Thursday's hike (14.4 miles) was epic, long, cold, freezing and memorable.
Sunday we decided to go out again and take a few more family members...
We hiked Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain. Backpacks, yak trax, food, water, tea and a beautiful 5.8 mile hike up. It was epic, a bit cold and beautiful.
I have really enjoyed our hikes and it has felt great to not be apart of the holiday rush out there.
Today, Monday November 30th took a mile hike in freezing weather.
How is your exercise schedule?
14.4 miles.... and a breakfast for champions,
Buffalo Veggie Soup
Thanksgiving Day Hike, we headed out with our heavy wool and layers of silk and wool..
Gorge wind, ice, black ice, dark hike, a few sun spots, cold cold wind, snow, ice, frozen muscles, epic fall in the snow with a shoulder row (saved my cup), many black ice falls, epic cold freezing wind, to cold to take pictures (I only took a few), to cold to make tea, finished right before it got dark...
Gave thanks for butt warmers and dreamed of a hot shower when we got home.
Wobbled out of the car, took a 30 minute hot, hot shower, hugged the wood stove and sipped on a hot cup of tea..
I used half a jar of my Invigorating Cream on me and a took a tincture that is used for nerves and muscles.
14.4 mile and 7 hours...
Next day we felt good and made plans to go back out on Sunday.
My husband wrote about our adventure:
http://mountainwarrior.ning.com/profiles/blogs/do-you-know-my-wife?xg_source=activity
What you Should Avoid:
All sugars in any form whatsoever
All flour products ( even gluten-free)
All processed food
All gluten and dairy
All grains and starchy vegetables and fruit ( except for 1/2 cup berries a day)
What To Include:
High-quality foods
Low-glycemic-load meals
Phytonutrient-rich foods
Slow carbs, not low carbs
Omega -3 fats and other healthy fats
High-quality protein
Herbs and healing spices
Three square meals and two snacks
Mindful eating
Breeding the Nutrition Out Of Our Food:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/11/modern-food-nutritional-content.aspx
Week One Daily Checklist
Wake up 1 hour before breakfast. Engage in a physical activity you enjoy such as a walk, exercise video, kickboxing, or yoga
Breakfast. Try a protein shake, eggs or use on fo the breakfast recipes in the meal plan. At breakfast time eat the foods you would normally eat for dinner.
Journaling. Record what you ate and how you felt.
Midmorning snack. A handful of nuts and some veggies.
Journaling. Record what you ate and how you felt
Lunch Try one of the quick meals provide in your blood sugar solution book. Page 157-158. Or look for some books that have quick meal recipes.
Journaling Record what you ate and how you felt
Midafternoon snack Experiment with something different. How about half an avocado with lemon juice, salt and pepper or hummus and veggies. Search the net for more healthy snack options
Journaling Record what you ate and how you felt
Dinner Again you try one of the quick meals outlined on pages 157-158 or do a search for veggie meals
Journaling Record what you ate and how you felt. Think about how your experience with food impacted your day. What improvements do you see in your energy, your ability to focus? How does your body feel different? How do theses changes make you feel?
Salmon Salad In Steamed Collard Greens
http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/salmon-salad-in-steamed-collard-wraps/
Garlic Mashed Parsnips:
http://www.lifeasaplate.com/2010/11/03/garlic-mashed-parsnips/
This Week:
It Is Time To Take Action And Set The Stage For A Healthy Life
I really can't say it enough...
Eat your veggies, drink water and exercise
Are You Ready For Some Serious Tough Love?
I want you, to ask yourself a question. Why don't I eat enough vegetables?
I mean cooked green vegetables, bitter greens, squash, red bell peppers, swiss chard, kale, dandelion greens, beet greens, bok choy, parsnips, cabbage, kohlrabi, arugula, etc. and several servings a day.
Well what is the answer, I would love to here about it.
Don't tell me you don't like it, because you are at a point in your life that your body desperately needs it. You want your body to be healthy, disease free, to grow new cells and rejuvenate then you have to stop making excuses.
STOP! Before you grab that overly sweet banana, stop yourself and ask this question. Did I eat enough cooked green vegetables to earn eating this banana?
STOP! Stop making excuses. I cook vegetables all the time. It is easy to cook them.
STOP! Stop avoiding bitter salads and greens. Your body needs this. Bitter food gets your digestion moving.
STOP! OK, what is the excuse today to not exercise? There will never be an excuse good enough. You have time to exercise. Exercise is vital. Exercise is a must. Exercise gets your blood moving, so you do not become stagnant. Exercise is life, movement is life. Find what works for you and create a life style habit. If you can remember to pull out your cell phone and lose time on it, if you are able to stare at social media, if you can watch TV shows, if you have a lunch break etc,
You can make time to exercise
Need Some Motivation: But let me tell you something. Motivation is nothing.. If you can't motivate yourself because you are so deep in that darkness, it is Determination that will be your power to move...to change....to live life more healthy
This is where "In Discipline Lies Freedom" is your friend..
In Determination Lies Freedom..
Failure Will Never Take Me..
If My Determination..
To Succeed Is Strong Enough To Become Healthy
Motivation Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHQ9tzJpYA
Have you cleaned out your kitchen of all the bad food? Hope you are not putting it off just because the Holidays are coming.
Forgot what to clean out of the kitchen pantry, then watch the video below.
Sue and Joseph- Baby Steps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPrZxgGCx8
Kitchen Pantry Check. Do you have any items that have these ingredients in them (Chart Below)? Yes, Then throw them in the trash.
Lesson's From The Toilet, by Paul Chek
Hyperactivity, Anxiety and More:
http://www.realfarmacy.com/mms-linked-disease/
Weekly Wellness Workshop Week Three
Getting Healthy Together
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step –Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Start Your Journey Towards Creating Health
Obstacles: Poor diet, chronic stress, microbes, toxins and allergens
Create Health Through Life Style Changes:
Boost Nutrition
Regulate Your Hormones
Reduce Inflammation
Improve Your Digestion
Maximize Detoxification
Enhance Energy Metabolism
Soothe The Mind
Five Steps To Prepare:
Prepare Your Mind:
Prepare Yourself
Prepare Your kitchen
Prepare Your inner shopper and inner chef
Prepare Your Body
Identify Obstacles
Self-defeating thoughts and behaviors
Biological Addiction, sugar etc…
Food Pushers:
Too many responsibilities ( trouble saying not to others and yes to yourself):
How to deal with failed attempts to change:
Journals: How to recognize mindless eating- Stuff ourselves with food in order to stuff our feelings away. Making bad unconscious choices and unconscious over-eating. Unconscious undereating.
How To Make Better Choice
Am I hungry:
What do I need:
What am I feeling?
Is this what I feel like eating?
Is this what I feel like eating now?
Is there something else I could eat instead?
What depletes my energy? Top three that hold you back from your health?
Examples: not getting enough sleep, not relaxing enough, smoking, excess sugar consumption, unconscious or emotional eating, not eating enough, choosing poor-quality foods, eating late, skipping breakfast..
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3.
What top three emotions or mental habits that keep you from being healthy?
Example: putting things off, depression, low self-esteem, fear, anger, toxic relationships
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2.
3.
Do you spend hours in front of a television or on the computer but say you do not have time?
What are some behaviors, habits and relationships you could choose to engage in that would give you energy and mental, spiritual and physical health?
What motivates you in life?
What makes you want to wake up each morning?
What is your life’s purpose?
What gives me energy?
What is your definition of health?
What is important to you?
Your Health Goals:
Physical: What physical or health problems do I want to heal from and how will I achieve that?
