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)!…
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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
Homemade herbal syrups are not as easy as they look – even for the trained herbalist! Sugar-based concoctions are more the purview of candy-makers who understand the delicate alchemy of sugar, which irreversibly changes it’s chemistry with every advance in…
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Category: Here's to your Health!
Tags: herbal syrups, homemade cough syrup, homemade herbal cough syrup, horehound, licorice root, lobelia, mint, mullein, natural cold and flu remedies, simple herbal cough syrup, wild cherry bark
I am so happy to announce that we are officially back in production of Dr. B’s cough syrup! This year’s recipe is much improved after much trial and error, and time to perfect the art of making herbal syrups. I…
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Lobelia Also known as Lobelia Inflata, Lobelia Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), Lobelia Laxiflora (pictured, image from Wikipedia), Indian Tobacco, Puke weed and Asthma root, this is a powerful herb. The AMA has officially condemned it and lobbied the FDA to ban…
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I have finally moved all my books, herbs, tinctures and homeopathic remedies out of storage and into our snow-covered cabin here in Colorado. My favorite piece of furniture is my apothecary (apothecary means medicinal inventory) which has 24 drawers filled…
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