I agree wholeheartedly, especially since another page/video channel I have been following - and have learned a tremendous amount from - has become increasingly hostile to people of faith in recent weeks.
I just tried to subscribe , but , UA-cam says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 Thank you very much !!!!
I just recently started using wild lettuce. I forage and extract it myself. At 500mg, my asthma completely clears up, flemm and all. I don’t cough like I normally do and the lung freedom is way better then Albuterol or Symbicort. It takes about an hour, but it also clears my sinus cavities and is better then a typical nasal spray to me.
Love how you give us scripture❣️ To share how God has given us all we need Wish I had this information when I was a young mom!!! Well I’ll be researching, studying and learning a new as a grandma 🙏🏼
I've made wild lettuce salve. It works incredibly for pain. Typically I would not share with as it is homemade. My two friends used small amounts. One for knee pain, the other on back pain. They were both flabbergasted at the relief.
You have a great outlook on the plant .can relate so much ,I got a far way to go I am looking for friends I need seeds and plant . Wonderful I am believing too . Beautiful women beautiful person .
Oh my goodness!! I totally agree with you on big farma and herbs. I take 7 different meds a day. And I also have hypothyroidism. I have been really thinking about going all natural for my health. Yes, God has created all these natural things for us to use. Thank you for posting, you have really encouraged me.
That's wonderful that you have both gotten off of your thyroid medication! And as an Agnostic person, who has two science (Biology) degree, I TOTALLY agree with you that nature is meant to sustain us, not all these synthetic drugs. I'm 52 and don't take any medications whatsoever. And I don't have pain or any maladies. I just eat organic and try to avoid sugar and stay as close to nature as I can in all parts of my life. I think one of the huge things ALL people, regardless of how we define our spirituality, could agree on is that our physical vessels are of this earth and the earth is what nourishes and sustains us. I've studied ecology and animal behavior and one of my heroes is a scientist name Edward (E. O.) Wilson. He wrote many wonderful books but one of his greats is called "Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth" was a plea to religious people about protecting our mother earth, their God-given home. I recommend it. He's a wonderful man and many young biologists and ecologists have spent their lives trying to live up to his legacy. Thanks again for all your awesome and important educational videos! HUGS!
Wow you are such wonderful communicator to give us such recipes for so many things! I am sure it takes so much of your time to do this! Thank you and God bless!
Just found your site. Your opinion on big farma is spot on. Me and my husband had a similar experience cholesterol meds and high blood pressure. No more big farma for us. It's been 4yrs now. God bless.
This is amazing!! Where have you been all my life? I've just entered the world of medicinal herbs and wow, after watching your video, I feel educated. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this wealth of information! I especially loved seeing the pictures of the different flowers w their names...I never knew what calendula and echinacea looked like in flower form...and never knew so many other flowers could be used medicinally! Love all your videos!
Its so cool that you all watch each other, and I watch you all! One day God will hopefully allow my family to expand out onto the farm. Especially during 2020 🙄.
Love your insightful thoughts and all your vids! Just discovered you. Purchased your container for vac sealing. Can't wait to harvest my herbs. Do you mix herbs in your dehydrator? I have mint, sage n thyme I need to dry but not enough to fill the dehydrator with each singularly. Also you weaned yourself off thyroid meds. I have two people whom I love one is on propranolol for tremors only 10mg daily which she doesn't take regularly (bad I know) but I feel it's from decades of f l u shots. Been detoxing her. Second best friend has been on blood clots thinners for over a decade. What are some natural ways to slowly wean them off? Thank you. If ypu already have vids please direct me. Thanks ❤✝️🙏
Thank you for another great vdeo. I moved house last year. Going to plant a specialised herb garden of medicinal and culinary herbs. i don't have a car and have not seen any good garden centres for herbs so was pleased when I found a good website in Ireland last night specialising in Medicinal herbs. Have watched your video today was brilliant information. Have ordered one herb book so far and a wild foraging book. Ruth
*The Complete Medicinal Herbal* has been my favorite reference book for years. It's fully illustrated and has a huge ailments guide in the back that lists all kinds of information for every herb you could think of. It also has great info on how to use different parts of plants and how to make poultices, pills, teas, essences, etc. Always my go-to
~~~ Wonderful news , Mrs.Heidi this video will open even more doors of studying for me to help others. I do thank you so very much my lovely hearted friend. You are helping people that will help people. ....Mrs. Heidi and Patrick you are both a living joy....I pray for happiness all around you both.
Heidi, thank you so much for sharing your time & talents. This is a wonderful video on growing medicinal herbs. I am sitting here planning out my wild garden and your input was priceless. I especially liked the end about Genesis. Yes, wild plants are God's gift! :)
Rosa canina, or dog rose, is right up there with rosa rugosa, and many consider it THE best. It is usually used for commercial herbal rose products in health products
You amaze me…I want to grow everything you grow! I’M in VA but I need to grow what you grow! I need the benefits of what you grow! I’m so impressed!! I need to grow the good stuff God has given us!!!
There are many different herbs that can do the same things as the ones I grow do that may grow better in your area so it is good to have a list and then find what grows best. Mullein for example prefers much dryer climates than ours but is excellent for lung health and more. For us, we can get old man's beard which is a lichen that grows all around here and it has similar attributes as mullein. That is just an example but I have quite a few lists put together such as one for pain, one for antivirals, one for antibiotics, and many more. You will find them in this playlist and I still have more to add to it: ua-cam.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKEs8fB5HCfYibacHLnA645a.html
I’ve used both nasturtium and oregano tinctures for UTI problems. They both fix it. Oregano seems to work faster but I prefer the taste of the nasturtium.
So with your recommendations, I'm on the hunt. I have a black walnut tree, which is the neighbors, but it's invaded our yard over the 50 to 70 years that the houses have been here. I'm learning that a lot of the herbs I may be interested in will grow under it. The previous owners of the 2 houses had a huge flower garden that we dug under as new 20-year-old homeowners. Now that I'm interested in herbs, I'm realizing that there were a LOT of these herbs in that garden. There were even fiddle head ferns growing by the house that we dug up. I kick myself now, but I will get a small section of that back. You may not be a licensed expert, but you share enough knowledge to help get us started. For that, I'm thankful. Now I'm off to hunt for a book specific to the upper midwest. Have a great day!
