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The Practical Herbalist General Procedures is a collection of how-to articles on topics ranging from easy to advanced herbal and homesteading techniques. These are basic techniques you can use and adapt to suit your needs.

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Making a Salve: A General Procedure

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Making a Salve: A General Procedure A Salve is a combination of soft oils and a hardener, such as beeswax or petroleum jelly. The beeswax or hardener makes the oils more workable and less sloppy to apply. Most recipes for salves ask for 1 part...

Making an Herbal Syrup: A General Procedure

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Making an Herbal Syrup: A General Procedure An herbal syrup is a combination of honey and herbal decoctions, herbal infusions, and herbal tinctures. During cold and flu season, I often make one or more batches of cough syrup for my family using...

Making an Herbal Infusion: A General Procedure

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Making an Herbal Infusion: A General Procedure An herbal infusion or herbal tea infusion is really just an herbal tea. By soaking dried herbs in hot water, you extract the herb's properties, scent, flavor, and color into the water. Thus, the...

Making a Tincture: A General Procedure

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Making a Tincture: A General Procedure An herbal tincture is an alcohol-based liquid into which the properties of one or more herb have been infused. Tinctures are one of the most popular herbal preparations used by the clinical herbalists in our...

Making an Herbal Vinegar: A General Procedure

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Making an Herbal Vinegar: A General Procedure An herbal vinegar is a vinegar that has been infused with one or more herbs. In my home, vinegars infused with berries, barks, and pretty much any other form of edible plants count as Herbal...

Making a Cold-Infused Herbal Oil: A General Procedure

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Making a Cold-Infused Herbal Oil: A General Procedure An infused oil is an oil that has been infused with the properties of one or more herbs. Infused oils make great massage oils and are often used as the basis for healing salves. Some herbal...

Making a Heat-infused Herbal Oil: A General Procedure

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Making a Heat-infused Herbal Oil: A General Procedure An infused oil is an oil that has been infused with the properties of one or more herbs. Infused oils make great massage oils and are often used as the basis for healing salves. Some herbal...

Herbal Eye Compress: A General Procedure

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Herbal Eye Compress: A General Procedure Herbs make wonderful allies for treating tired, sore, red, or infected eyes. You can use an eye soak or an eye compress to deliver herbal healing to your eyes. One minor caution to keep in mind when doing...

Herbal Eye Soak: A General Procedure

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Herbal Eye Soak: A General Procedure Herbs make wonderful allies for treating tired, sore, red, or infected eyes. You can use an eye soak or an eye compress to deliver herbal healing to your eyes. One minor caution to keep in mind when doing an...

Dryer Sachets: A Simple How-to

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Making a Dryer Sachet: A General Procedure Dryer sachets are a frugal, practical, organic alternative to dryer sheets. I usually hand-sew mine because it takes less time to thread a needle and get sewing than to pull out my sewing machine. I...

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