4000 year old “aspirin” flowers found in Bronze Age grave, Forteviot,...
Meadowsweet – Nature’s aspirin I heard an interesting piece of news on the radio last week. A bunch of meadowsweet flowers were discovered in a Bronze Age grave at Forteviot, south of Perth, here in...
View Article80,000 evidence of herbal medicine at Shanidar, Iraq?
Since hearing about the meadowsweet flowers discovered in Perth I have been researching to find out what other pollens and flowers have been found in ancient burial sites. Shanidar Cave, Iraq, is a...
View ArticleMeadowsweet Cordial
If you like Elderflower Cordial you’ll love this! It has a sweet, honeyed flavour that is perfect diluted with fizzy water. “Children’s Champagne” I told a young man who tried it at the wild food...
View ArticleMeadowsweet Ointment
Meadowsweet contains salicylic acid which is what aspirin is. It has anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties. Here is a simple versatile ointment recipe for treating all “dem aches an’ pains”....
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