@@adolfpanzerbjorn8308 When we moved in to our house we were in our early 20's & did not want them. I certainly wasn't going to care for it. I hate working outside in the heat. I hate weeds & bugs. So we dug it up and planted grass. 20 years later, I've changed a little and want about a fourth of what was originally here. So I'll make a new herb & flower bed under the old walnut tree & see what happens. Maybe by the time I'm 60 I'll know what I'm doing.
@@Minnesota_Mama_Bear but if you didn't want to take care of it you could just not take care of it and it would've lived or died either way you it wouldn't be any work for you but by digging it up you are expending more effort to intentionally kill them, I don't understand the mindset behind that
@@Minnesota_Mama_Bear haha yeah didn't mean to offend. I grew up with my uncle living next door to me and i would always go over to his property and it was like a paradise of plants with tons of different fruit trees and bushes and flowers, it was like it was from a fairytale. When he died, the people who bought my uncle's house after dug up all his flowers and herbs and cut down the fruit trees and grape vines and bulldozed over everything, and I never understood why, I guess I just can't understand the mindset
Comfrey and Echinacea are new to my garden this year. Comfrey is also a finished compost as soon as you cut it. This is a perfect first video for herbs. Thank you!
Another bookstore that I try to use is Half Priced Books. HPB started in the Pacific NW. (And it is not Amazon, although Amazon also started in the PNW. 😝 ) If a HPB store is close to you, you can call them and they will actually look for the book you want for you and then transfer it to your local store. But, they have an online store for used and new books. Their service is top notch! If you can get to a store, they also buy books, videos and all forms of music, LP albums, CDs, etc. My favorite bookstore since 1980s, and they have lots of branches now.
I love all herbs, all knowledge of herbs. Just when you think you know everything about one…… boom new knowledge. My new current herb friend, Next to elderberry whose my favorite, berberine …. Amazing. Be blessed sister in God…… I love them all😳. Dandelion is also my favorite lol and blue spice basil is amazing
My goats ate all my rosemary ..... I believe it's probably good for worms because they seemed to like a daily dose every day.. they did the same when they could with my lemon balm.
Love h Heidi, What a great video. I always learn so much from you!! I have that Rodale book too...and found it at a garage sale too...how funny!! We are kindred spirits!! Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge and sharing your recommendations with us. Love Rosemary’s and Amy’s books - both are great. And I love how you described Rosemary’s book as “new age-ie”...Yes!! LOL!! You definitely have to look over some of that!! LOL!! Love, Mary (So glad you like the Pacific NW book!! 😀) Love, Mary❤️😘❤️
That book is really great that you sent, I had more time after the initial video I did awhile back when you sent it to look it over more and am quite pleased with it, much better than the one I had purchased locally!
Good morning Heidi. So glad you brought back this herb video. You have chosen my favorites to talk about! Rosa Rugosa is amazing. My brother-in-law forbids me to grow it because it gets in the hay fields. We already have an invasive rose that we are burning out. The Rugosa has more vitamin C than orange juice. I will buy the rose hips. Another one of my favorites is Rose Geranium. I use it for cake batters. Place a leaf or two on the bottom of your cake pan, cover with parchment paper and pour your white cake batter. The geranium will scent your cake like rose water. Comfrey makes me bervous. I use it for fertilizer tea or a salve. Love- LOVE Borage! It attracts our bees to the garden and is loaded with Omega 3. Super Bees :-) I like to sugar the blue blossoms and use it in the oil form. Thank you for sharing these herbs Heidi. Yes, do refer to a reliable herb reference book.
Came across you a week or so ago and absolutely Iove the videos I have watched so far. So very helpful as I have only just really started on my natural/herbal life. Thank you for all you do and share. I have already got 6 or so books. Loving the research side of it all before I dive in to purchasing anything. Once we have a place with a garden, hopefully next year I will definitely start growing our own 😀 ❤️
I try comfrey as cough reliever and vomited. But it worked good for kids. It grow well here. I transplanted 5 pierces this year and its going wild . And work good give tomatoes a boost when slow growing.
I have so many herbs growing in my yard now, my rosemary is four yrs. Old and is two feet high and as wide as me 😁 my thyme is about a foot high and a foot in a half wide. I have nasturtium s but I don't live in the right climate for yr round but that ok. I use them all for cooking and gifts to friends. I got Artichokes to grow here. Funny everyone said they wouldn't. I think you can grow it if you want just need the right spot👍Be ever so Blessed ❤ just so ya know I started out with brown thumbs .
I bought marshmallow seeds from you and they all grew very good, I live in zone 9,I put one in a pot and is doing good,the other one is in the ground and doing great.
Excellent! Thank you. I'm also in the Pacific northwest. Very informative video. You've given me inspiration to not let these beautiful things go to waste because I already have a lot of these growing in the backyard.
Since I live in SE Alaska, (a few hundred miles north of you :) ) I also have a lot of red elder growing (Sambucus Racemosa). The berries are edible both raw and cooked but if they're eaten raw they can cause diarrhea. I make a syrup of the berries and strain the seeds out (the seeds are supposed to cause severe digestive issues as they contain an alkaloid) and add it to my blue and black elderberry syrup. It is excellent for viral and bacterial illnesses as well as kidney issues. It also contains more vitamin C than the other elder species.
I have been stung, chewed up a plantain leaf, and applied it. I had a bandana on hand and wrapped it around. It worked great! Also to anyone nervous about buying a used book without seeing it first I can say that I have several from Amazon that are in perfectly fine condition.
Hi ya Heidi!!! Not only do I appreciate ur knowledge on what u know, it is ur passion on/of it. A 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I say to u on this video!!! Along time ago, coming to know that weeds were wild edibles, and their medicinal values, and knowing the creator of them, far outweighs medicines of man which can cause more problems. With the way this world is heading, it would be nice to grow them all, having ones own pharmacy will be a good item to barter with. Though with the time it takes to learn and know them all, I think I’ll start with the basics, the ones for colds and flu, antibiotics, and pain. Ur awesome Heidi! Thank u
My current custom tea I blend is a base of half rooibos and half honeybush with a splash of lavender flowers to taste for drinking before bed. I used to use yerba mate in my base blend but I'm not sure if I can grow it in Oregon. I don't know if I can grow rooibos or honeybush here either. Lavendar grows very well though.
