by Hilde Hemmes | Mar 17, 2020 | ASOHM NEWS, Digestive system, General Health, Herbal Medicine
The use of the liquorice plant was first learnt by the Greeks from the Scythians and it was prescribed by the father of medicine Hippocrates (460 B.C.), in cases of dropsy and to relieve thirst. As a medicine, liquorice was well known in Germany in the eleventh...
by Hilde Hemmes | Jan 29, 2020 | ASOHM NEWS, Digestive system, General Health, Herbal Medicine, Intestinal Health, Stomach & gastric tract, Urinary Tract
Thousands of years ago, our forefathers knew much about the juniper tree. The psalmist spoke of it as the “house or nesting place of storks” (Psalms 104:17) and its wood was used extensively in the temple built by King Solomon, “the leaves of the...
by Hilde Hemmes | Jan 14, 2020 | ASOHM NEWS, Digestive system, General Health, Herbal Medicine, Prostate problems
Belonging to the rose family, raspberries are native to many parts of Europe, growing wild in woodland and hilly thickets. With a pleasant smell and taste, the fruit of the wild plant differs from today’s cultivated varieties, mainly in its size. Recognised as a...
by Hilde Hemmes | Dec 10, 2019 | ASOHM NEWS, General Health
Herbology is an area steeped in tradition and folklore from a bygone era, which has been brought into the forefront of modern thinking, through scientific studies and well-documented evidence. In our busy, polluted, synthetic world with rampant allergies and...
by Hilde Hemmes | Nov 12, 2019 | ASOHM NEWS, General Health, Herbal Medicine, Immune system, Respiratory Health
Plantain (Plantago lanceolate) is usually considered “only a weed”, as it is found growing in gardens, lawns, paddocks and along roadsides, all over the world. However, plantain is actually a very old herb whose healing powers are mentioned in literary...
by Hilde Hemmes | Nov 6, 2019 | ASOHM NEWS, Bladder, Bleedings, General Health, Herbal Medicine, Inflammatory conditions, Menstrual cycle
Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) was probably the first cosmetic herb, setting the scene for the popularity of cosmetic surgery centuries after Nicholas Culpeper wrote in 1649: “When drank and outwardly applied, it helps women who have over-flagging...
