Another of those hated garden weeds, the hardy little danedlion can take a hold in the most precarious of places, winding their roots deep, into chalk, around roots and solid ground - if you try to pull them up by hand, the root generally remains in the ground. Every gardener's worst enemy when it comes to lawns as they seem to love to grow amongst the common grass in … [Read more...]
Fresh nettle tea – for eczema and allergies
Nettle or Urtica dioica is the bane of many a childhood. Who doesn't remember the pain of pitching off their bike or running head long into a huge bush of stingers? The hives they cause are horrible, hence the name Urtica from the word urticaria which means hives. net·tle, net·tled, net·tling 1. any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle … [Read more...]
The Buteyko breathing technique for asthma
By sheer chance the day I am writing this blog post is also World Asthma Day. Provision, support and expertise for asthma in the NHS always seems far better than for other conditions, like eczema and allergies. Asthma can kill, quite quickly if not controlled and managed well, so this makes sense and coupled with allergies as well, if asthma is stable any allergic reaction … [Read more...]
Cold sore diary – life span of a cold sore
I haven't had a cold sore now for nearly a year, not a proper throbbing mess of a one, so maybe it was karma, time I had some pain. But when I got the tingle recently, instead of doing what I normally do, which has kept me cold sore free, I tried some of the remedies people have shared here. I tried lots of different attacks on the cold sore. His name is Winston, and he has … [Read more...]
Cold sore diary – waking up with one
So this morning I awoke knowing what was going to be nestling on my top lip. I felt it coming in the night but ignored the tingling and went back to sleep. Or tried to sleep... Step 1 - ear wax At 6am I finally gave in to the swelling and pain, got up and harvested some ear wax. Yes you heard me, I dug out some ear wax. Now it's funny stuff when you examine it up close. … [Read more...]