Susun Weeds Wise Woman Forum

Cool! Thank you - I have downloaded the PDF and will look around the website it comes from.

What a fascinating idea, FifiAralia! Do you strain out the ashes after the usual amount of time infusing, or leave them in?

Welcome Fifi! I just googled the Columbine School and I so wish there were something like that in the Northeast. In another life....

Welcome jen!

I suppose that might depend on the herb, but I think you're probably right - too much has been pulled out. One thing does occur to me though. I freeze carrot peelings, kale stems, and suchlike, and simmer them when I want a vegetable stock. It couldn't hurt to add leftovers from an infusion, as long...

No.... I need to try the Mt. Rose one and I am copying it as we speak. I too would probably leave out the stevia and add honey if I felt the need for sweetness. My post-menopausal problem isn't so much lubrication (well, it was, but I have that figured out) as desire and reponse. So I'll be interest...

I found this link: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/NationalMSSociety/media/MSNationalFiles/Brochures/Brochure-Vitamins,-Minerals,-and-Herbs-in-MS_-An-Introduction.pdf It's a mainstream publication and cautious about the use of herbs but does seem pretty balanced, and I like their advice to stay awa...

For long-term health of the immune system I think of Astragalus and Holy Basil, both adaptogens. I think of Echinacea more in connection with an acute situation, like the onset of a cold or UTI.

First, do you think they are still good? Sniff them and if they don't have much of a smell, I'd throw them out. What I've done with Witch Hazel is make a liniment for bug bites. The first way I was taught to do it was tincture it in rubbing alcohol. Then I decided I wasn't so crazy about rubbing alc...