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Qualified Medical Herbalist offering 1-1 health support and a range of workshops and walks. I have a BSc(hons) in Herbal Medicine from Lincoln university

Health specialisms include women's hormonal health, mental health support and acute medicine. Please email me on [email protected] to book a consultation or go to my website and sign up to my newsletter for updates on courses and workshops. My Dispensary and shop is located at Coacherwerks in Hollingdean. 19a Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton BN1 7HB. My website is www.gentle-medicine.

co.uk. Training:
I have a first class degree in Herbal Medicine BSc from Lincoln Univeristy. I graduated in 2017.

26/08/2026

CYCLES AND SEASONS...Drawing on many years of experience supporting hundreds of clients with gynaecological and hormonal challenges, myself and fellow medical herbalist Alice Thorn have designed an empowering 6-week in-person course to help those with female bodies learn how to keep happy, healthy and hormonally balanced with herbs, nutrition and good lifestyle choices throughout the cycles and seasons of their lives.

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October 13th- November 17th 2026
7pm-9pm [6 weekly Sessions]
All ages welcome
Melissa’s cafe

Courses content includes:

Better Periods

Hormones and mental health

Menopause

The hormones, gut and digestion

Vaginal health

Urinary health and the bladder.

Female anatomy and hormonal cycles at different stages of life

There will also be some hands-on herbal remedy making, tea blending + tasting , fun quizzes and more

We are intentionally keeping the group fairly small so we can create a lovely safe container, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

🎫 Book your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cycles-and-seasons-holistic-approaches-to-female-health-6-week-course-tickets-1993618333101

18/08/2026

ROSEHIPS..//..The hedgerows really are filling up with all the goodness we need to boost our immune systems before and during the winter-time and Rosehips are up there in their immune-boosting power.

Wild Rosehips are ridiculously high in Vitamin C, so make a great basis for a winter immune tonic. There is also some fascinating history regarding their use. They were foraged en-masse in England, by thousands of ordinary people (women and children mostly) during WWII, in an organised effort to make thousands of gallons of rosehip syrup, which was fed to children daily at school, so they could make sure no vitamin C deficiencies took place, in the absence of imported fruit, most of which came from the continent.

Join me on Sunday to learn more quirky facts and history about our hedgerow medicines, learn to forage and and make your very own wild immune-boosting tonic to take home.

See the workshop details in my profile.

29/07/2026

🫐🫐🫐🫐 The wild berries are beginning to ripen and so many of them are medicinal, absolutely bursting with high nutrition and immune boosting properties. I'm on constant Elderberry watch at the moment as they will be ready to forage very soon and are an important winter immune remedy for my dispensary. We will also be seeing Rosehips, Blackberries, and a bunch of other wild seeds ready soon to harvest in the hedgerows, such as Nettle seeds and Hogweed seeds. 🍒🫐🍒🫐🍒

If you'd like to learn more about the Wild medicine of late summer and learn how to make your own simple herbal remedy with them, join me at my last outdoor workshop of the year:

🌿Sunday August 23rd 1.30pm-4pm🌿

At Foresty Sara

Gain the confidence to forage safely, learn lots about the medicinal properties of plants both in the wild and in the garden, and how to use them, whilst spending a relaxing nature-soaked afternoon in my favourite community garden.

🎫 Ticket links in my bio ☝️

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03/07/2026

Thanks to the brilliant Growing Hollingdean project for inviting me to host a plant walk on my home turf of Hollingdean with their awesome volunteers and friends. It was a perfect summer's eve and the wild flowers and herbs were out in abundance and looking beautiful! ✨️⚘️🌼🌿. We met and learned about Mugwort, Plantain, St John's wort, Wild carrot, Wild Marjoram, Rosebay willow herb, Elder and Mallow and we nibbled a few cheeky wild plums along the way too.

This is a busy weekend for me as I have another of my own wild medicine foraging walks this Sunday too - at Stanmer park at 2pm, there are still a few places left.

Join me to learn all about magical Midsummer solstice wild medicine with a focus on tree medicine. Links in my profile.
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25/06/2026

🌼⚘️🌿Obviously, I'm a huge fan of plants and herbs, being a Herbalist. But the herbs I love working with the most are the ones which grow wild, on the edges of cultivated or inhabited land. These plants probably self-seeded and took root because the growing conditions were just right for them in that particular spot. The right type of soil and nutrients, the right amount of light, shade and drainage, and maybe the right sort of plant and funghi neighbours to interact with.

Therefore, these wild plants are super vital, with high levels of plant nutrients within them, and are perfect for making my medicinal plant extracts with.

These plants are usually native to these lands and usually also have a long history of Medicinal use here. I really enjoy delving into that old lineage and feeling that in my small way I am also helping to sustain that old lineage and keep it alive.

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I love going out with my basket on foraging trips, to gather wild herbs which I usually use to make my wild crafted tinctures from for my dispensary.