Food: What is my relationship to food and how do I want to nourish myself?
Exercise: What is my relationship with my body and exercise? How will I change that?
Sleep: Do I prioritize quality sleep? What will I do to get enough sleep and recharge my body daily?
Weight: How do I feel about my weight? What changes will I make to love my body rather than fight with it? What are my goals?
Social and psychological goals:
Emotional Health:
Relationships:
Work:
Meaning and Purpose:
Spiritual goals:
Getting to what’s important now:
Your journey to wellness: If you were going on vacation, you would organize your life to be sure everything was taken care of..
How are you going to plan your wellness trip? This is the most important trip of your life.
“Prepare Your Body”
Rid the Kitchen of Disease and Obesity-Producing Frankenfoods
Remember, if you read these rules and think there will be nothing left to eat, then you have been eating in exactly the way that will make you sick and will keep you that way..
1. Ideally have only food without labels:
2. If a food has a label, it should have fewer than five ingredients. Recognizable ingredients.
3. If sugar, agave, cane juice… is on the label throw it out.
4. Throw out any food with high-fructose corn syrup on the label
5. Throw out any food with the word hydrogenated on the label
6. Throw out any highly refined cooking oils such as corn, soy, canola etc.
7. Throw out any food with ingredients you can’t recognize or pronounce, orare in latin.
8. Throw out any foods with preservative, additives, coloring, or dyes, “natural flavorings, or flavor enhancers such as MSG
9. Throw out food with artificial sweeteners of any kind. Aspartame, spenda, sucralose, and sugar alcohols. Any word that ends with “ol” such as xylitol or sorbitol. They make you hungrier, slow your metabolism, give you bad gas, and make you store fat
10. If it came from the earth or a farmers field, not a food chemist lab it’s safe to eat.
“If it was grown on a plant, not made in a plant, then you came keep it in your kitchen.. “ Michael Pollan
DO NOT USE NON-STICK COOKWARE
Prepare Your Inner Shopper- Hunter and Gatherer… Make shopping list every time you go to the store and stick to it.
Prepare Your Inner Chef: Why Don’t You Cook?
Top Three Reasons You Don’t Like To Cook?
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What could you do that would make cooking more enjoyable?
YOU NEED TO LEARN BASIC COOKING SKILLS IN ORDER TO HEAL YOU BODY
10 TIPS FOR CUTTING YOUR CRAVINGS
10.Optimize your nutrients levels, omega 3 fat, vitamin D level,
Hello fellow seven steps to wellness group. I need some encouragement. This week our hospital is recognizing my career with free food every day,because it is national radiology week. I turned down free pizza today, and it sure took some will power to do so, and I LOVE PIZZA!
Tomorrow is free breakfast burritos. If your like me it's hard to turn down free food. I do walk by a bowl of candy all day at work for the past week, and I haven't snitched yet. Please give me some words of encouragement if you get a chance. Thank you.
Elder
Sambucus nigra
Caprifoliaceae
Pipe tree, bour tree
I love to harvest herbs, especially elderflower and elderberries. They are on my harvest list every year. I harvest the flowers around June and I harvest the berries around the end of August beginning of September. I tincture the flowers and I make syrups, teas and elixirs out of the berries. In my family when the cold, flu or sinus issues start, we pull out the bottle of elderberry syrup.
It is known as the medicine chest of country people and virtually every part of the elder has its use. Syrup is made from the berries and is an excellent cordial for colds.
Elder is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word for fire. It is said that the young branches were hollowed out to make primitive form of bellows.
What is a Bellows:
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/domestic/cooking.html
They also served as whistles, children's blowpipes and find-grained combs
Elderflower:
The flowers promote sweating (therefore they reduce fevers) and are a traditional home remedy for colds and the early stages of influenza. The are used in catarrhal inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, such as hayfever and sinusitis. Composition Essence, a herbal cold cure is based on elderflower and peppermint.
In the kitchen elderflowers make an excellent sparkling wine, and sweet elder-flower fritters.
Elderflower water is a skin tonic of long standing, while more recently the flower have found their way into cosmetic eye gels for eye wrinkles.
Elderberry
They have similar properties to the flowers with the additional usefulness in rheumatism. Immune enhancing properties.
Elder Leaves:
Leaves are used for bruises, sprains, wounds and chilblains(a painful, itching swelling on the skin, typically on a hand or foot, caused by poor circulation in the skin when exposed to cold). Some make an ointment out of elder leaf for tumors.
CAUTION; Fresh leaves, stems and unripe berries are toxic.
Bark:
Purgative
Emetic
Diuretic
External Leaves (read caution): externally as emollient and vulnerary -
Vulnerary
Internal Leave (read caution):
Purgative
Expectorant
Diuretic
Diaphoretic
Flowers:
Diaphoretic
anticatarrhal
Antispasmodic
Berries:
Diaphoretic
Diuretic
Laxative
Catnip-Elder Fever-Reducing Tea By Rosemary Gladstar
Traditional formula for childhood ills that involve fever and stress.
For more information check out Rosemary Gladstars book:
herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health
2 parts catnip
2 parts elderflowers
1 part Echinacea root
1 part peppermint
Mix the herbs and store in a jar. Label. To make tea pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the mixture and steep for 1 hour and strain.
Administer every 30 minutes.
Adults 1 cup
Younger than 2 years 1/2 to 1 teaspoon
2 to 4 years 2 teaspoons
4 to 7 years 1 tablespoon
7 to 11 years 2 tablespoons
Catnip is an excellent calming herb for adults and children and is used for all manners of stress. It is beneficial for lowering fevers and for pain of teething or toothaches. A restorative digestive aid used for indigestion, diarrhea and colic.
Echinacea Root:
antimicrobial,
immunomodulator,
anticarrhal
alterative.
Immune system booster, it works by increasing macrophage t-cell activity, boosts the body's first line of defense against colds, flu, and many other illnesses.
Fever Reducing Tea:
This pleasant soothing tea will induce a gentle perspiration, thus helping to reduce a fever.
1 part yarrow
1 part elderflower
1 part peppermint
Mix the herbs and store in a jar. Label. To make tea pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 tablespoon of the mixture and steep for 20 minutes and strain. Sweeten with honey and fresh squeezed lemon.
Yarrow: is a standard remedy for aiding the body to deal with fevers. Can help reduce blood pressure (with a good diet), stimulates digestion and tones the blood vessels. Great for healing wounds and can stop bleeding internal and external. It is effective for menstrual and stomach cramps. Used in formulas for stomach flu. .
Diaphoretic
Hypotensive
Astringent
Anti-inflammatory
Diuretic
Antimicrobial
Bitter
hepatic
Elderberry Syrup Recipes:
Ingredients:
Make:
http://whisperingearth.co.uk/2010/09/12/elderberry-recipes-for-health-and-for-pleasure/
Nutritive Heart Tonic Tincture
2 parts dried elderberry
2 parts linden flower and leaf
2 parts dried rosehips
1 part dried blueberry
1 part hawthorn, leaf, flower and berry
80 proof alcohol or apple cider vinegar
Linden leaf and flower: calms nerves, expectorant, relaxes spasms, improves digestion, mucilaginous herb, internally for hypertension, hardening of the arteries, cardiovascular complaints associated with anxiety, urinary infections, feverish colds and flus, excess respiratory mucus, migraine and headaches
Rosehips: contain more vitamin C almost more than any other herb and many times the amount found in the citrus fruit. Antioxidant with disease fighting abilities
Hawthorn: Supreme herb for the heart, tones nourishes and strengthens the heart muscle and its blood vessels, lowers blood pressure and also helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels.
