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Susun Weed
Member since 18th September 2005
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Susun Weed
PO Box 64
Woodstock, NY 12498
Fax: 1-845-246-8081
Susun Weed, author, herbalist and wise woman, is an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of herbs and health. She is the voice of the Wise Woman Way, where common weeds, simple ceremony, and compassionate listening support and nourish health/wholeness/holiness. She has opened hearts to the magic and medicine of the green nations for three decades.
Ms. Weed's four herbal medicine books focus on women's health topics including: menopause, childbearing, and breast health.
Visit her site http://www.susunweed.com for information on her workshops, apprenticeships, correspondence courses and more!
Browse the publishing site http://www.ashtreepublishing.com to learn more about her alternative health books.
Venture into the NEW Menopause site http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com to learn all about the Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way.
27th October 2008
FIRST AID FOR BACKACHE
Heat - a warm bath, a hot shower, a hydroculator, a hot water bottle, a towel dipped in boiling water - will provide temporary relief for most backaches.
Tiger Balm, Olbas, Zheng Gu Shui, Win...
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22nd September 2008
Anthrax. Smallpox. Plague. Diseases that can kill. Diseases that are now in the hands of terrorists. What if these diseases were released in your hometown, or the place where you work? What could you do if vaccines and treatments were in short supply or u...
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02nd September 2008
NOCTURIA
STEP 1. COLLECT INFORMATION
Waking to urinate more than twice a night - nocturia - is considered a medical problem unless you are menopausal, or over 80, when it is normal, if not restful.
Menopausal w...
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29th July 2008
STEP 0. DO NOTHING
Oops, that’s the problem. Seriously, though, relaxing deeply can open the valves. If it doesn’t, there may be an obstruction.
STEP 1. COLLECT INFORMATION
Because the prostate gland encircles the urethra...
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25th June 2008
STEP 0. DO NOTHING
As the majority of cases of urge incontinence are idiopathic, that is, they have no known cause, even after extensive testing, spare yourself the health risks of invasive tests.
STEP 1. COLLECT INFORMATION
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20th May 2008
STEP 0. DO NOTHING
Do drink enough. But limiting fluids, especially before exercise, can help if you are dealing with stress incontinence.
STEP 1. COLLECT INFORMATION
Repeated childbearing can weaken pelvic muscles. And some birthing situati...
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01st May 2008
I am the gateway; I am the door. I connect the inside to the outside. I decide which outside comes in. I control the flux and the flow. I hold the wise blood, or let it go. I protect the growing babe, or thrust it unformed into a world unsuitable. None...
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25th April 2008
“Stir the heat in your pelvis or it will leak out, dear one,” Grandmother Growth admonishes. “Clench your pelvic floor muscles; then release! Again, and again, and again. Reclaim your power. Speak your anger instead of pissing it away. Stand tall...
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28th March 2008
Menopause, like puberty, is a period of transition and metamorphosis. It consists of three stages: isolation, melt down, and emergence. Each stage calls forth new energies and new perceptions of ourselves. Each stage has different demands, different tasks...
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27th March 2008
I am the holding tank. I am the lowest point. It all flows down to me. The blood goes round and round, and the liver decides what stays and what goes. What goes, goes to the kidneys. And when the kidneys are done with what goes round, it goes down to m...
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12th February 2008
The symbol of the Wise Woman tradition is a spiral.
A spiral is a cycle as it moves through time.
A spiral is movement around and beyond a circle, always returning to itself, but never at exactly the same place. Spirals never repeat themselves.
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12th February 2008
The Wise Woman tradition is invisible. Without healers, without diseases, without cures, without certificates, without guarantees, it exists. It has no rules, no right answers, no promise of life eternal. The Wise Woman tradition is a spiral of uniqueness...
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28th January 2008
Living generously is a theme that plays loudly in many women's lives. As women, our social conditioning - and often the impulse of our hearts - is to live generously by giving generously. And we give the one thing we have assured access to: ourselves. Gen...
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26th July 2007
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and heal...
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25th July 2007
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too.
In your first...
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