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Natural Healing & Folk Herbalism

Welcome to Natural Healing & Folk Herbalism, where centuries of practical remedies meet seasonal herbal wisdom.
Find teas, winter cures, ancestral recipes, Pelagić traditions, and the healing plants of the Balkans.

Why Modern Hormone Advice Contradicts Folk Medicine

Modern hormone advice treats women as systems to be controlled. Folk medicine treated women as processes unfolding over time.

Folk Cures of Vasa Pelagić: Strange Balkan Rituals

Explore unusual Balkan folk remedies, herbal practices, and rituals from Vasa Pelagić’s Narodni Učitelj, highlighting herbs like juniper, walnut, and oak alo...

Herbs Vlach Wise Women Use: Plants of the Timok Valley

Explore seven sacred herbs of the Timok Valley—yarrow, rue, mugwort, wormwood, St. John's Wort, elder, and wild basil—used by Vlach wise women for protection...

Winter Herbal Remedies & Folk Rituals for the Cold Season

A deep folklore-based guide to winter herbal remedies, teas, infusions, protective rituals, and traditional cold-prevention wisdom from Old Europe and beyond.

Vasa Pelagić’s Narodni Učitelj: Balkan Folk Remedies & Herbal Lore

Vasa Pelagić compiled 19th-century Balkan folk remedies blending herbs, diet, hygiene, and movement—wisdom that still inspires modern herbalists and folk pra...

10 Timeless Hair Loss Remedies: Folklore & Herbs

A folklore-rich exploration of global hair loss remedies—from Egyptian animal-fat tonics to Balkan juniper washes—blending traditional herbal magic with mode...

Cow Dung for Hair Loss: Montenegrin Highland Folklore

Discover the strange but culturally rich Montenegrin belief that fresh cow dung could restore hair and repel the evil eye, rooted in highland magic and Old B...

The Bitter Brew: Discovering Artemisia Annua Tea

Dive into the folklore, ritual uses, and traditional bitterness of Artemisia annua tea — a centuries-old brew used across Europe, Asia, and the Balkans for c...

Witchy Herbs for Emotional Healing: Anxiety & Grief

A deep, folklore-rich guide to witchy herbs for emotional healing—calming anxiety, easing grief, balancing the heart, and supporting spiritual resilience thr...

Witchy Herbs for Healing: Ancient Plant Magic for Body and Spirit

Step into the green world of healing witchcraft. Discover traditional herbs like yarrow, calendula, lemon balm, and fennel—used by cunning folk, wise women, ...

Folk Herbal First Aid: Remedies for Cuts, Fevers & Bruises

Long before sterile wipes and pharmacy shelves, healers, witches, and grandmothers relied on yarrow, plantain, elderflower, arnica, and other folk plants for...