Mullein: cough formulas respiratory infections, bronchial infections, asthma and glandular imbalances.
Elderberry Immune Elixir
Quantities are for a quart jar, and using dried ingredients. If you use fresh, reduce the volume by half please.
1 cup dried elderberries.
1/2 cup dried elderflowers.
1/4 cup dried mullein leaf
1/4 cup dried boneset
1 inch fresh ginger, chopped
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
peel of 1/2 lemon
Alcohol of your choice- I love brandy, but you can use vodka, whisky, tequila, everclear or gin too.
Honey. Raw and local if possible, but whatever you have works.
Put all the ingredients in the jar, then fill a third of the way with honey. This will take a while as the honey is thick. Don’t worry, just pour it, and come back every 20 minutes to re-pour until its a third of the way up. . After the honey’s in the jar, top it up with your alcohol. : LABEL IT: .” Give it a good shake, and leave it somewhere prominent that you can shake it once a day or so. After six weeks, its ready. Strain Its shelf-stable for a couple of years.
Dosage: upon first sign of getting sick, start taking about a quarter teaspoon every couple of hours. Take it until all signs of sickness are gone. If you do actually get sick (which is rare but with these bugs going around right now, its happening), keep taking it. As often as you can muster.
Boneset: (aka break bone fever), a bitter astringent herb that lowers fevers, relieves bronchial congestion and constipation also stimulates the immune system.
More on Elder:
Food Journals
If you could, please write your energy level in the mood column.
Example: Happy but tired or stressed and fatigued or happy and energetic
Coffee/Tea Drinkers:
Drink two cups water before coffee/tea and two cups of water after. Let's keep you hydrated
Veggies:
All of us need a lot more veggies. Cooked veggies, bitter veggies, colorful veggies. Started your day with veggies
Homemade Tomato and Veggie Juice:
http://www.stepin2mygreenworld.com/healthyliving/greenfoods/homemade-tomato-juice/
Namaste Organic Gluten Free Baking Mix:
If you are a costco member you can get this mix at a better price ($12.00)
Fast Food:
Every time you eat out and you are eating cooked food, you are causing inflammation in your body.
Substitute Milks:
I need to know the name brands of the substitute milks that you drink. I also need to know if it is sweetened and unsweetened.
Name Brands of packaged food:
I need to know the name brands of your breads, drinks, etc...
Exercise:
Is a must! Need to move those toxins out..
Eat more veggies......
Cashews are a fruit, so make sure you blend them with other nuts and seeds.
Today I started my day with chicken veggie soup. It has bone broth, that I started last Thursday (organic chicken raised on our farm) . The other ingredients are parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, pepper, garlic, onions, celery, celery root, and red peppers.
This morning I took a nice long mountain hike. While I was out on my hike, I worked on rejuvenation, read my book, I had root chai with mushrooms and ginseng then, I ate two almond blueberry muffins (gluten free).
After my hike we had another bowl of chicken veggie soup and a gluten free nutmeg chocolate chip scone (no sugar added).
For our family meeting we will be sipping high vitamin c tea
Dinner is going to be a veggie cauliflower crust pizza with salad.
I will be using organic sheep feta
http://detoxinista.com/2012/01/the-secret-to-perfect-cauliflower-pizza-crust/
My goals for this evening are, stretching by the fire and reading a book
I will start my nettle infusion tonight
http://nourishingherbalinfusions.com/Nettle.html
I will be getting to bed early.
What is celeriac root:
http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/2010/02/ten-yes-10-things-to-do-with-celery-root/
I have had several big glasses of cold spring water.
Suggested Goals for the week:
Drink more water, (the best water is filtered or spring)
Take the No Wheat Challenge
Start your day with a good protein and veggies (kale, cabbage, collard greens, red bell peppers, spinach, garlic, onions etc.)
When you drink smoothies think less fruit more veggies. Only use one serving of berries.
Remember bitter veggies are really good for you
Start a journal, write in it daily. You could also draw it it.
Turn off all screens by 7:00 pm and aim for a 10:00 pm bed time
Don't eat while watching TV
Don't stand while eating
At least, 30 minutes of heart pumping exercise 5 days of week
Food Journals:
For those of you who are in the Seven Steps To Wellness Class, please make sure you use the original food journals that I passed out to you.
I have been reading those food journals for over 15 years. And even though they may not be the absolute best format, it is what I am used to. Having so many journals to read I need them all to be uniform.
Remember one full page is a day. Please do not add extra days to the full page. As each day needs its own page.
If you need more room please attach a paper or use the back.
I would like brand names of bars, deli meats, cereals or packaged goods
Tell me what your exercise routine is. What did you do?
Blueberry Almond Meal Muffins:
Yesterday, I made this recipe. They were really good!
I added to the original recipe, nutmeg, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, coconut flakes and goji berries. I used organic maple syrup for the sweetener and I only used 1/4 cup. I used organic butter.
http://www.chefshanekelly.com/2011/08/very-blueberry-almond-flour-muffins/
Bring a Human November 21 Class
GIVE UP WHEAT CHALLENGE
SECOND CHALLENGE: Instead of watching movies, video games or your weekly shows, watch video;s on how to cook or how to cook certain foods. When you find one you like share it with the group.
NUT SHAKE:
http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/nut-shake/
Almond Meal Blueberry Muffins:
I added, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, ginger, a few handfuls of grated coconut flakes, some lycium berries and used organic butter.
http://www.chefshanekelly.com/2011/08/very-blueberry-almond-flour-muffins/
Rosacea
Face Oil For Rosacea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0PbZ5RVUI
http://naturopathconnect.com/articles/liver-dysfunction-symptoms/
Subject: Calories, Don't Count Them, Make Them Count...
Information On Turmeric
http://blogs.naturalnews.com/cheap-cooking-ingredient-can-save-inflammation/
Golden Milk:
http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/golden-milk-recipe-with-turmeric-and-virgin-coconut-oil/
History On Honey:
Chocolate Avocado Cookies:
http://www.realfarmacy.com/healthiest-cookie-ever-make-chocolate-avocado-cookies-health/
Salmon Recipe: For the Miso, Harvest Fresh has chickpea miso.... I would take at the Salmon Roe
http://nourishedkitchen.com/nabemono-japanese-salmon-and-shiitake-hot-pot/
Pick Up Magnesium Cream: Information Below
Good article on the side effects of drinking soda. Keep in mind Red Bull, Monster Drinks, Sports Drink and Vitamin Water are also bone destroyers....
http://www.realfarmacy.com/poison-destroys-bones-many-consume-daily/
Well it is November and my family was hit with the sinus congestion bug that has been going around. This is some of what I did..
Sage Tea 3 to 4 cups a day
Sage Benefits:
Sage: Sage was seldom used in cooking until the sixteenth century. Strengthens the digestive system, calming, use for nervous headaches and excitability, soothing for sore throats, antiseptic and antibacterial. Culpeper recommended a hot sage infusion for an inflamed throat and hoariness, and a gargle of sage mixed with a little vinegar and honey is particularly effective. In feverish conditions, sage is very cooling , use it for colds and for easing hot flushes during the menopause. Sage leaves rubbed on the teeth will deodorize the mouth and strengthen the gums. In Roman times they made a strong infusions to darken the hair.
Honey Onion Syrup:
A delicious remedy for colds, flu's sore throats, and coughs. Great for children and adults.
Ingredients:
one large onion
1-2 cups honey
Optional Ingredients: few cloves of chopped garlic or some fresh grated ginger
How to make:
Cut onion in half, then cut into very thin discs,
In a medium sized saucepan add onion and optional ingredients. Add enough honey to lightly cover all of the cut items. cook over low heat for 30 minutes(do not boil), until onions get juicy and soft.. Place in a glass jar and cover with lid and lable. No need to strain.
