Articles by Keith Stelling, MA, MNIMH, Dip. Phyt, MCPP (England)
Healing Herbs for Winter
February is always the hardest month to keep yourself and your family well. Newly mutated viruses seem to swoop down on our classrooms and our office buildings as fast as the blizzards blow up Yonge Street. So don’t put away your parka and toque... Read more »
Herbs for Detox
Feeling lethargic lately? Tired when you get up and exhausted by the time you get home at night? Or are you just plain low on energy? People used to call this spring fever, and there was a simple cure for it: a spring tonic. In Europe, at one time... Read more »
Organic Gardening
The miracle of growing plants from tiny seeds is one of the fundamentals of human existence on planet earth. We depend upon plants for our food, oxygen and medicines. Without them we would not be here. And so the amazing phenomenon of seeds... Read more »
The Linden Tree
Imagine yourself sitting under a beautiful tall green tree. The soft summer breeze gently ripples through its shiny heart-shaped leaves.
High overhead, you can hear honey bees lazily buzzing in and out of its perfumed flowers. The shade is... Read more »
Black Currants
“There is nobody who, having a garden, shouldn’t plant a great number [of black currant bushes] for the needs of their family,” wrote the Abbé P. Bailly de Montaran in 1712. And he added: “Black currant is a fruit that promotes long life in human... Read more »
Change of Season Soup
The word prevention was kicked around a bit during the last election campaign, but you might well be concerned that our newly elected representatives are not as aware as we are of the power of natural preventive medicine. Have they mistaken it... Read more »
