Mint Honeys
Fill a jar with fresh mint, best if you cut it fairly fine.
Pour real honey over the herb in the jar.
After you have filled your jar with fresh herb and honey, put a tight lid and a label on it.
Then the hard part: Wait for six or more weeks.
Once your hardy mint honey is ready, you need only scoop a large spoonful of the
herb and honey into a cup, fill with boiling water and drink. Wow! Instant herb tea.
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Comfrey in Water
Water extracts many important plant constituents including minerals, proteins, sugars, starches, polyphenols, volatiles, and vitamins. Some alkaloids are extracted by water, including allantoin and PAs.
Water-based remedies include, teas, infusions, decoctions, poultices, compresses, soaks, baths, and fomentations.
I use comfrey leaf internally and externally.
I use comfrey root externally only.
Comfrey Leaf Tea: steep 1-3 teaspoons of fresh or dried comfrey leaf in a cup of boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
Add honey to increase soothing qualities.
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Stout-hearted Soup
Serves 4 - 6
These ingredients feed your immune system and lower your cholesterol.
* Chop 1-2 large onions and saute in olive oil until soft.
* Mince 10-12 cloves of garlic and saute for a few minutes with the softened onion.
* Slice thinly 2 cups of fresh shiitake caps and saute for a few minutes.
* OR cut 1 cup dried shiitake into pieces and add to onions and garlic.
* Pour in 8 cups cold water and turn heat to high.
* Grate a piece of ginger root about as big as your thumb and add it to the soup.
* Toss in 5-6 slices of dried astragalus root.
* Add 1 teaspoonful each dried thyme, dried rosemary, and dried parsley or celery tops.
* Stir in 1 tablespoonful salt.
Bring to a boil; turn down the heat and simmer for an hour or so.
Serve at once, or let cool and serve the next day. This soup keeps well.
excerpt from Your Healthy Heart Online Course
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Lusty Herbs for Valentines
Saint Valentine groans, no doubt, at the bawdy day crowned with his name. He was, of course, celebate, and our celebration of love and lusty connections surely stands as a mockery to his forbearance. The original holiday had nothing to do with St. Valentine or celibacy. It was a Roman festival of unfettered sexuality in which even married women were allowed the freedom to be intimate with anyone of their choice for the day. And back before the Roman time, further back, in the times of the Ancient Ones, we celebrated the beginning of Spring and fertility, the return of Innana, the rising of Eoster with her red eggs and fecund bunnies in the early days of February.
Herbal aphrodisiacs abound, as Mother Nature is passionately fond of love and fecundity. In the Wise Woman Tradition, we nourish vibrant health, rather than seeking out stimulants, even when it comes to sex. Thus my favorite lovers herbs are not damiana or cannabis, but oatstraw and seaweed, burdock and roses, and, of course, chocolate.
Oatstraw is the leaves of the plant that produces oats for oatmeal. Brewed up as an infusion, using a full ounce by weight in a quart jar filled to the top with boiling water and steeped for at least four hours, oatstraw is one of the world's premier interest and performance enhancers. A quart a day frees up bound testosterone, sending sexual interest soaring. It encourages "the most incredible slippery slime!" exclaimed one crone, "and I thought I was all dried up down there." Oatstraw improves blood flow, heightening sensations; it strengthens the heart, making it easier to frolic; and it calms the nervous system, bringing a deeper calm and greater fulfillment to the culmination.
Seaweeds, especially the many varieties of kelp, live in the home of Venus, and they make making love a lot more fun. The swells of the ocean, and its salty taste, are erotic and enticing. Kelps concentrate ocean minerals, much needed by the endocrine glands and sexual organs. Make seaweed a regular part of your diet and your skin will be touchable, your hair will gleam, your eyes will shine, and you may find yourself more graceful than ever in bed. Wakame, kombu, sea palm, and bull whip kelps are far better than dulse or nori. And not just a sprinkle. For orgasms that curl your toes you need to eat lots.
Burdock root is the gentle giant of herbs. Digging one out of the ground is a lot like making love to a woman who just can't get enough of you. The root goes down and down and down, holding fast and drawing you into her space, her life, her home. For those who want to use their time spooning instead of digging, burdock root is for sale in many health food stores as the vegetable gobo or as a dried herb. Eaten or brewed as a strong infusion, using two ounces of root in a quart of boiling water and steeping for at least eight hours, burdock root is unequaled for getting the juices flowing. Regular use improves lymphatic flow, sweetening your body odor, nourishes the oil glands, giving your skin and hair a healthy glow, and opens deep, powerful energy channels in your root chakra.
