Here is another favorite rose infused recipe- rose infused witch hazel. If you didn’t know already witch hazel has some pretty amazing benefits for the skin. Its astringent properties improve circulation, tighten the skin, and heal wounds. Native Americans have long recognized witch hazel’s healing properties and nowadays, we know of more uses for this […]
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How to Make Rose Water
Once again roses are the center of attention, and how not with their prickly personalities and alluring scent? If you asked me, it sounds like the perfect date IMHO. As you may already know, I’m pretty obsessed with roses not only for their beauty or their lovely aroma, but for their medicine. That’s right, the […]
How to Make an Herbal Infusion
Since the beginnings of herbal medicine, cultures around the world have favored tisanes and decoctions as their predominant form of medicinal extraction. It has been only recently (the past 100 or so years) that herbal medicine, in the hopes up keeping up with Western pharmacology, began emphasizing the formulation and use of alcohol and glycerin […]
It’s Getting Hot! Citrus Herbal Lemon Water Recipe
Since the Summer Solstice, it’s been getting rather toasty here in LA. The chilly June Gloomy mornings are beginning to get dry and hot and I’ve begun my twice a day watering routine for my little garden. Everything green is getting thirsty which reminds me that I am too! What better way to survive the […]
How to Make Nourishing Herbal Infusions
Nourishing herbal infusions are one of the easiest ways to get your daily requirement of vitamins and minerals as it takes little effort to make them. You can make them medicinal, or you can make them taste delicious… sometimes both! It all depends on which herbs you like to use. But what is an herbal […]