This will store in the refrigerator for several weeks.
Take by teaspoons when you feel a cold or flu coming on, Soothes coughs and boosts immune system. You can eat the onions in the syrup.
Next, I had them eat this horseradish honey sauce, one tablespoon, three times a day
It is Infused honey with, horseradish, garlic, and ginger, eat three times a day. Recipe Below
Honey Horseradish, Garlic and Ginger Syrup:
1 organic horseradish root, grated
8 cloves organic chopped garlic
One 2 inch piece organic ginger, grated
Local Honey
Optional: 1 cayenne pepper, chopped
In a medium sized saucepan add onion and optional ingredients. Add enough honey to lightly cover all of the cut items. cook over super low heat for 30 minutes(do not boil)..
Place in a glass jar and cover with lid and lable. No need to strain.
This will store in the refrigerator for several weeks.
Take 3 tablespoons 3 times a day during sinus congestion. You can also take by teaspoons when you feel a cold or flu coming on, Soothes coughs and boosts immune system.
Horseradish Sauce For Sinus Congestion.
Family member with the sinus congestion has to grate the horseradish.
Horseradish Root
Apple cider vinegar
Local honey
Using a hand grater, the person with the sinus congestion finely grates the horseradish root. This will get things moving...
Mix the grated horseradish with vinegar and honey to taste.
Store the sauce in a glass jar with a tigh-fitting lid in the refrigerator, should keep for six months.
Eat 1 to 2 teaspoon daily. You can spread it on crackers or mix it with veggies.
Horseradish Honey Syrup for Cough:
Horseradish syrup quells coughs and soothes a sore throat; grate a small piece of horseradish into a small saucepan. Squeeze the pulp over the pan to extract additional juice. Add a little honey and enough water just to cover the pulp; boil for 5 min. let the pulp cool, and then squeeze the pulp again to catch any additional juice; discard the pulp. Mix the horseradish juice with enough honey to make a palatable syrup. Take up to 5 tbsp. of the syrup a day.
The Took Elderberry syrup, throughout the day
Ingredients:
Make:
Fire Cider, three times a day
Fire Cider:
1/2 cup fresh grated organic ginger root
1/2 cup fresh grated organic horseradish root
1 medium organic onion, chopped
10 cloves of organic garlic, crushed or chopped
2 organic jalapeno peppers, chopped
organic apple cider vinegar
raw local honey
Optional Ingredients: have fun and play with your recipe!
Zest and juice from 1 organic lemon
Several sprigs of fresh organic rosemary or 2 tbsp of dried rosemary leaves
1 tbsp organic turmeric powder
1/4 tsp organic cayenne powder
Thyme, sage, burdock root, dandelion root, whole hot chili peppers, beets, parsley, peppercorns, oregano, astragalus, schisandra berries, rosehips, star anise, lime, lemon or grapefruit peels or juice.
Directions
Chop and grate all your ingredients and place them in a quart sized jar. Use a piece of natural parchment paper under the lid to keep the vinegar from touching the metal, or a plastic lid if you have one. LABEL
Shake well!
Store in a dark, cool place for 4 weeks and remember to shake daily.
Four weeks later: use cheesecloth to strain out the pulp, pouring the vinegar into a clean jar. Be sure to squeeze as much of the liquid goodness as you can from the pulp while straining.
Add 1/4 cup of honey or less and stir until incorporated. Taste your cider and add more honey until you reach the desired sweetness.
Honey Sinus Pack At Night
A great treatment to stimulate the sinus area and is a great facial treatment
Hands and face must be completely dry.
Spread a small amount of honey over facial area. Massage and Pat honey for 5 minutes, especially over the sinus area. Under the eyes, around the nose, under the nose, between the eye brows and the temples. Do this vigorously. Skin should get stretchy and elastic-like while you or patting (poking). Be patient and do not rush this process. If done right there will be relief from the congestion. Try this two to three times a day.
Golden Seal In, Or Should I Say Up The Nose....
I rarely use Golden Seal and when I do it is because there is an infection or possible infection. Golden Seal is on the endangered list, so please only use it when it is truly necessary
Make a decoction of Golden Seal. Let it cool. Breathe a nostril full, up your nose. It'll burn slightly. This does relive sinus congestion...
Then A Dry Cough Started:
I made some elecampane syrup. I am sorry I do not have the measurements for this. It was a little bit of this and a lot of that.. I guess it is time for you to be creative. This is what I put in it. Follow instructions on how to make a syrup.
Elecampane Syrup: Elecampane, elderberry, wild cherry bark, garlic, cayenne, marshmallow root, spring water and honey.
Plenty of rest
Lots of Spring water or filtered water
Bone Broth: Drink throughout the day
http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bone-broth
Mushroom coco with marshmallow root cream
We sell this at the Wild and Weedy Apothecary
Marshmallow Root Cream
1/3 cup full fat coconut milk
1 – 2 tbsp Marshmallow Root Powder(depending on how thick you like it)
honey or organic maple syrup to taste
Put your can of full fat coconut milk in the frig for about an hour.. plus.
Open the can and take all the fat off of the top and put in the bowl. Add marshmallow Root powder, whip and blend
Now add sweetener of choice and to taste.
It is ready when blended.. Enjoy!
High Vitamin C Tea
Looks like a sore throat is hitting me this morning.. Here is a tea that I am going to make
1 part wild cherry bark
1 part marshmallow root powder
1 part ginger
1 part slippery elm
3 parts fennel
2 parts licorice
pinch of clove, cinnamon and orange peel
Class Notes:
Concerns for respiratory health and creating healthy life style habits. Can't believe our bodies are so sensitive, but realize this is a gift to become healthy and stay healthy.
Question Of The Day: How Do You Take Back Your Health?
Answers From Class:
Responsibility
To not give into fades/trends/peer pressure
Don't Be A Victim
Trust Your Body/What Is It Saying To You
Listen To Your Body
Homework:
Increase Water Intake and please write the amounts that you drink daily on your food journals.
Meditate Daily
Get a journal and write in it daily. Side Note: you can burn the daily journal pages to let go of what is bothering you.
Learn a New Recipe and cook it
Daily positive word
Read Part Two
Food Journal/Diaries all week turn in on Saturday
Take Back Your Health Saturday October 31st 2015 Class/Blog:
http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/seven-steps-to-wellness-week-two
First thing you put in your mouth in the morning is
Two Cups Of Water
Breakfast: Is Breaking the Fast...
Make sure you are eating a highly nutritious meal to start your day. You are breaking the fast. While you were sleeping, your body was resting and repairing. In order for this process to be strong you have to feed your body correctly. This includes emotional health, physical health and spiritual health.
Food Diaries: What I am seeing and what needs to be added or changed
Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens :)
Stop eating wheat, have diary once in a while, and eat more greens.
Protein intake to low
Late nights, brings late breakfast, puts body in fight flight response mode
Solid protein. Eating more clean meats, sustainable meats, organic meats, organic eggs, wild salmon, sardines.
Only eat processed meats(deli meat, salami, hot dogs etc.) once in a while and make sure they are 100% organic..
Processed Meats:
Nitrites/Nitrates, I am going ot try to break this down as simple as possible (if that is even possible). I have been studying ingredients like this for the last 20 years... Today, I find it amazing how much dis-information is on the internet about these two ingredients. It seems we have bacon/meat.org drug pushers out there and they are willing to lie, just so you can still eat your toxic bacon/processed meat.
