herbal medicine

Herbal Recipe – Sore Back Salve

It’s been a busy winter as far as shoveling goes, and one day recently, mid-blizzard, I decided I was in need of a back pain relieving herbal recipe. A “Sore Back Salve” is what I ended up doing and it’s all here (the shoveling and the salve making) in the video below. In case you’d like recipe in written form, you can find that right here. Continue reading Herbal Recipe – Sore Back Salve

Foraging Milk Thistle Nuts (& seeds)

I did some experimenting with wild Milk Thistle this afternoon. I managed to figure out one way to harvest and separate the delicious nuts and seeds from the thistle flowers. It’s not an easy task, I will admit. But here’s one method of doing it without impaling yourself many times over. Continue reading Foraging Milk Thistle Nuts (& seeds)

Feverfew – Tanacetum Parthenium

Please check this video:

I made this video a few falls back with my friend Rebecca from Wild Foraging about the feverfew growing in my yard. This powerful, alkalizing herb can help with pain-related diseases, including migraines and arthritis.