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How Antibiotics can ’scar’ your gut Microbiome
Antibiotics can have a severely detrimental effect on your gut, depending upon how strong your microbiome is at the outset; lowering good (commensal) bacteria, increasing pathogens, and prompting increased levels of antibiotic and drug resistance....
Black Seed for C19
Background: Effective treatment for Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) is under intensive research. Nigella sativa oil (NSO) is a herbal medicine with antiviral and immunomodulatory activities, and has been recommended for the treatment of COVID-19. This study...
Botanica Conference 2022
Botanica2022 is the sixth edition of an international and independent conference series that showcases excellence in clinical aromatherapy and related herbal therapeutics. It brings together researchers, aromatherapists, herbal medicine practitioners, allied health...
Herbal Reality
Herbal Reality is a relatively new website and project. It offer a range of articles and practical information for the hobbyist, student and practitioner alike. You can find one of my latest essays The Evidence House of Herbal Medicine over there. I am currently...
HerbFeast Ireland 2022
We are thrilled to announce our 10th Anniversary annual HerbFeast 2022! A celebration of herbal medicine, herbalists, nature and of course- herbs in Ireland for professional herbalists and herbal medicine students on the 20-22nd of May, 2022. As always, the days...
Celtic Herbal Medicine
The book I co-authored with Keith Robertson is back in print and available from The Scottish School of Herbal Medicine. The book is a short, but deceptively dense, historical account of herbal medicine in relation to the Celtic peoples. An extended version of the text...
Welcome to the new site
It’s been a long time coming, and please bear with me while other aspects of the site are updated in the coming months. There are a number of changes to this new version of the Belfast Herbalist website. You are reading the new News section which will be updated...
American Herbalist Guild Symposium 2021
I was honoured to be back lecturing at the AHG Symposium this year on the Importance of Energetics in Clinical Practice in October this year. With the advancements in modern medicine and the phytochemistry of plants, is there still a place for traditional systems of...
Canadian Herb Conference
I was delighted to give a presentation at the Canadian Herb Conference in 2021 with Keith Robertson. An introduction to the native medicine practice and culture of Ireland and Scotland. Drawing on ancient Celtic Lore, Keith and Danny discuss how the ancient Druids...