Why? Because if you eat foods laced with nitrites/nitrates you will become sick,tired, lack energy, have low libido, possibly get cancer, high blood pressure and guess what? Those are the money makers in our Sick Care System. It is the S.A.D(standard american diet) way of eating.
The book, "Confessions Of A sneaky Organic Cook", by Jane Kinderlehrer (1971) she says " If you're feeling amorous, and looking forward to a night of love, don't serve hot dogs, or any other food heavy in nitrates, for dinner..(non-organic spinach is super high in nitrates due to the nitrogen fertilizers) In fact, you'd be wise to eliminate them for a sex-happy diet. Frankfurters and all preserved meats are loaded with nitrates and nitrites. And what nitrates and nitrites do to sexuality, you will comprehend better when you realize that another name for potassium nitrate is saltpeter, the substance that was, at one time, sprinkled on the food of prisoners in order to stifle sexual desire".
Nitrate from Nitrogen Fertilizers and Cancer: More reading click on link below:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068045/
Man-made nitrogen fertilizers became widely used in U.S. agriculture after WWII, providing an inexpensive source of nitrogen and other plant nutrients that resulted in huge increases in agricultural productivity. Nitrate, the final breakdown product of nitrogen fertilizers.....
Remember, Nitrates were commonly called "Salt Peter" and were used to take the sex drive out of criminals and the soldiers.. Hence why Government Meat, is loaded with nitrates and nitrites.
Nitrates and nitrites, slow spoilage and give a pink color to pork and cured meats such as sausage, hot dogs, bacon, ham, and lunch meats. These chemicals combine with stomach fluids to form nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic.
If there is a Material Data Safety Sheet on an ingredient (chemical ingredient) that is listed on something you are eating , why would you want to eat that?
Sodium Nitrite Material Data Safety Sheet:
http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/NaNO2.htm
Sodium Nitrate Material Data Safety Sheet:
http://www.labchem.com/tools/msds/msds/75547.pdf
Let me get this straight, meatsafety.org says eating foods with nitrates/nitrites is safe for humans to consume and they are going as far to say it is healthy, but when you read the Material Data Safety Sheet there is toxicity if you ingest it.. Hmm?
Sodium Nitrate!!!!!:
Appearance: White crystals. Danger! Strong oxidizer. Contact with other material may cause a fire. Causes eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation. Harmful if swallowed. May cause methemoglobinemia.
Sodium Nitrite!!!!:
Ingestion: Harmful if swallowed. May cause methemoglobinemia, cyanosis (bluish discoloration of skin due to deficient oxygenation of the blood), convulsions, and death. Causes digestive tract irritation. Ingestion may cause weakness, muscular incoordination, fine tremors, loss of reflexes, convulsions and possible death from circulatory collapse. Ingestion may cause a decrease in blood pressure, rapid pulse and visual disturbances.
Does anybody see a DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER HERE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REvmhBO99I4
Then I find this from your one and only, Washington DC.
http://www.meatsafety.org/ht/d/sp/i/45243/pid/45243
Remember what you read from the Material Data Safety Sheets (above)
Meatsafety.org (Washington DC) says this:
The amount of nitrate in some vegetables can be very high. Spinach, for example, may contain 500 to 1900 parts per million of sodium nitrate. Less than five percent of daily sodium nitrite intake comes from cured meats. Nearly 93 percent of sodium nitrite comes from leafy vegetables & tubers and our own saliva. Vegetables contain sodium nitrate, which is converted to sodium nitrite when it comes into contact with saliva in the mouth.
Remember the vegetables they are talking about are chemical agriculture and if you read about the nitrogen fertilizers contaminating our drinking water with nitrates you will understand that they are lying to you..
Carmel Color, don't get me started on this one....
Product Below (Oscar Meyer P3) Has This In It: Natamycin
Check out the Harmful if swallowed on the Material Data Safety Sheet
https://www.caymanchem.com/msdss/11634m.pdf
JUST SAY NO TO OSCAR MEYER!!!!
Stop being a victim. Victims trust their abusers. In this case the abuser is our own government, big agriculture, big food industry and the dis-information on the internet.
The holidays are coming up. It is important to resist all the sampling ...resist all the free samples.... Sugar is sugar and it triggers addictive cravings..
Screens off by 7:00 pm and Bed By 10:00 pm will give optimal rest, rejuvenation and put your body in repair mode.
See you next Saturday !
"TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH"
Disease goes away as a side effect of getting healthy
Hand in food diaries
Hand out food diaries
Recipe of the week
Discussion
Meditation
Positive Words
Picture
Get a journal
Slow Medicine:
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsaymZARwOg
Web-Site
http://slowmedicinedoctor.com/
Parasympathetic nervous system:
http://www.mercola.com/article/mind_body/applied_psycho_neurobiology/dca.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/mind_body/thought_field_therapy/overview.htm
Tea Recipes:
Flower Nerve Tonic Tea
1 part chamomile
3 parts lemon balm
1 part oats
1/2 part chrysanthemum flowers
1/2 part lavender flowers
1/2 part rose petals
Root Nerve Tonic Decoction:
1 part licorice root
1 part astragalus
1 part cinnamon
1/2 part ginger
2 parts dandelion root
2 parts burdock root
Make a mix, put in a jar, label
1 tablespoon per cup of water
Make a decoction, strain
Then add 15 drops of american ginseng root tincture and 15 drops of eleutherococcus (siberian ginseng) tincture, sweeten and enjoy.
Instructions on how to make a tea and decoction, click on link below:
http://mountainroseblog.com/medicine-making-basics-herbal-infusions/
Breakfast Nut Shake:
http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/nut-shake/
Califlower Tortillas:
http://www.recipegirl.com/2014/05/05/cauliflower-tortillas/
Lite Russian Style Macaroni and Cheese
Preparation Time: One Hour
Yield: At Least 6 Servings (cut in square and freeze)
You can improvise further by increasing or varying the vegetables. Try cauliflower, broccoli, and /or carrots, leeks and other root vegetables: Go for color
Bake at 350, lightly grease a 9x13 baking pan
3 cups cooked pasta of choice
3 tablespoons organic butter
2 cups chopped onion
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 lb shitake mushrooms, sliced
4 cups organic cabbage, shredded (about 1/2 an average head)
1 tsp sea salt or celtic salt
1 tsp caraway seeds
2 tsp dried dill
1 tsp black pepper
1 lb of meat of choice chopped and cooked
1/2 cup organic sunflower seeds
1 bunch organic spinach, stemmed and coarsely chopped
2 cups organic cottage cheese, omit if you need this to be dairy free
1/2 cup organic yogurt, omit if you need this to be dairy free
Dairy free option 6 eggs liquid scramble
Diary free option 1 cup Nutritional Yeast
Preheat oven to 350, lightly grease pan
Cook the pasta until just barely tender. Drain thoroughly, and transfer to a large bowl
Melt the butter in a large, dep skillet, and add the onions and meat. After saute'ing for about 5 minutes, add garlic, mushrooms, cabbage, salt and caraway.
Stir, cover, and cook until the cabbage is just tender and meat is cooked.
Stir in spinach, and remove from heat.
Add to the pasta
Stir in cottage cheese, yogurt, dill, and black pepper. Taste to adjust seasonings, then spread into the prepared pan.
Dairy free option: Once you have poured mixture into the pan, mix egg liquid with nutritional yeast and pour liquid over pasta and veggies in prepared pan.
Sprinkle with sunflower seeds
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, or until heated through.
Healthy Halloween Treat:
Congratulations to all that joined Seven Steps To Wellness Workshop. Joining this class takes some serious commitment and it truly shows how strong you are for joining this class.
