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brayclinicie · 11 months

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#natural herbal medicine #natural medicine clinic #herbal clinic #natural herbal clinic #natural herbal clinic wicklow #wicklow natural medicine #herbal medicine #natural medicine #wicklow #natural medicine wicklow #ireland

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wandoffire · 4 months

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reality-detective · 1 month

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Equal parts organic oregano and organic olive oil. Stir. Store in a jar for 4-6 weeks and then strain. Store in a dark jar in a cool place. 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #for your health #health tips #natural remedies #herbal medicine #you decide

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theonlineslag · 3 months

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Hey there I'm Luna Jay! Welcome to this page. I hope you enjoy it! Here's a little about me 🙂

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I have 5 cats and a puppy. I am very enthusiastic about herbal medicine and I'm a plant junkie. My favorite thing to do is try to rescue the plants from the clearance rack lol. I've been in SW for about a decade and I offer an array of services because of it. My favorite thing is to ship wearables and make custom films. Creating content and connecting with people is my passion 🖤 I love to try out new kinks but right now most of my custom orders involve smoking. In my spare time I like to read dark romance (the darker the better), marketing and branding books. I also listen to podcasts quite frequently. I have quite a bit of tattoos and piercings and am always excited when I go get more! All my links are in my bio. 💋

#herbal #i sell custom content #thick vibes only #dark romance #plants #plant photography #herbalism #natural medicine #natural body #onlyf@nz #tattoos #tattoed girls #girls with piercings #pierced

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occvltswim · 1 month

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A Handbook of Native American Herbs

#american indians #indigenous peoples #herbs #herbalism #botany #ethnobotany #medicinal plants #herbology #nature #natural medicine #shamanism #health and fitness #alternative therapies #books #🌱#📚

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lailoken · 7 months

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The Mistreatment of a Sacred Plant

Recently, I had an unpleasant emotional and spiritual shock. I struggle a bit to talk about it because of how upset it makes me, but I feel like the subject matter is important enough to warrant the discussion.

As some may know, one of my dearest plant allies is the Ghost Pipe. I work closely with Monotropes in general, but the Tutelary Spirit of Monotropa Uniflora, in particular, serves as a chief Plant Patron of mine. Part of maintaining this relationship involves visiting a specific location in a devotional capacity, in order to watch, tend, and learn from the population of Ghost Pipes that grow there. I went back to this place not long ago, in order to thank the spectral flowers for lending their power and grace to our Handfasting Ritual, and I was horrified to discover that every one of the colonies I've stewarded over the last few years is completely gone.

They aren't a major food-source for any animals I know of, and this was way more than a die-back, since I recognize what that looks like. What's more, for every colony to have naturally vanished without a trace since the last time I visited was unthinkable. As such, I'm all but sure that someone "Wildcrafted" them to make tinctures for sale. This is absolutely heartbreaking and infuriating, as they have totally misused and abused this sacred plant, and damaged an extremely fragile and unique ecosystem in the process.

The main issue with harvesting Ghost Pipes isn't necessarily that it's rare, though it is in some areas. The real problems are how sensitive they are and how exacting their life cycle is. Sometimes, just touching a Ghost Pipe is enough to damage the plant, disrupt the re-seeding process, and prevent it from growing back. What's worse, the conditions required for the succesful development of these ethereal organisms are extremely specific. Monotropes are Mycoheterotrophs, which derive their energy through mychorizal parasitism. This is to say, they can only get their energy by siphoning it from a small range of subterranean fungi, who in turn, siphon their energy from the roots of certain trees. Between these and other factors, Monotropes are virtually impossible to cultivate or propagate, and they are especially susceptible to the effects of overharvesting. Unfortunately, unethical harvesting has steadily become a real problem in Western Herbalism, where Ghost Pipe tincture is growing in popularity for its mystique and its beautiful violet color. And while it does have a long history of traditional medicinal use as a Nervine, people who aren't getting it purely for its aesthetic qualities are buying it as a miracle cure, without any real understanding of how or why to use it.

I've been muddling through strong feelings of anger, sorrow, and impotence since this happened, and I feel sick thinking about someone out there irreverently peddling this precious medicine under a capitalist guise of "Herbal Wisdom." These sorts of business practices are thoughtless, ecologically unethical, and spiritually blasphemous (as far as I'm concerned). So, I beg you: please think thrice about what you are doing before you harvest a plant. Ask yourself these five questions, and weigh the answers against each other: "Why do I want to harvest this plant?' 'What harm will my behavior cause to this organism?' 'What harm will my behavior cause to this species?' 'What harm will my behavior cause to this ecosystem?' and, 'What will I suffer as a result of not harvesting this plant?

I offer up my most fervent prayers that the seeds I helped to spread earlier in the year will count for something.

