Peony root – cramps, blood flow #medicine, #traditional,#Traditional medicine

When is the best time to dig a medicinal root? Generally, when all the energy has retreated back down below ground… after flowering, once the leaves are starting to die back, ideally in late autumn or winter. But today was a special day. Here I am with the lovely Henriette Kress (who knows a thing or two about herbs!) and medical herbalist Julia Behrens, out in the wild Wicklow countryside. We found a generous patch of Elecampane (Inula helenium), this beautiful and aromatic powerhouse of a medi