Where to get your Herbs?

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Just a few days ago I was asked where can to find all the products I post about here , Well the best I can say is your local Health Food Store, if you are lucky enough to have one near you if not , there are many good suppliers on the internet.You can also find what you are looking for in the shopping tab above, either with Ritchers or Mountain Rose Herbs.

But you know many of the posts I add here are also made with herbs you can find at your grocers .

 This is not meant to be complicated , in fact it's all about living simply.

As Christmas is almost here I know we are all very busy I know I am , So I would like to Wish everyone a

Great Great Holiday Season.

I may not be posting as much as I usually do for the next few weeks .

 But I will be back full time in January

 Again Happy Holidays

Debbie

Where to get your Herbs?

Image via Wikipedia

Just a few days ago I was asked where can to find all the products I post about here , Well the best I can say is your local Health Food Store, if you are lucky enough to have one near you if not , there are many good suppliers on the internet.You can also find what you are looking for in the shopping tab above, either with Ritchers or Mountain Rose Herbs.

But you know many of the posts I add here are also made with herbs you can find at your grocers .

 This is not meant to be complicated , in fact it's all about living simply.

As Christmas is almost here I know we are all very busy I know I am , So I would like to Wish everyone a

Great Great Holiday Season.

I may not be posting as much as I usually do for the next few weeks .

 But I will be back full time in January

 Again Happy Holidays

Debbie

Natural Diet Aids

Chickweed

By an eHow Contributor
One of the fastest-growing areas of the health and fitness industry involves the use of herbs. Herbs from around the world can be used to ease cravings, provide vital minerals to aid digestion and support dozens of other actions to help you with overeating. You need to use herbs responsibly with a sound diet plan to decrease food cravings.

Add Herbs to Your New Diet

Consult with an acupuncturist to determine potential Chinese herbs that can help you deal with overeating. You can use a light amount of acupuncture and prescribed herbs authorized by the practitioner to suppress your appetite.



Purchase some chickweed from an organic food store to help you with overeating. Chickweed helps burn fat and increase the efficiency of your endocrine system when used in small doses



Apply lemon balm to foods and drinks allowed in your dietary plan to help you stop overeating. Lemon balm is a plant that is a natural anti-bacterial agent as well as an aid for glandular functions. You can also use lemon balm brewed as a tea to calm yourself, which can help you prevent comfort eating.



Sprinkle in bits of stevia when making tea or other healthy drinks to help you deal with overeating. Stevia is an herb that acts as a natural sweetener without the chemical basis of artificial sweeteners.

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Natural Diet Aids

Chickweed

By an eHow Contributor
One of the fastest-growing areas of the health and fitness industry involves the use of herbs. Herbs from around the world can be used to ease cravings, provide vital minerals to aid digestion and support dozens of other actions to help you with overeating. You need to use herbs responsibly with a sound diet plan to decrease food cravings.

Add Herbs to Your New Diet

Consult with an acupuncturist to determine potential Chinese herbs that can help you deal with overeating. You can use a light amount of acupuncture and prescribed herbs authorized by the practitioner to suppress your appetite.



Purchase some chickweed from an organic food store to help you with overeating. Chickweed helps burn fat and increase the efficiency of your endocrine system when used in small doses



Apply lemon balm to foods and drinks allowed in your dietary plan to help you stop overeating. Lemon balm is a plant that is a natural anti-bacterial agent as well as an aid for glandular functions. You can also use lemon balm brewed as a tea to calm yourself, which can help you prevent comfort eating.



Sprinkle in bits of stevia when making tea or other healthy drinks to help you deal with overeating. Stevia is an herb that acts as a natural sweetener without the chemical basis of artificial sweeteners.

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• Homemade Food Gifts: Dried Herbs (frugalrecipes.wordpress.com)
• The Many Uses of Lemon Balm (brighthub.com)
• Herbal and Homeopathic Remedies for Treating Viruses (brighthub.com)
• Make Money Growing Herbs (glenns-garden.com)
• Healthy and Safe Herbs for Birds: (brighthub.com)

Herbal Teas for Children

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This is a no brainer. Make sure they are caffeine free. I mean, honestly, if you want to punish yourself, can’t you think of another way?

I would avoid teas that are used medicinally, such as St John’s Wort, or Comfrey. It is sometimes forgotten or overlooked that herbal remedies can still do damage to ones body depending on the doses given, and with children you never can be sure how their bodies process it.

The following teas seem to be safe for children to drink; red teas with rosehips and hibiscus, lemon balm, ginger, lemongrass, chamomile, mint, honeybush, rooibos and tulsi.

