Master Herbalist Herbal First Aid

Here are a few suggestions as to what to put in your first aid kit. Where noted, the formula to make an item follows this list.

-    Peppermint Liniment (formula appears below): For muscle strains and sprains
-    Aloe Vera Gel: For burns, sunburn, insect bites
-    Powdered Clay (French Green, Fuller’s Earth, etc.): Mix with a bit of water to make a paste to draw out stingers and splinters
-    Witch Hazel. Has antiseptic and antibacterial properties.
-    Mullein Cough Drops (formula appears below)
-    Comfrey Oil (formula appears below) Use to speed wound healing (do NOT use on open or infected skin).
-    Calendula Salve (formula appears below) Soothes minor irritations, such as rash and insect bites.
-    Rescue Remedy (Bach flower remedies are available online and in health food stores) Homeopathic preparations to ease anxiety, suitable for children and pets.
-    Arnica Gel (Topical preparations are available from health food stores): For bruises, sore muscles
-    Powdered Yarrow Leaf: Place a pinch on skin to stop bleeding
-    Lavender Essential Oil: For burns, insect bites, minor scrapes
-    Tea Tree Essential Oil: Antiseptic for wounds, rashes, etc.,
-    Assorted Teas (Don’t forget the tea ball strainer and mug!)
-   Upset stomach – chamomile, fennel seeds, all mints
-   Sore throat – sage, licorice, mullein, slippery elm
-   Cough & colds: eucalyptus, elderberry

Master Herbalist Herbal First Aid tips.

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Outdoor Kids: Herbal First Aid for Summer

I just realized something the other day.

So…here are the main plants covered in the Herb Fairies books.

Chickweed, violet, lemon balm, plantain, chamomile, calendula,
marshmallow, burdock, elder, pine, rose, cinnamon and finally,
dandelion.

These are all safe and fun herbs to learn about. There are ENDLESS
cool projects you can do with you kids with those herbs.

That these herbs are most of the common herbs used to TREAT kids

GREAT HERBS FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN!

WOW! I didn’t even plan that! I had no idea.

So, I am not sure if you saw this yesterday, but we’re doing a
webinar TONIGHT with Dr. Aviva Romm.

She wrote Naturally Healthy Babies for Children and The
Natural Pregnancy Book. Before graduating Yale Medical School,
she was a practicing herbalist and midwife for over 20 years.

It’s FREE…it’s TONIGHT… and it’s called…

“Outdoor Kids: Herbal First Aid for Summer”

Aviva even talks about how to use many of the herbs featured in

Herb Fairies. I saw the outline, and it’s a very simple and thorough
class.

You have to hurry, since it’s happening tonight.

I just wanted to make the connection here between this webinar and
what I realized about Herb Fairies the other day.

Cool, eh?

Register for free here… (It’s tonight)

http://herbwebinar.com/
John from LearningHerbs

We are giving away a copy of Herb Fairies on the webinar tonight.

No worries if you bought it already and you win. We’ll refund you.

http://herbfairies.com

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Master Herbalist Peppermint Liniment

1 cup dried peppermint leaves, chopped
Witch hazel or rubbing alcohol

Place the chopped peppermint into a clean glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Add enough witch hazel or rubbing alcohol to just cover the herbal material. Place the jar on a sunny shelf or windowsill for 4-6 weeks, shaking once each day. Strain the liquid into small, clean spray bottles. Stored in a cool, dark place, this preparation will last for years.

Master Herbalist Peppermint Liniment recipe.

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Picture your children 15 years from now… Imagine them confidently gathering the healing herbs that grow around them.

Get Herb Fairies

From the creator of Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Game, comes a new twist on the most ancient form of teaching.

We are finally revealing the secret “children’s learning system” that Wildcraft! creator Kimberly Gallagher has been writing for nearly three years.

It’s a “magical tale of plants and their remedies.”

This is an adventure that teaches kids, without them even realizing that they’re learning.

If you ever wished you knew this stuff when you were little, now’s your chance to learn and pass on your passion.

We’ll also give you some really fun, free things you can do with your kids this week.

Parents, grandparents and kids at heart will want to know about this.