#ghost pipes #ghost pipe #monotropes #monotropa #monotropa uniflora #foraging #harvesting #harvest #herbalism #plant magic #plant medicine #nature magic #herbal medicine

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tuulikki · 5 months

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The degree to which herbal supplements are unregulated continues to appal me

And by “unregulated” I don’t just mean that there’s no medical proof that the supplement you take works (there isn’t)

I mean also that no one checks to see if any supplement says it contains what it says it contains

This is an industry that has happily killed hundreds of people who never knew why their bodies were dying because they didn’t even know supplements were unregulated. It’s so hard for medical doctors to trace symptoms back to any one distributor’s batch of “immune system booster.” People have died of failing organs and cancers whose mystery causes no one will ever find out. We have learned the reasons for some of these deaths, but many more we’ll never catch. Those people died confused and in pain due to the corporate greed of companies that still get to present themselves as “natural” and “healthy”

The supplements industry has so much blood on its hands but people still think it’s safe and that’s just monstrous

#you want to talk about toxins well those are the real deal #supplements #vitamins #health #natural medicine #herbal care #traditional medicine

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tiredwitchplant · 8 months

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Everything You Need to Know About Herbs: Mandrake (Root)

Mandrake (Atropa Mandragora, Mandragora officinale)

*Poisonous *Medical Herb *Masculine

Folk names: Alraun, Anthropormorphon, Baaras, Brain Thief, Circerium, Ciroea, Galgenmannchen (Germain: Witches’ Mannilda), Ladykins, Mandragen, Mandragor, Mannikin, Raccoon Berry, Semihomo, Wild Lemon, Womandrake, Zauberurirzel (German: Sorcerer’s Root)

Planet: Mercury, Uranus

Element: Fire, Earth

Deities: Hecate, Hathor

Abilities: Protection, Fertility, Money, Love, Health, and Curse (Death)

Why Poisonous?: Contains toxic tropane alkaloids such as hyoscyamine and scopolamine. Tropane alkaloids are powerful anticholinergic agents and causes peripheral symptoms (dry mouth and blurred vision) and central effects (drowsiness and delirium) and can also cause vomiting, difficulty swallowing and abdominal pain.

*Do not consume!

Characteristics: Are perennial herbs with thick, often forked roots that resemble human legs. They produce violet flowers and small berries which were reportedly eaten raw as a delicacy.

History: Is referred to in the book of Genesis in the Holy Bible as the herb of fertility. However, the likeness of the root to a human figure caused it to be feared by many as it was thought to been embodied by a demon. It is said that when pulled, a mandrake root will let out a horrible, shrieking scream that is lethal to one’s ears. A book founded from the year 1870 gave instructions on how to make a homunculus (a small human servant) by using a mandrake root to represent the body. During the Middle Ages, it was used as a charm to ward off scammers and little roots were used to wish for pregnancy.

Growing Mandrake:

Easy to Grow? No.

Rating: Expert

Seeds Accessible: No

Mandrake Planting

Video Guide

Where to Buy Seeds

Magical Usage:

Can be used for binding, strengthening, protection and power

Can be used to represent a person for love spells and healing (potentially can be used to represent a person for curses but I do not recommend)

Was used as a poppet for image magic

A whole root can be placed on the mantle of your home for protection, fertility and prosperity

Can exorcise demons

Can be hung on a headboard of your bed for better sleep, attract love, and prevent illness

Medical Usage:

Was used as a narcotic

Used to knock out patients for surgery and relieve pain

Used to reverse infertility

Sources

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battleangel · 7 months

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Walking While Carefree & Black

Fetishized & dehumanized.

Daily misogynoir.

Harrassed on my daily walks for hugging a tree, picking a flower, laying on grass and stretching out my arms, twirling, smiling, being an unrushed unbothered carefree fierce ferocious unapologetic black woman who isnt on the way to somewhere, Im not going to 7-11 five minutes from my apartment, Im not rushing to work, Im not hurrying, Im not hustling, Im not bustling, Im not harried, Im not distratcted, Im not anxious, Im not impatient, Im not speedwalking, Im not in a car, Im not on a bike, Im walking on sidewalks, under bridges, near highways, busy intersections, busy traffic lights, near school buses, near angry white stay at home moms pushing their strollers, moms with toddlers shielding their eyes from me, white police men slowing their patrol cars when I am doing nothing but take a selfie under a bridge.

Why cant I be free?

Why cant I twirl?

Why cant I hug trees?

Why cant I treat a light pole as a stripper pole?

Is it a crime to joke around during the day when people are at school and work, jokingly twirl myself around the pole, pretend I am a pole dancer, and take a video selfie?

Will I be Sandra Bland'd?

Why cant I take pictures of a rose garden?

Why cant I take a selfie under a bridge? On a park bench?

