by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Jan 25, 2019 | Opinion
These cold grey days provide at least some good kindling for reflection, which we’d like to share with you. Its been a very busy & rewarding year for us at Grass Roots Remedies, starting in January when we were lucky to have Rhona Donaldson join us as a...
by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Dec 18, 2018 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Last week a public NHS/Edinburgh Council body called the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) met to allocate funding for Health &Social Care projects within Edinburgh over the next three years.Their budget for this was a mere £14.1 million pounds, down from...
by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Jan 27, 2018 | Opinion
The word ‘Radical’ comes from the Latin ‘radix’ meaning root. A radical approach is one which asks questions about the root causes of problems in our society, and works to fundamentally challenge and address those. Radical Herbalism & radical approaches to health...
by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Feb 6, 2017 | Opinion
This month in the Wester Hailes Community Herbal Clinic, we had a kind invitation from one of our resident GPs at the next door GP surgery, Dr Sineaid Bradshaw. She agreed to have us come and spend some time observing her consultations. We are in a very privileged...
by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Jan 13, 2015 | Community Herbalism, Opinion, Uncategorized
In the communities in which I work, drug use and addiction is a widespread problem. I have been interested for a long time in what role herbal medicine can play in supporting people who are withdrawing from drug use, and to that end I went and spent a week in Dublin...
by hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk | Jun 28, 2014 | Opinion, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago in sunny Shropshire, the UK’s second ever Radical Herbalism Gathering was held. It was hosted by Crabapple Community Housing Co-op at the incredible Berrington Hall, and was even bigger than last year’s with around 200 people attending. The...
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