What on earth are herbal extracts? There are certain health promoting compounds that can be found in the plants around us, whether they be wild or cultivated. Herbal extraction is the process of drawing out the therapeutic components of a chosen herb or plant. In many cases, the beneficial compounds we want are tucked away [...]
Unlocking Herbal Efficacy - How to Keep Your Remedies Potent Don't Make the Big Oops! In our modern world of true natural healing, medicinal herbs are like little miracles, packed with healing compounds. But guess what? To truly tap into their full potency, you’ve got to handle them with lots of TLC from the seed [...]
Preserving food, meats, and veggies can go to the exotic as well. There is a root, that Native Indians of South America used to make a black juice that could keep food for longer. It's called Cassareep, it has been found to preserve meat in particular for long periods of time. Some even say INDEFINETLY. [...]
How To Make A Compress Understanding the Benefits of Cold Therapy for Acute Injuries Cold therapy emerges as a pivotal tool in the arsenal of injury management, especially for acute injuries stemming from sudden trauma impacting bones, tissues, ligaments, or muscles. These injuries manifest with telltale signs: pain, tenderness, redness, warmth, and swelling in the [...]
How To Make A Poultice A poultice was traditionally made by placing fresh plants or natural substances directly on the affected area. As always you have to match the appropriate plant or substance to the particular condition. Disclaimer: Please remember that these are general remedies. For acute or serious chronic cases, you may need to [...]
How To Make A Compress Dry warm compresses include rubber-made hot water bottles, heating pads, salt bags, rice bags, and other such hot packs that transfer dry heat to the affected site. Instead of a towel, gather some uncooked rice and a clean, long sock. You can use salt if you don’t have any rice [...]
How To Make A Poultice A poultice was traditionally made by placing fresh plants or natural substances directly on the affected area. As always you have to match the appropriate plant or substance to the particular condition. Disclaimer: Please remember that these are general remedies. For acute or serious chronic cases, you may need to [...]
How To Make A Compress A moist warm compress, such as a clean washcloth, kitchen towel, or gauze, uses damp heat. The warmth travels deeper into the tissues than dry heat at the same temperature. This form of heat therapy may be a bit messy, but it offers the dual advantage of deeper heat penetration [...]
How To Make A Poultice A poultice was traditionally made by placing fresh plants or natural substances directly on the affected area. As always you have to match the appropriate plant or substance to the particular condition. Disclaimer: Please remember that these are general remedies. For acute or serious chronic cases, you may need to [...]
What on earth are herbal extracts? There are certain health promoting compounds that can be found in the plants around us, whether they be wild or cultivated. Herbal extraction is the process of drawing out the therapeutic components of a chosen herb or plant. In many cases, the beneficial compounds we want are tucked away [...]
