Nature excites me, herbs specifically excite me even more!!!
I cannot tell you how I felt just by walking along the grasslands and by the lakes and through the woodlands. My two girls came with me, all be it reluctantly wanting to leave their xbox at home, as the summer holidays are now in full force. Soon they were running around, climbing the trees and helping me gather my supplies (They are the right height after all lol!)
Nature has always provided us with what we need, and with consumerism we have forgotten the art of whats real and whats not.. Understanding the world around us, takes patience and and the will to learn. We blindly accept that what is sold on the shelves of supermarkets is safe and good for us. This is not entirely true. It has been droned into every modern person, we are a throw away culture, with no real knowledge of the 'actual' world we live in... what happened to us?
We don't know how to make the most basic healing remedies with items that maybe already in our kitchens, or even in our back yard.
Nature on the other hand cannot be downloaded onto a disk, it is felt, it is a knowing, an understanding, a nurturing two way street. Its passing down the knowledge from one person to another.
I went for a wonder to the commons grasslands today to collect what I needed to start what is the beginning of something magickal.
Some may call it hoodoo, others witchraft, alternative, a load of crock or even hubble bubble time... I call it doing what nature knows best; 'Magic'.
Against all odds we are a living breathing planet, that in itself is magic to its highest degree.
Lets go back in time to a place before supermarkets were invented, lets go back to nature.
Today I'm going to share with you the magickal and attributes of these powerful healing herbs that I collected today for different purposes. Click on each link below to take to to the explanations of uses Magickal and Medicinal.
Plantain
Yarrow
Comfrey
Rosemary
Marigold flowers (Calendula)
Echinacea root
(Click back here soon as I haven't updated all of the above herbs with their links yet)
How to make your own triple antibiotic salve, that works way better than the over the counter or prescriptive medications. For all bumps, scrapes, burns, bites, swelling, bruising, stings, poison ivy, eczema, psoriasis.... etc you get the gist :)
2 cups Almond oil (If you have nut allergies substitute with olive oil)
1 tsp echinacea root
2 tbsp comfrey leaf
2 tbsp plantain
1 tbsp marigold flowers
1 tsp yarrow flowers
1 tsp rosemary leaf
1/4 cup beeswax
1/2 tsp vitamin E
Place herbs in a jar and cover with the oil, and let it steep for 3-4 weeks or in a double boiler for 3 hours on low..
Once this is done strain the herbs through a muslin cloth, put it back on the heat and melt the beeswax.
once done add the vitamin E oil and place in small jars.
This is the natural equivalent to a triple antibiotic cream that will be prescribed by most doctors here in the UK for skin complaints. In the US its equivalent is an over the counter purchase under the name of Neosporin.
This natural herbal healing salve contains no chemicals, no parabens, no petroleum, no artificial fragrances... just oils and herbs and twice as effective.
If you don't want to have a go making your own, let me do the work for you.
Buy your all natural Healing herbal Salve here
BB ~Opal Storm )O(
This post is to guide you with the magical properties and uses of herbs. This is not intended to replace any medical advice, please consult your Doctor before any consumption.