I agree, we've added herbs every year, some have been failures for our zone but many more have been very successful. We also love horseradish and horehound. We also grow cilantro, I can not stand the smell or taste but when it goes to seed it' coriander and we like using this in our sausage and meat rubs. Speaking of vitamin C , we also use mountain ash berries( after a good frost) for making jam( tastes like orange marmalade) and dry the berries for use in teas because of the high vitamin C content. Buffalo berries are similar, but picking is a challenge with the thorns. Among our medicinal and culinary herbs are also dyeing herbs, that we grow to make our own dyes for wool, soaps, and other craft projects.
I love cilantro for both the herb and the seed. I try to grow it every year but it always wants to bolt and I rarely get much from it. Best it ever did was in a pot in the greenhouse but my space there is precious and I save that for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and melons
I love used book websites like thriftbooks for this type of thing as well as garage sales. (People in my town love this kind of thing, so sometimes you can find some great stuff)
I agree with you and believe God put here on earth everything we need. I am trying to get started this year on growing herbs and learning how to use them. Also trying to learn about the weeds around us as well. Thank you for the information you share.
What a great video :) Thank you for sharing your information. I appreciate the effort it takes :) I think our gardens would have a great cup of tea together, they are so similar! I can testify to Comfrey healing my 'abdominal separation' [basically like a tummy hernia, from caring a bambino 24 years ago who put her foot through the muscle wall [that was weird] - and then too much building / heavy lifting] - BUT - a very simple balm made with home grown and dried Comfrey in raw Coconut oil is healing the muscle wall very nicely - and will be keeping me off an operating table!! Hari Bol! Praise Be! And my other big ones are Calendula, Thyme, Sage, and Tulsi too - especially made into strong tea and used as a mouth wash - it will heal gum and membrane issues, and has kept me away from the Periodontist ... or just drink as a hot tea for colds and flu type bugs... And it has healed my friends eczema - he hates 'hippy stuff' but was willing to try anything to stop the eczema from driving him crazy - now he tells everyone about it!! :) ... Just dried, and steeped in Coconut oil, then strained and ready for use - nothing fancy here :) Or putting the dried flowers into a 'bath bag' and bathing in Calendula cleans the skin right up from such ailments - great for babies / infants who have eczema and / or dry skin - simply put Calendula flowers in the bath too ! Easy peesy with such amazing results :) Gosh I love plants! So if using herbs can keep me away from such things like surgeons knives and dentist bills - the happier I can be :) All these wonderful plants where created for a reason - we are blessed to have the ability to have our own pharmacies in our yards - or even a pot of basil on the window - I think we are blessed to have such amazing plants around us - and the handed down knowledge of how to use them - I could rant forever :) To return the info favor and thank you :) - one of my fave herb books is called 'The Yoga of Herbs' ... is is written by a Western Herbalist and an Auravedic Doctor - the combination of the two perspectives is awesome, but not really for beginners - so much info - and very handy quick reference tables too. Thanks again for your work! Hari Bol, God Bless and Praise Be :) ~ e
Yes to plantain 👍👍👍. I did the same with a hornet; felt something on the back of my arm, brushed it off without looking, but instead got stung between my fingers. Used plantain which helped a lot.
I am currently taking meadowsweet tincture for pain (added benefit is it is good for the tummy) which I am attempting to grow this year. I looked into the feverfew and catnip (after watching your videos), however, I am also on a daily regimen of turmeric tincture, for anti inflammatory properties, which is an anticoagulant of which feverfew is as well. The catnip I was unsure if cats are attracted to it when it is growing and we already have plenty of "barn" cats in the neighborhood what with the grainery a block away. Did not want to fight with them tearing up and pooping in my herb beds. I hope the meadowsweet does well here. I was diagnosed with RA & AS 12 years ago and after constantly getting sick and having infections I quit taking the pharma (with my doctor's approval too) and started working on my diet in addition to herbal medicine. I am doing very well most times and can tell that the herbs do help me. I feel my best during gardening season too! Moving around and having all those fresh vegetables and herbs is great for the health and the soul. Thanks for all that you share as I do believe you help so many with your experiences and guidance. God bless.
My cat agrees that pansies are good taken internally. My pansy plant i had a few years ago died cause he ate all the flowers and tore the stems too. I’m gonna be planting feverfew soon!
Rain Country oh good. They also seemed to know that potato plants aren’t a thing to eat, so i’m envisioning tasty plants circled with potato and feverfew. I just got a strawberry plant yesterday and the other cat already tried to eat the leaves 🙄
Thank you for doing this video. Your right medicinal herbs by Rosemary Gladstars, is a really good book, I bought it after one of your previous videos, helped so much. Dandelion does it dry well naturally, not in a drier, also does it keep well for a time?
If lucky buying used books I found thst previous owner has highlight a few in her book some times makes finding a proven recipe which I only make when I know it’s been used lol my grand mothers book I gone though has been awesome finds most i remembered from my days staying with her
Trying fever few and catnip for pain for sure. I've done basil, thyme, rosemary, and lavender and all did well. Caledula did ok but it was so stemy and got black spots on it
Love your videos. Thanks for wonderful information. This weekend in my area we are having the Master Gardeners plant sale. I’m going to look for some information on these herbs. Thanks again.
Oh I am so glad you told me about Mountain Herbs! They have my Moringa powder, capsules and all. I need something for cracked skin on my feet, any suggestions on something to try? Thanks for the great videos.
I use my own herb infused skin cream recipe on my feet and that helps a lot. Though I sell the skin cream on my store, I do have a video showing how to make your own: ua-cam.com/video/ZkmrvVolDh0/v-deo.html
I am looking to fix the cracks on my feet too. That's so funny. I can't wait to learn how to make a salve to heal my feet cuz I have high maintenance feet. Lol.
I am supposed to be on thyroid meds, but they were way to expensive for me to purshase! Do you have a video on this? I agree about mixing different meds together! I hate taking meds, they try and fill you with all kinds of crap to take. Thanks for your great video's you are a wealth of knowledge. Much Blessings to you and yours!
