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One of my favorite herbal preparations is infused oils! They can be soothing to dry skin, help with bug bites, stings, abrasions, burns and rashes. Be careful with new cuts or wounds, especially if the wound is deep; oil can trap bacteria and help them spread. Use compresses in this case. You can also use …
Let’s talk about herbal tea or “tisanes”! This is one of the most popular and accessible preparations, so I think it’s a great place to start… Anybody can do it! Herbal tea or a tisane (tea-zan) is an infusion made from plants other than Camellia sinensis (used to make black, green or white tea), which …
When you leave our “Spring into Summer” workshop you’ll be armed with all the preparations you made in the workshop so you’re ready to tackle summer herbally! Spring into Summer Workshop | May 29, 2020 from 9 am – 4 pm Preparations include: Keeping Hydrated sun teas fruit & herb water popsicles syrups for herbal …
We are excited to announce our newest course… Children’s Herbal School! This course is intended to give you and your child guided exploration into the world of herbs. We officially open June 15, 2020 and run for 12 weeks. Each herb will be given a 2-week study time with activities to go with it. What’s …
We love making syrups to add to our carbonated water (thank you Soda Stream!) but you can’t beat an infused honey to spread on toast, add to tea or use as a flavored sweetener for carbonated water. What are a few that we think are delicious? rose petal infused honey lavender infused honey elderberry infused …
In the Basics of Holistic Herbalism course, as well as our Fundamentals of Holistic Herbalism Certification Program, we have fun learning activities to help solidify the concepts you’ve learned and prepare you for the quizzes and tests. We’ve put a couple of samples in our Free Herbal Content course, so you can see what a …
When you think about nervines, most of the time, you don’t think about differentiating between actions. However, different types of nervines serve different purposes. There are several types of actions: hypnotics relaxants trophorestoratives stimulants Hypnotics have the ability to induce a much stronger level of calm than nervine relaxants. These are generally used in more …
When I first started learning botany, the vocabulary was a little confusing. Not only was I having to memorize unfamiliar words and definitions, but I found that different books used different terms to describe the same thing. Here’s a hint: choose a descriptive word you like and stick to using that one. Becoming familiar with …
Microbes are important for gut health proper digestion healthy immune system better brain function more! Some foods you can eat to increase the number of bacteria green veggies inulin found in artichokes (globe and Jerusalem) onions garlic leeks legumes polyphenols – the microbiota uses (rocket fuel) as energy sources and convert to other useful chemicals …