I try to prepare my tinctures (concentrated liquid extracts) with fresh plant parts, without drying them first. I love the vitality this brings and the good preservation of all the volatile oils (which can degrade on drying).

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Because I make these tinctures myself in small batches, from plants I've harvested myself, it means I know my tinctures are of the absolute highest quality.

I've wild harvested: Nettles, Elderberries, Elderflowers, Hawthorn flowers, leaves and berries, Plantain, Cleavers, Mugwort, Yarrow, Cramp bark, Lime blossom, Turkey tail mushroom and more.

Because I tend to harvest very close to where I live in Brighton, usually within walking distance, it also means these wild crafted tinctures have very little carbon footprint and are very fresh.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT FORAGING:

If you'd like to get out into nature and learn more about our native wild medicinal plants and foraging, join me on one of my upcoming walks or workshops on the edge of Brighton.

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You can also purchase my tinctures from my online shop.

Links in my bio.

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17/06/2026

Plantain / Plantago 🌿🌿🌿 You may recognize this plant, as it is a very common ‘weed’, It likes tough, compacted ground so will often be found growing by paths and roads and even through the cracks in the pavement. (though it’s not advisable to harvest it if it is right next to a busy road, due to pollution). It has deep roots so will be seen growing even during a drought.
It grows all year round, so you can usually find it fresh anytime you need it.

Plantain is THE Ultimate First-Aid W**d. For cuts, bites, stings, scratches. Use fresh where possible.
Plantain is an antihistamine extraordinaire, so is a fantastic antidote to nettle stings (it’s better than dock leaves), mosquito bites, wasp stings and any other unwanted insect bites or allergic rashes.

For bites and stings it’s best to use it fresh as a ‘poultice’. Just squish a fresh leaf, or better, chew it a bit in the back of your mouth to release the green juices, and apply said blob of mushed leaf to the bite or sting and hold it there for a little while until the itch subsides.

It is also good for stopping bleeding due to the tannins it contains so can be used for small cuts in this way.

OTHER USES

Taken as a tea or tincture (using either fresh or dried leaves) it can be used to ease Hay fever, on account of it’s marvellous antihistamine properties, though it must be taken daily and over several weeks to get the full benefit. For hay fever, also add stinging nettles and elderflowers if you can as these are also very good for helping ease hay fever symptoms.
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Plantain may also help soothe and calm the respiratory tract and other areas rich with mucous membrane (such as the bladder and the bowels). So again, a tea or tincture of Plantain may help aid a tickly cough, or an annoying post-nasal drip, as well as an irritated bladder or bowel.
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Due to it’s affinity with the lungs and it’s anti-allergic qualities, it may also be helpful for atopic Asthma and eczema.
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The two types of plantain pictured have similar properties and can be used interchangeably.

🪷 see my links and events to learn more about wild medicine 🪷

03/06/2026

Join me out in the fields and meadows this summer and learn about the wonderful array of native medicinal plants and trees we have growing all around us, many of which are often considered 'weeds' at one of my popular walks and workshops.

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I'll share my many years of experience as a Herbalist and Forager with you whilst we have a lovely gentle walk in the wild edges of Brighton taking in all the beauty and peacefullness it has to offer.

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Learn about the fascinating history and folklore of these plants of power and gain confidence in safely identifying the correct plants and knowing which are the poisonous ones.

Find out how you can process wild medicinals into your own home herbal remedies.

WHERE + WHEN: ⏬️

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5th July
MIDSUMMER MEDICINE Wild Medicine Foraging Walk 2pm-4pm Stanmer Park, Brighton
£23+bf

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23rd August
MELLOW FRUITFULLNESS Wild Medicine Walk + make a herbal remedy 2pm-4.30pm Bevendean community garden, Brighton
£32+bf

🐿 Follow the links in my bio for tickets 🎟

29/05/2026

Review from a female client in her 20s who was experiencing numerous PMS symptoms now greatly improved through a combination of individually tailored herbal medicine and dietary change.

14/04/2026

It's only a few days to go until my Spring Herbal Foraging Walk This Sunday - April 19th - at 2pm, on the edge of Brighton near Fiveways and I can't wait! There are still some tickets left.

Take a walk with me and enjoy the beauty of spring, whilst learning about our amazing native wild medicinal plants, flowers, and trees and how to use them for herbal medicine and food.

I will share my 10 years of herbal and foraging expertise with you and explain how you can safely use these wonderful plants - many which we usually think of as 'weeds' - for health and wellbeing.

I love to also give you a smattering of the history and folklore surrounding the plants, as well as lots of practical tips on how to make your own herbal remedies at home with them.

Follow the links in my bio for tickets.

If you can't make this walk, join me for my next herbal workshop on 10th May, which involves more practical medicine making skills.

Address

The Hummingbird Clinic, 207 Ditchling Road
Brighton And Hove
BN16JB

Website

http://www.gentle-medicine.co.uk/

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