Doctor’s orders

What does your wee say about your health? Well, plenty – but perhaps not in quite the way medieval physicians understood it. Before the in-depth study of anatomy and physiology, establishing the cause

A Flushing is a symptom – so treatment will depend on what’s causing it. Sadly, most women of a certain age have gone through the hot flushes of menopause – often accompanied by night sweats, vaginal

At Merrivale on Dartmoor a line of granite stones once marked the boundary between the sick and the living. Today it marks the start of one of the country’s most haunting walks.

With its ability to rouge cheeks, settle stomachs and operate as Nature’s loo roll, verbascum is as surprisingly useful as it is pretty, discovers Ian Morton

Lyme disease can be a puzzling condition, even for experts. But medical herbalist Julia Behrens has been using plants to treat it, with powerful results. Here are four of her top healing herbs for Lyme and how to use them effectively

ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR