Let’s start with herbal basics

Starting Simple

Start by getting familiar with the herbs in your kitchen.  The seasonings you add to food.  Just adding a variety of dried herbs into your dishes will not only enhance the flavors but you will get the benefits they pack as well! 

Teas

Herbal teas are another great way to mineralize!  But I’m not talking about the tea bag type of tea.  I’m talking about getting some organic loose leaf herbs and making an infusion with them.  An infusion is when you place your tbsp of tea into an 8 oz mason jar, fill it with hot water and put the lid on.  Leave it to steep for at least 4 hours if not overnight to get the full benefit of all that nutritional goodness leaching itself into the water.  Keep in mind that this will make for a potent tea.  You can then either add more water to thin out the flavor (hot or cold depending on how you prefer to drink it).  If you need to you can add some raw local honey and/or lemon to reach desired taste.

What if you hate tea?

Drink it anyways.  Use it in the base of your smoothie.  Turn it into a popsicle.  Add honey, add fruit (lemon, orange), mix it with a healthy juice.

My go-to mineralizing tea recipe

¼ cup Alfalfa                                       1/8 cup milk thistle

¼ cup Nettle                                        1/8 cup oatstraw

¼ cup Red Raspberry                          1 tbsp hibiscus (makes it red)

2 tbsp Rose hips                                    2 tbsp Dried Orange peel

Add the following to a half gallon mason jar.  Steep overnight.  Strain.  Add one drop of orange essential oil to tea as well as ½ cup hot water mixed with 1 Tbsp raw honey. Store in the refrigerator and drink within the week.

My go-to Smoothie Recipe

Blend           1 cup Medicinal Tea       &        ½ ripe avocado

Then add 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil (while blender is still going)

Then add & Blend 1 cup frozen fruit

Top Mineralizers (think tea)

• Alfalfa
• Nettles
• Red Rapsberry
• Oatstraw
• Catnip

Salves

Recommended oils – unrefined and organic (jojoba, coconut and grapeseed don’t go rancid as quickly… suggested to store any liquid oils in the refrigerator to increase shelf life)

• 1 oz beeswax
• 1 oz dried herb
• 1 cup oil

Put into a double boiler for 45 minutes over low heat to incorporate, strain and store. 

Healing herbs for a first aid salve

Plantain

Comfrey

Calendula

Herbal Rub (natural icy-hot/deep muscle relaxer)

Layering 4 drops of peppermint essential oil on the skin and rubbing it in, followed by 2 splashes of lobelia essence and rubbed in and followed by capsicum extract and rubbed in can soothe muscle spasms and aches