Did you hear the exciting news?

Our friends at LearningHerbs have just announced a new herbal learning experience for kids!

Herb Fairies ~ A Magical Tale of Plants and Their Remedies

So fun!

Kimberly Gallagher (the creator of the Wildcraft Board Game) has written 13 interactive books that teach children about plant identification and herbalism through the art of storytelling. In this series, a group of friends discover that herb fairies and other magical beings exist all around them. Together they learn about medicinal plants and work to restore healing plant magic to the world.

This special collection of herbal children’s stories has been in the making for over 3 years and includes activities, coloring sheets, recipes, and more!

Here’s a sneak peek…

Visit HerbFairies.com now to watch a video about the Herb Fairies and learn more about this upcoming series!

Herb Fairies

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Master Herbalist Mullein Cough Drops
½ cup mullein leaves, packed
1 cup boiling water
1 1/3 cup brown sugar

Steep the leaves in the boiled water while covered, for one hour. Strain. Add brown sugar. Boil until the mixture reaches the soft candy stage, then pour onto a greased cookie sheet. With a butter knife, score out squares while the mixture is still soft. Allow to cool completely, then break into individual squares. Wrap each drop in waxed paper.

Master herbalist Mullein Cough Drops  recipe.

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Master Herbalist Comfrey Oil

1 pint (roughly) sweet almond oil, olive oil or other oil of choice
½ cup dried comfrey leaves

Place the oil and comfrey leaves in a glass bowl (or double boiler) and simmer over a pan of boiling water for 2 hours. Allow the mixture to cool; strain off the liquid into a clean mason jar. Cap and label the jar. This oil will last for one year.
Master Herbalist Comfrey Oil recipe.

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Master Herbalist Calendula Salve

¾ cup sweet almond oil
½ ounce grated beeswax
10 drops calendula essential oil

Heat the almond oil and beeswax together in a glass bowl over hot water, stirring constantly to blend. Remove from heat and add the calendula essential oil. Stir well to combine. Pour the mixture into tins while still hot. The salve will set as it cools. When completely cooled, cap and label the tins.

Master Herbalist Calendula Salve recipe.

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by Bobbie Grennier, Master Herbalist

Master Herbalist

Master herbalists must study hundreds of hours worth of material, including information on harvesting, the systems of the body, herbs that work with each system, gardening, formulation, botany and working with clients.

Master herbalists have studied the use of herbal remedies to relieve health problems and passed the requirements to attain herbal expertise using the roots, leaves and flowers of herbs to make many types of herbal remedies, like herbal teas, poultices and salves.

Herbalists help people become healthier through the use of herbs and natural whole foods. They often teach their clients about nutrition and other natural ways to support the proper function of the body through organic nutrition.

What is a Master Herbalist?

Let’s first take a look at the study of herbs in general. Herbal medicine, herbalism or botanical medicine, are all one in the same and involve the use of herbs for therapeutic or medicinal purposes.

An herb is a plant or it’s parts, that are valued for medicinal, aromatic or savory qualities. The mustard on your table and many of the spices in your kitchen cupboard are considered herbs, and so are most of the vegetables in your salad and many of the plants growing in your yard.

As far back as anyone can remember, plants have been a primary source of nutrition for people, and eventually plants revealed their medicinal qualities to us as well. We see references to medicinal plants in the Bible, and other historical texts. Plants that are used for medicinal qualities, have been referred to as herbs for over 4000 years by European and the Mediterranean cultures. The word herb finds its linguistic roots in the word herbe and the Latin word herba.

Historically, the term herb only applied to non-woody plants, but today, the term herb refers to any part of any plant that’s used for flavoring or for medicine. Although the term herb sometimes finds itself referred to along with food spices, it is generally used in reference to any plant or plant part having nutritional or medicinal value. So keep in mind, an herb can be a fruit, a bark, a flower, a leaf or a root.

Herbal medicine finds itself broadly classified into a few basic systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Herbalism, and Western Herbalism originally from Greece.

So, that’s a little general background information about the history behind being a master herbalist. Now, let’s figure out what it means to be a master herbalist in general.

