Herbal Medicine & Recipes
Cooking with Cannabis: Strategies and Recipes by Pat Crocker
(Updated Nov. 16, 2020) It is a different experience ingesting Cannabis than smoking it, but certainly not a new one. Legend has it that the...
Spring Detox with Wild Herbs and Weeds
There are many ways to detoxify the body, and for a herbalist the favourite strategy involves medicinal plants. From my perspective, weeds and wild herbs...
NATURE’S ANSWER TO ARTHRITIS: Herbs, Nutrients, Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
Chronic degenerative diseases are increasing at an alarming rate. They are also affecting Canadians at earlier ages than was typical in the past. Of particular...
Banish Parasites with Herbs That Clear Critters From the Bowels
Mention the word “parasites” and most people have visions of tropical villages or holiday resorts where they have caught ‘Montezuma’s revenge’ or had other intestinal...
Give Your Liver a Spring Boost with Herbs to Flush Fat and Toxins
During the fall and winter months when the days are shorter, we tend to stay indoors and be more sedentary. Our bodies begin to build...
Suffering From Summer Allergies? Elder Flower to the Rescue
June is one of my favourite months. In our part of the world, it is the month when everything is the most green and lush....
Recipe: Herbal Power Balls
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Sweet Solutions – Healthy Alternative Sweeteners for the Festive Season I treat these gems as medicinal truffles because they are...
Goldenseal Clears Inflammation and Infection
Valuable Herb is a Threatened Species in the Wild Goldenseal is a plant that was once very common in the deciduous woodlands of eastern North America....
Recipe: Chickpea Pasta Salad With Fresh Tomato-Herb Dressing
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Cool and Easy Summertime Dining‘. Homemade chickpea pasta makes a delicious gluten-free salad and the good news is – it’s...
Chickweed and Nettles
Wild Spring Greens as Food and Medicine Spring is a great time to watch your greens grow. The aesthetically beautiful Chickweed and potent Stinging Nettle...
Warming Herbs and Spices for Fall
If you want to add some healthy new flavors to your autumn meals, it’s time to move beyond your salt and pepper shakers. There’s an...
Lemony Herbs Add Zest and Zing to Spring Meals
I often think of lemon in springtime. Lemony yellow is the colour infused into pale green spring buds and young tender leaves springing to life.
The Clinical Impact of Vitamin C
My Personal Experiences as a Physician My ongoing relationship with vitamin C now spans a full 20 years, when I first met Dr. Hal Huggins,...
HEALING WITH SPROUTS
Get a Jumpstart on Spring with the Medicinal Power of Baby Plants When you eat sprouts, you are consuming the bio-electric twinkle of life. Spring...
Recipe: Herb Tea for Preventing Colds
From the Vitality Food Feature HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! CHANGE OF SEASON DIET – Part 2 (Herb Tea) In preparation for the change of seasons, TCM...
Stinging Nettle: Wild Food and Medicine Nourishes and Heals the Whole Body
(The following is an excerpt from The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North; Aroma Borealis Press; 2011; adapted for publication in...
