Four Symptom Areas
· Cold and Flu
· Digestive Issues
· First Aid
· Stress
Three Sections of the Market
· Produce Department:
o Garlic
§ Powerful against infection
§ Inhibits viruses, bacteria, fungi, and even MRSA
§ For infection fighting, use raw
§ It is healthy for heart health
· Blood thinning
· Normalizes Cholesterol
· For heart health, garlic can be cooked
§ Garlic Oil:
· Mince up five cloves
· Put in small bowl
· Cover with olive oil
· Let sit for about an hour
· Make really small batches
o Uses for garlic oil
§ on feet for coughs (put a sock on) while you are sleeping.
§ Ear infections
§ Dip bread in it! Yum.
§ Use with pesto and hummus recipes.
o Onion
§ Has anti-microbial properties, similar to garlic.
§ Onion Cough Syrup:
· Chop onions, put in jar.
· Cover with sugar
· Turns into syrup
· Put in fridge
· Do in small batches, always.
o Children love to help make this, and watch it turn into syrup.
o Ginger
§ Promotes digestion
§ Nausea (Even motion sickness, making it great for car trips, ginger candy will work)
§ Bloating
§ Gas
§ For colds and flus
· A great time to use ginger while you have a cold is when you actually feel cold.
· Congestion
· Foggy head
· Sore throat
§ Antimicrobial
§ Pain relief
· Headaches
· Arthritis
· Muscle Soreness
§ Muscle Cramps
· Menstrual cramps
· Leg cramps
§ Ginger Lemon Honey Tea:
· Grate half inch of fresh ginger. Put in mug.
· Fill mug with boiling water. Cover for 15-20 minutes.
· A dash of lemon juice.
· Honey to taste (a tsp. or tbsp.)
o A good idea is to make a bunch and put it in a thermos, to drink it throughout the day.
§ Wrinkly ginger is a bad sign. It won’t be as potent, and it is older and not as fresh.
o Cabbage
§ Topical inflammations
· ie. Mastitis
o Just crush a little apply by slipping it inside the bra.
§ You will even find that soon after you apply the cabbage, if you take it out, it will be very hot! It just sucks up the heat really well. Throw it away and keep doing it – cabbage is very inexpensive.
· Can cover a large area, and you can put clothes over it. It is very cooling, especially right after you take it out of the refrigerator.
§ Sauerkraut! (All it is is cabbage and salt.) Plus… probiotics! – because it’s fermented. Free recipe on LearningHerbs.com
o Yoghurt
§ If your stomach is feeling off, just have some plain yoghurt.
o Potato
§ Potato for minor burns:
· Peel and grate.
· Carefully apply to affected area.
· Repeat as needed.
· Keep in place with sterile dressing.
o If you are ever unsure of applying anything and feel uncomfortable, for heaven’s sake, don’t rely on the home remedy, go see a doctor! It may be more serious than you know. But if it seems like something you can handle, by all means, go the home remedy route.
· You can also use honey for minor burns.
o Cranberry Juice
§ Unsweetened – make sure to check it is 100% unsweetened. You can probably only find it in health food stores.
§ Rich in Vitamin C and other anti-oxidants
§ Urinary Tract Infections
o Oats
§ Great for skin
§ Chicken pox
§ Rashes
§ Nourishing Oat Bath
§ Stress
§ Relaxing
· The Tea Aisle
o Peppermint Tea
§ Use it internally AND externally
§ Settles the stomach
§ Clears congestion (while sipping the tea, breathe in the steam)
§ Relieves pain internally
· Headaches
· Stomach pain
§ Relieves pain externally
· Neuropathy (i.e. People with diabetes)
· Rashes, insect bites (Itching and Inflammation)
o Soak a washcloth, and apply to area
o Chamomile Tea
§ Effective herb that is gentle enough for children
· Teething, colic, restlessness, and even whining
§ Pink eye (You can get great herbs bulk on iwantherbs.com)
· Make a strong chamomile tea, take a cotton ball and swab the eyes liberally with the tea. Throw the cotton balls away because they are very contagious.
§ Good for any eye issues.
· You can even just dunk the tea bag in hot/warm water and apply it to the eye.
