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Great herbal articles from Healthy Hildegard
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Best way to keep Goldenrod flowers
I have been enjoying goldenrod tea as a way to alleviate seasonal allergies. Is there a proper way to dry the flowers for storage? I picked a large stem and hung them to dry, and they are now fluff.
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Variation in plant properties?
This is a newbie question, and may head too far into the woods in more ways than one, but.... I am just getting serious about learning herbal medicine, though I have been making natural dyes from plants for the yarn I spin and the fabric I weave for most of my adult life. One thing I have learned is that the same plant…
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Lemon/lime peels to make a medicinal oil?
I know you can use lemon peels to make a cleaner but I'm looking to use them to add to an anti-fungal salve and not sure how to do it. I don't have lemongrass or lemon balm only the real lemons/limes. Please help my brain can't figure out what to do!
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Looking for your ideas on uses of Mullein
I was able to forage Mullein from a bank of a tar and chip roadway in a rural area. I know it was been mowed off that least 2 times this summer so not sure if it is 1 or 2 yrs, but the roots are small. This is very clean not dusty at all. most of the leaves are small only 5-6" at most. Most 2-3" long. I pulled the leaves…
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Victorian pharmacy 1906
Oooooh, look what I found! How better than to make your own medicine than with The National Formulary from 1906? You could set up your own Victorian pharmacy in your kitchen!
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Birch Tea: A Spring Tea
I was browsing through swallowtail.ca's site and stumbled across how to make birch tea, which is a simple enough, healthy tea. They claim that it is high in vit. C and good for congestion. It is spicy & peppery & smells like wintergreen. It is nice with a little lemon & honey. My question is...on the video, the recommend…
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Top Three to Five Medicines for a Newbie to Start Making
My apologies if this question has been asked recently. Never having made a tincture, salve or anything else medicine related, what would you recommend for a beginner to make and where does one find the ingredients?
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A First Nations resource
Here is a good resource to learn about wildcrafting plants in the upper Great Plains area. If you don't happen to live in the area, don't let that discourage you from going through this site. You will still most likely find something useful.
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Goldenrod Uses
I seem to have grown a huge "crop" of goldenrod, well I should say I have a surprise huge crop of volunteers. Anyone have any quick tips on uses or should I just let the birds, bees and creatures have at it?
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Hippocrates - On Airs, Waters, and Places
Since many of us are interested in natural medicine, I wondered if y'all would like to discuss Hippocrates' work? I admit to being a little intimidated until I got into reading it... turns out to be sensible and understandable. Here is the first except form On Airs, Waters and Places... he gives great advice on how to…
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Medicinal uses for ironweed?
A friend tentatively identified this beautiful weed as ironweed. She said it has some great medicinal applications but I don’t find it in my resource book. Can anyone identify it for me and maybe educate us about its uses please?
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Self-Heal Herb: A very important herb
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Stinging nettle seeds - my superfood
I love stinging nettle seeds - they are my superfood Every year I collect a lot to last until the next collecting season. The seeds boost energy, cheer the mood, strengthen the whole body, help to recover after illnesses, burnout. Do you know that Nettle seeds/nuts are a perfect aphrodisiac? The green Viagra? Not everybody…
