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The Practical Witch's Almanac 2020: Walking Your Path (When a Witch)

Witches come from all walks of life and spiritual beliefs. No matter what your path may be, this almanac has all the goodies you are looking for. The focus of this year's almanac is exploring new ideas to forge your own unique path. Special planner pages, worksheets, and articles are included to help you achieve your goals, discover your hidden talents, and explore the awe-inspiring beauty of nature. The projects, articles, and ideas will motivate you to hone your witchy skills no matter your current level of expertise, including divination (tarot, runes, pendulum), herbalism & wortcunning, and using nature's gifts of stones, crystals, and minerals. It can also be used as a companion study guide to the traditional "year and a day" of study prior to initiation or solitary dedication. And as always, it contains astrological and astronomical information, moon phases, trivia, recipes, Sabbats, historical tidbits, and everything you need to get you in touch with the Practical Witch within you. To be more inclusive for the 2020 almanac, significant improvements have been made to make time conversions easier with a larger and more defined time zone map, and charts with actual city time conversions worldwide (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, China, Russia, Greece, and dozens more).

Barberry – Uses and Health Benefits

Barberry bark and berries have been used for many health conditions throughout the ages.

Most of the herb’s uses for health purposes are based on long traditional applications.

In recent years, the plant’s constituents, especially some of its alkaloids, have gained interest within the scientific community and numerous studies have been conducted on their effectiveness.

Barberry has been shown to be effective in fighting bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections.

The plant bark contains few alkaloids of which berberine is the most prominent, and according to laboratory studies, it has an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, sedative, and anticonvulsant effect.

Welcome to my blog! My name is Velvet and I’m an amateur herbalist and nutritionist! 

I’m planning to use this blog mostly for recording my remedies and different tips and tricks I find in my research. It’s partly for people out there to see and maybe find helpful, but mostly it’s because I’m very forgetful and it’s nice to keep my notes in one place without having to worry about losing them.

Hopefully, in the next few weeks, I’ll be enrolling in a course in horticulture, so I’ll write up whatever knowledge I learn there alongside my own personal research and my original remedies and recipes. 

Medicinal Herbs for Gingivitis

Gingivitis is a very common infection of the surface tissue of the gum and may occur even when practicing good oral hygiene with proper brushing and flossing.

The herbs that are traditionally used in the prevention or treatment of gingivitis are chosen for their soothing, immune stimulating, anti-microbial or antiseptic actions.

Natural herbal remedies for gingivitis are often in the form of tinctures, which may be added to water or tea and used as a mouthwash.