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One of my kiddos woke up recently with a swollen, red, itchy eye.  As a nurse and herbalist, my first step is not to head to the doctor but to search my herbal apothecary for […]

Earaches are the worst, especially when your kid has one. Last week, my youngest child came down with a fever that increased as the evening wore on, and he eventually began to complain about one […]

This post is sponsored by AmeoLife Our fall homeschool break is coming up soon, and this year, I thought it would be fun to take the boys to the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area for the weekend since it’s so close to us. Not only do they love riding all the rides at Dollywood (and Dean and […]

Burns are a common type of ailment that many of us will experience at least once in our lifetime. While some burns require emergency medical assistance, such as severe burns which cover large portions of the skin, those that penetrate deep into the tissue, or burns that are the result of a chemical or electrical […]

The Native Americans of the Great Plains used echinacea for many purposes, one of which was to discourage infections from occurring after animal bites and insect stings (Goldhaber-Fieber, 1999). Echinacea is an antibacterial herb and immune stimulant (Buhner, 2012) — two herbal actions that can come in very handy when one is concerned about infection. […]

The older my kids get and the further into homeschooling we go, the more I’m out and about, running here and there. And with four wild boys who are always into something or another, cuts, scrapes, and bruises are sure to happen. They’re either running, falling, climbing, wrestling, throwing or doing some other rough thing that goes […]