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Show 61: Herb Lab with Classic Chili Pepper and Herbal 101

We talk about using Cayenne and Chili Peppers for tons of natural herbal remedies including Fire Cider and Ocular Migraine Headaches in this week's podcast.

Show 60: Chili Pepper, Spicy Herbal Medicine

In this re-airing of Show 29: How to Add Chili Pepper to Your Life, originally shared in 2015, The team explores how we use Chili and Cayenne natural medicine in our lifestyle.

How to make Chili Pepper Ornaments

Bright red peppers shine merrily against the deep green of holiday trees. This ornament is basically a tiny ristra for decorating. It is easy to make and can be made…

How to make Ristras – Chili Pepper Strings

Ristras are traditional way to dry chili peppers for later use. The ristras that are available in farms stands in the American southwest can be up to 5 feet in…

Chili Pepper: History’s Hot Pepper

While cayenne chili peppers have enjoyed the most attention in recent years, chilies in general have been beloved for their medicinal and magical qualities for centuries. Archeologists have found the…

Chili Pepper: Herbal Fire for Digestion and Circulation

Capsicum species or (C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. chinese, C. frutescens, C. pubesence) - Pepper family a.k.a.: chilli, chille, red pepper, hot pepper, pepper plant, cayenne, paprika Chili pepper commands…

Show 29: Add Chili Pepper to Your Life

If you're throwing an herbal party, there's one spicy guest you'll surely want to include: Chili Pepper. They bring a zesty fire even non-herbalists will love. Today, we're talking about ways to add a little Chili Pepper to your life.

Spice up Your Chili

Cayenne is just one of the many chili peppers herbalists love for their fiery hot medicine. One secret we've been keeping is that cayenne, as well as a few other…

Green Tomato Chili Recipe

Most gardeners have leftover green tomatoes and zucchini at the end of the season. Here is a great vegetarian recipe to cook them up into. The slow cooker brings out…

Tulsi Holy Basil Energetics, Adaptogen and Detox

In many ways, Tulsi works at a more subtle level, helping the body, mind, and spirit make more room and capacity for what you want to carry and kicking out what's no longer useful, including emotions and thoughts that have stagnated or weighed you down. Tulsi's motion is one of...

Spilanthes Energetics, TCM, Ayurveda, and Traditional Western Herbalism

Spilanthes acmela, generally called Spilanthes among modern herbalists, is an often unsung hero for acute conditions. The moniker Toothache Plant describes just the kind of acute conditions which Spilanthes has treated through the ages.

Apple Cider Vinegar Energetic Properties: TCM, Ayurveda, Traditional Western Herbalism

Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article. Modern Herbalists have only just begun to explore a tool that was well known to herbalists of old: Apple Cider Vingar. For centuries, healers and householders used vinegars and fermented food techniques to preserve and enhance...

Apple Cider Vinegar for Lowering LDL Cholesterol

Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article - Herbalists know that apple cider vinegar deserves its place in the spotlight is its proven effect of reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

Garlic for Lowering High Blood Pressure

Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive: How to use garlic to lower high blood pressure and reduce hypertension.

Cinnamon Herbal Properties: Traditional Herbal Medicinal Use

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…

Cinnamon Energetics: Using Cinnamon as Herbal Medicine

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...