Hebden Herbs

Ash Brachi, Medical Herbalist (MNIMH)
Herbal Medicine Clinic & Apothecary Shop,
Calderdale & online.

Consulting & prescriptions
Guided walks & workshops
Shop open Weds 4-6pm in Salem Mill.
🏳️‍🌈 & 🏳️‍⚧️ friendly

15/04/2026

🥁🥁🥁 You've been asking for herb walks since spring sprang -- well I'm delighted to tell you we now have TWO in the pipeline! Kerri (our resident final year herbal medicine student) is in much demand these days, doing herb walks for the National Trust and the Anne Lister Festival - well happily Kerri will also be leading two walks for us in May and June 🤗

🌅 Friday 29th May 6 - 8pm - making the most of the long summer evenings.

☀️ Saturday 20th June 11am - 1pm - a plant walk on Midsummer's Day!

Each walk will be around the outskirts of Hebden Bridge, taking two hours for a very gently paced stroll of under a mile, stopping every few steps to meet around 30 medicinal plants and trees, learning about their traditional and modern uses and tasting some herbal preparations. Bring your notebook and a mug!

Contact handsonhebdenherbs@gmail.com for more info and to book your place. Price info in comments due to the algorithm!

10/03/2026

HAYFEVER ☀️ I know spring has only justtt sprung, but the trick to treating hayfever herbally is to *start early*, ideally 6 weeks before you usually get symptoms.

Cheap & cheerful option: grab a pack of my Allerg-ease tea from me or Valley Organics Workers' Co-op and sup away on it most days before & during your personal hayfever season.

Deep dive option: book in for a consultation to discuss the underlying factors feeding in to your allergies and get bespoke herbs prescribed for your specific situation.

Plantain is a key herb in my Allerg-ease tea and here's a pretty specimen up at Dodnaze 💚

30/01/2026

My lovely cluttered little shop will be open as usual next week (Wed 4th Feb, 4 - 6pm) - staffed by Hebden's wonderful retired herbalist Sue 🤗

This is your time of the week to pop in and Ask A Herbalist your niggling questions about health and herbs, and browse the shelves of little bottles of delights like oils, tinctures and capsules. All welcome and never any pressure to buy 🌼

Find us on the 1st floor (right hand corridor), Salem Mill, HX7 6HW.

I can't answer messages about "do you stock X" this week soz as I'm off on my jollies so just pop in and ask Sue. Cash only this week, card machine usually 😅

16/12/2025

Just look at the feast of hand cream, body butter and medicinal salves that Sue has whipped up for us 🍦 all free of preservatives and full of simple organic ingredients. If you'd like any of these for stocking fillers swing by the shop on Wednesday 4-6pm or message to pick up another time 🧦Clockwise we've got:

🖐 Intensive Hand Cream - rich and nourishing, eight delicious ingredients including frankincense and rose.

🌿 Mugwort Salve - soothing to period pain when massaged into a crampy belly. Incredible how the silver-green colour of the mugwort leaves has infused into this!

🌼 HyperCal First Aid Salve - St John's Wort & Calendula - two classic healing herbs for speeding repair of bumps, bruises, grazes and minor wounds.

🥑Avocado Body Butter - so thick and luscious, just five ingredients so suitable for sensitive skins.

27/11/2025

Lovely gesture - someone's ordered an Echinacea, Elderberry & Propolis Throat Spray for literally all of their friends 🥰 Taking care of each other in this particularly early and nasty flu season.

The spray coats the throat in protective antimicrobial and anti-infective compounds while giving a dose of immune support 🌼🟣🐝

01/11/2025

Choose your cough syrup!

