greetings. “Roll me over in the clover, roll me over, lay me down and do it again.” So goes the old song. And this is the month of clover. How many different ones grow around you? Get out your field guides and let me know what you find. You will also see lots of mustard/cabbage family plants in bloom. I have included four yummy new ones for you in this green report.
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Read article***Under the Knife
Under The Knife c. 2003 Susun S Weed The Sixth Step of Healing -- break and enter -- is one we mostly hope to avoid. But even those who prefer herbal medicine and natural healing may find themselves needing -- or wanting -- invasive procedures, including surgery, when faced with serious illness.
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Read articleBe Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 5
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any special training. Ancient memories arise in you when you begin to use herbal medicine - memories which keep you safe and fill you with delight. These lessons are designed to nourish and activate your inner herbalist so you can be your own herbal expert.
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Read article***Nourishing and Tonifying Herbs: The Hidden Keys to Health - Infusions
Most herbalists, throughout history, have been fascinated with poisonous plants. This fascination, along with careful study, experimentation, and observation, has given rise to pharmacy - the use of concentrated poisons - on one hand, and to homeopathy - the use of diluted poisons - on the other.
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Read article***Nourishing Herbal Infusions-Q&A
Questions -- And Answers -- About Nourishing Herbal Infusions by Susun S Weed c. 2002 click here to learn how to make infusion
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ February 28, 2012
Read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine here: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/02/27/february-27-2012/ ~Greetings from Susun~ Greetings friends of the green, Hail the cabbage family! I hope you’ve been having fun with cole crops this month. Thanks for letting me know that cooking your greens has brought you tears of joy and shouts of delight as your bodies get some real nutrition at last. My garlic mustard root vinegar is now so strong (one week later) that it makes my eyes water just to smell it. How is yours?
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Read article***Herbal and Home Remedies that Prevent Memory Loss
Even a single family member who is senile or afflicted with Alzheimer's is enough to make anyone dread the possibility. Since women have always lived longer than men, the Ancient Grandmothers have a thing or two to tell us about how to keep our memory sharp until the day we die (at 100+). These remedies are taken from my book New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way. They are arranged in order of safety, with the safest first and the most dangerous last.
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Read article***Herbs that Ease Anxiety and Fear Nettle, Oatstraw, Motherwort, and more....
In the wake of the terrorist attacks (9-11), many women find that they are fearful, anxious, nervous, or depressed. In this series of articles adapted from her best-selling book New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (available through www.ashtreepublishing.com, herbalist Susun S Weed shares her favorite herbs and home remedies for dealing with fear, anxiety, nervousness, grief, depression, rage, fatigue, and sleeplessness. Her Wise Woman remedies are simple and safe to use, easy to find and buy, and amazingly effective.
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Read articleBe Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 7
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any special training. Ancient memories arise in you when you begin to use herbal medicine. These lessons are designed to nourish and activate those memories and your inner herbalist so you can be your own herbal expert.
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Read articleThe Green Report with Susun Weed ~ January 3, 2012
Greetings from Susun~January 3, 2012 http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/01/02/january-2-2012/ Dear friends of the green, This month I wish to draw your attention to the mint family, which is well known for its many delicious-tasting, and strongly-scented plants. Most of the mint family plants are excellent anti-spasmodics, anti-infectives, and nourishers of the nervous system.
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Read article***Herbal Ally - Wild as a Rose
June is the month for brides. And roses are the flowers of love. So I think it fitting to focus on roses this month. Don't you? Not only are roses beautiful, they are good medicine and fine food.
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Read article***Menopause Naturally
WISE WOMAN WAYS: PRE-MENOPAUSAL YEARS The actual age at which menopausal Change begins varies considerably from woman to woman; the norm is 45, with a normal range of 35 to 55. During these pre-menopausal years, menstrual periods may become noticeably different (closer together, farther apart, scantier, more profuse). Night sweats or hot flashes come, if at all, only occasionally and are usually blamed on too many blankets or a rich meal.
