Some time back in the summer, I made a video on Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) and processed some of the root into tincture. I promptly forgot about it until the middle of November. But because of computer problems I only got round to making the video now. So here’s the video on my impressions of Geum. I wanted this video to be very much an exploration of my sensory experience […]
Sometimes it is a surprise to actually get great results when I make medicines. Not because I usually get poor results, but when things ‘go to plan’ and work in practice as they should work in theory, it’s a lovely surprise. Take today; for the first time, I made a floral water of German Chamomille (Matricaria recutita), as part of the process of making a Chamomille tincture (For those that […]
Back almost a year ago in my last term of study, I spent a lot of free time walking up the Foss Dyke and seeing what herbs were growing along the river and collecting and processing some of them. I made some tinctures in cheap vodka (how studenty is that?) but I was also a bit short of cash, and there was a heck of a lot of Elderflower about. […]