Very pleasant site. Thank you. Love to talk herbs. I grew wild lettuce in my garden one year. Was excited to use this wild plant. Dried the leaves and made tea several times and found that it seemed to 'leach' calcium from my bones each time I drank it! Tried it several times to make sure I was not imagining this effect, but my arm and leg bones actually hurt after drinking. The last time my teeth hurt so haven't tried it since. This was dismaying for me as I like to use herbs in lieu of other pharmaceutical remedies. As I write this, wonder if the effect was putting calcium into the bones? Is that possible?
I really cannot answer that as I have personally never used wild lettuce. I suggest you do some research into it. I do have a video list on natural pain relievers I can link you to if you want to look into different ones (not everyone can or should use the same herbal remedies as another): Plus this one on how to do your own research: ua-cam.com/video/V5JOC-b74gs/v-deo.htmlua-cam.com/video/59r48nUrC90/v-deo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead HI Heidi, was just commenting on my experience with wild lettuce. I am an avid forager and med plant connoisseur.Of the self taught variety as you. A few classes here and there, but mostly self. Have lots of great books and resources gleaned over the years. As I said, love to talk herbs. While all the research touted the benefits of natural pain relief, stress reducer, sleep aid, etc; I found that it really hurt my arms and legs when I drank the tea leaf. When it hurt my teeth is when I stopped taking and composted the dry I had. God Bless. Glad you are here.
Wild Lettuce isn’t toxic at all. I’m not sure who said that but my husband and I eat it straight off the tall stem but it doesn’t last long so I get the leaves and dry them, I also put it in vodka, and I save seeds but so far I haven’t had to use the seeds, they come up everywhere in our yard. It works for mild pain and alleviated even severe pain but not like you would want it to. We also have a purple flowered ground cover that I don’t know the name of for a pain killing plant. We also use passionflower and Valerian along with these if the pain is more extreme. But the passionflower can give you a mild sort of hangover. In the morning after sleeping all night it’s harder to wake up but once you get up n get going it goes away. For some people ginseng can wake you back up but on a few people it has the opposite effect. On me it depends on whether it gives me energy or not. Twice it didn’t work and made me feel just relaxed. I’m not sure why or what I did that made this happen. I don’t use it all the time but just when I’m wanting a boost. Maybe it can’t be mixed with coffee, I really don’t know what I did or didn’t do that caused the relaxed problem, rather than the boost of energy I normally got. Afterwards I talked to a service person in the phone complaining they were tired and I told her about ginseng and she said she tried it and to her it was a sedative affect. So the only thing I can say is try the ginseng to see. Almost all the times I felt like I was on some sort of speedy gonzolas day. I wish I could pinpoint what I did or didn’t do. Anyways I wanted to share our experience with the wild lettuce. And we put it in salads and ate it for Passover.
Thanks for sharing on the wild lettuce, you are the first I recall sharing that. I had looked it up and every place I went to said it can be toxic, not just one, all of them. I am sure it is like anything though, it is the amount that matters. Even too much raw kale can be toxic.
Rain Country oh wow, I didn’t know raw kale could be dangerous, We use kale and blueberries for smoothies almost every day. I don’t know if it’s too much nor what too much might be. I will check this out. I do know too much of anything is not good for anybody. We had a pile of the wild lettuce with our bitter herbs on Passover and we had no ill affects. We ate a lot but I don’t know how much too much is for this lettuce either. But I can say I had no pain, LOL. The only ill affect we have had is too much Passion flower causing that morning tired feeling of not being able to open your eyes. We actually prefer magnesium and just a tiny bit of valerian for sleep. I’ve got a funny story. Just last night my husband and I watched a video about herbs and it was sharing about rosemary for nerves. So I picked a bunch of rosemary out of the greenhouse, we usually only have just a bit of it, we ate a bunch to see what the affects of it were and it made us so sleepy, it knocked us out! LOL I never knew it could do that.
Great video - thanks for all the helpful information! For the past several months, I have been researching everything that I can about herbs. Still have so much to learn, but aspiring to be an herbalist and incorporate that into a healthy lifestyle. I just came across your channel, and you are quite the inspiration. I completely agree with you about big pharma and the high risks of bad side affects of their products, whereas mother nature offers many medicinal and healthy benefits without regards to profit or greed.
What I do is look at the herbs already growing in your yard or around your area. I live in the country and was teaching my grand kids about herbs this summer. I looked out the kitchen window which is under a big shade tree. Just looking out the kitchen window I pointed out to them more than a dozen herbs that just grow naturally in folks yard all around the country. Well might have been one that was not natural lol garlic. But one would be surprised at what grows in your yard many think of as weeds like dandelion, wild lettuce, clover, plantain, thistle, black berry, curly dock or yellow dock, to name a few. Then look up what these are used for and how to use them. Then you already know what herbs grow naturally and specific to your soil type and area and would be good to collect seeds from and grow in a garden if you decide to could use more of them. Start out simple and expand from there. There comes a time when doctors and western medicine is a needful thing but most things can be cured not just treated with natural herbs many of which grow right in your yard.
Thank you so much for the great information. We have just started looking into herbs to help with the side effects of the meds both myself and husband take . I have a few things started for the rubs and salves on your channel. Thank you.
A note on growing mint: I have two methods I use that keep it tamed: shade, and neighbors that can fight back. It isn't nearly as prolific in my shade garden, and it is surrounded by a columbine, a hydrangea, and a blackberry bush. It has not spread at all into any other part of my garden. If anyone sees this and is worried because they've heard horror stories of it taking over the whole yard, that is not always the case.
I do have a video on herbs and more for digestive system: ua-cam.com/video/QWspFfmDAYo/v-deo.html And here is one where I talk about thyroid, including Hashimoto's: ua-cam.com/video/JNHM0ug8f6c/v-deo.html
Praise the Lord Heidi!!! I thank God for leading me here. I've been having this strong pull to start using herbs and just didn't j ow where to start, and bam! Landing here. You mention a flower, pertussia, nurtusia or something like that, I just could not make it. Can you please help.
Thank you for this. I took a lot of notes and will be ordering more seeds and plants. I did order borage, marshmallow and echinacea seeds from you already and they are sprouting.