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Read article***NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PROBLEMS IN BREASTFEEDING PART 1
NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PROBLEMS IN BREASTFEEDING PART 1 ~Susun S Weed
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ April 10, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/04/10/april-10th-2012/ The Green Report, Part Two by Susun Weed – April 10th, 2012 Welcome to the second installment of the April green report. The plants are coming so quickly now! So many to encounter, learn about, and play with! I hope you had fun adding flowers to your salad last week. This week your challenge is to make a totally wild salad. There are so many sweet tender young leaves to choose from.
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine~February 14, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/02/14/february-14-2012/ ~Greetings From Susun~ Happy Valentine’s Day! May your life be blessed with love. And may the love you share be returned to you a hundred-fold. This is the month of hearts and I declare it the month of the cabbage family, too. Why? Because all the plants in this large family love frost, are available in February, are easy to identify, are dependably edible, and provide major medicines as well. I love you cabbage family!
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Read articleBe Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 1
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance. You can too. LEARNING ABOUT HERBS
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Read article***Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs
Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs c. 2000, Susun S Weed
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Read article***Herbal Ally - The Joy Of Purslane
Herbs are powerhouses of nutrition. Used wisely and regularly, herbs can replace costly pills and supplements, and even some drugs. For example, if you currently take fish oil capsules, omega-3 oil capsules, flax oil, or antidepressants, a switch to purslane could improve your health and save you lots of money, too.
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Read articleBirth Control for Menopausal Women
STEP 1. COLLECT INFORMATION Birth control, never simple or easy, is complicated incredibly by the erratic ovulations and unpatte ed menses of the premenopausal and menopausal years. Remember your high school chums who unexpectedly had a little baby brother or sister? The biological imperative to reproduce doesn't die without a struggle. This article is for those who don't want to have a(nother) child. STEP 2. ENGAGE THE ENERGY
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Read article***Hot Colds And Cold Colds - Winter Health
Winter is coming. So are colds and the flu. Here are some tips for preventing these viral illnesses. And for getting well fast if you do get sick. Preventing colds and the flu can be summed up in three words: Wash your hands. The viruses that cause colds and the flu most readily enter our bodies by means of our hands. Wash your hands after shopping. Remind your children to wash their hands as soon as they come home from school. A little "hysterical hygiene" goes a long way to keeping colds at bay.
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Read article**Afraid of Anthrax? Strengthen Your Immune System!
Afraid of Anthrax? Strengthen Your Immune System! by Susun S. Weed
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Read article***Help for Women With Fibroids
Help for Women With Fibroids c. 2002 Susun S. Weed Wise Woman herbal and home remedies are simple, safe ways to help yourself when you have a diagnosis of uterine fibroids.
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ June 19, 2012
To read the entire Ezine including color photos and recipes, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/june19-2012/index.html Joyous Solstice Greetings to All. The energies of the plants are throbbing as the longest day of the year floods us all with warmth and sunshine. It’s a good thing the days are long, there is so much to do.
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Read article***No To Licensing Of Herbalists
No to all licensing of herbs and herbalists. Never. No way. Ask the midwives of North America. They fell for "let's regulate ourselves before the big boys do." And they regulated themselves out of existence. There are no midwives left, according to Jeannine Parvati; only medwives. I agree. Let us learn from their mistake. No licenses for herbalists.
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine~January 31, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/01/31/january-31-2012/ Greetings from Susun~ Dear friends of the green, Last week we began making herbal smokes and smudges using mints and mullein. Let’s expand our range of plants activated by fire. Some sources say that more than a hundred different herbs were utilized in Native American smoking mixes. What would your smoking mix be? Would you have several, for different tasks?
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Read article***Herbal Ally - Chickweed Is A Star
Snowdrops and crocus flowers herald the spring. And if you look in between them, with luck, you'll see a bright green creeping plant low to the ground with little white starry flowers: chickweed, a good friend of mine.
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Read article***THE WISE WOMAN TRADITION EMPOWERS WOMEN
THE WISE WOMAN TRADITION EMPOWERS WOMEN ~ 2002, Susun S. Weed The Wise Woman Tradition is the oldest known healing tradition on our planet. It offers a unique view of health that is woman-centered and deeply empowering to women. This is in stark contrast to orthodox - and most alte ative - healing traditions, which are based on male viewpoints which disempower women.
