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Wild Rose Flower Essence

Posted on September 23, 2023 by The Holistic Homestead

While I have been wildcrafting the wild plants for food and medicine since childhood, I have never worked with the extremely subtle art of flower essences. Flower petals are so delicate the beauty and fragrance is easily lost in a tea, and doesn’t transfer easily to the harsh treatment of alcohol. How to harness and preserve the beauty and healing power of rosa acicularis?

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DIY natural mouth rinse

Posted on March 27, 2022 by The Holistic Homestead

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Ditch the store-bought mouthwash for a safer, cleaner, and more environmental alternative! Try this easy DIY herbal mouthwash recipe today!

Category: Apothecary Tags: diy, Headlines, Holistic Health, home remedies, listerine, mouth rinse, natural alternatives, natural dentistry, oral care, plastic waste, toxic chemicals

The case of the mystery tincture

Posted on October 9, 2019 by The Holistic Homestead

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Always label your herbs! But just in case you forget, here’s how to identify St. John’s Wort tincture and infused oil. When in doubt, throw it out!

Category: Apothecary, Headlines Tags: alpine botanicals, boulder colorado, energetics of western herbs, home apothecary, home remedies for bug bites, home remedies for depression, how to harvest hypericum, how to identify hypericum perforatum, hypericum perforatum, natural remedies for anxiety, natural remedies for burns, st. Joan's wort, St. John's wort

Meet St. Joan’s Wort

Posted on July 1, 2018 by The Holistic Homestead

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I am always ecstatic when I get to meet a new plant – an energetic signature that I’ve never felt growing in-between my hands before, new opportunities to crouch down and disappear in fields of golden hypericum blossoms and listen…

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Working hard to find the perfect recipe

Posted on June 19, 2018 by The Holistic Homestead

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Kate Miller and Katy Able (with Arwen Ek behind the camera) at our greenhouse elixir tasting party at Alpine Botanicals last night! Believe it or not, it took the three of us two hours to perfect six amazing recipes for…

Category: Apothecary, Headlines Tags: alpine botanicals, Colorado, fundraisers, herb inspired cocktails, herbal elixers, Holistic Homestead, how to use herbal bitters, mixed drink recipes, mocktails, nederland, summer solstice

How to make our best-selling Achy Joints Ointment!

Posted on June 10, 2018 by The Holistic Homestead

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I’ve had lots of folks lately asking for our Achy Joints Ointment, and by this time of the year, we are always sold out. Our infused oils and vinegars are always made with freshly, ethically, and beautifully wildcrafted herbs; and…

Category: Apothecary, Headlines Tags: achy joints remedies, arnica, diy health, gluten free, herbal medicine, herbal remedies, how to make an herbal infusion, how to use arnica, juniper, make an ointment, natural preservatives, nettle, rosemary essential oil, safflower oil

7 Natural Remedies for the Flu

Posted on January 8, 2018 by The Holistic Homestead

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Public health officials base their forecast on the Southern Hemisphere’s flu season from the previous summer – and they’re all saying THIS winter’s flu forecast is worse than usual. That’s also how they usually develop the current years’ vaccine –…

Category: Apothecary, Dr. Mom, Headlines Tags: adaptogenic herbs, Dr. Gregory Pais, flu season 2017, flu season 2018, health benefits of garlic, herbal remedies, Naturopathy, nutritional healing, vitamin c, vitamin D, zinc

Watch this 2 minute video, learn how to make homemade cough syrup!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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Favorite thing about the Holistic Homestead #67: We are more interested in EMPOWERING YOU to take charge of your health with simple, DIY, all natural remedies – than in making money from our products (we are a nonprofit, after all)!…

Category: Apothecary, Dr. Mom, Headlines Tags: candied lemon, diy health, dr. b's cough syrup, health and wellness, herbal cough syrup, homemade cough syrup, homesteading skills, horehound, licorice root, lobelia, make your own cough syrup, natural health, the holistic homestead, wild cherry bark

How to make All-Natural Heal-All salve

Posted on November 20, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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What’s in my All-Heal salve? Coconut Oil Calendula or Comfrey (fresh or dried) Oatmeal What’s it good for? Rashes Bug Bites and Stings Eczema Psoriasis Burns How does it work? Let’s start with Coconut Oil. Dr. Axe lauds the wound…

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Ancient Traditions: Garbling on Samhain

Posted on October 30, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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“Garbling” is herbal-parlance for working with herbs, which according to the ancient healers, was a sacred task. Once the raw herbal material has been harvested and dried, or infused into oil, honey, or alcohol, garbling is the next stage of…

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