Roses are the flower of love for very good reason, they are rich in hormonal precursors. If even the smell of a rose can heighten sexual interest, just imagine what eating rose petal honey or drinking rose petal tea can do. When the roses bloom, drop their petals into a wide-mouth jar and pour honey over them. The longer it sits, the more aromatic it will be, but this honey is ready to use almost immediately if you can't wait. Be cautious about roses bought from a florist; they may be sprayed with chemicals you'd rather not eat.
Chocolate is the food of the gods, and a rising star in healthy eating. You need a healthy heart to be a great lover, and chocolate is certainly heart medicine. A mere ounce of dark chocolate (organic, and fair trade, of course) has more polyphenols than a cup of green tea or a glass of wine. Chocolate is a better antioxidant than vitamin C and protects the lipids better than vitamin E. Chocolate keeps the blood thin and free-flowing, and keeps plaque down while protecting platelets from fragmenting. Daily doses of chocolate lower blood pressure, prevent stroke, and decease risk of heart attack.
A big red heart-shaped box of dark chocolate, a sweetly-scented rose, an earthy burdock root, some salty seaweed, and a mug of oatstraw. Now you're ready to celebrate love and lust on Valentine's day.
(Rose Petal Honey Pictured)
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Cinnamon, Cardamom, and Nutmeg
The aroma of winter is wood smoke and evergreen. But winter holidays smell spicy. Herbs that grow only in the tropics — such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, cardamom, allspice, and vanilla — are called spices. Their aromatic oils and volatile esters entice us with delicious smells and mouth-watering tastes. And spices warm us from the inside, as if we had ingested the tropical sun on a cold day. Spices help preserve food and counter a variety of illnesses, too. Come, sit and warm your feet by the fire. Close your eyes and imagine the dense green forests where aromatic spices grow. ..
* A cup of Cinnamon tea .. eases menstrual cramps, soothes sore joints, relieves gas pain, and allays that feeling of fullness after a big meal. A sip or two of cinnamon tea before meals improves digestion and prevents acid reflux. Those who drink cinnamon tea regularly will have less cavities, stronger gums, and fewer insect bites.
* Chewing cardamom seeds freshens the breath and improves digestion. Herbalists consider cardamom effective for helping the liver, the appetite, the stomach, and the intestines.
* Modern medicine validates Nutmeg’s ability to inhibit diarrhea and slow down the action of the gastrointestinal tract. Folk medicine agrees, using nutmeg against diarrhea, dysentery, inflammation of the mucus membranes, flatulence, and vomiting. Nutmeg has also been shown to effect prostaglandin synthesis and to be a particularly potent antimicrobial. It may also be anti-rheumatic.
Green blessing are everywhere, especially in your spice chest.
Happy Holidays!
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Vegetable Soup Stock
A quart of this in the freezer guarantees hearty winter soups in half the time.
Skins and ends from 4-6 onions
Stalks from a bunch of parsley
Dill stalks and seed heads
Optional: Dried or fresh celery leaves
Optional: Carrot, parsnip, or beet ends
Optional: 4-6 leaves of beets, or chard
1 tablespoonful sea salt
3-4 quarts cold water
Save the ends from your vegetable preparation for a week, excluding cabbage-family plants, and you will be ready to make this tasty broth, with perhaps only the purchase of a bunch of parsley.
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Tightly cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 2-3 hours.
Cool. Refrigerate or freeze. Should make at least 2 quarts of broth.
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Purslane Gazpacho
Recipe serves 6-8.
In a large bowl place:
6 cups tomatoes cut into into ½ squares plus their juice
4 cups cucumbers, peeled, seeded, cut into ½ squares.
1 tablespoon sea salt
2-3 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
Mix, cover, and refrigerate for several hours. Then add:
4 cups purslane tender tips, chopped
20 fresh basil leaves, chopped
10 fresh shiso leaves, chopped
Adjust seasoning and serve, garnished with edible flowers..
Excerpt from: Abundantly Well: Seven Medicines.
