Natural Fever Remedies: How to Use Herbs for Fever
https://youtu.be/B_uDDXXN6yY Fever has gotten a bad rap in recent years. Part of the probem is we’ve been schooled to believe an elevated temperature is dangerous or bad. As one of the body’s primary means of fighting off infections, including viral and bacterial microbes, Fever is a powerful weapon against illness. It ain’t bad, but it […]
Tips for Boosting Your Immune System Naturally
https://youtu.be/-cFnqKIialc Preventing illness tends to rise to the surface our our minds about once a year, when the kids go back to school. Right? Maybe we’ll touch on it around the close of the year, as we move into the New Year’s Resoluton phase of the year, but even then it’s usually not so much […]
Tasty Nutrition Herb Tea Blend & Tips for Blending Your Own Teas
This is my favorite basic herbal tea mix. I use it on its own and as the base for more complex teas. In the cup, this tea mix produces an infusion that’s slightly grassy in flavor and scent with a golden yellow color. It’s an extremely healthful blend that can be used as the base […]
Make Your Own Essential Oil Blends
https://youtu.be/T6kZeSo4mWM Essential oils are the volitile oils plants produce to protect themselves against illness and predation, attract pollinators, and communicate with the rest of Nature. Humans have been tapping into the power of these essential oils for the same reasons for several hundred years. Why? Because they’re darn powerful. Why Create My Own Essential Oil Blend? Today, home […]
Make Your Own Herbal Oils
https://youtu.be/fRt8uKx_JQg Have you ever noticed those fancy scented oil treatments they have at the beauty counters? Or the expensive gourmet culinary oils they have in the up-scale grocery stores? Many of those are actually herbal-infused oils, and they’re surprisingly easy to make at home. Even better, when you make them at home you can use […]
Herbal Tinctures for Easy Home Remedies
https://youtu.be/cvXslNwUbjg At its most fundamental level, tinctures are herbal extracts made using Alcohol as the primary tool for extraction. Long before distillation and distilled spirits or stronger alcohols were available, we used wines and beers rather than the stronger proof alcohols we use today. That’s the root of the Autumnul favorite, mulled spiced cider. In the […]
Babcia’s Dill Pickles: Lacto-Ferment, Countertop Crock Pickles
The Best Dill Pickles are actually pretty easy to make. This recipe will show you how.
Herbal Syrup: How to Make & Master this Herbal Medicine
https://youtu.be/pCM-PCSRKdU At it’s purest, an Herbal Syrup is an herbal infusion that’s been sweetened. It can be thin and watery or it can be thick as molasses. In fact, molasses makes a good sweetener, particularly for seasonal allergy formulas and for blends that could use an electrolyte-boost. Molasses has a lot of potassium, one of […]
Dude Honey Spread Electuary: Natural Energy Booster for Men
Middle-aged men often have a tough time making the transition from virile, young buck into the wiser and perhaps less fiery heads of their herd. It takes a lot of humility to admit the aches and pains that have begun to set in, the mid-afternoon weariness, and those extra few pounds about the middle are […]
Herbal Honey: How to Make & Master this Herbal Medicine
Learn how to make two Herbal Honey home remedies. Electuaries combine herbs and honey for tasty plant medicinal results. Herb-infused honey is another powerful Plant Remedy to try. Learn how to make both here.
The Best Way to Cook Dried Beans
Phyllis D. Light taught me this method for cooking dried beans. It’s super easy and makes the creamiest, most nutritious beans you can imagine. It’s easy to adapt it to beans other than the pinto beans I used here, and I give tips for how to scale it up if you want more than one meal from your pot of beans.
Resources for Digestive Health
Many, if not all, Herbalists and Herbal Traditions recognize the huge role our Digestive System plays in good health. When you see an herbalist of any type, you’re likely to be asked a battery of questions about your digestive health. Symptoms like constipation, diarrhea, long or short transit time, indigestion and high or low stomach […]