You are working hard toward great accomplishment with your health and it gives me great joy to help guide you on your path to becoming a heather new you..
First Class: Tea time conversations, book, homework, food diaries and recipe handed out.
Herbal History, Folk Medicine Traditional Remedies
Traditional Remedies, comprises knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine.
Herbs are remarkable plants, with a rich and fascinating history that dates back thousands of years. The first official record of medicinal plants, set down on papyrus scrolls and parchments, bear witness to our ancestors brave experimentation with herbs that might either kill or cure. Records surviving from ancient Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations dating from before 2500 BC, show how well acquainted these races were with the medicinal properties of herbs.
Generations of practicing herbalists, our grandmothers, great grandmothers and the generations of wise women before them, built up an admirable corpus of herbal knowledge. It was handed down over generations by word of mouth, especially in rural areas where herbs were indispensable, not only for curing ailments, but also for such household tasks as preserving food, dyeing cloth, and repelling fleas.
What natural remedies did your parents, grand-parents or great-grandparents give to you. What are your memories with these remedies?
Have you ever used, onions, potatoes, carrots, garlic, pine sap, sage, rosemary, thyme, bacon fat, castor oil for any ailments?
Remember the Scarborough Fair? Simon and Garfunkel had a song Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Theses four powerful and tasty herbs used for culinary flavor have holistic healing properties.
Parsley: a kidney and liver tonic, as well as a digestive, and a tea is helpful for bladder problems, rheumatism and flatulence. Parsley is a highly nutritious herb. Is a rich source of Vitamin C containing more by volume than an orange, contains iron, calcium and vitamins A and B.
Sage: Sage was seldom used in cooking until the sixteenth century. Strengthens the digestive system, calming, use for nervous headaches and excitability, soothing for sore throats, antiseptic and antibacterial. Culpeper recommended a hot sage infusion for an inflamed throat and hoariness, and a gargle of sage mixed with a little vinegar and honey is particularly effective. In feverish conditions, sage is very cooling , use it for colds and for easing hot flushes during the menopause. Sage leaves rubbed on the teeth will deodorize the mouth and strengthen the gums. In Roman times they made a strong infusions to darken the hair.
Rosemary: Hair tonic, improves the mind and memory, recommended for headaches, the oil is an old remedy for gout, and muscular aches and pains. The active ingredient of the celebrated Hungary Water that restored life to Queen Elizabeth of Hungary's paralyzed limbs. The fifteenth century, people burnt rosemary branches in their homes to protect themselves from the black death and in World War II rosemary and juniper were burnt in French hospitals to limit the spread of infection. Sleep with a sprig of Rosemary under your pillow and you will have sweet dreams.
Thyme: cleansing or fumigate, to inspire courage, sprigs of the herb were burned indoors to cleanse the air. Antibacterial, antispasmodic which makes it an effective remedy for sore throats, irritable coughs, and bronchitis. Used as a mouthwash it is helpful for gum infections.
Sage Pesto:
Basil is not the only herb that you can use to make pesto.
There are so many varieties of pesto that you can make. Lately we have been making a nettle pesto,a wild greens pesto (the wild greens were dandelion, plantain and yellow dock), and today I made sage pesto. The sage pesto was incredibly awesome. I added the sage pesto to our pasta and eggs.
For the garlic I used 3 garlic scallions and for the cheese I used raw organic cheddar.
Anyone up for a challenge? I would like to challenge you and your taste buds in making this wonderful recipe.
This is a great recipe for a healthy, healing herb paste. Sage dominates the flavor of this pungent, strong pesto. You can use less sage fi you find it overpowering. If you would like to add more healing nutrients try adding fresh wild herbs such as dandelion greens, chickweed, and plantain.
Recipe from Rosemary Gladstar's book: Medicinal Herbs, a beginners guide
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems
1/2 cup parsley
1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh sage leaves, first time making it try the 1/4 cup version and if you would like it stronger than next time add more
3 cloves garlic
3/4 to 1 cup olive oil
1/4 to 1/2 cup sunflower seeds or walnuts or a mix
1/4 cup raw cheese (optional)
Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt
To make:
Combine the herbs, garlic and olive oil in a blender or food processor and pulse until creamy. Mix in the nuts or seeds and cheese (if using) and salt and pepper ot taste.
To use:
Serve on toast or crackers, pasta, steamed grains, omelets, vegetables or organic meat.
Other Ways To Enjoy Herbs:
Herb vinegar's, herb honey, oxymels, syrups, spice mixes, fresh herbs, herb oils, dried herbs, sauces, teas, infusions, decoctions, facial steams, soaks, herb baths, skin care, soaps, shampoos, herbal air fresheners, herbal disinfectants, potpourri, insect repellents, herb pillows, and pomme d'ambre (traditional hung with cloths to ward of moths).
Honey:
Human use of honey is traced to some 8000 years ago as depicted by Stone Age paintings. Honey has been used to treat wounds, burns, cataracts, skin ulcers and diarrhoea. The medicinal property of honey has been described in the Bible, the Quran and the Torah. The first documentation of the use of honey in wound management was by the Egyptians in 2000 BC. The Egyptians have used honey as a beauty cream and also for embalming the dead. In Ayurvedic medicine, honey has been described as the nectar of life. It has been used widely to treat various diseases. In the early 20th century, various reports have documented the use of honey in burns and have confirmed the advantages of using this natural remedy for wounds.
. Also it has been emphasized that the use of honey is highly beneficial in the treatment of irritating cough, lung and respiratory issues, weak digestion, eye ailments (such as cataracts), skin disorders (wounds and burns). Used at one time to help heal infected wounds.
Honey: Contains several amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, it is anti-bacterial, anti- inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-fungal
Hippocrates, the great Greek scientist, prescribed a simple diet, favouring honey given as oxymel (vinegar and honey) for pain, hydromel (water and honey) for thirst, and a mixture of honey, water and various medicinal substances for acute fevers. Also he utilized honey for baldness, contraception, wound healing, laxative action, cough and sore throat, eye diseases, topical antisepsis, prevention and treatment of scars.
Honey For Healing Wounds:
The Russians used honey in World War I to prevent wound infection and to accelerate wound healing. The Germans combined cod liver oil and honey to treat ulcers, burns, fistulas and boils. Nearly all types of wounds like abrasion, abscess, amputation, bed sores /decubitus ulcers, burns, chill blains, burst abdominal wound, cracked nipples, fistulas, diabetic, malignant, leprosy, traumatic, cervical, varicose and sickle cell ulcers, septic wounds, surgical wound or wounds of abdominal wall and perineum are found to be responsive to honey therapy. Application of honey as wound dressing leads to stimulation of healing process and rapidly clears the infection. Honey has cleansing action on wounds, stimulates tissue regeneration and reduces inflammation.
Honey Recipes:
Honey Onion Syrup:
A delicious remedy for colds, flu's sore throats, and coughs. Great for children and adults.
Ingredients:
one large onion
1-2 cups honey
Optional Ingredients: few cloves of chopped garlic or some fresh grated ginger
How to make:
Cut onion in half, then cut into very thin discs,
In a medium sized saucepan add onion and optional ingredients. Add enough honey to lightly cover all of the cut items. cook over low heat for 30 minutes(do not boil), until onions get juicy and soft.. Place in a glass jar and cover with lid and lable. No need to strain.
This will store in the refrigerator for several weeks.
Take by teaspoons when you feel a cold or flu coming on, Soothes coughs and boosts immune system. You can eat the onions in the syrup.
