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- The Green Report with Susun Weed - May 22, 2012 - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Susun WeedGo to the six page ezine here, including photos and recipe for you: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/may22-2012/index.html The Green Report May 22, 2012 Green greetings. This is such an exciting time of year. So filled with flowers. All the plants are singing their songs, and ...
Views: 41 - ***Herbal Pharmacy - Water Based Preparations - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal PharmacyWater Based Preparations by Susun Weed In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines. Learning to identify and use the common plants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe. Making your own medicines saves you money if ...
Views: 26 - ***HERBAL PHARMACY- Picking and Drying Herbs - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBAL PHARMACY Picking and Drying Herbs by Susun Weed In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines. Learning to identify and use the commonplants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe.Making your own medicines saves you money if ...
Views: 82 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ May 15, 2012 - by Submitted on May 16, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine, including color pictures, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/05/14/may-14-2012/ The Green Report by Susun Weed – May 15th, 2012 Greetings! Come with me into my early garden. I have some lovely plants to share with ...
Views: 74 - ***HERBAL PHARMACY – Meeting the Plants - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBAL PHARMACY – Meeting the Plants by Susun Weed In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines. Learning to identify and use the common plants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe. Making your own medicines saves you money if you ...
Views: 87 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ May 8, 2012 - by Submitted on May 09, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Ezine, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/05/08/may-8-2012/ The Green Report by Susun Weed – May 8th, 2012 Greetings to all! Here is the second installment of your Green Report for this month, featuring wildflowers of the fields. ...
Views: 108(1 vote) - ***HERBAL PHARMACY - Making Decoctions and Syrups - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal PharmacyMaking Decoctions and Syrups by Susun Weed In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines.Learning to identify and use the common plants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe. Making your own medicines saves you money if you ...
Views: 112(1 vote) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ May 1, 2012 - by Submitted on May 02, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine, including full color photos and recipes, visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/05/01/may-1-2012/ The Green Report-Part 1 by Susun Weed – May 1st, 2012 Green greetings! We finally got some April showers. Hooray! Now ...
Views: 135 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine~April 24, 2012 - by Submitted on May 02, 2012 from Susun WeedTo 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 ...
Views: 119(2 votes) - ***HERBAL PHARMACY - Making Herbal Medicines - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBAL PHARMACY - Making Herbal Medicines In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines. Learning to identify and use the common plants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe. Making your own medicines saves you money if you follow the ...
Views: 143 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine - April 17, 2012 - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2012 from Susun WeedMessage from Susun – April 17, 2012 The Goddess lives all around you. Bottle her up with this ancient remedy, reputed to be at least six thousand years old, from The Yellow Emperor, a healing text from China. Triple Goddess Elixir (my name for it) is said to be curative for any problem ...
Views: 136 - ***Herbal Vinegars - Part 2 - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal 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 journey into the author’s garden illustrated how we can reap nature’s rewards and harvest ...
Views: 181 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ April 10, 2012 - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from Susun WeedTo 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 ...
Views: 195(1 vote) - ***WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS) GREAT TREE OF PEACE - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2012 from Susun WeedWHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS)GREAT TREE OF PEACEc 1990, Susun S. WeedThe 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 ...
Views: 222 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ April 3, 2012 - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/04/03/april-3-2012/ The Green Report, Part One by Susun Weed: Welcome spring! Welcome viriditas, the greening force. Welcome nettle. Welcome flowers. I missed you. Here’s the first part of the ...
Views: 243 - ***Herbal Allies for Pregnancy Problems - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal Allies for Pregnancy ProblemsBy Susun Weed Wise women believe that most of the problems of pregnancy can be prevented by attention to nutrition. Morning sickness and mood swings are connected to low blood sugar; backaches and severe labor pains often result from insufficient calcium; ...
Views: 247 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ March 28, 2012 - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Susun WeedRead the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine here: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/ Greetings from Susun Flash! The bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is blooming. By the time you read this, the flowers will be gone. That’s why it is classified as a spring ephemeral (something ...
Views: 243 - ***Mammograms are Inaccurate - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Susun WeedMammograms are inaccurateexcerpt from Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Wayby Susun WeedAvailable at www.wisewomanbookshop.com Low-radiation mammograms are safer mammograms, but less radiation means a fuzzier picture. Standard x-rays-rarely used any more for breasts-create ...
Views: 251(1 vote) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ March 22, 2012 - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/03/22/march-22-2012/ Greetings from Susun As I mentioned last week, the rose family, Rosaceae, includes more than roses. Which is not to knock roses. They offer us a bounty: heart-opening ...
