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27/09/2019

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20/06/2019

Natural Hangover Relief Tincture
The most common problem is the pounding headache caused by the alcohol, this is due to the blood vessels opening up too much in your head with increased blood flow which triggers the pain nerves, and also the diuretic effect creates dehydration. Feeling or being sick is a result of the drink irritating your stomach and central nervous system. Let’s not forget the general fatigue and feeling like crap which is due to the increase in acid in the blood and a possible increase of acetaldehyde. Plus alcohol has a depressant effect. Impurities and additives in alcohol known as congeners really help to ruin the morning after.

The combinations of tinctures I have used address the combined effect on the body of alcohol.
• Wood Betony (Stachys betonica) helps with headache, nervous debility, dizziness, lack of energy, liver and weak stomach.
• Dandelion Root (Taraxacum officinalis) helps remove the toxins from the body by being a diuretic which does not strip the body of Potassium and aids the liver.
• White Willow Bark (Salix alba) allows the body to create Salicylic acid which is the basis of aspirins, so helps with the overall aching but without causing stomach issues.
• Meadowsweet (Filipendula almaria) this is included as it reduces stomach acid and re-flux while also adding an extra bit of pain relief.

You should also drink plenty of water, get some Potassium back in your body by supplement or better still eat a Banana which is high in Potassium. You may also find that Vitamins B, B6 and C will help as the alcohol can lower these. The tincture is good taken in Honey as it will help with your energy levels.

Please be “Drink Aware” and even though you may feel better from using the natural hangover relief you may still be over the legal drink drive limit so give your body time for this to reduce.

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Dave Moody The Hedge Monkey Herbalist.

06/05/2019

Nettle tincture is a good way to use this amazing herb which in my opinion is a wonderful herbal tea but many people are missing out on this due to not liking the taste of the tea. If this is you then try the tincture especially now summer is approaching as it is natural anti-histamine so a perfect aid to relieve hay fever and allergies.
I wrote a detailed post on benefits of Nettle in 2017 you can read that post by clicking on this link.

https://www.facebook.com/hedgemonkeyherbs/photos/a.209643232724515/471860386502797/?type=3&theater

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As usual if you think you have any serious health issues please seek medical advice.
Dave Moody the Hedge Monkey Herbalist

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20/04/2019

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19/04/2019

Cramp Bark is useful for any muscle pain and menstrual cramps.

Cramp bark is also used as a kidney stimulant for urinary conditions that involve pain or spasms. 50 ml Cramp Bark Tincture. Keep out of reach of children.

05/04/2019

Could the To***co Plant have any health benefits?

There is no denying that the use of the To***co Plant (Nicotiana tabacum) as a recreational herb has and is still killing millions of people across the world. It is one of the most deadly plants known to man. So why would I even think that there could be medical benefits from this plant.

Important Warning
The following is solely for educational purposes and any modern day to***co product will cause addiction and death so under no circumstances try any of the historic “cures” contained in this post.

I was looking through Culpeper’s Complete Herbal written in 1826. His entry for English To***co caught my eye. His description suggests he grew (Nicotiana tabacum).

This is what To***co was used for by him, causing extreme vomiting, Rheumatic pain ,bleeding piles, aching teeth, obstructed bowels, killing worms, those who are affected by cold diseases, kills head lice and other vermin, smoking a pipe shifts phlegm.

I then did a bit of research on Herbalism and To***co use over the centuries; I came across this article which made me think that the To***co plant may be of use externally. After the plant has been used in the west for nearly 600 years we might find there is still a use for this plant as a healing and not harming plant.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079499/

Dave Moody the Hedge Monkey Herbalist

03/04/2019

Yarrow Tincture added to ebay, you can find a range of Hedge Monkey Herbs Teas, Tinctures & dried herbs by using the "shop" button.

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15/03/2019

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
The herb is part of the Mint family Lamiaceae (Labiatae). This herb is an excellent heart tonic. This is evident from the Latin Cardiaca, Leonurus relates to Lion because the plant is also known by the common name Lion’s Ear.

An old saying probably from the middle ages was “Drink Motherwort tea and live to be a source of continuous astonishment and frustration to waiting heirs”

Motherwort is used by herbalist to help with Heart conditions that are caused by Angina on effort, Tachycardia from an over active thyroid, Hypertension.

The common name Motherwort is thought to have come about because it is an extremely effective herb for women that suffer from absent or painful menstruation, flushes caused by the menopause and pre-menstrual tension.
Due to this it should never be taken during pregnancy.

Motherwort combines well with other herbs for any of the above conditions.

Motherwort is quite slow in its actions on the body and needs to be taken over weeks to get the full benefit of the herb.

Culpeper wrote of the herb “There is no better herb to take melancholy vapours from the heart, to strengthen it, and make a merry, cheerful, blithe soul, then this herb. It makes women joyful mothers of children, and settles their wombs as they should be, therefore we call it Motherwort. It is held to be of much use for the trembling of the heart, and fainting’s and swooning’s…..”

This information is for educational purposes.
Dave Moody the Hedge Monkey Herbalist.

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06/03/2019

This album contains tinctures that I make. If you would like to buy any message me.
As I make more the gallery will grow.

25/02/2019

I get asked a lot why use herbs instead of prescription medicines.
Most people do not realise that a huge percentage of prescription medicines are plant based. The pharmaceutical industry cannot pattern a plant, so they extract specific phytochemicals from the herbs. They will artificially where possible create a synthetic substitute for the actual chemical in the plant.
The problem with this is that they lose the properties that the whole herb has and create a medicine with countless side effects and often then class an herb as toxic.

Herbalist create medicine from the whole herb and do not extract single elements, natural herbs when used in this way often counter act any side effects and have side effects for the want of a better term that are beneficial to other body systems.
A good example is Dandelion it works as a really effective diuretic but the problem with diuretics is that they strip the body of Potassium. Dandelion taken as a whole herb either as a tea or tincture replaces the Potassium the body loses.

White Willow bark contains salicin a type of salicylate which the digestive process converts to salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is what aspirin is made from but when the body creates the salicylic acid you get the anti-inflammatory and pain relief without the side effects of taking salicylic acid directly which is what aspirin basically is and can cause stomach ulcers.

The gallery shows just 123 drugs that you may be prescribed that were derived from plants.

If you would like to discuss how herbs can help you with your health issues then message me.
Dave Moody The Hedge Monkey Herbalist

This album shows 123 modern drugs that are derived from plants