Alex Laird is a medical herbalist with teaching clinics at Whipps Cross hospital dermatology and Breast Cancer Haven for the past 20 years. She is a visiting lecturer and has carried out herbal medicine research in GP surgeries. She founded the charity Living Medicine to teach self care and the use of plants and food for health, reviving our cultural traditions. Alex wrote the book Root to Stem on seasonal food remedies published by Penguin in 2019.  

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