We have moved to 2612 Quadra St., just north of Kings Ave., on the ground floor of Blue Bird Cabs!
Thought-provoking article from “Queering Herbalism”, http://queerherbalism.blogspot.ca/2013/03/no-herbal-revolution-without-anti.html “Power imbalances exist between herbalists and those who come to them to be healed/ to co-heal. As healers who are very much human, we bring in our assumptions and biases. We can’t leave them at the door. They are very much present in our consultations and inform our healing…
The season has certainly shifted here in Victoria this past couple weeks, with cooler nights, shorter days and the first leaves yellowing and falling from trees. Now is the time to draw our excited and extroverted summer energy back to our core and begin storing energy. It is also the season to release what is…
Regardless of how you might feel about Valentines day– herbs, love and sex go well together, and so it only seems right to zero in on this synergistic triad this mid-February, and particularly the renowned herbal aphrodisiacs. So what makes a herb an aphrodisiac? Traditionally an aphrodisiac stimulates circulation and blood flow to the erogenous…
My long awaited ureter reimplantation on Nov. 1st surgery went as well one could possibly wish for and the reconstruction was much less invasive than anticipated. My blood pressure had also normalized immediately after surgery, which indicated that the blockage on my right kidney has finally been relieved. An added a bonus, the cystogram on…
Kholrabi is a delicious vegetable that is part of the Brassica genus. Amongst other nutrients, it provides you with vitamin C, phosphorous, potassium and calcium at appreciable levels. If you have never had it, I would describe the taste as a cross between a cabbage and a radish. Raw, the texture is crunchy and the…
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