Why cant I pick flowers near the sidewalk, smell them, place them behind my ear and skip down the sidewalk pavement?

Capitalism demands that I, a black woman, be a slave to their system but I left their system.

I left Amazon in a week with no job lined up.

I left Dow Jones with no job lined up.

I left Bank of America in 3 months with no job lined up.

I left Yale.

I quit my career coaching business after 3 years and over a hundred executive clients.

I permanently left corporate in 2019 and quit my business this year.

I am a permanent freeelancer now.

I am a podcaster now. We dont have sponsors yet so I dont currently generate income.

$55/hr at Amazon and after six months they were going to convert me with the coveted unrestricted stock aka golden handcuffs.

It was a cult. I left in a week.

I made -$7,000 last year as my business failed. I hated sales and referrals dried up.

Capitalism says I am a failure and a loser.

Capitalism says I, a nubian queen, Isis, an egyptian goddess, am only worth the revenue I generate.

I was the highest rated recruiter with the most hires at every Fortune 500 company I worked at.

I had over a hundred executive clients with my career coaching business that landed offers at Disney, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Amazon & Comcast with five figure salary increases.

I was a career advisor at Yale who coached graduate and postdoc STEM students.

Capitalism rolls its eyes and asks me, What have you done for me lately?

It demands I turn myself back into a machine to be deemed worthy.

But those days are over.

I will never work another 9 to 5 in any industry -- corporate, academic or non-profit.

I will never work a job that requires that I report into a supervisor.

I will never work another job with dictated shifts.

I will never sell anything to anyone ever again. I detest sales and I hate capitalism.

Capitalism is dehumanizing and it kills. It profits off of, relies on and thrives on energetic and psychic attacks that sends its adherents & acolytes to an early stress-induced death.

I was having GI issues and I healed myself.

No doctor, no gastroenterologist, no harmful laxatives, no chemical stimulants, no synthetic lab-made prescription medication that can all be addictive.

The smoothie takes 5 minutes and is just blending 1 cup pineapples, 1/2 cucumber, 1/4 grated ginger, 1 lemon, 1 orange, 2 tbs apple cider vinegar and 4 ice cubes & 1 cup of water in a mixer. Makes 2 servings, drink 1 cup in morning and 1 cup at night.

I just started walking outside in nature for an hour a day, not power walking, no step counting, no calorie counting, just being in nature, soaking up the sun, breathing the air, barefoot in grass, hugging trees, picking and smelling flowers, doing simple yoga exercises, abdominal massages, using a heating pad on my stomach, drinking 32 to 64 oz of water a day, eliminating coffe, not drinking soda during the week (used to drink 1 to 2 cans a day), fresh fruit & vegetable smoothie in the morning, oatmeal or grape nuts cereal with peppermint herbal tea no sugar or honey, homemade vegetarian salad & homemade vegetarian dressing (store bought dressing has a ton of fat, sugar amd calories) and mixed nuts as a snack Monday through Friday then I take a break and eat what I want on the weekend.

GI issues resolved themselves in a week, I am healthier, lighter, less sluggish, more fit, more in shape and more energetic. This is now my diet 75% of the time (5 days a week).

Decolonize your mind.

You have the ability to heal yourself. Stop running to doctors and quick fixes.

Change what you eat. Move more.

Get outside in nature! You are nature!

That is what heals. We come from nature and we are nature.

Trees, grass, sunlight, air, flowers, butterflies, streams, brooks, meadows, gardens, pumpkin patches, orchard farms, parks, nature trails.

Get outside.

Not to get in your car. Not to go somewhere.

Stop spending all your time penned inside like an animal and a prisoner.

Not to go to the mall, shopping, a restaurant, a salon, a spa, a movie theater, work, school, a grocery store, a laundromat, dry cleaners.

Not to run an errand.

Not to sit in traffic in a machine.

Not to burn calories.

Not to power walk.

Not to lose weight.

To reconnect with nature.

To reconnect your mind, soul, body, heart and spirit.

The west purposely severs this connection in service of capitalism.

Its up to you to restore it.

Walk. Breathe. Be. Skip. Twirl. Pose. Use the sidewalk as a catwalk. Take selfies. Take pictures.

Stop and smell the flowers.

Hug a literal tree.

Lay on the grass while cars roll past you with their windows down and stare at you like youre crazy.

Its 11 am on a Tuesday.

What the hell is she doing laying on the grass with her arms outstretched?

Why isnt she at work or at school?

Confuse people with your very presence.

I have a goth alt kawaii japanese street fashion aesthetic that includes boyshorts, leather garters, torn fishnets, leather chokers, hello kitty tiaras, six inch pink platform heels, black lipstick, mini cut out crop tops, extremely thick black eyeliner and hot pink eyeshadow.

