News, information, events, and opinions from the Urban Fringe Dispensary.. http://www.seriouslystoneage.co.uk/blog http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/ginger Ginger - my number one winter herb Herbs, 2012-02-01T15:33:11+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/beating_the_winter_blues_a_cbt_approach A brief description of cognitive behavioural therapy, and how it can help with Seasonally Affective Disorder. Clinic, Health, Patient Information, 2011-12-07T13:54:51+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/st_johnswort Bringing some summer sunshine into the winter gloom. Herbal Medicine, Herbs, 2011-11-15T15:25:19+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/counselling_support_for_teachers Teaching in the UK has its rewards and stresses and there are currently thousands of teachers across the Uk who are off work with stress related illness. Having been a teacher once herself, our counsellor Mo Cahill understands only too well the pressure that teachers are under these days. Clinic, Health, 2011-10-12T12:01:47+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/fenugreek_seeds Fenugreek seeds - a really simple way of helping with the after lunch dip. Herbs, Patient Information, 2011-10-11T12:24:08+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/elderberries Elderberries - how to harvest and prepare them, and why you would. Herbs, 2011-09-03T05:50:29+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/castor_oil_packs The 'Castor oil hot pack' is considered to be one of the most valuable of all herbal compresses. Health, Herbal Medicine, Making Medicines, Patient Information, 2011-07-21T06:51:14+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/some_guidelines_for_harvesting Here are some simple guidelines for anyone who is thinking of wild harvesting herbs. Herbs, The Urban Fringe, 2011-06-20T08:51:24+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/song_for_my_father ‘I was born very far from where I’m supposed to be, and so I’m on my way home’ Bob Dylan in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Bob Dylan: No Direction Home’ Clinic, 2011-06-16T12:56:03+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/practical_sustainability_course_reading_list_web_resources Reading list and web resources for Shift Bristol students. 2011-05-16T05:47:29+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/working_at_the_urban_fringe Nestled within the Arts corner of Christmas Steps, at 58 Colston Street, sits the building which Bristol more recently knows as: The Urban Fringe Dispensary. The building itself has existed here for over 500 years, in this unique and historic area of the city. Clinic, The Urban Fringe, 2011-05-13T16:28:53+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/legislation_update The European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medcinal Products is coming into force on April 30th. As far as we are able to decipher the somewhat confusing messages emanating from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA) we believe that our business will be affected in the following ways: Herbal Medicine, 2011-03-23T10:50:59+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/herbal_medicine_under_threat Your access to the herbs we prescribe at Urban Fringe Dispensary is at risk: Your help will be most valuable. Herbal Medicine, 2011-01-07T09:42:10+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/iron_tonics How to make an iron tonic, among other things. Herbal Medicine, Making Medicines, Patient Information, 2010-12-15T15:30:28+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/out_with_the_old How many of us yearn for a ‘new me’, especially as the New Year arrives? Magazines are full of diets, as soon as January comes, telling us to shed pounds, stop smoking and basically, to clean up our act. Then, there are the New Year Resolutions…these are synonymous with cutting back, doing without and avoiding the so-called good things in life. Clinic, Health, 2010-12-09T16:53:38+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/the_big_shift Looking at the role of locally sourced and grown herbs in a relocalised health care system that puts the knowledge and skills needed to stay healthy back in our own hands and gardens. Herbal Medicine, The Urban Fringe, 2010-11-21T14:54:26+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/valeriana_officinalis All about valerian root - a warming tonic for the nervous system, gently sedating and anxiolytic. Not surprisingly, one of the most popular european herbs. Herbs, 2010-11-02T16:35:31+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/crataegus_monogyna Hawthorn - how to harvest and prepare it, and why you would bother to do so. Herbs, Making Medicines, 2010-10-31T18:04:25+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/wheat_free_ales Concerned that drinking real ale makes you feel rubbish the next day? You never know, it might be the wheat. Patient Information, The Urban Fringe, 2010-08-08T07:44:24+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/natural_products_show Just been up to the Natural Products Show at Olympia. How many different ways can you package a vitamin pill? Herbal Medicine, 2010-04-11T20:46:24+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/what_is You might well ask..... The Urban Fringe, 2010-03-23T19:30:54+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/a_walk_along_the_malago In March 2009 I went exploring the Malago River with the well named artist, Becky Beinart. This is part of the Bristol urban fringe that I hadn't visited before, and I was agreeably surprised at how well kept some of it is. Becky had been commissioned by the Architecture Centre and Groundwork Southwest as part of their Spring Green programme, exploring the themes of urban green space and green infrastructure. The Urban Fringe, 2010-03-14T08:23:52+00:00 http://www.urbanfringe.co.uk/blog/singleblog/holistic_manifesto We are an integrated health centre, offering a range of options that abide by a central set of principles. These are enshrined in our Holistic Manifesto. Clinic, Health, 2009-10-11T18:52:04+00:00