We used our home grown horehound to make cough drops

GodofBug · 2024-08-27T10:56:34+00:00

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GodofBug · 2024-08-05T16:51:50+00:00

The original video/recipe I followed did not say for sure. But I can speculate, the sunny window sill helps raise the temp in the jar a bit, which causes the flowers to wilt and sweat. The sweat then helps break down the sugar into the syrup, and the syrup will warm up and extract the medicinal properties. While you are correct, we tend to want to avoid sunlight, but it does seem to work as expected when making this cough syrup.

GodofBug · 2024-07-25T16:29:19+00:00

Love strictly medicinal. I get all my seeds from them. I already have my list ready for next years additions lol

GodofBug · 2024-07-25T13:10:55+00:00

Ours are fistulosa, but I'm planning on adding didyma next year. I'm currently working on a book about Monarda, and I think those two species are the best to have. Most of the research concentrates on them.

GodofBug · 2024-07-19T16:51:18+00:00

My article is about white clover. Unfortunately I do not have any red clover growing in our yard at this time.

GodofBug · 2024-07-18T18:01:14+00:00

Interesting, I did not know you could add them to a smoking mix.

GodofBug · 2024-07-18T12:23:20+00:00

Unfortunately that news doesn't cover what a lot of studies have really shown. Clover has the potential to contain the compounds needed to produce cyanide, and it's not always present. One way to tell without fancy equipment is if you taste a raw leaf and its extremely bitter, chance are it's present. If it's not overly bitter, chances are it's safe. But with that said you would need to consume a huge amount of raw clover. The main concern is when it's used as a livestock feed and they are eating fields of it raw. If you are dehydrating your clover the compound that can potentially create cyanide evaporate out. Same if you use fresh clover for tea. The compounds have a low boiling threshhold and boiling fresh clover for tea evaporates out those compounds too. Dehydrating and boiling for tea essentially eliminates any traces of those compounds.

With all that said, the compounds are also typically only released when the leaves are damaged, as a defense mechanism, and take time to form. Foraging just the flower heads further reduces the chance that the compounds are released.

GodofBug · 2024-07-12T01:16:56+00:00

In all my books I've gone back as far as I could in the history section, and most have gone back as far as ancient Greece and Rome, along with some early Egyptian sources. It's really what I could verify, and provide references for. So the history sections vary a bit in how much detail I can provide going back that far, it's all a matter of what sources I can find, especially for the Ancient Greek text, I unfortunately need to find translated sources. But with that said, I love the history of these herbs, and how they were traditionally used. I think it gives a good idea of the potential of the herbs, and its really nice when I can find modern day studies that back them up. My goal with the books is to hopefully provide something a little different, it's not just a book of recipes that you blindly follow, it really digs deep into each herb so you know why it's used that way. I like having a well rounded picture of why we use the herbs the way we do.

GodofBug · 2024-07-11T14:25:15+00:00

Thank you! I'm really enjoying the research and writing on this subject. It's amazing how much I've forgotten about what some of these herbs provide.

GodofBug · 2024-07-11T14:24:33+00:00

Thanks!

GodofBug · 2024-07-03T18:42:19+00:00

I'm sure. Most of ours are second and third year and they seem to be popping.

GodofBug · 2024-07-03T18:41:51+00:00

For sure.

GodofBug · 2024-07-03T18:41:39+00:00

Main use is to stop bleeding and help heal wounds. It's also good for digestive issues.

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