I've got three flavours this year:

🌿 Thyme & Liquorice - a very traditional mix, demulcent to soothe the throat and expectorant to hoist that crud up out of the lungs

🍒 Acerola Cherry & Echinacea - fruity and delicious, the easiest way to get immune-boosting echinacea into kids 😄 and packed with vitamin C

🌳 Wild Cherry Bark - for a dry, irritating cough, especially when it's disrupting sleep

Browse these and other cold & flu fighters in the shop every Wednesday 4-6pm, or message me to pick up another time

21/10/2025

Did you know every part of the Rose plant is medicinal - the petals, hips, leaves, bark and root? And did you know that Rose has traditional and modern uses in every system of the body, from digestion to skin, from heart to kidneys? Real herbalism goes far beyond "x herb for x condition" - because even everyday herbs like Rose and Lavender contain thousands of chemical constituents which have multiple actions on the human body - learning to work with this complexity is what herbal medicine's all about 🕸

If this piques your interest do join us this Friday evening, 7-8.30pm for a cosy workshop exploring ways to work with Rose and Lavender to support your health and take care of those around you. Full price is £25 but do get in touch if you need a discounted place 😊 Sign up at HandsOnHebdenHerbs@gmail.com

14/10/2025

I took such a twee photo but I promise this is NOT a floaty workshop 😂 no, it's a chance to see two important herbs throught herbalists' eyes - how do we *really* work with Rose and Lavender beyond cosmetics and smellies? 🌹

These are MEDICINAL plants, acting on our nervous systems, digestion, immunity, inflammation, injuries... There's so much to learn and by deep diving on these two you'll leave with skills to help you explore other herbs in your own time 📝

Friday 24th October, 7 - 8.30pm in Hebden Bridge, email HandsOnHebdenHerbs@gmail.com to join

13/10/2025

Calendula brightening a gloomy October day. An absolute medicine cabinet in itself and easy to grow too - heals damage to skin & gut while being antimicrobial to both; contains antioxidant & antinflammatory carotenoids (obviously! Look at that 🥕-y colour) including lutein for eye health; an important lymphatic... it ends up in some form in so many prescriptions.

And look at all the ways it appears in the shop:
🌼 Digestive Balance tea, Cleanse tea or plain old Calendula tea
🌼 Intensive Hand Cream, Avocado Body Butter, HyperCal ointment & Skin Calm cream
🌼 Herbal mouthwash
🌼 Calendula vinegar (helpful for thrush)
🌼 Anti-fungal cream & fungal nail liniment
🌼 Tincture (two different strengths)
🌼 Infused oil
🌼 Powder
Have I forgotten anything??

10/10/2025

Such a lovely time last night at Dodnaze making herbal medicine together for the winter! Lots of giggles and Kitchen Herbalism nerdery - turns out making medicine can be medicinal too! 🧡

Thanks everyone and looking forward to seeing you in two weeks for the Lavender & Rose session - Friday 24th October, 7 - 8.30pm, email HandsOnHebdenHerbs@gmail.com to join 🌹

05/10/2025

Here's one we made earlier 😄 Brewing up a big batch of Fire Cider* for participants to sample at this Thursday's workshop - before they get stuck in to making their own to take home as well as learning in depth the medicinal reasons for choosing each ingredient and the history of this traditional immune tonic.

Email HandsOnHebdenHerbs@gmail.com if you'd like to join us for the first of our four nerdy autumnal potion-making sessions 🧡

*no alcohol involved! It's made with cider vinegar

03/10/2025

Latest in the shop: Calendula & St John's Wort balm made by Hebden's retired herbalist Sue Goodwin from her own garden 🌼

A classic first aid salve often called HyperCal for short (Hypericum being the latin name for St John's wort) - this what Sue says about it:

"Its uses are extensive as antiseptic and anti inflammatory agent. Minor wounds, cuts, grazes, puncture wounds, boils, burns - especially if painful. Also skin irritations - eczema, nappy rash, bedsores, chapped lips, cracked skin that won't heal (ie finger ends, feet). A great multipurpose salve."

Address

1st Floor, Salem Mill Community Centre
Hebden Bridge
HX76HB

Telephone

+447565718536

Website

https://www.hebdenherbs.net/

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