san diego herb company

🌿Herbalism 101🌿Starts this TOMORROW (OCT 1) & will meet Tuesdays for 6 weeks from 7-9:30pm. Online or in-person, recordings available!

This is a FUN & informative 6 week course where you will learn about herbal remedies & herbal preparations.

If you’ve been wanting to learn more about medicinal herbs for healing yourself and loved ones, this is a great way to start! This is also where we recommend beginning your journey if you are interested in our Certification Program.

🌱reach out to Jane or John with any questions register online at selfhealschool.com (http://selfhealschool.com)
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🧄 Hello, I’m Garlic. 🧄
🧄 A lot of people hate the way I smell but I swear I'm here to help!
🧄 If you don’t like my strong flavor, you can dry me and put me into capsules, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: you can benefit from my sulfurous compounds only if you use me fresh, chopped fine or crushed.
🧄 But do you know that, more often than not, you actually destroy all of my legendary health benefits? That’s because you always throw me in the pan right after chopping!
🧄 I come bearing gifts! One of them is allicin. In order to activate this compound, you just have to crush, chew or slice my cloves. Just make sure you keep me away from the pan for 10 minutes, so the maximum allicin is created and stays intact during cooking. It’s THAT easy!
🧄 I’m sure you’ve also heard I ward off blood-suckers… but that’s only because Bram Stoker used me to keep mosquitoes away one night! Ticks hate me too!
🧄But I don’t want you to hate me! I can help you with your colds, sore throats, I relieve bloating and lower blood pressure as well! So keep me close!

Guidelines to an Honorable Harvest by Robin Wall Kimmerer from her book Braiding Sweetgrass

Know the way of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them.
Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life.
Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer.
Never take the first. Never take the last.
Take only what you need.
Take only that which is given.
Never take more than half. Leave some for others.
Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.
Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken.
Share.
Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the one who sustains you and the earth will last forever.

4-Tier Formula for Creating Effective Herbal Remedies Discover a 4-tier Formula for Creating Effective Herbal Remedies A Free Virtual Event With Renowned Herbalist, Speaker & Author Holly Bellebuono

Elder Counters the Flu

Elder berries, dried or fresh, have been shown to be more effective at preventing the flu than a flu shot and more effective at shortening the duration of a flu bout than the much-prescribed Tamiflu, which is losing effectiveness through resistance, something that can never happen with elder berry.

Dried Elder Berry Tincture
Fill any size jar no more than half full of dried elder berries. Fill jar to the top with 100 proof vodka. Cap, label, wait for six weeks, and use.

Dried Elder Berry Infusion
Put 1-2 ounces of dried berries in a quart jar and fill to the top with boiling water. Steep overnight. Drink it, a half cup at a time, or turn it into a decoction.

Dried Elder Berry Decoction
Pour a quart of infusion, berries and all, into a saucepan and gently simmer until the liquid is reduced by one-half or more. In other words, you want to wind up with 1-2 cups of decoction. The decoction may be taken by the teaspoonful. It keeps best if refrigerated. Or make a syrup with your decoction.

Dried Elder Berry Syrup
When you have reduced it as much as you wish, add sweetener. A classic syrup contains as much sweetener as herbal liquid. So you could add a cup of honey or maple syrup or white sugar to one cup of elder berry decoction. Syrups need to be refrigerated.

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