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Herbal Hot Toddy [with Mint-Infused Bourbon]

A traditional Hot Toddy only takes a few ingredients: whiskey, honey, water, and lemon. It is simple, but it's good to have a simple recipe...

Yarrow for Fever and Flu

Yarrow for Fever and Flu It seems rather innocuous, this lovely white flower, but yarrow has earned many expressive titles: staunchwort, wound wort, nosebleed, knight’s...

Aaaand we’re back!

Festival of Legends 2015 Whew. What a month it has been! First, Eric and I went to the Festival of Legends...

Recipe Box: Herbal Cough Syrup (Infusion)

It has been a doozy of a winter. It isn't just colder than usual, but it is also very wet and wildly fluctuating temperatures. This...

Let’s Talk About: Catnip Herbal Remedies

Oh, sweet Catnip! My yard has a very happy spot in it during the warm months - right next to a sun-warmed rock wall lives a...

Ticks and Lyme Disease: The Basics of Lyme

In this picture, there are three ticks under my bodice that I don't know about yet. Image by AnimazeGuy Chapter 1: The...

Mulled Wine is good medicine

Grumble. Mumble.  I have a fever...a mild one, mind you, and I should be in bed. I promise I'll do that in a minute. First I...