asthma, Colds & Flu, Healing Herbs, Pain
Coffee is America’s most popular herbal beverage. Coffee is known to combat drowsiness, temporarily boost athletic performance, ease congestion due to colds and flu, prevent asthma attacks and enhance the pain-relieving effects of aspirin. Of course, it can also...
Colds & Flu, Diarrhea, GI, Healing Herbs, Skin cuts, Wounds
Yarrow: Distinctive in both appearance and aroma. Yarrow has been used to treat wounds throughout history. In the 1950’s an alkoloid from the plant was found to have some ability to make blood clot faster. Fever, common cold, hay fever, lack of menstruation,...
Burns, Colds & Flu, Digestive distress, Healing Herbs
Slippery Elm: (Ulmus rubra) Slippery elm is often used in the treatment of inflamed digestive conditions such as colitis, diarrhea, duodenal ulcers, enteritis and gastritis. Inflammatory bowel issues, such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBS...
Colds & Flu, Digestive distress, Osteroarthritis, Rheumatism
Meadowsweet – Botanical name: Filipendula ulmaria. Meadowsweet was used historically by herbalists for a wide variety of conditions, including treating rheumatic complaints of the joints and muscles. Nicholas Culpeper, a 17th-century English pharmacist,...
Colds & Flu, Flower Remedies, Healing Herbs
Elderberry (S. canadensis): Elderberry flower tea is used to “break” a fever by bringing on sweating. It is used especially for situations in which the feverish person feels chilled, and the tea is drunk as hot as possible. A cooled infusion has...
