32.Recycle Your Christmas Tree…Herbal Uses for Your Holiday Decorations

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This Holiday Season, consider planning for a few good herbals as you deck the halls. May of the natural decorations we love make wonderful medicinal or magical herbal treats. Today, we’ll e talking about a Practical Herbalist’s approach to Yuletide Decor.

Herbs we mentioned:

• Pine
• Spruce
• Douglas-fir
• Holly
• Mistletoe (Here are a few ideas for using Mistletoe in HooDoo Magic.)
• Poinsettia (Here’s a great article on Magical Use of Poinsettia.)

Recipes we mentioned

• Confier-infused Brandy

HERBAL 101

We answered a question from a listener on good herbal books for beginners.

Books we mentioned:

• How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time by John Palmer
• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated by Charles Papazian
• The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm
• The Joy of Home Wine Making by Terry A. Garey
• Prescription for Herbal Healing, 2nd Edition: An Easy-to-Use A-to-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies by Phyllis A. Balch
• Holistic Herbal 4th Edition: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies by David Hoffman
• Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass by Randy Mosher
• Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs by Stephanie Rose Bird
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Harrod Buhner
• Sacred Plant Medicine: The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism by Stephen Harrod Buhner
• Herbs for Pets: The Natural Way to Enhance Your Pet’s Life by Mary L. Wulff-Tilford and Gregory L. Tilford
• The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual by James James Green
• Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide by Rosemary Gladstar
• Country Wisdom & Know-How
• Aromatherapy and Herbal Remedies for Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding by Demetria Clark
• The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
• Herbal Medicine From the Heart of the Earth by Sharol Marie Tilger
• The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines by Matthew Wood
• Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills (Second Edition)
• A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Lee Allen Petersen
• A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guides) by Christopher Hobbs

Practical Herbalist Kindle Books We Mentioned

Other resources we mentioned

• Show 25: Herbal Rebirth, an Interview with Rosemary Gladstar
• Show 20: Tapping the Keg–Herbalists Rediscover Beers of Olde

The Practical Herbalist® Team

Candace Hunter, Sue Sierralupe and Patrick Hunter have been working together as the Practical Herbalist/Real Herbalism Radio team for many years. They have published 10 books which are available in Kindle form.