The general consensus regarding children and herbal teas is that they are completely safe and a much better alternative to giving them fruit juice, which I agree with. A herbal tea with a smidgen of honey is far better than sugar laden (natural or not) fruit juice for hydrating your child. I also think that its a great idea to introduce their palettes to the taste of teas early on in life as well.

Herbal Teas for Children

Image via Wikipedia
I found this at...
http://thesupermom.com/are-herbal-teas-ok-for-kids

This is a no brainer. Make sure they are caffeine free. I mean, honestly, if you want to punish yourself, can’t you think of another way?

I would avoid teas that are used medicinally, such as St John’s Wort, or Comfrey. It is sometimes forgotten or overlooked that herbal remedies can still do damage to ones body depending on the doses given, and with children you never can be sure how their bodies process it.

The following teas seem to be safe for children to drink; red teas with rosehips and hibiscus, lemon balm, ginger, lemongrass, chamomile, mint, honeybush, rooibos and tulsi.

The general consensus regarding children and herbal teas is that they are completely safe and a much better alternative to giving them fruit juice, which I agree with. A herbal tea with a smidgen of honey is far better than sugar laden (natural or not) fruit juice for hydrating your child. I also think that its a great idea to introduce their palettes to the taste of teas early on in life as well.

Chamomile Herbal Use and Medicinal Properties

Internal Use
Chamomile is one of the most widely used flowers for herbal tea. Chamomile Tea is so popular, it is found in most grocery stores in the tea aisle. It is used as a mild sedative, and is good for insomnia as well as many other nervous conditions. It is nervine and sedative especially suited to teething children and those who have been in a highly emotional state over a long period of time. Except for the small risk of allergy, Chamomile is also one of the safest herbs to use.


Chamomile flowers are used in alternative medicine as an anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, nervine, stomachic, tonic, vasodilatory. The anti-inflammatory properties make it good for rheumatism, arthritis, and other painful swellings. Additional uses in herbal medicine include an antispasmodic for intestinal and menstrual cramps, relieving gas pains, and a very mild but efficient laxative. Milder tea in large doses is given throughout the day for fevers, sore throats, the aches and pains due to colds, flu, and allergies. External Use
 An infusion of Chamomile flowers is used as a hair shampoo, especially for fair hair. The flowers are sometimes added to cosmetics as an anti-allergenic agent or made into a salve for use on hemorrhoids and wounds. The dried herb is made into potpourri and herb pillows, and is burned for aromatherapy. Applied externally as a wash or compress for skin inflammations, sunburn, burns, and added to bath for relaxing tired, achy muscles and feet, and softening the skin.
Other Uses

Chamomile tea is used as a liquid feed and plant tonic, effective against a number of plant diseases. An essential oil from the whole plant is used as a flavoring and in making perfume. The dried flowers are used as an insect repellent.

Constituents

The chief constituent of Chamaemelum have been identified as esters of angelic and tiglic, together with amyl and isobutyl alcohol's. It also contains anthemol and a hydrocarbon anthemene. The flowers contain various volatile oils including proazulenes. Upon steam distillation these proazulenes produce chamazulene, this is remarkably anti-allergenic and is useful in the treatment of asthma and hay fever.

Habitat and Description

  (Matricaria chamomilla) Wild Chamomile is an annual herb originally from Europe which has escaped to the wild and is now naturalized on almost every continent. It can now be found growing along fence rows, roadsides, and in sunny open fields from Southern Canada to Northern U.S. west to Minnesota. The branched stem is somewhat erect, round, hollow, and grows to about 20 inches tall. The leaves are bipinnate, finely divided, light green and feathery. The flowers are daisy-like about 1 inch across and bloom from May to October. The entire plant has a pineapple scent (apple to some) and planted in the garden is said to help sickly plants to grow. Gather the above ground parts as soon as flowers bloom, dry for later herb use.

History and Folklore

It is said that the Egyptians dedicated Chamomile to their sun god and valued it over all other herbs for its healing qualities. Due to its sedative and relaxing properties Chamomile was an ingredient in some love potions in the middle ages.

Chamomile Herb Recipe Ideas

The flowers are edible and quite tasty in salads or made into a refreshing cold or warm beverage.
Relaxing tea: To 1 cup boiling water add 2 tsp. dried flowers. Steep covered for 10 min.
For Bath: Use ½ to 1 cup fresh or dried herb tied in linen bag. Place in tub with hot water let soak for 10 min. then add cold water to the temp. you like. Do not add soap to bath, as it will coat your skin and not allow the Chamomile to penetrate.
Also for colds or when you feel really bad, try the tea while you’re soaking in the bath.
Article by Deb Jackson & Karen Bergeron Copyright 1998-2005

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Use 1 Tablespoon per 12 to 16 oz pot.
Use Very Hot (180 - 195 F.) water.
Steep for 5 to 10 minutes.

