Recipes Using Herbs
Growing in cool, secret woodlands, strawberries can be found, in Bavaria it is believed that this delicious fruit when picked and presented to the Gods would bring the people of the land much fortune. In Lapland strawberries are mixed with reindeer milk and blueberries to make a Christmas pudding, and although the people in these two lands used the strawberries for very different purposes they both recognized the wonderful quality of this herb.
The age of herbals became more popular around the sixteenth century when the need for new medicines was ever increasingly in part by World War I which spurred food and medical shortages. It is said that while in the trenches of war, thyme, garlic and moss were discovered and used to play a lifesaving medical role.
People have turned to plants for healing help since the beginning of time but somewhere in the desire to pull ahead science created synthetic drugs and Americans had all but forgotten natural remedies. Holistic thinking however has a way of coming back again and again with a new steps toward future education as to healthy living will never go out of style. When we learn and understand herbs and its use in the healing process we can then stop wasting millions of dollars on medications that act like a band aid and focus on the ailment- many which can be treated at home with a range of simple herbal remedies.
Herbs have created a new found interest in many because the ease of growing them and for there many uses as well as varieties. Even weeding becomes not such a cumbersome event when digging around herbs with the different fragrances and textures herbs provide.
The wonderful thing about herbs it that you do not have to go to some fancy restaurant for that one-of-a-kind salad to enjoy the benefits of herbs; One can create a small garden in containers, or a box window in the kitchen. Growing with a certain theme or aromas, or sections of herbs just for cooking, the options are vast and all to the creators choice.
When you are looking to create you own garden you must first address how much time you are willing to spend because as with any garden there will be maintenance- don't be too ambitious or it will become a chore instead of a pleasure.
You should also remember what time commitment you have and realize or take the time to asses just how much time it takes to have and take care of a garden- if you are limited on time do not be too ambitious or it will become a chore instead of a pleasure.
Seniors get crazy about your herbs because it's bath time! The easiest way of adding herbs to a bath is to hang three or four herbal tea bags form the tap, or to place a small herb-filled tea infuser in the water. Adding 5-10 drops of essential oil to your bath allows you to enjoy the fragrance and feel their beneficial medicinalpowers.
There are also skin-softening baths where if you add 2 ounces of dried or 4 ounces of fresh elderflowers, chamomile or linden blossom in milk for 2 hours, stain and add to the bath you will have fresh, soft feeling skin that also helps with itchiness and aching.
There are many herbal bath infusions you can create from your own garden if you do a little research on putting which plants together and how to break them down into oils or different ways to bundle the seeds, flowers, and roots. The internet is a great source for starting your herb garden and or visiting the library.
Have a cold? At the first sign of a cold take a mixture of elderflower, peppermint, and yarrow, boil together, strain and drink like tea. Cayenne powder is also great for protecting against colds and rose hip tea is high in vitamin c which can be used to build resistance to colds and other infections. Just remember if you are uncertain about a plant, do not use it.
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