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Please consult a qualified health care professional for medical advice. Alcohol is a great solvent to extract a wide range of healing properties from the plants, creating a concentrated solution whose effects can often be felt on the same day. Stronger effects can usually be felt in about 1–4 weeks. There are also so many health benefits to drinking tea that can’t be denied. Turn the heat up, add the sorrel leaves and a healthy pinch of salt to the pot with the onions and stir well.

Add the basil, chili powder, and lemon zest last, folding them in only once or twice to distribute evenly. Another great way to get the flavor of scented geraniums into your tea is to make geranium sugar. This time I want to discuss making tea with Scented geraniums. So many folks think they are only for show, but I find they are great to make edibles with. Sign up to our newsletter for herb related news, offers and upcoming events.

Incorporating more whole plants into your diet can have an anti-inflammatory effect. Fruits and vegetables can help the body fight off oxidative stress. Herbal extracts/tinctures are a combination of plant material and alcohol or glycerin. Tinctures can be made from fresh or dried plant material that is steeped for a period of 6 weeks in the menstruum of choice, traditionally alcohol. Your body temperature and overall energy can give an herbalist insight into your overall constitution.

The delicious blog of Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef. Her blog features loads of glorious herbal and wild foods recipes. Elaine Sheff’s blog—the clinical herbalist and co-director at Green Path Herb School—featuring lots of herbal articles and herbal and body care recipes. The benefit of working with an Kräuter-Blog herbalist is that you get a unique individualized protocol; some may include tinctures, teas/infusions, flower essences, dietary suggestions, and even energy healing. Fresh leaves have more flavor than dried ones, so this time of year when I am cutting the Geraniums back before bringing them indoors for winter is a great time to make tea blends with them.

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