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[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Bath and Body Works Quick Start Fragrant Botanical Splash

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Untitled Chlorophyll Print (A. with Headdress No. 2) - chlorophyll print photogram (2 hour solar exposure) - violet leaf - robert matejcek - 2023

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[balkanradfem]

The continuation of Herbalism

So, you might know I've started trying out all kinds of mainstream herbalism advice and almost poisoned myself recently; this did not stop me. I'm still out there. For those who didn't read the last post, herbal infusion is a large quantity of a dried plant, put in a jar, covered with boiling water, then covered and left to infuse for 24 hrs.

I've been drinking the nettle infusion every single day and it's done a lot of good for me. My nails look a lot better than before, and I feel less tired. My exhaustion was caused by trauma, and it seems that the hormone-regulating property of nettle also regulates my trauma-influenced hormones and it's a big relief to have to struggle less because of it. It's a bit tricky to get nettle infusion to taste good – it tastes bad if there's too much nettle, if it doesn't infuse for a day and a half, or, if you don't open and close the jar and leave it in the fridge to infuse more. If you do it all right, then it tastes like milk.

Another infusion recommended by the herbalist was 'red clover', and I've been collecting it for a while and drying it to try, I've been very curious about the taste! The flowers lose all their color immediately after being submerged, and that looks very ghostly to see. The taste is very agreeable to me, I love the herbal-pea-sweetish taste. Did you know red clover is related to pea family? That was very cool to find out. However, this infusion had me immediately drunk. I was laughing madly and I sent dozens of very stupid messages to my friend and she told me to stop drinking. I didn't stop; it was too much fun, so I had more, and then, I got extremely sad, my body felt heavy, I wanted to cry and was severely bummed out. That's when I actually googled the thing and discovered it worked as if you took estrogen! There's a lot of hormones in red clover, apparently. And there's a lot of possible side effects to drinking the infusion. Interesting. I had some nettle infusion to calm me down, and I was normal again. Don’t think I'll be drinking any more of that. Instead, I started using the flower in stir-fries. It's not dangerous if it's used as a food, and not too much at once.

Next in the line was cleavers; it took me a bit to find the correct plant, it dries easily, and so I eagerly made an infusion to see what it tastes like. And the answer is: disgusting. Horrid. Gross. It tastes like something died and turned into fertilizer. I couldn't drink it. Then I thought, maybe I put too much cleavers in it? Maybe I just need a weaker infusion. So, I did it again. And a weak infusion is,,, bearable… but it still tastes like a punishment. It didn't have any effect on me whatsoever. It's supposed to be good for lymphatic health. So like, if I'm dying, I will make some, but otherwise,,, there's no need to drink this.

I recently found a big patch of real violet leaves, I'll get to do a violet-leaf infusion soon! I tried violet-leaf tea, and it really is incredible, it's good for lymph nodes, fevers, breathing and lungs, and it tastes good! I got vaccinated and drank this continuously; didn't get any fever at all. I also found out you can make tea from a dried dandelion flower, and I love the taste.

Herbalism knowledge helped me understand cooking better; I realized if I have no red onions, I could lightly sautee and then infuse chives into the boiling water, then strain them and use the water as a broth, and it would taste good! I'm currently drying chive flowers to see if I could use dehydrated flowers for an infusion, in case I have no onions or chives, like in the winter. It's a great resource to always be able to make good broth, even when you're out of onion. My soups suddenly taste a lot better.

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[herbsandessentialoils]

How to Make a Violet Leaf & Honey Cough Syrup has been published on Herbs and Oils Hub at https://herbsandoilshub.com/how-to-make-a-violet-leaf-honey-cough-syrup/

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How to Make a Violet Leaf & Honey Cough Syrup

This is a simple recipe by the Nerdy Farm Wife that uses just 3 ingredients.  She explains how to prepare violet leaves and water so that you extract the essence of the violet leaves.  After that it's a matter of heating some of the violet water and honey according to directions and you h...