When I got sick last week with body aches and sudden fatigue, I was glad to have elderberry tincture on hand. Multiple studies show that elderberry is extremely effective at curing the flu. In one study published in the Journal of International Medical Research, 90% of Norwegian influenza patients who took elderberry extract were back [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tincture’
Elderberry: How To Cure the Flu
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged elderberry, flu, sambucus, Tincture on January 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Wild Carrot: As Creative Companion
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Daucus carota, plant spirit medicine, Tincture, Wild carrot on August 27, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Wild carrot, Daucus carota, is growing in direct sunlight all over the roadsides of Portland right now. I gathered a bunch of blossoms yesterday and tore them up and put them in a glass jar, filled it halfway with water and topped the rest with Everclear (190 proof vodka) to make a folk tincture. It’ll [...]
Red Clover: The Detox Weed
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged liver qi, Red Clover, Tincture, traditional chinese medicine, trifolium on June 2, 2010 | 19 Comments »
I bet you’ve seen red clover, Trifolium pratense, around wherever you live. It has those big round pinky-purple flowers with three-lobed leaves with white chevron markings on the foliage. Lots of people eat the sweet blossoms as kids, but did you know it’s used by herbalists as a blood purifier because it helps support the [...]
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