Wonderful, informative video! When we finally get settled in Washington, we need to get together for a crash course on Pacific NW herbs. I can attest to the problems in the pharmaceutical world. I've been given medications that needed other medications to deal with all of the side effects. I am on one 'poison' that I am weaning myself off of after 15 years. The withdrawals are horrific, but doctors don't tell you about that, mostly because they don't know. Anyway, thanks for sharing this video. I am going to look for a used copy of the Pacific Northwest Medicinal Herbs book.
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Your boldness in talking about your faith is inspiring. Thanks for this video!
I agree wholeheartedly, especially since another page/video channel I have been following - and have learned a tremendous amount from - has become increasingly hostile to people of faith in recent weeks.
Keep the faith. Good bless you and yours!
I just tried to subscribe , but , UA-cam says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you very much !!!!
I just recently started using wild lettuce. I forage and extract it myself. At 500mg, my asthma completely clears up, flemm and all. I don’t cough like I normally do and the lung freedom is way better then Albuterol or Symbicort. It takes about an hour, but it also clears my sinus cavities and is better then a typical nasal spray to me.
How do you take it? Dried in a pill or tea or tincture? Sorry new here.
Love how you give us scripture❣️
To share how God has given us all we need
Wish I had this information when I was a young mom!!! Well I’ll be researching, studying and learning a new as a grandma 🙏🏼
I've made wild lettuce salve. It works incredibly for pain. Typically I would not share with as it is homemade. My two friends used small amounts. One for knee pain, the other on back pain. They were both flabbergasted at the relief.
Who needs a book when we have Heidi!!! 🌿🌼🌸😍👍
Haha! Well, there is a lot more information in those books than I have in my head, that is for certain! :D
I want a book by Heidi. Have loose leaf notebook putting her written. Information
I would love for you to write a book about herbs and how to use them. You're a wealth of useful information.
Have you watched any Barbara O'Neill videos? She seems to have a wealth of information
@@skeeterburke I'm so glad I just read your comment. I looked up Barbara O'Neil's video on natural remedies. Thank you for recommending!!
You have a great outlook on the plant .can relate so much ,I got a far way to go I am looking for friends I need seeds and plant . Wonderful I am believing too . Beautiful women beautiful person .
Oh my goodness!! I totally agree with you on big farma and herbs. I take 7 different meds a day. And I also have hypothyroidism. I have been really thinking about going all natural for my health. Yes, God has created all these natural things for us to use. Thank you for posting, you have really encouraged me.
That's wonderful that you have both gotten off of your thyroid medication! And as an Agnostic person, who has two science (Biology) degree, I TOTALLY agree with you that nature is meant to sustain us, not all these synthetic drugs. I'm 52 and don't take any medications whatsoever. And I don't have pain or any maladies. I just eat organic and try to avoid sugar and stay as close to nature as I can in all parts of my life. I think one of the huge things ALL people, regardless of how we define our spirituality, could agree on is that our physical vessels are of this earth and the earth is what nourishes and sustains us. I've studied ecology and animal behavior and one of my heroes is a scientist name Edward (E. O.) Wilson. He wrote many wonderful books but one of his greats is called "Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth" was a plea to religious people about protecting our mother earth, their God-given home. I recommend it. He's a wonderful man and many young biologists and ecologists have spent their lives trying to live up to his legacy. Thanks again for all your awesome and important educational videos! HUGS!
Your channel has taught me so much. I thank God for you.
Wow you are such wonderful communicator to give us such recipes for so many things! I am sure it takes so much of your time to do this! Thank you and God bless!
I always love your herb talks...I learn something new everytime! I couldn't agree more on the comparison of herbs and pharmaceuticals. It's a racket.
For certain!
Just found your site. Your opinion on big farma is spot on. Me and my husband had a similar experience cholesterol meds and high blood pressure. No more big farma for us. It's been 4yrs now. God bless.
This is amazing!! Where have you been all my life? I've just entered the world of medicinal herbs and wow, after watching your video, I feel educated. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this wealth of information! I especially loved seeing the pictures of the different flowers w their names...I never knew what calendula and echinacea looked like in flower form...and never knew so many other flowers could be used medicinally! Love all your videos!
God IS Good All The Time! Praise God
Loved it! I think you’ve convinced me to give borage another try. ~Sarah
Thank you Sarah!
Its so cool that you all watch each other, and I watch you all! One day God will hopefully allow my family to expand out onto the farm. Especially during 2020 🙄.
Love your insightful thoughts and all your vids! Just discovered you. Purchased your container for vac sealing. Can't wait to harvest my herbs. Do you mix herbs in your dehydrator? I have mint, sage n thyme I need to dry but not enough to fill the dehydrator with each singularly.
Also you weaned yourself off thyroid meds. I have two people whom I love one is on propranolol for tremors only 10mg daily which she doesn't take regularly (bad I know) but I feel it's from decades of f l u shots. Been detoxing her.
Second best friend has been on blood clots thinners for over a decade. What are some natural ways to slowly wean them off? Thank you. If ypu already have vids please direct me. Thanks ❤✝️🙏
I love my borage!!!! So glad I started growing it!!!!
Thank you for another great vdeo. I moved house last year. Going to plant a specialised herb garden of medicinal and culinary herbs. i don't have a car and have not seen any good garden centres for herbs so was pleased when I found a good website in Ireland last night specialising in Medicinal herbs. Have watched your video today was brilliant information. Have ordered one herb book so far and a wild foraging book. Ruth
*The Complete Medicinal Herbal* has been my favorite reference book for years. It's fully illustrated and has a huge ailments guide in the back that lists all kinds of information for every herb you could think of. It also has great info on how to use different parts of plants and how to make poultices, pills, teas, essences, etc. Always my go-to
By whom?
going to get this book The Complete Medicinal Herbal thanks for your advice.
@@RuthTunmore Awesome!!
@@wanshanz6754 gosh, I don't remember, but I can check in a few days when I'm home
I think you are right about 'rosa rugosa'. It also has the biggest rose hips also.
