Herbal Healing

An update on what's been happening in the past five years that's of interest to women dancing with breast cancer.

Oct 28, 2005 - Susun S Weed

This article is an update on what's been happening in the past five years of interest to women who have been diagnosed with breast - and other - cancer. Includes information on criticisms of mammograms for women under 50; the importance of lifestyle choices like exercise, antioxidants, not wearing bras, breastfeeding, increasing consumption of green tea, iodine-rich kelp seaweeds, and nourishing herbal infusions. Susun discusses new studies showing frequent antibiotic use is connected to a doubling of breast cancer risk - and what about deodorant and cosmetics? Read on for the latest information on what's new in breast health.

Oct 28, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Using the "Six Steps of Healing", wise woman herbalist Susun Weed discusses natural approaches to dealing with urinary tract and bladder infections. These steps include: collect information; engage the energy; nourish and tonify; stimulate/sedate; use supplements/drugs; break and enter. With up to 25% of bladder infections in post-menopausal women being silent or symptomless, the information in this article might be just what you need.

Sep 28, 2005 - Susun S Weed

This short article discusses the 13 months of the childbearing year.

Aug 26, 2005 - Susun S Weed

This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of "Breast Cancer? Breast Health!" by Susun Weed.

Jul 29, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Using the Six Steps of Healing, Susun Weed discusses Wise Woman Wise to prevent osteoperosis and strenghten your bones!

Jun 30, 2005 - Susun S Weed

In this excert from "Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way", Susun Weed helps us rediscover the healing art of breast self-massage.

May 31, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Our green allies tend our souls along with our sores. Susun Weed discusses how you can have your own green ally.

Apr 20, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed discusses the use of simples: what are they and why use them?

Mar 19, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed continues her Be Your Own Herbal Expert series with part 7 - a lesson on how we think about healing.

Feb 22, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Continuing the Be Your Own Herbal Expert Series - here we explore fresh infused oils, ointments, salves and lip balms, essential oils and herbal pestos.

Jan 23, 2005 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed discusses the seven medicines: Serenity, Story, Energy, Lifestyle, Herbal, Pharmaceutical, Hi-Tech.

Dec 31, 2004 - Susun S Weed

As the flu season approaches, Susun Weed shares tips on how to avoid catching it!

Nov 21, 2004 - Susun S Weed

What if diseases like anthrax, smallpox and plague were released in your home town or your place of work? Is there anything you can do now to prepare yourself and improve your chances of survival? Herbalist Susun Weed discusses herbs and home remedies that you can use now to help avoid infection and build a strong immune system.

Oct 29, 2004 - Susun S Weed

From doing nothing, to ECT, the range of remedies available to depressed women is enormous. Susun Weed discusses them here.

Sep 21, 2004 - Susun S Weed

In this fifth session of the Be Your Own Herbal Expert series, we will find out how to help ourselves and our families with herbal vinegars, one of the green blessings of the Wise Woman Way.

Aug 19, 2004 - Susun S Weed

Which is better: cooked food or raw? Taking nothing for granted or gospel, I set out to find out for myself the answer to this important question.

Jul 27, 2004 - Susun S Weed

If having enough energy to earn your daily bread and to get all your chores done is a struggle for you. If you go to bed tired, but wake up even more tired. If you can't get up and go without coffee, or can't slow down and relax without alcohol. If your fatigue is ruining your mood and your friendships. Then it's time to build energy and stamina the Wise Woman Way.

Jun 20, 2004 - Susun S Weed

Continuing the Be Your Own Herbal Expert series, this article looks at making tinctures.

May 28, 2004 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed offers 8 tips on dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer.

May 24, 2004 - Susun S Weed

What are the blood mysteries? Why are they central to the understanding of the Wise Woman tradition? Susun Weed discusses answers here.

Mar 20, 2004 - Susun S Weed

Once upon a time, healing was considered an art. Art does not preclude or oppose science. Science, however, is not so easy with art. In this article Susun Weed talks about what drew her to the study of herbs.

Feb 19, 2004 - Susun S Weed

This article offers ways to protect against the risks of mammograms.

Jan 24, 2004 - Susun S Weed

Can plant hormones help women in menopause? Do they affect breast cancer? Susun Weed discusses these issues here.

Dec 18, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance, and you can too.

