…most extensive DIY online herbal course out there, which includes foraging, botany, cultivation, medicine making and therapeutics— our Online Herbal Immersion Program. May your gardens flourish, and provide abundance, beauty and healing in your lives! ~ Juliet Blankespoor Herbal Index (Includes common name, scientific name, and plant family) Alder, Alnus spp., Betulaceae Alfalfa, Medicago sativa, Fabaceae Angelica, Angelica…
…professional plant-human matchmaker and bonafide plant geek, with a degree in botany and over 30 years of experience teaching and writing about herbalism, medicine making, and organic herb cultivation. Juliet’s lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels…
…Herbal Medicine. Her focus with the school is to increase efforts, internally and externally, that co-create policies, cultures, and programs of equity and social justice for the school, staff, students, and communities served. She loves building power in the South, playing with her puppy, Willow, and making herbal tea blends and treats for Aflorar Herb Collective. Interested in becoming a…
…an immune tonic and an immunomodulator. By and large, most practitioners use herbal immune tonics just the same as herbal immunomodulators. Immune tonics simply don’t have the scientific “stamp of approval” to be classified as immunomodulators, but they very well may have the same degree of regulating, or balancing, effects on the immune system. Calendula flowers (Calendula officinalis) Herbal Antimicrobials…
…can trap moisture, potentially worsening infections by creating an environment where microbes thrive. If you want to learn more about preparing potent and effective herbal medicines, check out our Online Herbal Medicine Making Course. It’s typically helpful to combine herbal antimicrobials with herbal immunostimulants, which are used on a short-term basis to boost immunity during the initial stages of an…
…nettle, violet, dandelion, chickweed, and mint. Follow the guidelines in our article on Herbal Infusions and Decoctions for making medicinal-strength teas. 4) Infuse Herbal Vinegars. Vinegar is a classic solvent for extracting minerals from herbs, and is a traditional preparation for capturing the vitality and nutritional blessings of spring greens. Herbal vinegars can be taken by the spoonful with meals,…
…Contributors MEGHAN GEMMA is one of Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine’s primary instructors through her written lessons, sharing herbal and wild foods wisdom from the flowery heart of the school to an ever-wider field of herbalists, gardeners, healers, and plant lovers. She began her journey with the Chestnut School in 2010—as an intern and manager at the Chestnut Herb Nursery…
… Dice the nopales into ½ inch cubes, bring three cups of water to a boil, boil the diced pads for two minutes, strain and put aside to cool. Pit the cherries. Dice the tomatoes, onions, cherries, and cilantro. Place in the serving bowl. Add the salt, chipotle powder, and the juice of one and half lemons. Slice the remaining…
…often of poor quality. Red Clover’s Medicinal Uses Parts used: Flowering parts; upper leaves and blossoms Preparations: Infusion, food, vinegar, poultice, oil Herbal Actions: Alterative Lymphagogue Phytoestrogen Nutritive tonic Red clover is a traditional liver and blood tonic, and an esteemed reproductive herb. I use it in two primary ways: as a cleansing, alterative remedy and as a phytoestrogen…
…taking pharmaceutical blood thinners (the evidence for meadowsweet’s effect on coagulation is inconclusive). Marshmallow has no known adverse effects. Licorice is contraindicated in pregnancy, water retention (edema), heart conditions, and high blood pressure. If licorice is not advisable, omit the licorice from the tea blend, and use a DGL licorice (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) preparation instead. Use the same proportions for the…
