Mahalia Freed ND

Dandelion Naturopathic

“Real healing power is a compassionate heart.”
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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City Herb Walk For Budding Urban Herbalists, Summer Edition

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Wood Violets

Let’s go outside and play! Join me, Mahalia Freed ND, for an herb identification and plant story-sharing walk. The medicine we need is in our backyards, in our laneways, and in the green spaces throughout Toronto. Learn how to find it, and what deep healing it offers! From pregnancy tonic to allergy relief, heart medicine to liver support, our city is rich in medicine. This walk will cover plant identification, as well as the medicinal and energetic actions of the plants we find.

Please RSVP to Mahalia to reserve your spot.

Note that this is a repeat of the popular May 12th herb walk.

This walk will be held in a more central/east location in Toronto. It will be a different season (high summer! more flowers!) but as with May’s walk, it is intended to be an introductory herb walk.

Backyard Medicine: Herbs for Self Care

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The weeds in your laneway? Heart medicine. The stinging bush in the ravine?

Stinging Nettle in High Park

Blood tonic, anti-inflammatory, detoxifier. The thorny bush in your yard? Calcium source, uterine tonic. Learn how to apply the medicine growing around us to support & enhance our own health. Using the “weeds” of Guelph lake conservation area as our teachers, we will touch, taste and talk about plants as medicines. Leave with a handout outlining medicinal uses local “weeds”, along with some recipes. Mahalia Freed, ND’s naturopathic practice has a special focus on botanicals for hormone balance and mental health: www.dandelionnaturopathic.ca

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