~~~ Wonderful news , Mrs.Heidi this video will open even more doors of studying for me to help others. I do thank you so very much my lovely hearted friend. You are helping people that will help people. ....Mrs. Heidi and Patrick you are both a living joy....I pray for happiness all around you both.
Heidi, thank you so much for sharing your time & talents. This is a wonderful video on growing medicinal herbs. I am sitting here planning out my wild garden and your input was priceless. I especially liked the end about Genesis. Yes, wild plants are God's gift! :)
I’m a believer like you,no new age! Thanks.Peace.
Rosa canina, or dog rose, is right up there with rosa rugosa, and many consider it THE best. It is usually used for commercial herbal rose products in health products
You amaze me…I want to grow everything you grow! I’M in VA but I need to grow what you grow! I need the benefits of what you grow! I’m so impressed!! I need to grow the good stuff God has given us!!!
There are many different herbs that can do the same things as the ones I grow do that may grow better in your area so it is good to have a list and then find what grows best. Mullein for example prefers much dryer climates than ours but is excellent for lung health and more. For us, we can get old man's beard which is a lichen that grows all around here and it has similar attributes as mullein. That is just an example but I have quite a few lists put together such as one for pain, one for antivirals, one for antibiotics, and many more. You will find them in this playlist and I still have more to add to it: ua-cam.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKEs8fB5HCfYibacHLnA645a.html
I’ve used both nasturtium and oregano tinctures for UTI problems. They both fix it. Oregano seems to work faster but I prefer the taste of the nasturtium.
So with your recommendations, I'm on the hunt. I have a black walnut tree, which is the neighbors, but it's invaded our yard over the 50 to 70 years that the houses have been here. I'm learning that a lot of the herbs I may be interested in will grow under it. The previous owners of the 2 houses had a huge flower garden that we dug under as new 20-year-old homeowners. Now that I'm interested in herbs, I'm realizing that there were a LOT of these herbs in that garden. There were even fiddle head ferns growing by the house that we dug up. I kick myself now, but I will get a small section of that back. You may not be a licensed expert, but you share enough knowledge to help get us started. For that, I'm thankful. Now I'm off to hunt for a book specific to the upper midwest. Have a great day!
What was your reasoning for digging them up?
@@adolfpanzerbjorn8308 When we moved in to our house we were in our early 20's & did not want them. I certainly wasn't going to care for it. I hate working outside in the heat. I hate weeds & bugs. So we dug it up and planted grass. 20 years later, I've changed a little and want about a fourth of what was originally here. So I'll make a new herb & flower bed under the old walnut tree & see what happens. Maybe by the time I'm 60 I'll know what I'm doing.
@@Minnesota_Mama_Bear but if you didn't want to take care of it you could just not take care of it and it would've lived or died either way you it wouldn't be any work for you but by digging it up you are expending more effort to intentionally kill them, I don't understand the mindset behind that
@@adolfpanzerbjorn8308 it was 20+ years ago. It is what it is. We grow, we change, we learn.
@@Minnesota_Mama_Bear haha yeah didn't mean to offend. I grew up with my uncle living next door to me and i would always go over to his property and it was like a paradise of plants with tons of different fruit trees and bushes and flowers, it was like it was from a fairytale. When he died, the people who bought my uncle's house after dug up all his flowers and herbs and cut down the fruit trees and grape vines and bulldozed over everything, and I never understood why, I guess I just can't understand the mindset
Comfrey and Echinacea are new to my garden this year. Comfrey is also a finished compost as soon as you cut it. This is a perfect first video for herbs. Thank you!
Yes, I had meant to mention that about comfrey as well as it making good fodder for chickens and other livestock :)
Healing herbs and healing foods are really good books too. I have those.
Another bookstore that I try to use is Half Priced Books. HPB started in the Pacific NW. (And it is not Amazon, although Amazon also started in the PNW. 😝 ) If a HPB store is close to you, you can call them and they will actually look for the book you want for you and then transfer it to your local store. But, they have an online store for used and new books. Their service is top notch!
If you can get to a store, they also buy books, videos and all forms of music, LP albums, CDs, etc. My favorite bookstore since 1980s, and they have lots of branches now.
Excellent presentation always learn form your valuable information stay blessed...
I love all herbs, all knowledge of herbs. Just when you think you know everything about one…… boom new knowledge. My new current herb friend, Next to elderberry whose my favorite, berberine …. Amazing. Be blessed sister in God…… I love them all😳. Dandelion is also my favorite lol and blue spice basil is amazing
We have wild white roses growing here! Thanks!
My goats ate all my rosemary ..... I believe it's probably good for worms because they seemed to like a daily dose every day.. they did the same when they could with my lemon balm.
I am sure it is all good for them, hope they left at least a little for you! :D
Love h Heidi, What a great video. I always learn so much from you!! I have that Rodale book too...and found it at a garage sale too...how funny!! We are kindred spirits!! Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge and sharing your recommendations with us. Love Rosemary’s and Amy’s books - both are great. And I love how you described Rosemary’s book as “new age-ie”...Yes!! LOL!! You definitely have to look over some of that!! LOL!! Love, Mary (So glad you like the Pacific NW book!! 😀) Love, Mary❤️😘❤️
That book is really great that you sent, I had more time after the initial video I did awhile back when you sent it to look it over more and am quite pleased with it, much better than the one I had purchased locally!
Rain Country - I am so thrilled to hear that! When I saw it I knew it had your name on it! LOL! Love, Mary❤️😘❤️
Good morning Heidi. So glad you brought back this herb video. You have chosen my favorites to talk about! Rosa Rugosa is amazing. My brother-in-law forbids me to grow it because it gets in the hay fields. We already have an invasive rose that we are burning out. The Rugosa has more vitamin C than orange juice. I will buy the rose hips.
Another one of my favorites is Rose Geranium. I use it for cake batters. Place a leaf or two on the bottom of your cake pan, cover with parchment paper and pour your white cake batter. The geranium will scent your cake like rose water. Comfrey makes me bervous. I use it for fertilizer tea or a salve. Love- LOVE Borage! It attracts our bees to the garden and is loaded with Omega 3. Super Bees :-) I like to sugar the blue blossoms and use it in the oil form. Thank you for sharing these herbs Heidi. Yes, do refer to a reliable herb reference book.
