Savayda’s Comforting Winter Herbal Tea Recipes

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what winter teas are made of. Each season brings different flavours and medicines to my tea pot. Winter is the cozy

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Herbal Summer Skin Care Inside & Out

It’s finally looking a bit like summer here in Halifax, and especially after a long winter indoors, our skin is more susceptible to sun damage. Incorporate these herbal

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Winter Forest Herbal Medicine Remedies

Herbal medicine is available for harvest throughout the year, even here in Nova Scotia. Pine and spruce are abundant. In this video you’ll learn some ways to identify

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Fireweed

Transcript Hi, You can see we’ve found a beautiful patch of fireweed, also known as Rosebay Willow. It’s covering the roadsides here in Nova Scotia right now, and

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Coltsfoot

Transcript: Hi, I’m out on the last day of March on a walk, early spring, and  I’m delighted to find one of my favourite medicinal blooms, the first

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April 2016 New beginnings!

Spring greetings! Welcome to my new website and first blog post. T’is the season for new beginnings. I am excited, and I’ll admit, a bit overwhelmed, by the

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Herbs to Keep You Warm in Winter

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Herbs of Fire [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”full_width” position=”center” color=”#e6ae48″ thickness=”2″ up=”18″ down=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_empty_space height=”32px”][vc_column_text] Naturally, when it is cold we effort to keep warm.  Some tolerate the cold

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Winter Tree Medicine

[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] We are fortunate to have many  trees in our city and surrounding area.  Trees and other plants oxygenate and purify the

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