For wearing this on Friday on my daily walk at 8:30 am which I then shared on TikTok, I was accused of being indecent, inappropriate for children to see going to school, people stared, rolled their windows down, honked at me, cars followed me, two men purposefully walked right into me bumping me (there was plenty of room on the sidewalk), an HVAC repairman leered at me outside of his van and literally just stared holes through me as I walked by.

Im 41. Im 5"1. Im 92 lbs. Im black and female.

I have a quirky style and aesthetic. I look young.

I also shaved my head bald a few weeks ago and have a bald fade.

People have since then called me a dyke, asked if I am trans, am I a boy or a girl, whats the deal.

Thats when I dont have a wig on.

I love different looks so I also wear long wigs.

The reaction is completely different when I wear a wig and people tell me how good I look, that people are slowing their cars down because I am attractive.

Bald fade, bony dyke who looks like a boy and might be trans.

Long wig, attractive girl, let me slow down and get a look.

Still black no matter the hair. Still followed.

Still harrassed.

A MAGA Proud Boy harrassed me with my bald fade while I was wearing an Eagles shirt and jeans. He stared at me as I took a selfie on a bench under a tree, when I got up to walk home, he started walking towards me and blocked my path in the small walkway we were both on and wouldnt let me pass.

Doesnt matter if its boy shorts and leather garters or an Eagles shirt and jeans.

I am harrassed for being a carefree black girl in capitalist Amerikkka.

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brayclinicie · 1 year

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#womens health #natural medicine wicklow #natural medicine for womens health #women health in wicklow #herbal medicine #natural medicine #wicklow #natural medicine clinic #natural herbal medicine #herbal medicine clinic #ireland

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lunasapphire · 4 months

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“The ancient practice of herbalism started by our ancestors noting how animals would consume specific plants when sick, intuitively aware of their medicinal properties.” - Simon Jr. Jackson, The Lost Herbal Medicine Bible

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wandoffire · 5 months

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5 HERBS FOR ENERGY

Uplifting and energising ✨

Ginseng

used to boost energy levels

Maca

can increase energy and stamina

Peppermint

increases brain function and alertness

Ashwagandha

boosts energy levels

can improve focus and stress response

found to increase muscle mass/strength

Cordyceps

reduces fatigue

increases production of energy to cells

boosts immunity

Reminder - these can affect people differently, occasionally negatively, and should be used with caution.

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thelandboundseawitch · 2 months

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🍋Lemon 101 🍋

Lemon(Citrus limon)

The lemon is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India, Northern Myanmar, and China.

Medicinal Uses & Properties

🍋High in Vitamin C, immune system boosting

🍋Anti-microbial

🍋Boosts digestion

🍋Promotes weight loss

🍋Promotes heart health

🍋Soothes sore throat

🍋Lemon oil can be used to sanitize wounds (Please dilute with a carrier before using)

🍋Lemon essential oil promotes happiness, and eases depression and anxiety when used for aromatherapy

Magickal Properties

🍋Love

🍋Purification

🍋Beauty

🍋Friendship

🍋Cursing

🍋Longevity

🍋Inspiration

Uses for Lemon

🍋Make tea, pies, or other dishes

🍋Make fermented lemons

🍋Drink lemon water

🍋Leave lemons, or parts of a lemon, on your altar to honor the Moon

🍋Use dried peels for spells

🍋Squeeze lemon juice in your bath for protection

🍋Make a lemon salve or tincture for minor cuts and scrapes(it will burn so beware)

Safety

🍋Lemon fruit, seeds, rinds, and oils are toxic to dogs and cats. Most dogs don't like the smell of lemon, but please keep lemon and lemon products out of their reach. [1][2]

🍋Please use a carrier oil when applying essential oils to your skin or scalp. I recommend doing a skin patch test before applying in large quantities. NEVER put essential oils on pets, even when they're mixed with a carrier oil. It can and most likely will irritate their skin or otherwise negatively impact them.

🍋Be wary of citrus burns if you work with citrus in the sun. [3]

🍋Please look into negative drug interactions with medications. I read that Itraconazole doesn't mix with lemon(and other citrus), but the only source I found on that was WebMD, which isn't very credible, so do your own research.

🍋Lemon causes the erosion of tooth enamel and heartburn when eaten in large amounts.

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homemakinghippie · 3 months

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whatpennymade · 28 days

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Black cottonwood has long been used medically. It’s sap has antiseptic properties that nameless it great in a salve for burns and cuts. Feeling *pretty*accomplished. ☺️

#foraging #natural medicine #herbalism #green witch #cottage witch #cottagecore #crafty #salve #herbal remedies #cottonwood #potions #whatpennymade

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in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine · 4 months

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#weed #cannabis #marijuana #joint #blunt #spliffs #smoke #stoner #high #420 #relaxation #chill #goodvibes #peace #nature #herbal #organic #medicine #adulting

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