Just the video I wanted! Thank you.
Came across you a week or so ago and absolutely Iove the videos I have watched so far. So very helpful as I have only just really started on my natural/herbal life. Thank you for all you do and share. I have already got 6 or so books. Loving the research side of it all before I dive in to purchasing anything. Once we have a place with a garden, hopefully next year I will definitely start growing our own 😀 ❤️
I wish we were neighbors!! Thank-you so much for sharing all your knowledge! God bless you xx (from Sydney Australia)
love your videos and yes natural is best and nature takes care of its own i;m just learning how to use herbs but cant wait to be able to heal myself
I try comfrey as cough reliever and vomited. But it worked good for kids. It grow well here. I transplanted 5 pierces this year and its going wild . And work good give tomatoes a boost when slow growing.
Cool! A borage popped up unexpectedly near my greenhouse! Thanks for the info, I learn something new everytime I watch you!
I have so many herbs growing in my yard now, my rosemary is four yrs. Old and is two feet high and as wide as me 😁 my thyme is about a foot high and a foot in a half wide. I have nasturtium s but I don't live in the right climate for yr round but that ok. I use them all for cooking and gifts to friends. I got Artichokes to grow here. Funny everyone said they wouldn't. I think you can grow it if you want just need the right spot👍Be ever so Blessed ❤ just so ya know I started out with brown thumbs .
i think you're awesome. I am making a new medicinal tea garden and I am growing all of the herbs you suggested this year and I'm so excited. Thanks.
I bought marshmallow seeds from you and they all grew very good, I live in zone 9,I put one in a pot and is doing good,the other one is in the ground and doing great.
Excellent! Thank you. I'm also in the Pacific northwest. Very informative video. You've given me inspiration to not let these beautiful things go to waste because I already have a lot of these growing in the backyard.
Nice! :D
Since I live in SE Alaska, (a few hundred miles north of you :) ) I also have a lot of red elder growing (Sambucus Racemosa). The berries are edible both raw and cooked but if they're eaten raw they can cause diarrhea. I make a syrup of the berries and strain the seeds out (the seeds are supposed to cause severe digestive issues as they contain an alkaloid) and add it to my blue and black elderberry syrup. It is excellent for viral and bacterial illnesses as well as kidney issues. It also contains more vitamin C than the other elder species.
I have been stung, chewed up a plantain leaf, and applied it. I had a bandana on hand and wrapped it around. It worked great! Also to anyone nervous about buying a used book without seeing it first I can say that I have several from Amazon that are in perfectly fine condition.
All the used books I have bought from Amazon have been near perfect condition.
Another great video! Going to enlarge my herbs. This is so fun! Many blessings.
My 3 year old granddaughter and I ate nasturtium flowers right out of garden. She didn't have any side affects.
Amen Sister!!! I love your channel. The father has blessed you and you are blessing to us. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you Stephane!
Rain Country you’re welcome beautiful ❤️
Thanks for the info indeed God gave us plants herbs to heal us
Hi ya Heidi!!! Not only do I appreciate ur knowledge on what u know, it is ur passion on/of it. A 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I say to u on this video!!! Along time ago, coming to know that weeds were wild edibles, and their medicinal values, and knowing the creator of them, far outweighs medicines of man which can cause more problems. With the way this world is heading, it would be nice to grow them all, having ones own pharmacy will be a good item to barter with. Though with the time it takes to learn and know them all, I think I’ll start with the basics, the ones for colds and flu, antibiotics, and pain. Ur awesome Heidi! Thank u
Wow I’m so glad I found this
My current custom tea I blend is a base of half rooibos and half honeybush with a splash of lavender flowers to taste for drinking before bed. I used to use yerba mate in my base blend but I'm not sure if I can grow it in Oregon. I don't know if I can grow rooibos or honeybush here either. Lavendar grows very well though.
We planted elderberry so hopeful.
We have used catnip for pain also but I don’t have feverfew. It’s ok, and we didn’t get sick from it.
Thank you verrryyy much dear Heidi...very true to know and recognize the herbs...not easy but feasible.....
Awesome. Best wishes to you and yours from The UK.
I agree, we've added herbs every year, some have been failures for our zone but many more have been very successful. We also love horseradish and horehound. We also grow cilantro, I can not stand the smell or taste but when it goes to seed it' coriander and we like using this in our sausage and meat rubs. Speaking of vitamin C , we also use mountain ash berries( after a good frost) for making jam( tastes like orange marmalade) and dry the berries for use in teas because of the high vitamin C content. Buffalo berries are similar, but picking is a challenge with the thorns. Among our medicinal and culinary herbs are also dyeing herbs, that we grow to make our own dyes for wool, soaps, and other craft projects.
I love cilantro for both the herb and the seed. I try to grow it every year but it always wants to bolt and I rarely get much from it. Best it ever did was in a pot in the greenhouse but my space there is precious and I save that for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and melons
I love used book websites like thriftbooks for this type of thing as well as garage sales. (People in my town love this kind of thing, so sometimes you can find some great stuff)
What a great tutorial!!! Thank you.❤❤❤
I agree with you and believe God put here on earth everything we need. I am trying to get started this year on growing herbs and learning how to use them. Also trying to learn about the weeds around us as well. Thank you for the information you share.
What a great video :) Thank you for sharing your information.
I appreciate the effort it takes :)
I think our gardens would have a great cup of tea together, they are so similar!
I can testify to Comfrey healing my 'abdominal separation' [basically like a tummy hernia, from caring a bambino 24 years ago who put her foot through the muscle wall [that was weird] - and then too much building / heavy lifting] - BUT - a very simple balm made with home grown and dried Comfrey in raw Coconut oil is healing the muscle wall very nicely - and will be keeping me off an operating table!!
Hari Bol! Praise Be!
And my other big ones are Calendula, Thyme, Sage, and Tulsi too - especially made into strong tea and used as a mouth wash - it will heal gum and membrane issues, and has kept me away from the Periodontist ... or just drink as a hot tea for colds and flu type bugs... And it has healed my friends eczema - he hates 'hippy stuff' but was willing to try anything to stop the eczema from driving him crazy - now he tells everyone about it!! :) ... Just dried, and steeped in Coconut oil, then strained and ready for use - nothing fancy here :)
Or putting the dried flowers into a 'bath bag' and bathing in Calendula cleans the skin right up from such ailments - great for babies / infants who have eczema and / or dry skin - simply put Calendula flowers in the bath too ! Easy peesy with such amazing results :)
Gosh I love plants!
