Herbal medicine is the medicine man. It 's simple, safe, effective and free. Our ancestors - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It 'easy. You can do it too, and you do not need a degree or special training.
Old memories of you when you first start using herbal medicines. These lessons are designed to nourish and activate memories and your inner herbalist so you can be your own herbsExpert.
In our first lesson we have learned to "listen" to plants, focusing on how to taste. In lesson two, we explored simple water-based herbal remedies. In the third lesson we have learned how to say safe (nourishment and firming) herbs herbs most dangerous (stimulants and sedatives). Our fourth lesson dealt with poisons, and we learned how to make a tincture, and share our Herbal Medicine Chest. The fifth lesson we have found to make herbal vinegar, and the sixth,Production of vegetable oils.
Together in our last lesson we saw our ideas about healing, we discussed the scientific objective to fix the broken machine, the intention to clean dirt heroic toxins our bodies, and the wise woman desire the totality of the person's sole. feed
In this, the eighth lesson, we return to the pharmacy of healing herbs to make sweets: herbal honey, syrups and cough drops.
In our next lesson, l ', ninth and last in this seriesWe will continue our exploration of the ideas behind the healing with a tour of seven drugs.
HONEY
Honey is considered as a healing substance for thousands of years. Healer water greek honey water, vinegar and honey / vinegar as their primary care leave. An Egyptian medical text dated around 2600 BCE mentions honey 500 times in 900 remedies. What makes honey so special?
First, honey is antibacterial. And 'counters infections of the skin, intestine,in the airways or the entire body.
Second, honey is hygroscopic, which means a long "water-loving" word. Honey retains moisture in the place where it is used, can also draw moisture from the air. A honey facial leaves skin smooth and wonderfully moist. These two qualities - anti-infective and hydroscopic - make honey an ideal healer of wounds of all kinds, even against burns, bruises and bedsores (ulcers of the skin), a surprising soother for sore throats, a powerful allybacterial diarrhea, and a third for asthma.
Thirdly, honey as high as 35 percent protein. This, together with the available carbohydrate (sugar) content, provides a significant increase in energy and a counter to depression. Some sources claim that honey is equal or superior, to ginseng to restore vitality. Honey-proteins also promote healing, both internally and externally.
And honey is a source of vitamins B, C, D and E, as well as some minerals. It seemsstrengthen the immune system and (some authors claim to cure) cancer.
The honey from the flowers, honey and flowers can be collected for specific individuals to be better than a honey mixture. Tupelo Honey, flowers from Tupelo tree, is rich in fructose, which makes the digestion of honey slowed suitable for diabetics. Manuka honey from New Zealand, certified as an antibacterial agent. My "house brand" is a rich, black, honey collected from the autumn of local productionThe bees from golden rod, buckwheat, chicory and other wildflowers.
Raw honey also contains pollen and propolis, bees and flowers, which have special healing powers.
Bee pollen, like honey, is a concentrated source of protein and vitamins, unlike honey, it's a good source of minerals, hormonal precursors and fatty acids. Bee pollen has a reputation for the relevance and with consistent use, treat allergies and asthma. The pollens that cause allergic reactions are from plants,are wind pollinated, not bee pollinated, so that each bee pollen, pollen or honey contains, should be useful. A researcher has found a 84 percent reduction of allergic symptoms in patients who consumed a spoonful of honey a day in spring, summer and autumn and three times a week in winter.
Propolis is used by bees from tree resin-made juices and is a powerful antimicrobial substance. Propolis can be dyed with pure ethyl alcohol (resins do not dissolve well in 100 testsVodka, my choice for tinctures) and used for infections such as bronchitis, sinusitis, colds, flu, gum disease and tooth decay.
WARNING: All honey, but especially raw honey contains botulism spores. Although this is not a problem for adults, children under the age of one year is not enough stomach acid to prevent the spores from developing countries botulism, a deadly poison.
Honey HERBS
Herbal honeys are pouring honey over fresh herbs andso that they blend into a period of several days to several months. When herbs are infused in honey, the water absorbs all the honey that loves water-soluble components of the plant, and all the volatile oils, many of whom are anti-infectives. Herbal honeys are medicinal and great taste. When I look at my shelf of herbal honeys I am the richest person in the world.