Caffeine Free.

If you have hay fever or Goldenrod / Ragweed allergies, you should NOT drink any tea containing chamomile.   It MAY trigger an allergic reaction.
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•  

Chamomile Herbal Use and Medicinal Properties

Internal Use
Chamomile is one of the most widely used flowers for herbal tea. Chamomile Tea is so popular, it is found in most grocery stores in the tea aisle. It is used as a mild sedative, and is good for insomnia as well as many other nervous conditions. It is nervine and sedative especially suited to teething children and those who have been in a highly emotional state over a long period of time. Except for the small risk of allergy, Chamomile is also one of the safest herbs to use.


Chamomile flowers are used in alternative medicine as an anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, nervine, stomachic, tonic, vasodilatory. The anti-inflammatory properties make it good for rheumatism, arthritis, and other painful swellings. Additional uses in herbal medicine include an antispasmodic for intestinal and menstrual cramps, relieving gas pains, and a very mild but efficient laxative. Milder tea in large doses is given throughout the day for fevers, sore throats, the aches and pains due to colds, flu, and allergies. External Use
 An infusion of Chamomile flowers is used as a hair shampoo, especially for fair hair. The flowers are sometimes added to cosmetics as an anti-allergenic agent or made into a salve for use on hemorrhoids and wounds. The dried herb is made into potpourri and herb pillows, and is burned for aromatherapy. Applied externally as a wash or compress for skin inflammations, sunburn, burns, and added to bath for relaxing tired, achy muscles and feet, and softening the skin.
Other Uses

Chamomile tea is used as a liquid feed and plant tonic, effective against a number of plant diseases. An essential oil from the whole plant is used as a flavoring and in making perfume. The dried flowers are used as an insect repellent.

Constituents

The chief constituent of Chamaemelum have been identified as esters of angelic and tiglic, together with amyl and isobutyl alcohol's. It also contains anthemol and a hydrocarbon anthemene. The flowers contain various volatile oils including proazulenes. Upon steam distillation these proazulenes produce chamazulene, this is remarkably anti-allergenic and is useful in the treatment of asthma and hay fever.

Habitat and Description

  (Matricaria chamomilla) Wild Chamomile is an annual herb originally from Europe which has escaped to the wild and is now naturalized on almost every continent. It can now be found growing along fence rows, roadsides, and in sunny open fields from Southern Canada to Northern U.S. west to Minnesota. The branched stem is somewhat erect, round, hollow, and grows to about 20 inches tall. The leaves are bipinnate, finely divided, light green and feathery. The flowers are daisy-like about 1 inch across and bloom from May to October. The entire plant has a pineapple scent (apple to some) and planted in the garden is said to help sickly plants to grow. Gather the above ground parts as soon as flowers bloom, dry for later herb use.

History and Folklore

It is said that the Egyptians dedicated Chamomile to their sun god and valued it over all other herbs for its healing qualities. Due to its sedative and relaxing properties Chamomile was an ingredient in some love potions in the middle ages.

Chamomile Herb Recipe Ideas

The flowers are edible and quite tasty in salads or made into a refreshing cold or warm beverage.
Relaxing tea: To 1 cup boiling water add 2 tsp. dried flowers. Steep covered for 10 min.
For Bath: Use ½ to 1 cup fresh or dried herb tied in linen bag. Place in tub with hot water let soak for 10 min. then add cold water to the temp. you like. Do not add soap to bath, as it will coat your skin and not allow the Chamomile to penetrate.
Also for colds or when you feel really bad, try the tea while you’re soaking in the bath.
Article by Deb Jackson & Karen Bergeron Copyright 1998-2005

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Chamomile is one of the oldest garden herbs, whose reputation as a medicinal plant shows little signs of abatement.   Considered a universal remedy by the ancient Egyptians, Chamomile continues to be used today to battle illness, promote calm and relieve anxiety at bedtime.   As a tisane (herbal Tea), it is naturally caffeine-free.   The finest varieties of Chamomile, of which our Tea is great example, come from Egypt.
Use 1 Tablespoon per 12 to 16 oz pot.
Use Very Hot (180 - 195 F.) water.
Steep for 5 to 10 minutes.

Caffeine Free.

If you have hay fever or Goldenrod / Ragweed allergies, you should NOT drink any tea containing chamomile.   It MAY trigger an allergic reaction.
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• Chamomile Herb, Home Remedy for Indigestion and Insomnia (herbalmedicine.suite101.com)
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• Herbal Remedies for IBS (brighthub.com)
• Five Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy or While Trying to Conceive (prenatal-health.suite101.com)
• Medicines from the Wild (greenreview.blogspot.com)
• Natural sleeping remedies herbal treatments to relieve insomnia (slideshare.net)
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