What Every Herbalist Should Know About Herbal Preparation Shelf-Life
Have you ever pulled an older herbal salve out of your bathroom cabinet and wondered if it was...
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Tag: herbal preparations
Benefits of Water-Based Herbal Preparations (And Why You Should Use Them More Often)
Did you know that water-based herbal preparations like teas, infusions, and decoctions are one of...
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How To Make Vegan Herbal Syrups
Herbal syrups are a common herbal preparation. Not only are they easy to make and tasty to use,...
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5 Interesting Things You Didn’t Know About Rose Petals
I always try to stop and smell the roses. Literally. Each afternoon, when I leave my classroom...
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How To Make Jethro Kloss’s Herbal Liniment
One of the first herbal books I owned was Back To Eden by Jethro Kloss. It was given to me by a...
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How To Preserve Jewelweed With Jewelweed Ice Cubes
What do you do when you end up with a bad case of poison oak in the middle of winter, especially...
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15 Practical Ways To Use Hydrosols
Have you made hydrosols a part of your herbal apothecary yet? If not, what’s stopping you?...
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How To Make A Homemade Lavender Hydrosol
I’ve been using herbs for 10 years now, and I’ve never made a homemade hydrosol of any...
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How To Ease Nasty Coughs With Herbal Plasters
I’ve written A LOT of blog posts about coughs and managing them naturally over the years,...
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Using Herbs: Herbal Syrups, Honeys, And Oxymels
Here we are at the final post in the How To Start Using Herbs blog series. These posts...
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When I was new to herbs, I did everything by the book… meaning, I’d get out an herbal...
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I’m Meagan, a registered nurse turned herbalist, and I want to live life naturally. Follow along as my husband and I and our four sons figure out what natural living looks like for our family. And of course, I’d love for you to join me on this journey, too! There’s nothing better than having a good hiking buddy with a compass!
