Real Herbal Healthcare
Lovely Lavender Lemonade with Honey and Elderberry
Cool, chilling, calming + hydrating and helpful to almost every organ system, this lemon-lavender combo does wonders for the mind and body. Preparing an easy lavender simple syrup with honey takes no time at all, and any leftover syrup can be stored in the fridge and added to smoothies, cocktails/mocktails, or even used on oatmeal or pancakes. The benefits of lavender are many, from its stress-taming and nervousness-easing to its ability to promote a healthy digestion and a good night's sleep.
Five Essential Herbs to Carry With You
The Deep Immunity of Chaga Functional Mushroom
How to Choose the Best Elderberry Syrup for You
The Brain Boosting Benefits of Lion's Mane Mushroom
Pine Needle Respiratory Ease Syrup
Making pine needle respiratory syrup is super easy and essentially no more work than making a very strong pine tea and then 'holding' it with good quality, preferably raw, local honey. Pine is an expectorant for thinning and moving mucous in the lungs. It's warming, somewhat drying, and has a sweet and sour flavor blend that can only be described as piney.
Herbs for Toddlers and Young Children
Clogged Milk Ducts and Breast Health: Poke Root to the Rescue
How to Get the Most Benefits From Your Reishi Mushrooms
I could write a book about the long-lauded benefits of reishi mushrooms, the king of the fungal forest, the crowning glory of beneficial mushrooms, the mushroom of immortality, the fungus of long and vibrant life, as it is known in much of Chinese medicine. But this blog post is not that.
(If you're curious about the benefits of mushrooms, you can scratch the surface with a quick internet search, or check out a couple resources here, here, and here.)
So, you may already be well aware of just how fabulous reishi is, but you may not know exactly how to incorporate this fungal friend into your everyday life with ease and grace and efficacy. That is what this blog post is. Here are 5 methods of using reishi that do just that.
Herbal Elixir Hot Toddies
Honoring Grandmother’s Wisdom with Poke Root: How to Make Poke Oil and Salve
