Herbal Remedy List

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PMS:


1 teaspoon vervain
1 teaspoon lady’s mantle

Put the dried herbs listed above into a teapot or pitcher. Add 1 1/4 cups boiling water and steep for ten minutes. Drink one cup, daily, starting two weeks after menstruation begins.

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For Decreasing Night Sweats:

1 teaspoon honey
2 drops Sage essential oil

Dissolve the honey in 1 cup of hot water. Then add the sage drops. You can also make more than is necessary for drinking and add the remaining tea to your baths.

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For Decreasing Hot Flashes During Menopause:
1 teaspoon motherwort
1 teaspoon sage
Licorice


Put the motherwort and sage in a pitcher or teapot. Add 2 ½ cups boiling water. Allow to steep for about ten minutes. Sweeten with licorice. This can be taken throughout the day.

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For Tense Muscles:
Infused Oil of Lavendar, Marjoram, Rosemary or Cramp Bark

Fill a sealable container with one of the following:

Lavender
Marjoram
Rosemary
Cramp Bark

Then cover the herb with vegetable oil. Seal the bottle and allow it to sit in sunlight for about one month. Make sure you shake it every day!

***Before using on skin, dilute the essential oil by mixing two drops of the essential oil with four teaspoons of grapeseed or almond oil.

Concentrated essential oils can be added to the bath, directly.

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For Long-Term Anxiety:

Choose three herbs from this list:
Wild Oats
Vervain
St. John’s Wort
Skullcap
Wood Betony

Now, take one teaspoon of each of the three herbs chosen and put them in a pot, teapot, or pitcher.

Add 2 ½ cups boiling water and let it steep for ten minutes.

Strain the liquid and allow to cool.

This should be taken three times a day for at least two weeks.

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Tonic Tea:
After Illness

½ teaspoon of each of these:
Wild Oats
Vervain
St. John’s Wort
Borage
Licorice

Place the herbs into a pitcher, or teapot, and add 3 cups boiling water to the herbs. Allow to steep for about ten minutes, then strain. Drink this tea three times a day for three weeks following an illness.

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For “Winter Blues”
2 teaspoons dried St. John’s Wort
1 teaspoon dried rosemary

Place the herbs in a pitcher or teapot and add 1 cup of boiling water.

Steep for ten minutes, then strain and cool. This can be taken three times a day.

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For Depression:

St. John’s Wort
Wild Oats
Damiana

Mix equal parts of these herbs together and create a “blend.”

Add two teaspoons of the blend to a pot or picture and add 2 ½ cups of water.

Steep for ten minutes, then strain. Let cool.

This can be taken three times a day.

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For Hangovers:

1 teaspoon vervain

½ teaspoon lavender

Place herbs in pot or pitcher and add 2 ½ cups of boiling water.

Cover and steep for ten minutes.

Strain the liquid and let it cool.

Honey will sweeten this tea, if desired.

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To Help Deal With Stress:

1 teaspoon Wild Oats
1 teaspoon Licorice
1 teaspoon Borage
1 teaspoon of one of the following: skullcap, wood betony, or vervain

Put one teaspoon of each of the dried herbs listed above into a teapot, or pitcher. Add boiling water and let it steep for ten minutes. Strain the liquid and sweeten with the licorice. Drink one cup of this, three times a day.

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Kloss’ Wild Cherry Syrup:

(for cold, coughs, etc.)

2 ounces wild cherry bark
2 ounces cubeb berries
2 ounces mullein
2 ounces skunk cabbage
2 ounces lobelia herb
4 pounds brown sugar
Juice of four lemons

Place the first five ingredients in a large kettle.

Add four quarts of boiling water, and let simmer ten minutes.

Let the mixture stand until nearly cold, then strain through double cheesecloth.

Put in a large cooking pan, and add the brown sugar.

Boil this down to a medium thick syrup. (or thick enough so that the syrup won’t sour)

Add the lemon juice and let the syrup boil for about three more minutes.

Strain again, and then let cool.

When completely cool, it is ready for use, or for bottling.