I don’t find the idea of magic bullets to be very effective in healing, and find that the most successful therapy always originates in tailoring the treatment to the individual person and situation. For this reason, you’ll rarely see/hear me recommending a set formula or list of herbs for any given diagnosis. In fact, my [...]
This is for the October blogparty on Bioregional Cold/Flu Herbs, hosted by Rosalee of Methow Valley Herbs.
As the colder weather begins to move into the northerly reaches and higher eleveations of the Western hemisphere, there’s been much talk of the dreaded H1N1 as well as other virulent strains of cold and flu. The most important [...]
Below is a guest post by Brooklyn Herbalist/Acupuncturist Karen Vaughan on two different kinds of flu and two different types of treatment. This was originally posted on Facebook by Karen and I found it so interesting I asked her for permission to reprint it here. There’s been a polarity in the reactions to the H1N1 [...]
First of all, don’t buy the media generated hysteria because all that adrenalin is just really bad for your immune system.
I’m totally not to going to write a full explanation of the Swine Flu virus because lord knows there’s plenty of that online already. Suffice to say the current fears result from a Swine Flu [...]
My sweet friend, fellow herbalist, sister wild woman and student, Ananda Wilson, just did a lovely post over on her blog that’s inspired me to do something similar. I don’t have any cool little tincture wraps like she does, but I definitely have a set of my top 7 backpack remedies (that’s 6 tinctures plus [...]
That’s 8 yr. old Rhiannon sitting on a rock ledge looking out at the budding Cottonwood trees, one of my favorite pain salve ingredients.
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Pain salves are used for a wide variety of purposes, but are most commonly applied to sore and often inflamed joints and muscles. This pain and inflammation can stem from many [...]
I’ve been fiddling around with ways of eating for a long time now, with occasional ventures into the extreme (vegetarian for seven years and nearly two years of raw foods, for example) and sometimes trying to finagle my way back to “normal” eating (that would be the kind that includes bread and cereal, a complete [...]
I’m happy to say that this case of cellulitis (see previous post) has been much easier to treat than the one earlier this year. Today, Loba’s walking around fairly easily, almost no redness in the foot and just a little swelling. We continue to do the soaks, poultices and internal tinctures, but I expect she’ll [...]
This may be the best time of year in the SW – the ground is moist, the garden is full, the weather cool and the green chiles roasting. Green Chiles are good in damn near anything, this morning for breakfast I had an apple, a wedge of extra sharp chedder chees and a pile of [...]
Susan Belsinger, herbal author and kind reader of the Medicine Woman’s Roots has graciously contributed a guest post to my blog for this month’s blogparty. This interesting and informative article even includes a good many recipes for using bitters in tasty recipes.
Bitters, Beverages with Moxie
Arthur O. Tucker
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Susan Belsinger
Many of our pre- and post-prandial tipples have [...]
One of the more annoying of the canyon bugs is a variety of assassin bug commonly called the cone-nosed kissing beetle. These little blood-sucking creatures are silent, and it doesn’t hurt when they bite you, at least not at first. Usually by the time you notice the bite, the bug has bitten you several times [...]
Here you’ll find indications and specifics for a small number of relaxing nervine herbs. I have not chosen the most popular remedies of commerce but rather the plants I have worked with most intimately and who I have used time and time again. I’m not attempting to give you a huge overview of all the [...]
Rose vinegar is supremely easy to make and has about a million uses. Here’s how you make it: get yourself a jar, fill it about halfway with dried Rose petal or leaves, or all the way up with fresh petals and/or leaves. Fill to top with a high quality apple cider vinegar. Let infuse for [...]
This month’s blogparty is all about staying cool this summer, and it’s hosted by Alchemille’s Garden.
I’ve always loved summer, I was born in early July in the deep South and have ever since thought of it as my own personal season. When I was very little I lived for a time on an island and [...]
For this month’s Spring Greens blogparty, hosted by Darcey Blue of Gaia’s Gifts.
Every year Loba and I gather pounds and pounds of fresh wild Grape leaves. From the time the first tender heart shaped leaves unfurl until the oldest, toughest leaves turn color and fall we spend a little while nearly every day gathering [...]
