How to Make Red Tiger Balm® at Home a DIY Recipe
This recipe is based on the proportions used in commercial
This recipe is based on the proportions used in commercial
This recipe is based on the proportions used in commercial
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 beeswax per 3 parts oil. These are measured by weight not by volume. Adding more oil will make the salve thinner. Adding more beeswax, makes the salve thicker. Essential oils or vitamin E oils are added at the end of the process as a preservative. This is important since all oils can go rancid over time.
There’s nothing worse than a lingering cough after a cold, flu, or virus…except maybe the cough and sore throat that comes with active symptoms. I know I’m not alone in that, or in my appreciation for the power of herbal medicines to help the cough do its job and then settle down quickly while easing all the other symptoms upsetting my lower respiratory tract. It’s amazing how much better herbs can speed the body’s progress toward health and how well they ease the journey, too!
Sunburn, bug bites, muscle strain…you name it. It’s a busy season for natural health advocates. We announce the winners of our Summer book give away too!
Cinnamon is spicy-hot medicine by all accounts. Herbalists often add
Cinnamon is spicy-hot medicine by all accounts. Herbalists often add a little Cinnamon bark or twig to topical formulas to get the blood flowing when healing bruising and muscle injuries like overworked muscles and tendons or damage due to trauma. In internal formulas, Cinnamon is…
Saint John’s Wort pops up in the spring, just in time to start absorbing the growing solar rays. At Mid-summer, just when the Sun’s rays are the strongest, herbalists across the Western world harvest the flowering tops from this weedy herb.
We talked about how we’re working with Holistic Self-care this week, reflected on last week’s show, and shared our experiences with a handful of Maria’s recipes. Plus an Herbal 101 question from a listener.
This week, the team spent a little time reviewing last week’s show then moved on to answer a couple of Herbal 101 questions.
For thousands of years, Herbalists have been developing recipes using plants, foods, and other ingredients. Today, we’re talking about ancient remedies that have proven effective and often popular in our modern age.
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