USING HERBS Honeys
Put a tablespoon of honey and herbs (including herbs and honey)in a cup, add boiling water, stir and drink. Honey, herbs or eat from a spoon right out of the jar to soothe and heal sore, infected throats and tonsils. Smear the honey (without grass please) on wounds and burns.
A HONEY OF HERBS
Coarsely chop the fresh herbs of your choice (leave garlic whole). Put the chopped herbs in a wide-mouthed jar, filling almost to top. Pour the honey into the glass, works in the grass with a stick if necessary. Add the honey a little 'more thanFill the jar up. Cover. Label.
Honey herb is ready in just a day or two to use, but are more health when you can sit on it for six weeks.
Honey herbal herbs make wonderful gifts.
DO THE RUSSIAN cold remedies
Fill a vase with small unpeeled garlic cloves. If desired, add a small onion, cut into quarters, but not peeled. Fill the glass with honey. Labels and covers.
This agent is readythe next day. E 'is taken from the spoon to ward off colds and flu. It is sovereign against sore throats too. And it tastes delicious!
(The garlic can also botulinum spores, but no adult ever botulism from this remedy. A local restaurant patrons poisoned from garlic in olive oil near a hot stove for months before, though.)
MAKE A WOUND SALVE Egyptian
"At first I thought that stuff was terrible on an open wound can be placed ... Instead, theThe bacteria disappeared in the fat, and if pathogenic bacteria were added ... They were killed as quickly, "said the researchers who tested this formula found in the ancient papyrus Smith.
Mix one tablespoon of honey with two tablespoons of organic animal fats. Located in a small glass and the label.
Increase the ability of these wound healing ointment with the help of a fat-infused Herbally.
MAKE A REMEDY AGAINST diarrhea
Fill the glass with eight ounces of orangeFruit juice. Add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of honey. Fill the glass with eight ounces of distilled water. Add 1 / 4 teaspoon baking powder. Drink alternately from both glasses until empty.
DR CHRISTOPHER'S BURN HEALING MAKE
He recommends the burns over large areas. Keep the burn constantly wet with this healer for best results.
Put chopped fresh leaves in a blender consolidates. Add aloe vera gel to cover half. Add honey to cover. Blend andapply.
Doing better, as you can use in one day, store extra in refrigerator.
Fresh plants, honey, I use on vegetable MAKE
Anise hyssop (Agastache Foeniculum)
Comfrey leaf (Symphytum off.)
Crone word / mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Fennel Seed (Foeniculum vulgare)
Garlic (Allium sativum)
Ginger root (Zingiber officinalis)
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
Lavender (Lavendula off.)
Lemon Balm (Melissa off.)
Verbena (Aloysiatriphylla)
Marjoram (Origanum Majorana)
Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
Osha root (Ligusticum porteri)
Peppermint (Mentha pipper)
Rose petals (Rosa canina and others)
Dog Rose (Rosa)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus off.)
Sage (Salvia off.)
Shiso (Perilla frutescens)
Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
Thyme (Thymus species)
Flowers of yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
HERBAL SYRUPS
Herbal syrup, herbal teas sweetened condensed. Cough drops areconcentrated syrup. Alcohol is often added to syrup to avoid fermentation and to stabilize the treatment. Cough drops and lozenges, with less water to keep well without adding alcohol.
Bitter herbs, especially if effective in relatively small doses, are often taken in syrup: horehound, yellow dock, dandelion, radicchio and motherwort spring to mind in this regard.
Herbs, which are particularly effective in relieving sore throats and respiratory problems are alsooften in syrup, especially when the honey is used as a sweetener: coltsfoot flowers (not leaves), leaves of comfrey (not root), horehound, elder berries, mullein root, OSHA, pine, sage and wild cherry bark are favorites for "cough" syrups.
With plant SYRUPS
A dose of herbal syrup is taken 1-3 teaspoons as needed. Take a spoonful of sour syrup just before eating for best results. Take cough syrup how many times per hour.
