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2014-09-14 10.21.12

Rosehip Oxymel

Oxymels are a combination of herbs mixed with unpasteurised apple cider vinegar and honey. This type of preparation is quite ancient, the name deriving from the Latin oxy-meli meaning “acid and honey” Hippocrates made reference to this type of herbal preparation, they were also used in Medieval Persia and our own tradition of Western Herbal […]

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New Series of Workshops

I will be running various workshops throughout the year, these are the first series for 2014 If you would like to reserve a place please request a booking form. A £10 deposit is required  upon booking and the balance is payable on the day. An Introduction to Herbal Medicine:  Learn the basics of Herbal Medicine […]

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Herbal Medicine Awareness Week Events June 21/22nd

Discover the wild medicinal plants growing on our doorstep Join me for a gentle walk on Highdown, Ferring/Goring, Worthing on Friday 21st June at 11am. Meet by the picnic bench above the Car Park at Highdown at 11am. I will point out and give information on the array of medicinal plants that quietly grow in […]

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Workshops 2013

Workshops 2013 Herbal Medicine is our heritage, it is the medicine of our Ancestors, the medicine of our Land. If you feel the plants calling to your soul and are ready to open your mind and heart to their gifts, if you want to share time with other people who are also called to learn […]

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Workshop: Herbs for Sprains, Strains, Breaks & Pains

Workshop on March 6th 2013: 10:30-1:30 We will be learning to use herbs for the musculo-skeletal system to include Types of herbs most useful- classified by their actions. Recipes for teas, tinctures, liniments, ointments and oils for Cartilage/ Tendon/ Ligaments, Muscles, Joints and Nerves. Back pain/Sciatica, Sprains, Strains, Joint/Muscle pain. Arthritis. Bursitis, Tendonitis, Muscle spasm, […]

Spring Herb Group Meeting – Herbal Spring Cleaning?

With the sun on our backs as we cleared our herb garden of weeds this weekend, Spring felt like it was no longer a promise but a reality. The young leaves of  Nettle and small shoots of Galium ( goosegrass) made a refreshing and cleansing drink as we discussed which plants we would like to […]

October – digging roots

Roots are quite amazing medicine on every level and there is something quite satisfying about unearthing this hidden medicine. Today at our Herb Group Meeting we dug Soapwort root, Valerian and Burdock. The Burdock root is sweet to taste and is a very usable vegetable. I chopped the root and covered it with Apple Cider […]

Your Healthy Winter

I know it may seem too early, what with us barely into Autumn but we ought to take note of the squirrels and begin to prepare for the change of season…. I invite you to: YOUR HEALTHY WINTER! HERBAL MEDICINE WORKSHOP Be your own Herbalist this winter and prepare your winter medicine chest with safe, […]

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We had great fun making all sorts of lovely things as well as drinking lots of herb tea from the garden! enjoy the pictures of the making of Rose Cream! WordPress decided to change the order of the photo’s the final two pictures should have been the first!

Herbal Medicine Awareness Week

The National Institute of Medical Herbalists are holding a national awareness week from 18-26th June. I will be at Ceres Health Foods on Friday 24th June for a talk on the Herbalists Art, an  Ointment making demonstration and free 10 minute consultations. I will be there from 2-4pm. No prebooking required and no charge for […]

