Category: Herbs
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Drying Herbs is Easy
While the herbs from your garden are best when used freshly picked, there is always more than you can use in one season. Air drying is not only the easiest and least expensive way, but this slow drying process can help retain the essential oils of the herbs, so they don’t lose all their flavor.…
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Herbal Alphabet: Dyer’s Madder (Rubia tinctorum)
Herbal Alphabet: Dyer’s Madder (Rubia tinctorum) As the name suggests, this herb is a natural red dye – the oldest and most commonly used one in Europe, the Middle East and India. This plant was originally grown in Syria, Palestine and Egypt, but later found its way to all corners of the globe. Before synthetic…
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10 Herbs to Warm You Up
Depending on where you live, the coming of fall may or may not mean the return of cold weather – bringing with it cold-related illnesses. Fortunately, nature has blessed us with many different herbs capable of warming us up from the inside. The colder part of the year tends to have its downsides – we’re…
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A Window into Healthy Cuisine: Spices, Seasonings, and Flavorings
A Window into Healthy Cuisine: Spices, Seasonings, and Flavorings Things you may not know about the spices we use in the kitchen every day. Mustard Uses and qualities: A paste made from ground mustard seeds is very healthy. In organic quality, it is mostly only flavored with good quality vinegar, salt and spices. In non-organic quality…
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Warming Winter Foods
In winter, we regularly put on pounds of fat which we try to get rid of during the rest of the year. We recognize the problem, but why can’t we keep from doing it? It could be the short days, the long nights, little sunlight, and mainly that most people are not willing to exercise,…
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Herbs for Slimming
The most common cause of obesity and being overweight is the intake of unhealthy, unnaturally concentrated, and artificially flavored foods. Obesity can also be caused by an unhealthy diet or a lack of movement, sleep, or natural foods or by the consumption of foods not suitable for your constitution. Other causes include taking certain medicines, dependence…
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The Mysteries Inside Herbs: Glycosides
In order to gain a better orientation to the world of herbs, it’s useful to get familiar with the chemicals they contain. What are they good for, and how can they help us? In this new series, we will gradually reveal to you the secrets of most known chemicals found in herbs.
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Cannabis – A Universal Help And Remedy – Part II
Starting with the last issue of My Herbs, we’ve been getting you acquainted with the healing properties of arguably the most controversial herb of our times – cannabis, or hemp. In the introductory part, we went over the most important moments in the history of the medical use of this herb, and now we’re going…
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Herbs and the Cardinal Directions
Even if you have a garden at home it is still efficient to grow some herbs in flower boxes. Most of them prosper very well in that environment, and you can move them freely to find which place suits them best. The balcony or the window ledge can serve you in this way as a…
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Do It Yourself Series: Part 1 – Herbal Syrups
Prepare some healing syrups for the cold winter. They might come in handy when the cold, bronchitis, tonsillitis and flu epidemics arrive. You can make the best of fresh herbs in your home kitchen for next to nothing!
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Aromatherapy for Children
Indian summer is back again, and the school year is about to start. And so I wonder how to make the start of school more enjoyable for our school and pre-school kids? The youngest ones especially tend not to be eager to leave the comfort of mom’s home, and they even get sick and cry.…
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Herbs (not only) in the soup
Autumn is the time of the year when we preserve herbs for winter. They will come in handy not only healthwise but also as tasty ingredients. And soup is an essential part of your winter diet, since it perfectly warms up your body. What herbs are the best to serve the purpose?