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Homemade Cold Syrup Recipe
Category: Herbalism
Try making this homemade cold syrup recipe when you feel the beginnings of a cold coming on. The herbs in this syrup are full of anti-oxidants and vitamin c which are helpful nutrients for healing. Echinacea works best when you take it at the first signs of illness and it's an important part of the herbal support in this recipe.
The process of making this syrup is the same as other herbal syrups, like our Elderberry Syrup recipe. The first part of the process is to make an infusion or an herbal decoction with the herbs. This is essentially a very strong tea. When making herbal preparations with berries or roots it's beneficial to make a decoction because of the nature of those plant parts. Once you have your infusion or decoction, you will add honey to that to make your syrup.
Herbal Cold Syrup
- 2 cups filtered water
- 1/4 cup elderberries
- 1/8 cup dried echinacea
- 1/8 cup dried rose hips
- 1/2 cup raw honey
Pour the water and herbs into a sauce pan and bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and let steep for 30 minutes to create an herbal infusion. Pour the herbal infused water into a mason jar. Let the water cool in the jar. Once it has cooled add the honey into the jar and shake until blended. Take small doses of this homemade cold syrup recipe every 1-2 hours while you are sick.
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Homemade Healthy Electrolyte Drink
Category: Self Care
Make a Homemade healthy electrolyte drink as a wonderful replacement for unhealthy store bought drinks like gatorade or powerade. Store bought drinks are typically full of high amounts of sugar, artificial sweeteners, dyes, and other unnatural ingredients. Pedialyte is another drink recommended by pediatricians but it's full of artificial ingredients so I do not consider it a healthy option.
This recipe makes a nourishing drink that you can easily mix together. Our homemade healthy electrolyte drink is great for after sports or a workout but equally helpful when you are dealing with any illness. Staying hydrated is important when you are fighting a cold, flu, or virus.
Electrolyte Drink Recipe
Ingredients:
Makes a half gallon
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
- 1/4 cup organic juice – tart cherry, orange, ginger, grape, etc.
- 1 tsp. sea salt – use high quality like real salt, Celtic salt, or Himalayan salt
- Filtered water
- Optional: add 2 tsp. acerola cherry powder for added vitamin C
Pour all ingredients into a half gallon mason jar and fill with filtered water to the top. Mix well and drink throughout the day.
Make a larger batch in a pitcher or pour into individual bottles to drink throughout the week or to take with you to the gym or sports.
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Wild Rose Tincture Benefits
Category: Herbalism
If you have wild roses in your yard or nearby you might consider making a wild rose tincture. Roses have a long history of apothecary use. Many different cultures have discovered its usefulness for similar ailments. The discovery of vitamin C in the early 1900's has validated the reason roses have medicinal use. Preparations of the wild rose plant – petals, hips, roots, and bark – have been made historically by Native Americans and also in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Foraged Wild Rose Petals Rose Benefits
Rose acts as a mild nervine, calming anxiety and jitters, and can ease insomnia and migraines. Many people find it an uplifting and gentle anti-depressant. It’s also anti-spasmodic so it is a useful treatment for stomach or menstrual cramps. Rose uplifts the spirit is a support for the heart, promoting circulation and purifying the blood. It nourishes women's health and rebalances hormone production.
Roses also have many uses in skin care and add a wonderful scent to these products. Other types of roses, like rosa rugosa, have a stronger smell and those are used in skin care products (as well as tinctures). You can also make rosewater with this recipe.
How to Make Rose Tincture
Rose tincture is a powerful way to extract the healing properties of the rose. It can be made with alcohol or with glycerin but rose glycerin is quite delicious and a really pleasant experience. Make this wonderfully fragrant tincture with glycerine
Rose Tincture or Glycerite
Ingredients
- 200 g dried or 300g fresh rose petals
- 1 quart solvent – alcohol 100 proof vodka is ideal glycerin (3 part glycerin 1 part distilled water), or vinegar
Instructions
- Place rose petals in a large, clean glass jar and pour on the solvent ensuring that the herb is covered.
- Close and label your jar with the name of the herb, solvent, and the date.
- Shake the jar for 1-2 minutes.
- Store in a cool dark place for at least 10-14 days (or longer), shaking the jar every 1-2 days.
- After 14 days you are ready to strain out the herbs. Pour the jar through a mesh strainer or cheesecloth. (There are some new fancy tools for this I have found like this herb press that helps make it less messy and extracts every last drop).
- Squeeze out the herb to get all remaining liquid.
- Discard or compost your herbs.
- Pour your finished tincture into a clean dark class bottle using a funnel.
- Close and label your jar with the name and date of your tincture.
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