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Testimonials

Solving recurrent ear infections
Location: West Sussex I’ve attended Andrea’s brilliant and insightful workshops for a while now. Having used herbal medicine myself a while ago to overcome fertility issues I had no hesitation to look to Andrea when my 6 year old kept suffering from recurrent ear infections. She’d had three lots of antibiotics to “cure” these over a six month period and every 8 weeks she would seem to get another ear infection. We met with Andrea and were prescribed not only herbs but knowledge about the … Read more
NG. West Sussex
No to Statins
I am so pleased I was introduced to Andrea Hughes as my Doctor prescribed Statins and I had bad side effects in the liver. Since seeing Andrea and taking the Herbs my cholesterol levels have gone down considerably with no side effects. She also added extra herbs to help relieve Arthritis in my wrist which is no longer a problem. I have just been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and again she has helped me. Thanks Andrea.
No to Statins
NO MORE NIGHT SWEATS
I am 55 – had severe sleep disturbing night sweats for more than 6months. Stress related alopecia areata, no energy, and a bit down in the dumps. Andrea addressed possible culprits and I had a blood test through medicheck. Easy and convenient, fast results. Since taking the herb mixture prescribed and given by Andrea my night sweats was a past experience. No more changing clothes at night! My hair is growing back, and energy improving. I am nothing less than grateful. Andrea has huge knowledge… Read more
Lottewest sussex
Fantastic workshop
Hi Andrea, Thank you so much for a fantastic workshop! I really enjoyed it – I’m sure we all did! I’m enjoying those wonderful bottles of syrup magic – I’ve never tasted anything more delicious – tastes of the countryside, sunshine, fresh air, of the pulse of life. You gave us lots of info, and lots to think about. Collected a few rosehips today too, on the Downs. I’d love to do more workshops – even if the subject isn’t something I’d necessarily do at home, it broadens one’s understa… Read more
Fantastic workshop
Hashimoto's
I want to shout from the roof tops – I am SO MUCH BETTER I have worked with Andrea for  a few years on fibroids, adrenal weakness and for the past 3 years on an autoimmune thyroid  condition, from which point I embarked on both a huge change to my diet as well as taking herbs and supplements. I was VERY debilitated, unable to work at all, pacing myself through the day with a lot of rest alongside feeling utterly dreadful for days on end.
I have made slow progress and improvements as well as s… Read more
Hashimoto's
Sleeping after 4 very long years!
My daughter ( now nearly 5 ) has suffered with very disturbed sleep, ( waking 8-10 times a night, for 4 years ) bumpy skin , tummy aches , highly strung and generally not a happy child since the day she was born – have tried numerous trips to doctors and other health practitioner’s (spending lots of money and getting nowhere) and finally came across Andrea who to us is a heaven sent angel as she diagnosed Millie with intolerances to dairy, soya , egg and goats milk – 6 weeks on with an eliminati… Read more
Sleeping after 4 very long years!Goring
Chronic illness a year on..
You have been so extraordinarily good with me, giving me absolutely top-notch, end-to-end, science-based advice. You have also been gently supportive and encouraging in the most warmly humanistic way imaginable. I just can’t thank you enough. The comparison with where I am today and where I was just a year ago is truly breath-taking. Thank you! Although I shall be in touch with occasional emails, I don’t plan on making a further appointment for the foreseeable future, but it is enormously rea… Read more
Chronic illness a year on..
IBS
Andrea has helped me change my life. I was diagnosed with IBS by the doctor and left for four years on tables that didn’t work. Also I had a fungal infection on one toe nail which the GP couldn’t help with either. Andrea gave me some herbs and these have done more in a month than the GP’s medicine has done in years. My Digestion is improved dramatically and my toe nail fungus has also improved. Andrea is very friendly and helpful goes beyond her duty to help her clients and its a pleasure to … Read more
IBSHorsham
PMDD and Periods
Andrea was recommended to me as I have been struggling with PMDD since I was a teenager. I have been to my GP about my periods since I was 15, even speaking to a Gynecologist. There was absolutely no help and I felt so hopeless that I would experience PMDD forever. Andra recommended doing a DNA test for neurotransmitter pathways, as well as  vitamin tests and from the results, we could see what I needed and why I was experiencing the symptoms that were happening around my period. After a … Read more
MaisieWest Sussex
Mums Better
Andrea: my mum is so much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my whole family is deeply thankful to you. She has made it off to Morroco this week, and would not have made it without your wonderful herbs and care.
Mums Better