by Fox Pflueger | Mar 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Lifestyle
When The 5th Dimension sang that in 1969 The Age of Aquarius was dawning I believe they could indeed see the light of a swirling magenta sunrise in their minds eye. Fifty years later & I can feel the warmth of that same sun, now full in the morning sky, shining...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 27, 2022 | Healing Power of Plants
Angelica (Radix Angelica Sinensis) is plant that is mainly cultivated in China, where it is known as BaiZhi, for medicine but it can also be found in many colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This includes the Sápmi region of Northern Russia where the Indigenous...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Healing Power of Plants
Yarrow (Achilles Millefolium) is native to temperate regions in the northern hemisphere & is grown as pasture fodder in the southern hemisphere. In New Mexico it is known as plumajillo, meaning “little feather” to describe the herbs leaf shape &...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Food, Healing Power of Plants
Bok Choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) is a Chinese cabbage that has been cultivated since the 5th Century AD. It is popular all through south east Asia & is now also grown in Northern Europe. The name bokchoy is Cantonese for “white vegetable”....
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Lifestyle
Here we are; moving into Buath Gurru Grass Flowering season, Beltane & a blue moon. There is so much we can learn from the natural world in the spring time. The tree that was once a seed grows through the dense soil to sprout. In the wind the sapling is waved...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Healing Power of Plants
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) native to Western & Southwestern Europe is a beautiful flowering herb which is toxic to both humans & animals. The plant was used by herbalists in the past but the therapeutic index was too narrow to safely administer a dose...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Healing Power of Plants
Shepherd’s Purse (Capella bursa-pastoris), also known as Mothers Heart & Witches purse, is one of the most abundant weeds in the world being found on nearly every continent. It is made into a drink by some Native American tribes & prepared into food by...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
So I’ve been running my business as a Health Witch for two years now, what an honour it’s been to commit myself to the healing arts in this way. So you know, I don’t identify as a healer. I deeply believe we are the only ones who can create healing...
by Fox Pflueger | Mar 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera), from the nightshade family, has been used in Ayurvedic medicine to tone & strengthen wholebody for millennia. Ashwaganda affects the way nervous system responds to stress thereby reducing inflammation. Withania can promote sound...
by Fox Pflueger | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a grass cultivated for its seed, known as a #cerealgrain. #Wheat has reportedly been used by humans in Turkey & surrounding areas since at least 9600 BCE but it is believed humans have worked with this #grain since long before then....
