Cinnamon and honey are both staples in many cupboards, but first off, is the honey you are eating actually honey? And are we aware of the true benefits honey and cinnamon hold?
Herbs / Vitamins / Supplements
Honey is a new approach to fighting antibiotic resistance
Honey, that delectable condiment for breads and fruits, could be one sweet solution to the serious, ever-growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, according to researchers who presented their findings at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.
How Medicinal Mushrooms Can Improve Your Health
While I am no fan of eating mushrooms, I respect their powerful and useful medicinal qualities and highly encourage you to research them further and employ them for your own uses. Read more about their health properties and naturopathic uses.
How to Choose the Right Honey for Your First Aid Kit
If you look over all the different brands of honey in the grocery store, they may all share the same golden hue and they may all, for the most part, taste delicious; but not all of them are very good at treating wounds.
How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages
As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider putting in the ground: they must be either edible or medicinal. Preferably both.
How to Harvest St. John’s Wort for Medicinal Tinctures
Known for its exhaustive medicinal value, St. John’s Wort is one of the best herbs to add to your herbal medicine cabinet.
How to Make Lucky Sherpa Plantain Salve
Harness the healing powers of plantain with this Lucky Sherpa Salve recipe.
How To Use Juniper Berries in Herbal Medicine
Juniper berries have a wide variety of uses on the homestead including making homemade spirits and herbal medicine. Read more on how to utilize this plant.
How Your Cooking Oil Can Run Your Car
Did you know that your left over Turkey grease can save money on car fuel? If you have a diesel fueled engine, then you can be driving your car for cents! Recycle the holiday turkey dinner’s fats and oils and turn it into biodiesel fuel.
If The SHTF, Make Sure You Have Toilet Paper!
If the SHTF, then you definately don’t want to be without toilet paper. Leaves are nature’s alternative to toilet paper. But it is no way to go the rest of your days cleaning yourself. I’m sure the absorbancy is at a minimum as well. So, while families are beginning to stock pile reserves please keep this item in mind, as well as a few tp alternatives.
How the Chemicals in Your Environment Are Making You Overweight
Do what you can to insulate yourself from anything that isn’t natural, while you still have your health.