Dec 10, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance, and you can too.

Dec 9, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance. You can too.

Dec 9, 2003 - Susun S Weed

In her newly updated best-selling classic, New Menopausal Years The Wise Woman Way, Susun Weed offers a number of approaches women can use to calm jangly nerves, achieve greater overall calm, and cope on-the-spot with stressful situations.

Sep 15, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed continues her discussion of the Medicine Wheel of plants and their uses.

Aug 26, 2003 - Susun S Weed

There is so much to learn about herbs and healing. How can we assure ourselves of our own competence? How can we feel safe in our recommendations? Susun Weed tries to answer these questions in this article.

Jul 22, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed answers frequently asked questions about Nourishing Herbal Infusions.

Jun 20, 2003 - Susun S Weed

In this article, Susun Weed describes the six steps of healing ... referred to in various other articles in this Topic.

Jun 19, 2003 - Susun S Weed

The True Story of How the Goddess Came to Be, How She Disappeared, & How She Returned

Jun 19, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Keep your lungs healthy the wise woman way

May 23, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed follows the 6 Steps of Healing to counter digestive distresses experienced in menopause.

Apr 17, 2003 - Susun S Weed

In this article, Susun Weed describes the process of Kundalini Meditation.

Mar 13, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Boost your immunity and prevent cancer with dandelion, honeysuckle, clover and other ordinary weeds. This missing part of your diet may be in your own back yard!

Feb 28, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Go for a walk with Susun Weed and learn more about the plants she uses on a daily basis that can be found right under foot - in gardens, yards, driveways and playgrounds.

Feb 24, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Soothe, heal, and prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live: north or south, east or west, city or country. The best natural remedies for insect bites are right underfoot.

Feb 21, 2003 - Susun S Weed

For many women, fatigue is a constant, not an occasional problem. These Wise Woman Ways offer suggestions for getting your energy back!

Feb 14, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Kava kava - a root from the South Seas - is more than a sleep-inducing sedative! This articles explores the ways Kava Kava can be used in other areas of your life!

Feb 7, 2003 - Susun S Weed

We don't have to struggle so much with our garden: have an open field and plants magically appear. Nature likes life everywhere. And it's wisest to let Nature have Her way.

Jan 31, 2003 - Susun S Weed

The gardener's best revenge is to eat the weeds! In this article, Susun shares some of her favorites.

Jan 24, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Susun Weed has always stressed the importance of using herbs safely ... this article explains that ethic more fully.

Jan 21, 2003 - Susun S Weed

This is an excerpt from pages xvi-1 of Healing Wise.

Jan 21, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Don't kill, spray, tear up, or destroy the weeds in your garden, yard, and fence rows. Many of them are actually highly-regarded, widely-used, and extremely-valuable medicinal herbs! What could be easier than growing an herb garden with no effort?

Jan 21, 2003 - Susun S Weed

This article gives more information on the Wise Woman Tradition and how it serves to empower women.

Jan 21, 2003 - Susun S Weed

An excerpt from New Menopausal Years The Wise Woman Way, Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90, offering tips on keeping your heart healthy naturally.

Jan 20, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Artemis - Goddess of the herbalist - gives her name to a genus of marvelously aromatic, safely psychedelic, highly medicinal, dazzlingly decorative, and more-or-less edible plants in the Asteraceae family. This article discusses who Artemis is, how Artemisias grow, what they contain and their uses.

Jan 16, 2003 - Susun S Weed

An excerpt from New Menopausal Years The Wise Woman Way, this article follows the Six Steps of Healing, offering suggestions for easing headaches and migraine - particularly associated with menopause.

Jan 8, 2003 - Susun S Weed

Please allow me to share with you some of my favorite herbs for easing hot flashes, sleeplessness, and other distresses of The Change.

Dec 30, 2002 - Susun S Weed

Wise Woman herbal and home remedies are simple, safe ways to help yourself when you have a diagnosis of uterine fibroids.

Dec 23, 2002 - Susun S Weed

Many common plants can be used to influence fertility - positively or negatively. This article discusses the plants and their effects, together with how to prepare them.

Dec 17, 2002 - Susun S Weed

Tips from Susun Weed for relieving the discomfort of PMS.

Dec 15, 2002 - Susun S Weed