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Eating Abundantly Well
excerpt from Abundantly Well: Seven Medicines
• Enjoy your meals; make them sacred.
• Eat to connect: with your body, your family, your home, your friends, and Nature.
• Adjust your diet to the season.
• Eat at least one meal a day at the same time.
• Make your diet as wide as possible; eat all foods.
• Eat more fermented foods; eat more wild foods.
• Eat a variety of foods, at each meal, and over time.
• Honor your ancestors; what did they eat?
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Herbal Syrups
Herbal syrups are sweetened, condensed herbal infusions. Cough drops are concentrated syrups. Alcohol is frequently added to syrups to help prevent fermentation and stabilize the remedy. Cough drops and lozenges, having less water, keep well without the addition of alcohol.
Bitter herbs, especially when effective in a fairly small dose, are often made into syrups: horehound, yellow dock, dandelion, chicory, and motherwort spring to mind in this regard.
Herbs that are especially effective in relieving throat infections and breathing problems are also frequently made into syrups, especially when honey is used as the sweetener: coltsfoot flowers (not leaves), comfrey leaves (not roots), horehound, elder berries (pictured), mullein, osha root, pine, sage, and wild cherry bark are favorites for "cough" syrups.
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Herbed Burdock
Preparation time: With precooked burdock, 15 minutes at the most.
Add another 45 minutes to soak and cook burdock. Serves 6-8.
4 cups/1 liter burdock root
3 tablespoons/45ml olive oil
3 tablespoons/45ml butter
4 oz/125ml fresh herbs
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbs/30ml lemon juice
2 tablespoons/30ml tamari
Soak and parboil burdock root or stalk. If you use chilled, already cooked burdock, warm it.
Heat oil and butter.
Add burdock, then garlic and herbs.
Stir and heat together for a minute, then add tamari and lemon juice. Serve hot.
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Garlic Honey
(pictured with a sprig of rosemary, thyme, or oregano)
One of my favorite remedies to have on hand for the winter is garlic honey. It is super easy to make and ready almost immediately to counter sore throats, colds, the flu, lung congestion, and sinus problems.
I use a smallish jar (4-8 ounces/125-250ml) with a good lid. First I fill it with unpeeled garlic cloves. If I have some tiny onions from the garden, I add those too. Then I pour honey over it all, using a chop stick to poke the honey down into the garlic. After screwing on the lid, I label the jar with the contents and date. ...
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Edible Flowers of May:
Here are a few of the many violets blooming in my yard and garden. There are lots more, each with its own distinctive flavor, out in the woods. All violets are edible. (African violets are not violets and are not edible.) A hundred years ago, it was all the rage for ladies to wear a violet, until violets became associated with women-who-love-women. Except for Eleanor Roosevelt, who loved women and maintained the custom, violet wearing fell out of fashion. But eating violets – or pansies or jump-ups, their cultivated sisters – is never out of fashion. Try some tonight.
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Mint Honeys
Fill a jar with fresh mint, best if you cut it fairly fine.
Pour real honey over the herb in the jar.
After you have filled your jar with fresh herb and honey, put a tight lid and a label on it.
Then the hard part: Wait for six or more weeks.
Once your hardy mint honey is ready, you need only scoop a large spoonful of the herb and honey into a cup, fill with boiling water and drink. Wow! Instant herb tea.
Come to the country.
It is great for your immune system.
Work in the herb gardens.
Stock up on real vitamin D from the sun.
Harvest nettle soup and wild salad.
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New Greens Salad
* One-third chickweed (Stellaria media), cut in one-inch pieces
* One-third garlic mustard leaves (Alliaria officinalis), torn in half
* One-sixth purple dead nettle flowers and leaves (Lamium purpurum)
* One sixth wild chives or dandelion leaves
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Slippery Elm Balls
* Combine slippery elm powder and honey.
* Roll into balls about the size of a hazelnut.
* Roll balls in slippery elm powder to coat.
* Store in a metal tin.
* They stay good for a long, long time, maybe decades.
Slippery elm balls are great for digestion.
Slippery elm is so safe that you can dissolve a ball in your mouth as often as you want, any time you feel any distress.
If you’re working with an ongoing condition, at least two a day is good.
Slippery elm restores the lining of the intestines, prevents any agents within the body from disturbing the intestines, and neutralizes any poisons that are present in or around the intestines.
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