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Read articleWise Woman Herbal Ezine~April 24, 2012
To read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/04/24/april-24-2012/ Greetings from Susun: Green greetings. The middle of “sweete Aprile” already! Garlic mustard (Allaria off.) is rampant in my gardens. How about in yours? The gardener’s best revenge is to bite back, so let’s cut the mustard, the garlic mustard, that is.
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Read articleAllium Advantage Elixir Recipe by Susun Weed ~ December 28th, 2011
http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/ Dear friends of the green, Are you looking for the recipe for Allium Advantage Elixir? Then you have come to the right place. As you know, alliums are plants like garlic, leeks, onions, chives, ramps, and shallots. Consistent, lavish use of alliums in the diet helps to reduce the risk of many cancers, notably breast and prostate cancers. Sulphur compounds in alliums help counteract bacterial infections. Alliums are also known to help keep the heart healthy and to keep cholesterol in a healthy state. Plus alliums nourish the immune system.
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Read article***Herbal Medicine Is People's Medicine
Herbal medicine is people’s medicine. Herbal medicine is the primary medicine of most people on this planet, right now. It’s not something old and dusty. It’s not a bunch of doctors and chemists figuring out how to use herbs like drugs. Herbal medicine is a 3-year-old picking plantain and putting it on a skinned knee or an insect bite. Herbal medicine is the medicine of women and children. It is the medicine of the earth. It’s medicine that’s free. It’s not something that must be studied before it can help you. Start with one plant.
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Read article***Fatigue and Mood Changes
Hormonal changes, emotional changes, physical changes, and all the attendant stresses of pregnancy may cause extreme fatigue and emotional swings, especially during the last trimester. One midwife advises: "This is the perfect opportunity to touch your own deep emotional truths … to acknowledge and resolve your inner disharmonies, and to recreate your life as you create another life. The emotional changes experienced during pregnancy are not to be avoided, but valued; they are cathartic and valid."
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Read articleHerbal Vinegars
A pantry full of herbal vinegars is a constant delight. Preserving fresh herbs and roots in vinegar is an easy way to capture their nourishing goodness. It's easy too. You don't even have to have an herb garden. BASIC HERBAL VINEGAR Takes 5 minutes plus 6 weeks to prepare You will need: - glass or plastic jar of any size up to one quart/liter - plastic lid for jar or - waxed paper and a rubber band - fresh herbs, roots, weeds - one quart/liter apple cider vinegar
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Read article***Menopausal Years - Jou ey Into Change
“Pay attention now,” Grandmother Growth says, taking your hand and holding your gaze. “The Change known as menopause deserves your full attention.” “Pay attention now, and relax. Focus, allow, observe, surrender. Your egg basket empties; your memory basket grows heavier.”
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Read articleDealing With Vaginal Yeast
“The world is filled with life, my daughter, and some of that life can distress you. Your vagina is filled with life, dearest granddaughter, and some of that life can distress you, too. “When you are too sweet, life can run over you. Stay a little on the sour side, wise sister; it is to your benefit. Bacteria, funguses, and parasites like it when you always say ‘yes,’ when you always agree; they thrive on your sweet acquiescence. When you put your needs aside and let others have their way, the life in your vagina magnifies your decision.
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Read article***Menopausal Years-Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women
excerpt from New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women pp. 237-243 Seaweeds The weeds of the ocean have so much to give us. Let them help you: • Prevent and relieve osteoporosis
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Read article***Herbal Ally - Now Remember Rosemary
Mad Ophelia tells us: "There's Rosemary, that's for remembrance". In Shakespeare's day it was common knowledge that rosemary helped one remember. Today, as then, herbalists agree: "For weyknesse of ye brayne, sethe rosemaria in wyne and keep ye heed warme". The leaves of this tough, evergreen shrub, are valued for both medicinal and culinary uses. And, the powerful antioxidant vitamins found therein do help the brain work better.
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Read article***NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PROBLEMS IN BREASTFEEDING PART 2
NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PROBLEMS IN BREASTFEEDING PART 2 ~Susun S Weed
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Read article***You Can Have a Green Ally!
You Can Have a Green Ally! by Susun S. Weed © 2004
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