Views: 235 - ***HERBS FOR THOSE WITH STOMACH ACHES, ULCERS, AND HEARTBURN - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBS FOR THOSE WITH STOMACH ACHES, ULCERS, AND HEARTBURNc. 2002, Susun S Weed 1. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE ABOUT STOMACH ACHE? Calling it stomach ache. The stomach (fortunately) does not ache. Usually when people say their stomach aches, they mean they have a gas pain. Gas pain ...
Views: 245 - ***Herbal Smoking Mixtures Part 1 - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal Smoking Mixtures by Susun S Weed Let's work with the mint family, by making an herbal smoking mix. Any dried mint-family plants you have on hand can be used make a great healing smoke, especially if mixed with some mullein, and perhaps a few other herbs. Smoking can be good for the ...
Views: 288 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine - March 6, 2012 - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2012 from Susun WeedTo 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 ...
Views: 236(1 vote) - ***Is There an 'All Natural' Alternative to Antibiotics? - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from Susun WeedIs There an 'All Natural' Alternative to Antibiotics? by Susun S Weed There are good reasons to use antibiotic drugs. That said, most physicians and healthcare professionals agree that they are often overused. The overuse of antibiotics has created "superbugs" that are immune to the ...
Views: 280(1 vote) - ***Green Leek Vinegar - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from Susun WeedGreen Leek Vinegar by Susun S Weed Begin by buying (or harvesting from your garden) a bunch of leeks. Use them to make potato-leek soup or any other dish of your desire. Save those tough green tops. You know the part that I mean, the part you were about to throw away or put in the compost. ...
Views: 280 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ February 28, 2012 - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Susun WeedRead 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 ...
Views: 230 - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine - February 21,2012 - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Susun WeedRead the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine here: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/february-20-2012/ Study with Susun at Your Home Susun is extending her special two for one study package through the end of February. Pay in full for one of Susun’s correspondence ...
Views: 251 - *** Herbal Medicine Chest... IN YOUR BACK YARD - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Susun WeedHerbal Medicine Chest... IN YOUR BACK YARD by Susun Weed Don't kill, spray, tear up, or destroy the weeds in your garden, yard, and fence rows. Many of them are actually highly-regarded, widely-used, and extremely-valuable medicinal herbs! What ...
Views: 352(1 vote) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine~February 14, 2012 - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Susun WeedTo 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 ...
Views: 333 - ***Herbal Birth Control - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBAL BIRTH CONTROL c. 2002 Susun S Weed Excerpt from Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year pages 5 -14 Herbal birth control is most effective when combined with knowledge of your fertility cycles, selective abstinence, mental control, and barriers to ...
Views: 421(1 vote) - ***You Can Have a Green Ally! - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from Susun WeedYou Can Have a Green Ally! by Susun S. Weed © 2004 Herbal medicine is people's medicine. So why don't more people use it? Because it can seem complicated and scary, for starters. That's the reason I urge you ...
Views: 384(1 vote) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine ~ February 6, 2012 - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Susun WeedTo read the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine visit: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/02/06/february-6-2012/ Green Report ~ Susun Weed Loving greetings to you all in the month of love. I love February. Not just because of valentines (especially the chocolate kind), and not ...
Views: 339(1 vote) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine~January 31, 2012 - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Susun WeedTo 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 ...
Views: 320(2 votes) - Wise Woman Herbal Ezine with Susun Weed~January 24, 2012 - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Susun WeedRead the entire Wise Woman Herbal Ezine here: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/01/24/january-24-2012/ Greetings From Susun~ Dear Friends of the Green, Let’s finish up the first month of the New Year, and our focused work with the mint family, by making an herbal smoking ...
Views: 335(1 vote) - ***Menopausal Years-Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Susun Weedexcerpt 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 • Maintain strong, ...
Views: 343(1 vote) - ***HERBAL PHARMACY – Buying Herbs - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2012 from Susun WeedHERBAL PHARMACY – Buying Herbs by Susun Weed In your herbal pharmacy you transform fresh and dried plants into herbal medicines. Learning to identify and use the common plants around you is easy and exciting, beneficial and safe. Making your own medicines saves you money if you follow the ...
Views: 435(2 votes) - ***Genital Warts; Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2012 from Susun WeedGenital Warts; Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) © Susun Weed “I am the Grandmother of all growth, all growing things, all life. I am the grandmother of bacteria and viruses as well as plants and animals, fish and insects. When you throb with life these other lives live with you. When ...
