Are You Ready To Go Foraging? - Wild Food, Wildcrafted Medicine and Cosmetics- Your Wild Apothecary Awaits
- victoria ward
- Jan 25
- 3 min read
Spring is just around the corner, signs of new growth are starting to appear with snowdrops and winter aconite now in full bloom. As february fast approaches, glimpses of spring are interupting winter's gloomy spell offering tantalising glimpses of warmer sun and fresh new life.
At this time of year I begin to think more about what is going on outside, spending increasing amounts of time searching for early spring plants to forage and frequently scanning the garden for any new developments.
Soon there will be many spring plants to forage including Three-cornered Leek, Wild Garlic and Sweet Violets, a symphony of delightful wild offerings will unfold before our very eyes, each giving us many health benefits that our bodies will relish at this time of year.
The early spring plants offer us suberb nutritional and gut health benefits, many support detoxification by cleansing the lymphatic system and clearing any lingering catarrh caused by winter ailments. A 'spring clean' for our systems using fresh nettles, cleavers and ground ivy is easily assembled, it's all there for the taking and I can guide you throught the season, month by month, helping you get the most out of your foraged treasure and bulid your very own foraged wild apothecary.
Wild Food Benefits
Free ingredients
Seasonal food
Beneficial phytochemicals
Packed with nutrients
Optimum freshness
No food miles
No packaging
Unprocessed
Anti-inflammatory diet
Organic
Wildcrafted Herbal Medicine
Free plant material
Seasonal
Optimum freshness/live
No packaging
Potency
Purity
Higher concentrations of active compounds
Higher energetic qualities
Organic
Wildcrafted Cosmetics
Free plant material
Optimum freshness/live
No packaging
Potency
Purity
Higher concentrations of active compounds
Higher energetic qualities
Organic
Your Foraged Wild Apothecary
Never has there been a better time to assemble your very own 'Wild Apothecary'. With my guidance your shelves will soon be full of wonderful wildcrafted herbal preparations for health and beauty. Oils, tinctures, glycerites, fermented herbs, teas, balms, creams and so the list goes on!
My extensive experience in foraging and formulating will be invaluable to help set you on your way to create medicines for common ailments and organic skincare that suits you.
Looking Ahead To February Foraging
If you are raring to go and get out foraging, there is not long to wait now before there will be a plethora of edible and medicinal plants. Subscribe to my Nomadic Foragers Subscription for exclusive content including monthly forage guides and videos. Recipes for wild food, wildcrafted medicines and cosmetics. Exclusive content, expertly crafted by a Medical Herbalist and Organic Cosmetic Formulator.
Wild Cosmetics
Plantain Lip Balm
Make sure all your equipment is clean, sprayed with isopropanol alcohol and left to dry
Cup of fresh plantain leaves (Plantago lanceolata)
100g olive oil
15g beeswax
1-2 drops vit e
1-2 drops lavender essential oil
Chop your plantain into small peices
Measure out the olive oil and beeswax using small electronic scale. Then add oil and plantain to a double boiler. Heat and infuse on a medium heat for two hours
Plantain infusing in olive oil in double-boiler Allow to cool and then strain through muslin cloth, squeezing all the liquid out. Measure your liquid and heat the beeswax in a bain-marie (water bowl heated on a ring with smaller bowl placed inside. Melts the beeswax without direct heat)
Slowy add the plantain oil to the melted beeswax, whisking all the time until they are blended together
Remove the small bowl from the heat and allow to cool slightly then add the vitamin e oil and the essential oil, whisking well
Before the blend sets, pour into the lip balm pots and allow to set completely
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