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		<title>Introduction to External Preparations</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/introduction-to-external-preparations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[4. EXTERNAL HERBAL PREPARATIONS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a. Principles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making &#38; using external preparations is all part of what attracts us to herbal medicine in the first place: you can make them yourself from simple ingredients; there are almost limitless creative combinations to be discovered &#38; made; they visibly work; the process is alchemical. Making things like ointments and creams at home is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=981&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warming Winter Soups</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2. RECIPES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e. Warming Winter Soups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homemade soups are nutritious, cheap and easy to make. There are no added colourings, preservatives or chemical flavour enhancers as found in most shop bought soups, just real food. Like my approach to making jams &#38; jellies, soups are a wonderful way to use up any small quantities of odds and ends and turn them into something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=979&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Competence &amp; Proficiency</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/competence-proficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[6. HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[d. Competence & Proficiency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was a difficult article to write, partly because of the exceptionally high level of feedback from the rest of the Herbarium team, but mostly because it tried so hard to turn itself into a small book. I&#8217;ve confined myself to a single but telling aspect of the dialogue that the times demand. With the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=958&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making Herbal Beers</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/making-herbal-beers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>natlyc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2. RECIPES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a. Herbal Beers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Herbal Beers! What a marvellous idea, it struck us with the force of a revelation 4-5 years ago and we have been cheerfully making beers on and off (time permitting) ever since. Our original inspiration was Stephen Harrod Buhner’s book ‘Sacred Herbal &#38; Healing Beers’ highly recommended as inspiration for recipes and general beery herb [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=929&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Health for Chickens</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/herbal-health-for-chickens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[7. ARTICLES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[m. Herbal Health for Chickens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and any other fowls you may care for. Credit for much of the information in this article must go to Kath Irvine, a passionate permaculture-transition gardener, and Ali Sutherland, herbalist and pharmacist, who have both been inspirational contacts since my family’s relocation to New Zealand.  Over here many homes have a few chooks scratching around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=919&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections &amp; Ruminations 2011</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/reflections-ruminations-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[8. BLOGSERVATIONS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b. 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the place in the Herbarium where we offer personal reflections, observations and snippets of information that don’t warrant a full article. Everybody can join in, (use the ‘Comments’ box at the bottom of the ‘Blogservations’ file) but please keep faith with the core values of the Herbarium. We won’t, for instance, accept personal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=904&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten-Fold Path to Becoming a Community Herbalist</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/ten-fold-path-to-becoming-a-community-herbalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[7. ARTICLES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[l. Ten-Fold Path to Becoming a Community Herbalist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theherbarium.wordpress.com/?p=884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Gail Faith Edwards http://www.blessedmaineherbs.com Paul Bergner of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism recently posted an interesting paper entitled How to Become a Master Herbalist in Thirty Years or More. Bergner begins Part I of his paper with the declaration that Western Herbalism is dying in North America and Britain. He argues that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=884&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Section 12(1) of the Medicines Act 1968</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/section-121-of-the-medicines-act-1968/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>herboscy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5. THE LAW & HERBAL MEDICINE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h. We All Need to Keep Section 12(1) Unchanged]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The disagreement between herbalists who want to be recognised by the state and those who don&#8217;t want to be organised is as old as the hills. Those of you who have willed for statutory regulation (SR) are on the eve of achieving your dream, and we hope you will make the very best you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=877&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Fear!</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/no-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[5. THE LAW & HERBAL MEDICINE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[g. No Fear!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of this article we copy a Ministerial Statement from Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, published on Wednesday 16th February, and also a statement from the MHRA published on their website on the same day. The main substance of these announcements are: - ·      In order to comply with European Directive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=873&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections &amp; Ruminations</title>
		<link>https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/reflections-ruminations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[8. BLOGSERVATIONS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a. 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This has been added to the Herbarium as we wanted a place to offer personal reflections, observations and snippets of information that don&#8217;t warrant a full article. Everybody can join in, (use the &#8216;Comments&#8217; box at the bottom of the &#8216;Blogservations&#8217; file) but please keep faith with the core values of the Herbarium. We won&#8217;t, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theherbarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5913483&amp;post=850&amp;subd=theherbarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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