Views: 404(1 vote) - Wise Woman Ezine - January 17, 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2012 from Susun WeedMessage from Susun: http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/01/17/january-17-2012/ Dear Friends of the Green, “Grebble” is the word I was taught to use to refer to the process of removing leaves from the stalks of herbs. Most culinary herbs are grebbled, since the stalks are ...
Views: 374(1 vote) - Wise Woman Ezine ~ January 10, 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2012 from Susun WeedGreetings from Susun Weed~ http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2012/01/10/january-10-2012/ Dear friends of the green, Mint honeys are a delicious way to prevent and treat winter miseries: the flu, colds, and coughs especially. I usually make mine just before the frost takes down ...
Views: 394(1 vote) - ***Down There - Pap Smear - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Susun WeedPAP SMEAR © Susun S. Weed George Papanicolaou, a pathologist, pioneered this non-invasive screening test in the 1920s. It is not diagnostic. False negative results will occur 10-20 percent of the time. A Pap smear is a sample of the tissues of the cervix (and sometimes vagina). In ...
Views: 482(1 vote) - ***The Vulva Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from Susun WeedThe Vulva, Part Two by Susun Weed We are the first guardians of the inner treasures. We hold the keys to your creative power. Proudly we show ourselves, fiercely we protect. We look delicate, flowing and floating, waving and weaving — and so beautiful in our gowns of mauve and pink, ...
Views: 527(1 vote) - The Green Report with Susun Weed ~ January 3, 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from Susun WeedGreetings 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 ...
Views: 380(1 vote) - Allium Advantage Elixir Recipe by Susun Weed ~ December 28th, 2011 - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2011 from Susun Weedhttp://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 ...
Views: 418(1 vote) - ***The Vulva Part 1 - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Susun WeedThe Vulva, Part One by Susun Weed We are the first guardians of the inner treasures. We hold the keys to your creative power. Proudly we show ourselves, fiercely we protect. We look delicate, flowing and floating, waving and weaving — and so beautiful in our gowns of mauve and pink, pearl ...
Views: 572(2 votes) - Solstice Blessings ~ Green Leek Vinegar with Susun Weed~December 20, 2011 - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2011 from Susun WeedGreetings from Susun ~ http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2011/12/20/december-20-2011/ Dear friends of the green, Let me make good on my teasing promise to tell you how to make a delicious vinegar to complement your garlic honey. Green leek vinegar Begin by buying (or ...
Views: 424(1 vote) - *** The Cervix - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Susun WeedThe Cervix by Susun Weed I am the gateway; I am the door. I connect the inside to the outside. I decide which outside comes in. I control the flux and the flow. I hold the wise blood, or let it go. I protect the growing babe, or thrust it unformed into a world unsuitable. None ...
Views: 389(1 vote) - ***Breast Cancer? Breast Health! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Susun WeedWorried About Breast Cancer? Things strongly implicated in the initiation, promotion, or growth of breast cancer Hormones, especially estradiol and progesterone o Sources: Your ovaries, commercial meat and milk, hormone pills, progesterone creams, steroids, ...
Views: 448(2 votes) - Garlic Honey & Rosemary with Susun Weed ~ December 13, 2011 - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Susun WeedMessage from Susun - Garlic Honey - December 13th, 2011 http://wisewomanherbalezine.com/wordpress/2011/12/12/december-12-2011/ Dear friends of the green, One of my favorite remedies to have on hand for the winter is garlic honey. It is super easy to make and ready almost immediately to ...
Views: 509(2 votes) - The Green Report with Susun Weed ~ December 6, 2011 - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Susun WeedIn the Green Report, I will tell you a little about six or more plants that are green the first week of each month. I hope this will tickle your fancy and get you interested in going outside, no matter what the weather, to interact with the plants. It's my way of sharing the green ...
Views: 431(1 vote) - ***Vaginal Distress Part 2 - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2011 from Susun WeedVAGINAL DISTRESS part 2 by Susun Weed ©2007 part 1 "Don’t try to sit on your distress, dearest daughter," cautions Grandmother Growth. "It will prove to be a hot, itchy, prickly, miserable seat, I can promise you. "When you try to deny what upsets you, when you sugarcoat your rage and ...
Views: 375 - ***Vaginal Distress Part 1 - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2011 from Susun WeedVAGINAL DISTRESS by Susun Weed ©2007 "Don’t try to sit on your distress, dearest daughter," cautions Grandmother Growth. "It will prove to be a hot, itchy, prickly, miserable seat, I can promise you. "When you try to deny what upsets you, when you sugarcoat your rage and drug your ...
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