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DIY Winter Tonic Tea

Posted on January 18, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

Winter time calls for warming herbs that help us circulate, clear out and renew. Stuck indoors with stuffy, dry air and depressed immunity leads to lingering coughs and colds that take weeks to clear up. That is why I created…

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Conversations with a mullein plant

Posted on July 5, 2015 by The Holistic Homestead

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Overlooked, undervalued and even criminalized – is that any way to treat such a soft, unassuming and generous plant? Mullein grows everywhere along the Peak to Peak: along highways, railroads and in everybody’s back yard. Mullein is officially classified as…

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DIY Homemade Herbal Cough Syrup that WORKS

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Holistic Homestead

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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…

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