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The statue of Ganesh in the wedding arch - you can The statue of Ganesh in the wedding arch - you can just see today’s students having a guided tour of the garden. Students of Ayurveda often begin a course of study by invoking the help of Lord Ganesh to remove obstacles to learning and wisdom. Ganesh (or Ganesha or Ganapati) is the elephant-headed god of beginnings in Hindu mythology. Traditionally he is the patron of intellectuals, scribes, and authors and is honoured before undertaking any major enterprise. The invocation in Sanskrit is “Vakratunda mahaakaaya suryakoti samaprabhaa. Nirvighnam kurumedeva sarvakaaryeshu sarvadaa.” It translates: “Salutations to the supreme Lord Ganesha, whose curved trunk (vakra-tunda) and massive body (maha-kaayaa) shines like a million suns (surya-koti) and showers his blessings on everyone (sama-prabhaa). Oh my lord of lords Ganesha (kurume-deva), kindly remove all obstacles (nir-vighnam), always (sarva-) and forever (sarvadaa-) from all my activities and endeavours (sarva-kaaryeshu).” #ayurveda #herbalgarden #herbs #workshop #cotswolds #ganesh
Look at these Blue Mallow flowers! These are bein Look at these Blue Mallow flowers! These are being dried for our blended teas where they’ll add a beautiful pop of colour, as well as some wonderful health benefits. Blue mallow (Malva sylvestris) is from the same family as Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) and shares very similar demulcent (soothing), astringent and expectorant qualities, so it’s useful for soothing inflammatory gut issues, sore throats, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections and allergies. Its Ayurvedic qualities are oily, sticky and heavy and its virya is cooling, so it soothes high pitta, reduces heat and inflammation and is good for pitta type gut problems. It is a wonderful rejuvenative rasayana for all three doshas and increases ojas! #inmygarden #whatimdoingtoday #herbaltea #mallow #ayurveda #rasayana #ojas
Good morning! It’s promising to be another beaut Good morning! It’s promising to be another beautiful day here in the Cotswolds - I hope you can get outside today and enjoy the beauty of all the resplendent summer flowers! Elderflowers are in their prime at the moment and we are collecting basketfuls for drying to make teas and for making into glycerites . We will leave plenty of flower heads to ripen into berries to make delicious elderberry glycerite. Such a wonderful winter herb and a key ingredient in my Immune Boost tincture with its antimicrobial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory qualities. Elderflower may not be a usual Ayurvedic herb, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t use it within this tradition. With any herb we start by assessing its qualities (flowers are light, dry, sharp/penetrating and berries are light, oily, sharp/penetrating) and tastes (bitter, pungent, astringent). Straight away we can see that the bitterness and pungency will help clear ama (toxins) from the gut and rasa dhatu, and that its light, dry qualities will help balance excess kapha. If you are interested in how you can combine Western and Ayurvedic traditions to use seasonal and local herbs growing abundantly around us, you may like to know that I have written a book about exactly this subject! Called Dispensing with Tradition, it is available from my online shop on www.annemcintyre.com. #ayurveda #eastmeetswest #westernherbs #localherbs #summer #elderflower #elderberry #sambucus #sambucusnigra
It’s almost the weekend! I am keeping a close ey It’s almost the weekend! I am keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and it looks as though I can look forward to spending some time sitting out in my garden, enjoying its early summer beauty. This part of the garden wasn’t in the original design, having been added over the last few years. The plants in this area are all calming shades of white, purple and green from a succession of scented plants flowering throughout the summer. You can probably just see a wooden bench tucked down right in the planting. I can sit here, hidden from the world, and meditate, read - or just enjoy a cup of tea in total peace! The second photo shows the distinctive leaves of my little ginkgo tree, one day this will cast beautiful dappled shade over this area. Ginkgo aids circulation, increasing blood flow to the brain, arms and legs and it is used as a brain tonic in TCM, and for dementia, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, depression and fatigue in Western herbal medicine. In Japanese art ginkgo leaves are a symbol of longevity as the trees themselves are believed to live over a thousand years, and I love the idea of this tree living in this garden for decades, if not centuries, to come. How are you planning on enjoying the natural world this weekend? #mygarden #scentedplants #whiteflowers #ginko #herbalgarden #herbalist #herbalistofinstagram
Over the course of the next few months these Schis Over the course of the next few months these Schisandra chinensis flowers will slowly develop into a multitude of vibrant red berries that can be picked in the autumn. I love this plant, it is a wonderful rejuvenative and adaptogen and also calms the mind and lifts the spirits. In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is known as wu wei zi or 'fruit of five flavours' because it has five out of the six tastes (sour, salty, bitter, sweet and pungent) and it is one of the 50 fundamental TCM herbs. From an Ayurvedic perspective it balances all three doshas, enhances our immunity and has a protective effect in the lungs - which is extremely useful for us all right now!⠀ ⠀ Schisandra is native to Northern China, North America and Eastern Russia and so grows well in my fairly exposed garden. The vine itself is quite woody and vigorous and only the fruits and seeds are used for medicinal purposes. Research has found that the berries and seeds of Schisandra contains lignans, polyphenolic compounds which have been studied for their health benefits. Diets high in plants lignans may reduce hormone asociated cancers, and have been shown to reduce the incidence of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels such as atherosclerosis and strokes.⠀ ⠀ #plantpower #inmygarden #growyourown #schisandrachinensis #flowers #seasonalflowers #herbgarden #herbalist #herbalistsofinstagram #ayurvedicherbs #tcmherbs #traditionalchinesemedicine #traditionalremedies #cotswoldsgarden
The rose arch is coming into flower - one of my fa The rose arch is coming into flower - one of my favourite times in the garden! The rose is probably the flower which most resonates with me and I am never happier than when my garden is filled with their beauty and fragrance. In the story of the garden here at Artemis House, the rose arch represents the birth canal which is planted with other helpful herbs to support the birth process. Along the sides grow raspberries (Rubus idaeus) - providing plenty of raspberry leaves to make for a trouble-free birth. There is wormwood, southernwood and mugwort in the surrounding beds, along with black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), marigolds (Calendula officinalis), vervain (Verbena officinalis), feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and other herbs that help to regulate contractions and to ease and speed delivery. In the Ayurvedic tradition, rose is a wonderful rejuvenative, taken internally and externally to decrease the signs of ageing. It makes a wonderful remedy for all three doshas and a great tonic for the heart and mind, improving memory as well as eyesight. It is also a lovely herb to calm anxiety and to reduce excess sadhaka pitta, which might make us feel irritable or angry, or to suffer from low self esteem. The rose has always been the emblem of love so it is no surprise that it has an affinity with the reproductive system (shukra dhatu) and is used for easing menstrual and menopausal symptoms, including uterine spasm and congestion which can cause pain and heavy and irregular periods. It is good for clearing pitta and ama in the blood, as well as for pitta problems such as bleeding problems and inflammatory skin problems. This only scratches the surface of the benefits of rose ….she has so much to offer us, not to mention her exquisite beauty!! #rose #pitta #herbsforchildbirth #rosearch #doshas #herbsforlove #englishroses #medicinalherbs #herbsforwomen #herbsforwomenshealth #herbgarden #rejuvenatingherbs #learnaboutherbs
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