Master Herbalist

This term, “master herbalist“, is one that gets hotly debated amongst those who seriously practice herbal medicine. Becoming a master herbalist is not to be taken lightly. It involves years worth of study and dedication to understanding herbal plants and their healing properties.

A Master Herbalist needs to understand the botany behind each medicinal herb. That understanding varies depending on which herbal system they choose to study: Chinese, Ayurvedic or Western Herbalism.

A Master Herbalist needs to posses knowledge about harvesting techniques for the plants they wildcraft. The master herbalist needs to have trust with the herbal store they purchase their herbs from. Harvesting dates and locations can be important to some medicinal herbs.

Master Herbalists need to know how to prepare their herbs for different types of use. Some ways of herbal preparation inlcude: tinctures, extracts, tea drinks, salves, etc.

Since herbal medicine is the oldest form of healthcare known to mankind, that makes the master herbals on of the oldest healers known to mankind as well.

If you’d like to learn more about becoming a Master Herbalist and it’s rich history throughout the ages, please visit the Herbal College at Herbal-College.com or the Herbal School at Herbal-School.com and look at the different herbalist programs we’re offering there. Herbalism is alive and well, and still widely practice through the world with a great deal of success.

What Master Herbalists can do:

Master herbalists can make and sell their own herbal remedies, write articles and books about herbal health, run health food stores and teach others about herbs. Some may become consultants to pharmacists, physicians and health food stores on the proper use of herbal remedies.

What Master Herbalists don’t do:

Master herbalists do not practice medicine. They do not diagnose illnesses or prescribe medications. They do not perform invasive procedures on their clients.

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Beekeeping

The honey bee is nature’s most effective pollinator; she accounts for 80% of all pollination done by insects. A typical hive yields 20-40 pounds of honey per year depending on weather, rainfall, forage and the strength of your colony. Honeybees are productive insects that thrive in backyard hives. Since millions of colonies have been wiped out by urbanization, pesticides and parasitic mites, backyard beekeeping has become vital to efforts to reestablish strong colonies and offset declines in pollination.

How to get started:

• Read and research, join a beekeeping guild and find a mentor.
• Assemble the hive components, tools and gear.
• Practice keeping your smoker lit.
• Make a sturdy hive stand.
• Order your bees early.

Materials:

• two hive bodies, a bottom board, supers, inner and outer covers, frames, foundation, a veil and gloves, a smoker and a hive tool
• a hive stand to keep the hive off the ground can be made from scrap lumber; put the feet in tins of oil to protect from ants
• a four-pound package of bees

Resources:

• santacruzbees.com (guild)
• carriersbees.com (supplies)
• beeculture.com
• Beekeeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston

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Herb Energetics

What if you could learn the healing properties of plants by using your own body?

We’re proud to help unveil the…

NEW… Herb Energetics

It’s a recently updated video course with Kiva Rose using herbs and home remedies.

This course will again be available for a limited time and the only way to find out about it is here….

HerbEnergetics.com and did we mention… they are giving away…

Module 1: The Sensory Language of Life:
An Introduction to Herbal and Human Energetics

All you have to do is enter your email address!

After you sign up, they’ll send you more announcements and YOU get the 1st Module FREE!

Herb Energetics Course

How would you like to…

• be able to use your senses to learn about herbs?
• have a personal and physical connection to the medicines you use?
• know how to match a specific plant to a specific person based on the primary actions of the herbs?
• be able to discern the differences season, environment and subspecies can have on an herb just by tasting it (after you have positively identified it)?
• learn how to know exactly which herb(s) you want in a situation rather than having to choose randomly from a long list?

Kiva Rose is an herbalist in the Anima Medicine Woman Tradition. She teaches and practices down to earth herbalism, nutrition and healing based on the same principles our ancestors followed within an adaptive and contemporary context.

Kiva is the author of the forthcoming The Medicine Woman’s Herbal, an in depth guide to common nourishing herbs, traditional and wild foods, and healing the Medicine Woman way. She makes her home in the Mogollon Mountains of the Gila bioregion of New Mexico, where she and her partners, Wolf and Loba, live in a small off the grid cabin at the Anima Botanical and Women’s Sanctuary.

HerbEnergetics.com

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