A HERBAL SYRUP
Aa syrup made from herbs, you need the following supplies:
An ounce of dried herb (weight, volume) A clean, dry quart / liter jar with a tight lid Boiling water Measure A heavy-bottomed medium saucepan 2 cups sugar or 1 ½ cup honey A sterilized jar with a small neck and a good coverage (a cork is ideal) A bit 'of vodka (optional) A brand and a pen
Place the full ounce of dried herb in a pot and fill to the brim Quart of boilingWater. Seal. After 4-10 hours, decant the infusion, saving the liquid and pressed the grass of the last of the goodness out of it.
Measure the amount of liquid you have (usually about 3 ½ cups). Pour this into the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to barely simmering infusion. Continue to cook over a slow fire is (to control the pan and pour into measuring cup and from) the liquid by half. This phase may take several hours, theBoiling is not ruined if they are less than half will be reduced, but it is ruined, when it boils hard, or when it burns. Keep a watchful eye on them.
If the infusion is reduced to less than two cups, add sugar or honey (or sweetener of your choice) and bring to a boil. Pour boiling water in your glass. (Sterilization of the pot by boiling in clean water for a few minutes just before filling.) If you wish, add a little 'of vodka to get the syrup.
Let the syrup bottle to comeAt room temperature. Label. Store in refrigerator or store in a cool place.
MAKE cough drops HERBS
Do you need a syrup with sugar, honey cough drops, but you can brown sugar or brown sugar instead of white sugar, and work just as well.
Instead Pour hot syrup in a bottle, keep cooking. Every minute or so, drop a little 'in cold water. If it forms a hard ball in cold water, immediately turn off the fire. Pour yourthick syrup into a buttered shallow dish. Cool, then cut into small squares.
A dusting of powdered sugar is to avoid attack. Store airtight in a cool place.
MAKE throat lozenges SOOTHING
Put a marshmallow root powder or dust oz elm, type in a bowl. Honey slowly, stirring constantly until a thick paste Move the dough into small balls elm Roll the balls in more powdered elm
In a tightly closed container.This will keep for up to 10 years.
Plants cry for syrups USE
Comfrey leaves (Symphytum x Uplandia)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Flowers and roots of dandelion (Taraxacum off.)
Elderberries (Sambucus canadensis)
The leaves and stems, horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Leaves Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) collected before flowering
Banana leaves or roots (Plantago majus)
Osha root (Ligusticum porteri)
Pine needles and inner bark(Pinus)
Sage (Salvia off.)
Wild cherry bark (Prunus serotina)
Yellow Dock Root (Rumex crispus)
COMING SOON
In our last lesson of this series, there are the Seven Medicines: Serenity medicine, history, medicine, energy, medicine, lifestyle, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical medicine and hi-tech medicine.
EXPERIMENT NUMBER ONE
Make a simple syrup, with a single plant. Do it once with the honey, once with the white sugar, and once with aSweetener of your choice, such as barley malt, agave syrup, molasses, sorghum syrup or maple syrup. (See list of suggestions of plants to use.)
EXPERIMENT NUMBER TWO
Make a syrup with three or more plants. Choose plants that are local to your area, or those that can buy more.
EXPERIMENT NUMBER THREE
Make three or more simple herbal honey with different parts of plants, flowers, leaves, roots or seeds. (See list of suggested plants forto use.)
EXPERIMENT NUMBER FOUR
Make an herbal honey with a plant rich in essential oils (such as sage, rosemary, lavender or mint). Try it as a treatment of wounds. Try minor burns. Try it as a facial mask. Record your observations.
EXPERIMENT NUMBER FIVE
Make one or more of the recipes in this lesson.
Further studies
Make a pool of yellow iron tonic syrup according to the recipe in my book, wise woman herbal for the birth of a child years. Making "Peel Power"using the recipe from my book New Woman Way Wise menopause.
Hard work
Compare treat the effects of honey in the supermarket, organic honey, raw honey, honey and herbs, each with the same problems and carefully record your observations.
Legal Disclaimer: This content is not intended to replace traditional medical care. Any suggestions and all herbs listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, condition orSymptom. Personal directions and use should be made by a qualified medical herbalist or other clinician with a specific formula for you to choose from. All materials contained herein are for general information only and not a doctor or consulting should be considered. Consult a physician if you need decent medical care. Exercise self-empowerment through a second opinion.
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