My Home Medicine Cabinet – What I Use to Remedy Ailments. I’ve spent a lot of years building my knowledge of natural remedies – and I’m still learning, but I am so glad I made the effort to acquire a basic understanding of how to apply natural substances to the goal of helping people in my family to feel well again when they are not feeling good. It is a good idea to replace items every so often to make certain the contents have not spoiled or gone rancid (such as olive oil or sesame oil), or lost their potency. But for the most part, many of these items stay in my cupboard for months or years, and I don’t have to replace them very often.
Here are my “medicine cabinet” staples: Activated charcoal – a natural detoxifier and remover of waste, charcoal is a substance that is used to carry out undesirable substances from the digestive tract. Make certain you find a variety that does not use petroleum as a base for the charcoal preparation and is considered “food grade” and comes from a source such as coconut or bamboo. Update! Basil for bug bites. Arnica Oil. Herbal Healing Clay {Cuts, Scrapes, and Pimples} [T]he benefits of clay have been understated for decades. However, use of medicinal clay goes all the way back to prehistoric, ancient times. Green clay in particular is extremely rich in minerals and it is a superb healing agent. Due to it’s absorbent properties, green clay has the ability to clean and detoxify the skin. As a soothing, healing paste for cuts, scrapes, sprains, insect bites, minor burns, and pimples, green clay mixed with powdered herbs can be made into a poultice and applied directly to the affected area.
Herbal Healing Clay Gather the Ingredients -1/2 cup green clay -1/8 cup organic goldenseal root powder, or Oregon grape root powder -1/8 cup aloe vera powder -1/8 cup comfrey root powder Method 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Notes -If using healing clay to treat pimples mix 1 teaspoon of powder mixture, 12 drops of tea tree oil, and 12 drops of grapefruit seed extract in the palm of your hand.
-This is an excellent remedy! Building Your Medicine Chest: Herbal Miracle Salve Recipe ~ And a Giveaway for You. Earlier this week I shared with you a few of my favorite herbs for the Spring. Today I want to give you a recipe so we can all put those herbs into action…and build our herbal medicine chests for the coming season!
This Herbal Miracle Salve is a must have for my house Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. It’s packed full of antimicrobial, antiviral, antibiotic, and anti-fungal goodness and I created it out of my desire to treat a broad-spectrum of skin ailments. Based on the properties of the oils and herbs used in this balm, it has the power to heal: -eczema -psoriasis -topical thrush -inflammation -itching -slow-healing wounds -cuts, scraps, and bruises -bug bites and stings -burns -rashes Now if that doesn’t sound like a Spring and Summer must-have, I don’t know what is Properties of the Herbs Making this salve requires the infusion of a few herbs into good-quality olive oil.
Herbal Miracle Salve: The Recipe Ingredients Method 1. 2. Cold Infusion. 3. 4. 5. Notes The Giveaway 503total entries. Herbal Poultices for burns. Cayenne to stop bleeding. Analgesic Blend. Nosebleeds.