§ Colds and flus
· Fever
· Sore throat
· Restlessness, makes more comfortable
§ Promotes digestion
· Bloating
· Nausea
· Intestinal spasms
· Heartburn
· Anti-inflammatory for chronic bowel issues
§ Relieves pain
· Muscle pain
· Menstrual cramps
§ ....And it tastes great!
§ When you are on the road, coffee shops like Starbucks always carry chamomile tea.
· At Starbucks:
o REFRESH is the peppermint tea
o CALM is the Chamomile tea
§ Get both! They make a great combination tea. Cover for ten/fifteen minutes, and enjoy.
§ Soothing nerves
§ Promotes sleep
§ Chamomile Popsicles:
· 3 c. chamomile tea
· 2 c. plain yogurt
· 1 tbs. Lemon juice
· Honey/sugar to taste
o Blend thoroughly
o Pour into molds, and insert popsicle stick
o Eat within two weeks, or they will begin to have freezer burn.
· The Spice Rack
o Salt
§ Gargle in warm water for sore throat
§ Replace electrolytes by adding a pinch of salt, a squirt of lemon juice, and a touch of honey to warm water.
· Natural Gatorade!
o Cinnamon
§ Promotes circulation
· Cold hands and feet
§ Eases digestive woes
§ Fevers where the person feels cold, but is perspiring.
§ Normalizes blood sugar
§ Relieves pain
· Toothaches
· Menstrual cramps
· Arthritis
§ Affinity for teeth
· Take cinnamon powder and put it on your toothbrush, and brush. It will make your teeth feel so clean, and supposedly it is a whitener, that might be, but it definitely feels great!
§ Cinnamon tea
§ Cinnamon Milk:
· 1 c. milk
· Bring to almost a boil
· 1 cinnamon stick (or 1 tsp. of powder)
· Cover with plate
· Let sit 10 minutes
· Honey to taste
o Keeps warm
o Drink for trouble with sleeping
o Even helps with diarrhea
o Clove Oil
§ For Toothache Relief
· Perhaps mix it with another oil to dilute it for teething babies
§ Antiseptic and other qualities
o Thyme
§ Antimicrobial
· Antimicrobials help preserve food.
§ Coughs
§ Sore throats
§ Congestion
§ Promotes digestion
· Which is something that you see with many kitchen herbs
§ Thyme Tea
§ Use for cleaning (Thyme for Cleaning)
· 1 Quart of White Vinegar
· 1 C. Thyme leaf
· Essential oils like lavender and Sage
o Infuse the thyme in the vinegar for 24 hours
o Strain
o Add 20 Drops of essential oil
§ Put in Spray bottle
· Fabulous for cleaning grease, windows, all-purpose cleaner.
o Sage
§ Antimicrobial
§ Great for mouth sores
§ Sore throat
§ Digestion
§ Sage Honey
· Mince fresh sage leaves
· Place in jar
· Cover with honey
· Ready in a couple of hours, or when the honey appears to be more syrpy.
o For sore throat, reduces inflammation and swelling
o Oregano
§ Promotes digestion
§ Anti-microbial
· Coughs
· Sore throat
§ For fevers
§ Strengthens immune system
§ Effective against fungal infection
§ Oregano Infusion
· Fill a quart jar with 1/3 oregano leaves
· Pour boiling water into the jar and cover with a lid (never metal)
· Let sit for four-eight hours, then strain
o Use for an external wash for fungal infections. Very effective.
§ Fact: Oregano, Sage, and Thyme are related, They are all in the mint family.
o Turmeric
§ Hugely used in India as their digestive herb
§ Strong anti-inflammatory
§ Relieves pain
§ Heals wounds (Small)
· When taken internally, it thins the blood, but when taken externally, it stops the blood.
§ Inflammation and digestion
· Add liberally to food. It tastes great and goes well with many types of foods.
o Food is your medicine, so cooking with these herbs and spices are very beneficial. We live in a culture that has many inflamed conditions, so this is great to do!
o For digestion:
§ Fennel seeds
§ Dill seeds
· Just chew
o At Indian restaurants, you will often find fennel seeds in a bowl or something as you walk out of the restaurant.
§ When you buy sushi, there are little bits of ginger and wasabi there. Those are also plants.
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