I woke up a few days ago with a fever, swollen neck glands and bright red tonsils the size of strawberries! Eek! Needless to say, swallowing hurt. Being stubborn, I did nothing about it besides sleep a lot. But then it got worse, so I decided to try using some of the herbs I had [...]
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How To: Heal tonsilitis with weeds!
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged cleavers, infusion, lemon balm, lomatium, mullein, oregon grape root, rosemary, Tincture on May 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Making A Tincture: Oregon Grape Root
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged oregon grape root, Tincture, Wildcrafting on January 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Portland herbalist Penny Scout (aka Emily Porter) holds a root cut from the top of the plant. She says the yellow color of the inner bark indicates medicinal qualities. 100-proof grain alcohol goes halfway up; the rest gets filled with tapwater. In about 6 weeks, it’ll be ready to strain into smaller glass bottles and [...]
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