Best Homemade Herbal Remedies

Best Herbal Remedy Recipes Roundup

9/14/2016

I really like to make my own products, whether it be skin care, cleaning products, soaps, whatever there is some serious gratification in self sufficiency. That being said I also really like to be in control over what I am putting either on or in my body when it comes to products and medicines. I prefer to "go au natural" with my remedies for the common illnesses and to do the same for my family.

That being said I have a few favorite recipes from older blog posts I have done as well as a round up from the web to share with you all today. It's time to get busy before winter is upon us, that way we are all stocked and ready for cold and flu season as well as that dry itchy skin that is a product of being indoors with a furnace running full blast or out doing farm chores in the bitter chill of winter.

Mullein Flower Oil Earache Relief

Comfrey Salve

EczemaBuster Salve

Homemade natural Sunburn Spray

Elderberry& Echinacea Syrup

Mallow Root Cold Infusion

Homemade Echinacea Tincture

Lemon Ginger Tea

Homemade Garlic Salve

Hyssop Oxymel Herbal Expectorant

Old Time Mustard Plaster

Natural Homemade Pedialyte

Fire Cider Recipe

Please let me know if you too have a great herbal remedy that you use and make at home, maybe even one your learned from your grandmother...I know mine has talked alot about the old mustard plasters she had to endure as a child.

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5 Comments

Katharine link

9/14/2016 09:27:11 am

Thanks for this! I love growing and making my own, too! Thanks so much!

incidentalfarmgirl link

9/16/2016 02:44:08 pm

Katharine, you are most welcome and thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and comment!

Carol

9/15/2016 09:59:38 pm

While the “Fire Cider” you have linked is ok, the REAL Fire Cider recipe from Rosemary Gladstar follows. It has quite a few more ingredients, and you can leave some out if you like, but doing it as listed makes the BEST and most POWERFUL anti-cold/flu/everything remedy!

Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh grated organic ginger root
1/2 cup fresh grated organic horseradish root
1 medium organic onion, chopped
10 cloves of organic garlic, crushed or chopped
2 organic jalapeno peppers, chopped
Zest and juice from 1 organic lemon
Several sprigs of fresh organic rosemary or 2 tbsp of dried rosemary leaves
1 tbsp organic turmeric powder (or fresh grated Turmeric, what I used)
Organic apple cider vinegar (Braggs is best)
Raw local honey to taste
**1T dried Echinacea root
**1 Cinnamon stick (Sweet or Ceylon)
**10 whole Cloves
(**I added these to mine)
Directions
Prepare all of your cold-fighting roots, fruits, and herbs and place them in a quart sized jar. If you’ve never grated fresh horseradish, be prepared for a powerful sinus opening experience! Use a piece of natural parchment paper or wax paper under the lid to keep the vinegar from touching the metal. Shake well! Store in a dark, cool place for one month (to 6 weeks) and remember to shake daily.
After one month, use cheesecloth to strain out the pulp, pouring the vinegar into a clean jar. Be sure to squeeze as much of the liquid goodness as you can from the pulp while straining. Next, comes the honey! Add 1/4 cup of honey and stir until incorporated. Taste your cider and add another 1/4 cup until you reach the desired sweetness.
Ingredient Variations
These herbs and spices would make a wonderful addition to your Fire Cider creations: Thyme, Cayenne, Rosehips, Ginseng, Orange, Grapefruit, Schizandra berries, Astragalus, Parsley, Burdock, Oregano, Peppercorns
Fire Cider is a traditional cold remedy with deep roots in folk medicine. The tasty combination of vinegar infused with powerful immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, decongestant, and spicy circulatory movers makes this recipe especially pleasant and easy to incorporate into your daily diet to help boost the immune system, stimulate digestion, and get you nice and warmed up on cold days.
Because this is a folk preparation, the ingredients can change from year to year depending on when you make it and what’s growing around you. The standard base ingredients are apple cider vinegar, garlic, onion, ginger, horseradish, and hot peppers, but there are plenty of other herbs that can be thrown in for added kick. This year I had lots of spicy jalapenos and vibrant rosemary in the garden, so I used those along with some organic turmeric powder in the cupboard and fresh lemon peel. Some people like to bury their fire cider jar in the ground for a month while it extracts and then dig it up during a great feast to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
Fire Cider can be taken straight by the spoonful, added to organic veggie juice (throw in some olives and pickles and think non-alcoholic, health boosting bloody mary!), splashed in fried rice, or drizzled on a salad with good olive oil. You can also save the strained pulp and mix it with shredded veggies like carrots, cabbage, broccoli, and fresh herbs to make delicious and aromatic stir-fries and spring rolls! I like to take 1 tbsp each morning to help warm me up and rev the immune system, or 3 tbsp at the first sign of a cold
DRINK UP! I take a shot glass of this every morning.

incidentalfarmgirl link

9/16/2016 02:41:45 pm

Wow Carol, that sounds great, thank you so much. Do you have a link to that original recipe? I can include it in the post if you do.

Heidi Villegas link

9/20/2016 09:47:53 pm

Great round up of remedies! I love Comfrey salve, myself. As far as the Fire Cider recipe goes---Rosemary Gladstar's recipe is definitely wonderful. However, there is a LOT of leeway in this amazing tonic. That's why so many herbalists make it, use it, and adapt it to their own needs.

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