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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…

Fun with electuaries! (And three easy DIY recipes)

Posted on November 17, 2015 by The Holistic Homestead

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“Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down…” sings Mary Poppins. A spoonful of sugar is the best definition of an “electuary” – making those bitter, astringent, spicy, pungent herbs and spices more palatable with sugar! This is…

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…

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Fun with electuaries! (And three easy DIY recipes)

DIY Homemade Herbal Cough Syrup that WORKS