by Aryn Mahood | Aug 25, 2020 | Medicine Making
Late summer is upon us and the road sides are a blaze with this glorious wild flower. Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) blooms from July all the way through to October here in Ontario. This beautiful wildflower grows abundantly all across Canada and can be found along...
by Aryn Mahood | Jun 19, 2017 | Plant Monographs
Sweet Fern has been long forgotten by modern medicine and over looked by many western herbalists. I find Sweet fern to be one of my most important aromatic, astringent herbs with incredible medicinal benefits. I use Sweet fern in my medicine making for conditions of...
by Aryn Mahood | Sep 8, 2016 | In The Garden |
Yesterday I was out walking the river trail with an old friend who has recently moved to our village. As we walked and talked and caught up with each other, we passed by the aspens and birch I so often stop and smell, taste and even talk to. I felt myself wanting to...
by Herb Davis | Aug 8, 2016 | In The Garden |
In essence, Aryn is a herbal medicine-maker. Creativity is the touchstone of what Aryn does – a creativity rooted in years of learning, study, and research, and a fair amount of trial and error. To make herbal medicines Aryn extracts the healing properties from...