The Hillfoots Herbalist

The Hillfoots Herbalist Medical Herbalist based in Clackmannanshire offering one to one consultations and talks

02/08/2026

Bees and butterflies love
lavender, one of the first herbs we learn at Junior Herbalist Club. Come and find out why 🙂

**** New class starting September in Bridge of Allan 🌱***Junior Herbalist Club (JHC) teaches children about the healing...
26/07/2026

**** New class starting September in Bridge of Allan 🌱***

Junior Herbalist Club (JHC) teaches children about the healing and medicinal plants all around them in a safe and supervised environment. Engaging their senses with playful practical skills they learn:

• Identification of common herbs growing all around
• Safety – which herbs are safe to use and which to avoid
• Folklore
• How to grow and harvest herbs
• Medicinal uses of common herbs
• How to use a variety of common herbs for first aid
• How to make a variety of herbal preparations to keep and take home
• Respect for all plants and their environment

Each monthly class builds on earlier lessons to increase confidence and skills.

Booking is essential and places are strictly limited so early booking is advised.

All classes are run by Medical Herbalist and NIMH registered JHC leader.

For more information and to book your child’s place, please contact:
[email protected]
07767 502672

07/03/2026

✨ MONTHLY HERBAL SERIES ✨
March: A cooling, cleansing climber
aka Cleavers, goosegrass, sticky willie, sticky w**d (Galium aparine)

This long-legged ‘sticky’ plant is not sticky; rather, it is covered in tiny hooked hairs that help it clamber over hedges to reach the light. Although a source of frustration for gardeners, it has long been treasured by dairy farmers and herbalists alike.

Have you heard the folk saying that states ‘if you drink cleavers for nine weeks, you will be so beautiful everyone will fall in love with you’? This is because cleavers has a lymphatic action, which supports the body’s immune defense system with an action on cleaning and clearing the body’s tissues from waste products and infection. It is also high in nutrients such as silica, which is useful for maintaining skin health.

Herbalists use these actions for improving skin conditions such as acne and eczema, which is what the folk saying refers to: who wouldn’t love a glowing skin? ✨

🐮What about those dairy farmers? A thick, tangled ball of cleavers was once used as a milk strainer, the hooks effectively sieved out any impurities leaving the milk cow hair and straw-free.

To consult a herbalist about the conditions discussed, please use 'Find a Herbalist' https://nimh.org.uk/find-a-herbalist/ to locate one near you.

Address

Falkirk
FK12

Telephone

+447767502672

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