Horseradish Honey Syrup for Cough:
Horseradish syrup quells coughs and soothes a sore throat; grate a small piece of horseradish into a small saucepan. Squeeze the pulp over the pan to extract additional juice. Add a little honey and enough water just to cover the pulp; boil for 5 min. let the pulp cool, and then squeeze the pulp again to catch any additional juice; discard the pulp. Mix the horseradish juice with enough honey to make a palatable syrup. Take up to 5 tbsp. of the syrup a day.
Elderberry Syrup
Ingredients:
Make:
1/2 cup fresh grated organic ginger root
1/2 cup fresh grated organic horseradish root
1 medium organic onion, chopped
10 cloves of organic garlic, crushed or chopped
2 organic jalapeno peppers, chopped
organic apple cider vinegar
raw local honey
Optional Ingredients: have fun and play with your recipe!
Zest and juice from 1 organic lemon
Several sprigs of fresh organic rosemary or 2 tbsp of dried rosemary leaves
1 tbsp organic turmeric powder
1/4 tsp organic cayenne powder
Thyme, sage, burdock root, dandelion root, whole hot chili peppers, beets, parsley, peppercorns, oregano, astragalus, schisandra berries, rosehips, star anise, lime, lemon or grapefruit peels or juice.
Directions
Chop and grate all your ingredients and place them in a quart sized jar. Use a piece of natural parchment paper under the lid to keep the vinegar from touching the metal, or a plastic lid if you have one. LABEL
Shake well!
Store in a dark, cool place for 4 weeks and remember to shake daily.
Four weeks later: use cheesecloth to strain out the pulp, pouring the vinegar into a clean jar. Be sure to squeeze as much of the liquid goodness as you can from the pulp while straining.
Add 1/4 cup of honey or less and stir until incorporated. Taste your cider and add more honey until you reach the desired sweetness.
The Plague -Thieves Vinegar:
http://wellnessmama.com/2610/vinegar-four-thieves-health-tonic/
http://nourishedkitchen.com/four-thieves-vinegar-recipe/
http://mountainroseblog.com/four-thieves-vinegar/
Place the herbs in a pint jar and fill to the top with gently warmed apple cider vinegar.
Don't boil the vinegar, just heat it on low for a few minutes until it reaches the temperature of warm bath water. This helps get the extraction process going.
Close with a plastic lid or place a piece of natural parchment paper under the lid to keep the vinegar from touching the metal.
Strain in four weeks into a clean glass jar. LABEL and refrigerate. Enjoy! .
The first pioneers suffered many times with Cholera and some died:
What is Cholera:
http://www.naturalremedies.org/cholera/
http://natureheals.info/health/dysentery.html
Remedies For Cholera:
Most used clay, green, bentonite, montmorilanite,. Historically the dose has been 2 tablespoons in a glass of water taken three times a day to adsorb (bacteria clings to it and is forced out of the body). Historical records suggest that mortality rates went from 60% without it to 3% using clay.
Historical Uses Of Clay:
http://draxe.com/10-bentonite-clay-benefits-uses/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904249/
http://wellnessmama.com/5915/benefits-of-bentonite-clay/
Activated Charcoal
http://naturalsociety.com/health-benefits-of-activated-charcoal-medicine-detox/
Another possible avenue that seems to be effective is activated charcoal which, when in a pinch can be made in a toaster or over a fire by burning the bread and scraping off the black stuff. Use 2 tablespoons in water 3 times a day, much like clay. Use what you have, it may be life saving.
Other herbs useful for this are:
Strong tea of 1 tablespoon herbs to 8 ounces water may be taken 3 times a day. Use your choice or combo of Red raspberry leaf, blackberry leaf, White oak bark, and Sage leaf.
To settle the stomach, use astringent herbs which stop diarrhea and strengthen digestion (Chamomile and Sage).
More on water borne illnesses:
http://www.herbalprepper.com/the-herbal-prepper-live-ep-13-digestive-system-part-2/
To Be continued:
Liniments:
TEA:
SALVES OR BALMS:
Wild and Weedy Apothecary is sponsoring a scholarship for the Seven Steps To Wellness Workshop.
Scholarship covers class but not book. Book cost is $17.00. Book pick up is Saturday October 24th 2015.
See details below
How to apply for the scholarship:
Send me an e-mail with your name, age and e-mail addresses with the following:
What are your hobbies?
How active is your present life style?
Do you cook?
Do you have type one or type two diabetes?
Do you have other health issues or concerns?
What would you like to gain out of this workshop?
I must receive your e-mail by Friday October 23rd by 8:00 PM
Send To: wildweedyherbs@gmail.com
This workshop requires a commitment to yourself, the group and me. Only serious inquires please.
Seven Steps To Wellness Workshop Details
It is time to take action and take back your health.
Why wait for a New Years Resolution, when you can start now. Yes, this class starts right before the holidays and what better time to start a wellness program! We will be getting healthy together and working on life style changes right through the holidays.
The Seven Steps To Wellness class will be using the book "The Blood Sugar Solution" by Mark Hyman, MD as our guide.
You will learn how to boost your nutrition, regulate your hormones, reduce inflammation, improve your digestion, maximize detoxification, enhance energy metabolism, gain cooking skills, and soothe your mind.
This is an ultra healthy program for preventing disease and feeling great.
Class meets weekly for 7 weeks and there will be reading homework each week.
Don't wait , act now, Isn't it time to take your health back?
PRE-PAY by Oct 17th 2015
Cost: $160.00 (includes book)
You can pay through Eventbrite, visit Wild and Weedy Apothecary or come by the Farmers Market On Third St.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seven-steps-to-wellness-weekly-workshop-tickets-18638067963
When: Saturdays
Time 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Class Schedule:
Oct 24th 10:00 am - 10:45 am Intro class, pick up book
Oct. 31st 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Nov. 7th 10:00 am - 11:30 am
THURSDAY Nov. 12th 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Nov. 21st 10:00 am - 11:30 am
NO CLASS NOVEMBER 28TH
Dec. 5th 10:00 am - 11:30 am
LAST CLASS WILL BE TWO HOURS
Dec 12th 10:00 am - Noon
VAPOR RUB
INFUSE OIL
1/3 CUP LOBELIA (at risk plant UPS)—Excellent for spastic “dry” coughing and wheezing. Superb expectorant (expectorants help expel or expect excess mucus from the system) Best remedy for asthma bronchitis. Antispasmodic, meaning relaxes the chest and opens constricted bronchial passages, Stimulates the respiratory center in the brain, producing deeper and stronger breathing.
1/3 CUP MULLEIN Helps with respiratory infections
1/3 CUP HOPS Relaxes the nervous system
1 Tbl. ROSEMARY Antiseptic (help prevent the growth of bacteria), helps open nasal passageways
1 TBL. PEPPERMINT Helps to open nasal passages
Oil of choice
Solar-Infused oil
Place the herbs and the oil in a glass jar. Cover tightly. Place the jar in a warm, sunny spot and let steep for 2 to 4 weeks. Strain the oil through cheesecloth or muslin. Squeeze every last drop.
Double Boiler Method
Place the herbs and the oil in a double boiler and bring to a low simmer. Slowly heat for 30 to 60 minutes, checking frequently to be sure the oil IS NOT OVERHEATING. The lower the heat the longer the infusion the better. I do cycles, low heat on, then off and repeat several times.
