Recommended Resources for Learning Herbal Remedies
One of my readers (Hi, Emily!) asked if I could share sources I recommend for learning more about natural medicine. This is a broad topic and I am by no means any sort of expert. BUT my mother treated her children with herbs and I helped her gather and make tinctures and we treated ourselves…
Continue ReadingBringing out the Big Guns
Yesterday I mentioned the biggest guns in the home-remedies arsenal – Garlic and Cayenne Pepper. Today’s post is not to educate you about the benifits of these two powerful bombs, nor to convince you to invite them to your next sniffle party. There’s plenty of other places you can read and get facts and opinions…
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Of Elderberry, Humility, and Volcanoes
We’re a little under the weather here, folks. I feel like a volcano boiling away but unable to erupt. I lost my voice – woke up this morning and it was gone. I wasn’t surprised – I’d had a cold all week and, though I hadn’t felt that bad, it had lodged in my throat…
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