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How to Treat Migraines with an Herbal Tincture at Home ~ A Recipe

May 15, 2012 By Andrea 10 Comments

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) abounds in my garden! It is one of the most easy to grow medicinal herbs and has some pretty amazing healing properties…making it a great addition to the home pharmacy. Historically, lemon balm has been used to treat all kinds of nervous system ailments and is known for it’s ability [...]

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Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: How to Make an Herbal Tincture at Home

May 14, 2012 By Andrea 27 Comments

Tweet In the simplest of terms a tincture is a concentrated liquid extract made from herbs. Tincturing herbs is another safe and effective way to preserve fresh, homegrown herbs…one that our ancestors knew very well. It captures the medicinal properties of the plant material and extends their shelf life significantly. The empowerment and sense of satisfaction [...]

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Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: Traditional Methods of Preserving Homegrown Herbs

May 13, 2012 By Andrea 23 Comments

Tweet Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the medicinal plants we needed were available to us at all times throughout the year! However, just as we work to preserve the summer harvest of garden fruits and vegetables — because we know the months of winter inevitably come — so should we learn to harvest and preserve [...]

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Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: When and how should I harvest medicinal herbs?

May 11, 2012 By Andrea 9 Comments

Tweet Different parts of medicinal plants are used to treat a variety of ailments. Most of us usually only think of harvesting the aerial parts of the plant — leaves, buds, and flowers. And for the beginner, this is a great place to start. It matters not if you are buying, growing-your-own, or finding them [...]

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Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: How to Wildcraft Herbs

May 10, 2012 By Andrea 12 Comments

Tweet I strongly believe our Creator has freely given us — in nature – the means by which to care for our most basic needs. Although in this life we will battle with a variety of ailments, in many cases the Earth produces a remedy. Wildcrafting — What is it? Harvesting plants in the wild, as defined by Philip Fritchey in [...]