While a sore throat can occur at any time of the year, they are particularly common during Cold & Flu Season due to allergies, viral infections, mucous drainage, or other irritations. Thankfully, there is an herbal preparation that is quite useful to soothe a sore throat, and it's super easy to make. Join me today ...
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10 Must-Have Herbal Preparations for the Fall Apothecary
Goldenrod fills the waysides with its color. The green leaves are beginning to fade to reds, yellows, oranges, and browns. The mornings and evenings have a chill to them. Cold weather crops are beginning to make their way to meal plans again. Football season is back, and every store you go in is filled with the ...
How to Make Alcohol Intermediary Herb-Infused Oils
Have you heard the phrase, there’s more than one way to garble an herb? If so, you can certainly apply that to herbalism when it comes to making various herbal preparations. There are many variations and methods of making herbal infusions, tinctures, syrups, and yes, even herb-infused oils—there’s something for ...
Body Beautiful Solar-Infused Herbal Oil
I finally got around to finishing the update on my Making Herbal Infused Oils: The Ultimate How-To Guide, so I decided to come here and share one of my favorite recipes from the guide with you. This recipe is for a solar-infused herbal oil. Solar-infused herbs are made by combining herbs and oil and letting ...
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 still effective? Or perhaps you’ve thought about making a large batch of herbal tea to store in the refrigerator and drink over the course of several days, later second guessing yourself because you weren’t sure how many days ...
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 the BEST ways to extract the health benefits of herbs? It's true. Water is the universal solvent which means that, given enough time, it will break almost anything down... as in, dissolve it completely. Water-Based ...