This post is a spice mix gold mine! Staci of Cobble Hill Farm makes her own spice mixes. Great example of DIY in the kitchen. When you make your own spice blends you can control the amount of individual spices you use. You can also make a smaller batch if that’s what you need. Great […]
The Many Benefits of Pepper . . . Nothing To Sneeze At!
Did you know that as far back as the 1840’s pepper was used as a term for energy and that pep is a shortened version of pepper? I didn’t either! Pepper alleviates cold symptoms, detoxes the skin and is used by some to fight cancer. Jillee at One Good Thing shares 11 specific uses for […]
20 Best Tips to Improve Memory
Katherine has collected 20 different things you can do to improve your memory. She includes lifestyle changes, strategies, memory tricks and the use of herbs like rosemary (pictured above). As she mentions, almost everyone has memory lapses. They’re usually not a sign of a serious problem. But memory lapses are annoying, and her tips may […]
Dreaming of Spring – A Bitter Tonic Tea Recipe
If you’re at all interested in herbalism, then you probably know about the Herbal Academy of New England. They offer online training courses, a resource center called the Herbarium, books and articles. They’re very highly regarded. This is an article that discusses everything you need to know about making a Bitter Tonic Tea to prepare […]
A Recipe for a First-Aid Antiseptic Wound Spray
This is a recipe by Andrea of Frugally Sustainable for an herbal antiseptic wound spray that you can trust to clean out minor scrapes and scratches properly. Andrea discusses 7 herbs and flowers that contain highly antiseptic properties and are known as potent germ-killers. She then shares her recipe for the First-Aid Antiseptic Wound […]
How to Make Herb Infused Oils
This is a jam-packed article on the different methods to make herb infused oils. Very well-written. It was written and posted by the Herbal Academy of New England. Herb infused oils can be used in cooking or in bath or skin products. For example, Rosemary has both culinary and medicinal uses. Calendula, plantain, chickweed, chamomile, […]
How to Make an Immune Boosting Chai Tea Recipe
Masala chai is a drink from India that combines spice-infused black tea with milk and sweetener. It’s a wonderful, warming, spicy drink. Annie of the Herbal Academy of New England shares her recipe for homemade chai. She uses black tea, milk, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, and other ingredients. She also discusses an immune-boosting herb she decided […]
How to Make a Delicious Dewberry Syrup
I selected this post because I had never heard of dewberries. It turns out that dewberries are closely related to blackberries, but I’ve also seen them compared to raspberries. They grow on small trailing brambles in the wild. They have vines that are covered with small thorns. This post includes some cautions about foraging for dewberries. […]
Nourishing Weedy Tea Recipe
This is a recipe by the The Herbal Academy for Nourishing Weedy Tea. I loved the introduction to this post: “Herbalists have an eye for beauty and worth, seeing usefulness inside what others consider useless. Often reviled plants like nettles, dandelions, burdock, plaintain, chickweed, lambs quarters, and red clover often grow nearby in favorite fields […]
How to Make a Hibiscus-Clover Cooler
This is a wonderful article about Hibiscus. It was written by Annie Hall of the The Herbal Academy. Hibiscus belongs to the Mallow family which is native to the subtropics and tropics around the world. They come in a variety of colors. Ruby-red hibiscus, which is popular, can be used to make a beverage with […]
How To Make And Use A Simple Herbal Burn Salve
Accidents like burns happen when you least expect them. As careful as you are putting something into a pre-heated oven, you can easily touch the hot top edge of the oven and end up with a bad burn. Or, as this article describes, your little one can have an accident with hot cocoa that causes […]
Herbal Home Remedies for Lice
It’s one of those dreaded moments when your kid is sent home from school with a note that he or she has head lice. It can be embarrassing. But it’s a misconception that head lice result from poor personal hygiene. Head lice are passed from child to child through direct contact of their heads and […]