Make Vapor Rub
1 cup of infused oil
1/4 cup bees wax
15 drops Rosemary EO
15 drops Eucalyptus EO
25 drops Camphor EO
10 drops Orange EO
15 drops Clove EO
8 drops Peppermint EO
Other Combinations:
20 drops eucalyptus, 10 drops rosemary, 10drops lavender, 10 drops tea tree, 10 drops lemon
20 drops each rosemary, lemon and eucalyptus
20 drops each rosemary, peppermint and eucalyptus
20 drops eucalyptus, 20 drops peppermint, 10 drops basil and 10 drop pine needle
5 drops each lavender, rosemary, tea tree and eucalyptus
Essential Oils For Congestion:
Eucalyptus – Potent antiseptic, antiviral, and decongestant.
Tea Tree – An effective antimicrobial, expectorant and antiseptic. Peppermint – Helps to open nasal passages.
Basil – Helps open nasal passages. Antiseptic.
Rosemary – Antiseptic, helps open nasal passageways.
Pine- Great for colds and sinusitis. Has decongestant and antimicrobial qualities.
Lavender – Antihistamine, antiseptic and antimicrobial.
Clove – cooling expectorant
Marjoram – Antimicrobial. Helps with breathing.
Chamomile – Relieves congestion and helps calm cranky patients.
Lemon – Stimulates immune function, but take care if using in sunlight because it increases sensitivity
Sweet Orange – Helps with detoxification , helps with nerviness, anxiety, sedative, antispasmodic
Camphor—antispasmodic
What is the centering of self, the centering of life through chaos, sadness ,madness, fear, disappointment, and loss. How do we as humans deal with the stresses of life, in a world that is moving faster? How do we center ourselves to protect our own health?
What is centering the self? Does this mean anything to you? Do you feel most of the time like life is out of control? Does your heart take too many leaps, to many extra pumps, do rapid heart beats become normal in life due to the anxiety that hits daily?
Many of us , these days, are dealing with a lot on our plates. It is important for our health that we deal with it effectively or else it will take a toll, cause stagnation in our bodies and create problems down the road.
I had a productive day and at one point I had come inside to do some computer research. After I was done I stepped away and did some light movement and some deep breathing after my shower. It was time to head outside with my cup of tea, a backpack that had books, a writing journal and my camera. I walked over to my sun gazing spot, (this is one of the things that gives me rejuvenation), worked on clearing my head and wrote things down that bothered me throughout the day. When I write I always find something positive to jot down at the end of my thoughts.
My thoughts for this day...journaling to purge, write down ideas, concerns, and ramblings.
My thoughts today seem to be to many. Recovering from my accident has left our world spinning, a lot of work to catch up on and a chronic neck issue. Thoughts of how to understand running a business in a world of technology, how to understand people, how to understand death, loss, letting go, ego, and fear.
Also, we had a family pet pass away and it has been incredibly hard. I find that when I am sitting still I am haunted with all the memories of him.. I play the game of pushing all thoughts away as I get teary eyed, and move on to something else. It is like a high tide coming in and leaving.
A day to push away thoughts of a quiet house, I don't hear the Rocky thunder, that used to vibrate through, the big white fuzzy is gone, sadness, ... I get an overwhelming urge to cry, letting go is so fucking hard...It's not how he died or when he died, it is the happiness he gave us that needs to be remembered.. Keeping busy pushing thoughts away, time heals. So many things in this last year and a half, so much loss, in a short period of time. At the same time we have had incredible things happen to. It always amazes me that somehow we can get overwhelmed by stress, loss, sadness and feel it in our bodies and heart, but if we have incredible things happen we don't seem to hold on to it that same way as negativity. What would it be like to ignore negativity and be overwhelmed by happiness? I enjoy researching, but after many hours on the computer it is always a reminder how unhealthy screen time is. I end up craving a book. a real book and I turn off everything. Technology is a gift, but also a curse. Over used , yes. Screen time addicts have been created. Screen time vibrates our bodies in such a negative way that it is vitally important that we take vacations from it. Stress caused by screen time is taking it's toll on our bodies. We seem to be becoming a society that is in search of people on their social media only to find that they are becoming more lonely. More people in search of people, but still becoming more lonely. I, to, am guilty of this, I miss my kids. My day of gardening, tea time, mountain time, cutting scotch broom up in the mountains, to keep the chemical sprays off of the ground. My duty to do my best to protect the earth from the chemical addicts that enjoy spraying their herbicides and god know what else. Sunsets bring me joy, I take a moment and watch the clouds move, I feel the breeze, I hear the wind whisper in my ears, I feel the ground under my bare feet. As I watch the sunset, and purge out everything on paper, I remind my self to breath, deep breaths,. I hear the Robins sing their heart out, the sun is setting, Breathing gives the breath of life..
Rocky May 2007 - April 1, 2015
I am remind as I watch the sun go down, that it is time to put the journal down, sit still and breath. No thoughts, just quiet the mind. These words came to me.
The sunset is a reminder to find the light in life at your most saddest, darkest times. The light brings peace, beauty, love, forgiveness, urges you to open your heart, let go of ego, and bring down those walls. A heart with walls, eventually stops beating.. For the light reminds us that being in the dark is OK, as long as we remember to rise.
My message for today is that I don't want all of that emotional clutter staying in me. Just think how my body would feel if I did not purge any of that out. It is like putting bad gas in a car or not putting oil in it. You get dry, start smoking, blow a gasket, and then need to rebuild your motor. That can take some time.
If you are stressed, sad, mad etc. what are some of the things that you do? Here are a few that I do.
BREATH (this is what gives you life)
EXERCISE (at least 5 days a week)
DANCE/SING
MOUNTAIN TIME/NATURE TIME
GOOD HEALTHY ORGANIC FOOD MADE WITH A PLETHORA OF HERBS
TEA TIME WITH FAMILY MEMBER
RELAXING HERBS
FAMILY TIME WITHOUT SCREENS
TEA TIME WITH SELF
SELF TIME
JOURNAL
I am going to end this blog by leaving some great information with you, by Rosalee on Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome. She does such a great job that I wanted to share this with you.
Peace to you and here's to finding our happy center!
A great article on Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome, written by Rosalee de la Foret
http://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/adrenal-fatigue-syndrome.html
Centering Self..
It teaches you to focus on the here and now, taking power away from outside concerns and negative thoughts, and helping you remain stable and grounded.
How to Center Yourself:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_83.htm
Relaxing Teas, Sleepy Time Teas and more at the Wild and Weedy Apothecary
Assorted Tea Recipes:
http://adelightfulhome.com/diy-tea-recipes/
Tranquil Tea Blend:
http://www.bulkherbstore.com/blog/2013/03/how-to-make-your-own-tranquil-tea-blend/
Today marks the last few weeks of the harvest. Just six weeks left. Whew!
This season has been moving extremely fast. We started off in June watering like it was August. This has left us with the feeling of never catching up. There were times you would walk around the farm and you could hear all the plants asking for water, they were extremely thirsty.
It is September and most of our crops are almost done, due to the fast ripening of the season. We are hoping to still have produce towards the end of the season. If things become slim, I will be giving herbal remedies to get you through your cold and flu season.
We have had a lot of abundance this year, the salad greens were slim due to the heat and they bolted.
I am very thankful for this season's beautiful abundance.
This Weeks Harvest: Nettle, kale, mixture of greens, rosemary, parsley, basil, wax beans, lemon cucumbers, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, a variety of tomatoes, potatoes, a variety of peppers and cabbage.
Nettle Information:
http://cedarmountainherbs.com/nettles.htm
How To Make Your Own Powdered Greens:
Wax Bean Recipe:
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/warm-yellow-wax-beans-in-bacon-v...
Use organic bacon, (Roths usually carries it)
You can use red wine instead of sherry vinegar
You can use regular onions instead of shallots
You will need garlic for this recipe
Abundance
