What is a Nourishing Infusion? It is a large amount of nourishing herb prepared as a tea that is soaked for more than four hours, typically overnight. The beauty of this type of preparation is that it is very safe (highly nourishing herbs with less medicinal action), powerfully nutritive (1 cup of nettle nourishing infusion is about 200 mg of calcium, opposed to 5-10mg in a regular tea), easy to make, and tastes comparatively good. Download pdf: Nourishing Infusions Safety: Safe for all ages Pregnancy: red raspberry, nettle, red clover blossoms (careful if you weren’t taking it before pregnancy), seaweeds (including kelp, nori, dulse, kombu, and wakame) Recipe for a Daily Nourishing Infusion: 1 oz nourishing herbs About 3 c boiling water Weight out dry herbs and place them in a quart jar. Fill the quart jar with boiling water. Cover jar and let sit overnight. Let sit at least four hours. Strain and drink hot or cold. You can (mildly) sweeten it if … [Read more...]
Community Herbal Apothecary
Local Event Opportunity: Community Herbal Apothecary is a group of people that are committed to growing, processing, and learning how to use at least 12 herbs in a year's time. Each person will grow or harvest at least one herb for the group. We will meet once a month to learn how to process and use that herb. And everyone leaves with some of the herbal medicine that we have made in class. This is an easy and less expensive way to learn how to use the herbs around us for our families and friends without getting overwhelmed. Download the plant list:Community Herbal Apothecary Herbs to Grow: Violets -taken Lemon balm -taken German Chamomile -taken Calendula Yarrow Mullein Red Raspberry -taken Echinacea -taken Horsetail -taken Comfrey Elecampane Motherwort Poppy Blue Vervain Passion flower Harvest: Elderberries Skunk cabbage Rose hips/petals Douglas fir resin Plantain - Taken Chaparral Linden tree (Tilia … [Read more...]
Video Vault
I am going to post my videos about healthy living from Facebook to my website. So that you can find them when you are interested in trying some new natural recipe, they will be organized. Here are a few examples: To see my videos from your Facebook feed: Just because you like a page doesn't mean you will see it. You must follow it to see the posts. How to use honey to wash your hair: The Most Popular Recipe in the 5 Days of Irresistibly Healthy Christmas Treats: Low Carb. Thumbprint Cookies … [Read more...]