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Elderflower Preparations: Beyond Cordial

Elderflower cordial is one of Britain’s great summer traditions, and it is genuinely delicious. But most people who make the cordial do not realize that the same flower heads, processed differently, yield preparations that are medicinally significant and...

Making Herbal Syrups: A Complete Guide

Herbal syrups combine a concentrated herbal preparation (a decoction or infusion) with a sweetener (sugar, honey, or glycerine) to produce a stable, pleasant-tasting medicine that is one of the most practically useful preparations in the home apothecary. They are easy...

Making Fire Cider at Home

Fire cider is a preparation that has been made in American folk herbalism for decades, popularized by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, though the tradition of strong, warming vinegar-based immune preparations goes back much further in various folk traditions. It is made...

Herbs for Children: Safe Plants for Young Ones

Children’s herbal medicine is a distinct area of practice that requires more care than adult herbalism, not because plants are inherently more dangerous for children but because appropriate herb selection and dose adjustment for different developmental stages...

Echinacea: When to Use It and When Not To

Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea, E. angustifolia, or E. pallida) has been the best-selling herbal product in many Western markets for decades. It is also the subject of more contradictory clinical research than almost any other herb, with some studies showing...

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