Aronia berry oxymel is an easy-to-make herbal recipe with tons of benefits. Mellowing out aronia’s tart taste, this oxymel recipe is a perfect blend of raw honey and vinegar, making it a healthful remedy! All About Aronia Berries Also called chokeberries, aronia berries are a superfood with high antioxidant and antiviral properties. Aronia berries are…
Herbalism
Using herbs, flowers, and plants for medicine is something I feel very strongly about, as I believe that the plant world has given us almost everything we need to stay healthy! I’m passionate about teaching others how to make their own herbal remedies and skin care products with homegrown and foraged herbs and flowers.
Learn how to make herbal salves, creams, lotion bars, soap, tinctures, and teas.
Homemade Deodorant with Lavender and Sage
This homemade deodorant stick is a simple recipe that actually works! Using DIY deodorant is a great way to support your health, reduce waste and chemicals, and smell good! When I first began delving into making herbal bath and beauty products myself many years ago, it all started with homemade herbal deodorant. It’s the perfect…
Stinging Nettle-Ade (Nettle Iced Tea)
Use stinging nettle tea to make this delicious and health-beneficial nettle-infused lemonade. It’s a refreshing, sugar-free lemonade recipe that’s easy to make and is the perfect spring drink! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal weeds that surround us and how to use them, check out my eBook: Wildcrafting…
Thyme Cough Syrup with Honey and Lemon
Thyme cough syrup made with honey and lemon is a useful homemade cough remedy to have on hand for cold and flu season. This herbal cough syrup works wonders for a dry cough and works well as an expectorant for chesty coughs. How to Use Thyme for Coughs I love the fragrant scent and earthy,…
Pine Salve With Infused Pine Oil
Pine salve is a perfect winter herbal remedy for dry skin and has an amazing winter pine smell. Made with infused pine oil, this is an easy-to-make herbal salve that will moisturize and heal winter skin ailments while offering aromatherapy benefits, too! Foraging Pine Needles Pine needles are readily available in most areas for winter…
Pine Needle Tea with Pine, Spruce or Fir
Making pine needle tea is one of the best – and easiest – ways to use foraged pine needles. This is a wonderful and simple way to use pine or other conifer needles like spruce or fir medicinally. Ease your mind and heal your body with this delicious conifer tea! What is Pine Needle Tea?…
Pine Lotion Bars for Winter
These pine lotion bars are perfect for moisturizing dry winter skin, and they make wonderful gifts. With cute shapes and lasting skin soothing nourishment, these lotion bars smell like a walk through the forest. Make some for friends and loved ones, and keep some for yourself! Herbal Infusion Lotion Bars To make an herbal infusion…
Rose Hip Tea with Fresh or Dried Rose Hips
Rose hip tea is very easy to make with either fresh or dried rose hips. It has a lovely fruity and slightly tart taste and has immune-boosting properties. Warm up this season with this simple rose hip recipe! Rose Hip Tea Benefits Rose hips are the fruit of roses, and they appear beneath the flower…
How to Make a Yarrow Plant Salve
The yarrow plant grows commonly and is edible and medicinal. Yarrow’s benefits range from stopping blood flow from cuts to being good for dry skin. Make an herbal salve to easily access yarrow’s medicinal uses! About Yarrow Plant Yarrow grows almost everywhere and is a perennial plant in the Asteraceae family. It grows year-round in…
Plantain Salve for Itchy Bug Bites and Rashes
Plantain salve is an easy-to-make herbal remedy that works wonders to soothe a variety of skin ailments, particularly itchy skin. Plantain herb is easy to find, forage, and use in this simple and accessible salve recipe! About Plantain While often seen as a common weed, the plantain plant is actually an amazingly useful herb that…