So if using herbs can keep me away from such things like surgeons knives and dentist bills - the happier I can be :)
All these wonderful plants where created for a reason - we are blessed to have the ability to have our own pharmacies in our yards - or even a pot of basil on the window - I think we are blessed to have such amazing plants around us - and the handed down knowledge of how to use them - I could rant forever :)
To return the info favor and thank you :) - one of my fave herb books is called 'The Yoga of Herbs' ... is is written by a Western Herbalist and an Auravedic Doctor - the combination of the two perspectives is awesome, but not really for beginners - so much info - and very handy quick reference tables too.
Thanks again for your work!
Hari Bol, God Bless and Praise Be :)
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Thank you for sharing your own testimonials at how herbs have helped you in several ways! Great information!
Yes to plantain 👍👍👍. I did the same with a hornet; felt something on the back of my arm, brushed it off without looking, but instead got stung between my fingers. Used plantain which helped a lot.
Have just started borage for the first time, its funny you say it tastes like cucumber, the seedlings look similar to cucumber also
Great video and topic. Thank you so much. Your channel is one of my "go to" trusted information. thank you and God Bless.
I am currently taking meadowsweet tincture for pain (added benefit is it is good for the tummy) which I am attempting to grow this year. I looked into the feverfew and catnip (after watching your videos), however, I am also on a daily regimen of turmeric tincture, for anti inflammatory properties, which is an anticoagulant of which feverfew is as well. The catnip I was unsure if cats are attracted to it when it is growing and we already have plenty of "barn" cats in the neighborhood what with the grainery a block away. Did not want to fight with them tearing up and pooping in my herb beds. I hope the meadowsweet does well here. I was diagnosed with RA & AS 12 years ago and after constantly getting sick and having infections I quit taking the pharma (with my doctor's approval too) and started working on my diet in addition to herbal medicine. I am doing very well most times and can tell that the herbs do help me. I feel my best during gardening season too! Moving around and having all those fresh vegetables and herbs is great for the health and the soul. Thanks for all that you share as I do believe you help so many with your experiences and guidance. God bless.
Thanks for the valuable information Heidi.
Michael Moore's books are the BEST books I have ever read. LOTS of research and much proven out in labs.
My cat agrees that pansies are good taken internally. My pansy plant i had a few years ago died cause he ate all the flowers and tore the stems too. I’m gonna be planting feverfew soon!
Sorry I had to laugh right from the start! Cats hate feverfew, it may be helpful to plant the pansies right next to the feverfew.
Rain Country oh good. They also seemed to know that potato plants aren’t a thing to eat, so i’m envisioning tasty plants circled with potato and feverfew. I just got a strawberry plant yesterday and the other cat already tried to eat the leaves 🙄
Thank you for doing this video. Your right medicinal herbs by Rosemary Gladstars, is a really good book, I bought it after one of your previous videos, helped so much. Dandelion does it dry well naturally, not in a drier, also does it keep well for a time?
I dry my flowers on a dehydrator, they flowers take awhile to dry otherwise but the leaves dry very quickly
I am growing mint in the Sonoran Desert, in Tucson, AZ.
If lucky buying used books I found thst previous owner has highlight a few in her book some times makes finding a proven recipe which I only make when I know it’s been used lol my grand mothers book I gone though has been awesome finds most i remembered from my days staying with her
Trying fever few and catnip for pain for sure. I've done basil, thyme, rosemary, and lavender and all did well. Caledula did ok but it was so stemy and got black spots on it
Excellent Excellent video Heidi. !!!
Thank you!
Good video..Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I've had Lavender and raspberry ice cream, yum. Blessings folks.
Love your videos. Thanks for wonderful information. This weekend in my area we are having the Master Gardeners plant sale. I’m going to look for some information on these herbs. Thanks again.
I love your channel....thank your for sharing your knowledge and opinions 🥰
This is so informative! Thank you so much! I’ll be watching more of your videos for sure!
Oh I am so glad you told me about Mountain Herbs! They have my Moringa powder, capsules and all. I need something for cracked skin on my feet, any suggestions on something to try? Thanks for the great videos.
I use my own herb infused skin cream recipe on my feet and that helps a lot. Though I sell the skin cream on my store, I do have a video showing how to make your own: ua-cam.com/video/ZkmrvVolDh0/v-deo.html
I am looking to fix the cracks on my feet too. That's so funny. I can't wait to learn how to make a salve to heal my feet cuz I have high maintenance feet. Lol.
Go, Heidi ! Keep 'em comin' !
Thanks Margie!
Thank you!! My peppermint is just barely started to germinate. 💜
I am supposed to be on thyroid meds, but they were way to expensive for me to purshase! Do you have a video on this? I agree about mixing different meds together! I hate taking meds, they try and fill you with all kinds of crap to take. Thanks for your great video's you are a wealth of knowledge. Much Blessings to you and yours!
Here is the video we did on how we got off our thyroid meds: ua-cam.com/video/toj7Sh4vNGY/v-deo.html
Very pleasant site. Thank you. Love to talk herbs. I grew wild lettuce in my garden one year. Was excited to use this wild plant. Dried the leaves and made tea several times and found that it seemed to 'leach' calcium from my bones each time I drank it! Tried it several times to make sure I was not imagining this effect, but my arm and leg bones actually hurt after drinking. The last time my teeth hurt so haven't tried it since. This was dismaying for me as I like to use herbs in lieu of other pharmaceutical remedies. As I write this, wonder if the effect was putting calcium into the bones? Is that possible?
I really cannot answer that as I have personally never used wild lettuce. I suggest you do some research into it. I do have a video list on natural pain relievers I can link you to if you want to look into different ones (not everyone can or should use the same herbal remedies as another):
Plus this one on how to do your own research: ua-cam.com/video/V5JOC-b74gs/v-deo.htmlua-cam.com/video/59r48nUrC90/v-deo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead HI Heidi, was just commenting on my experience with wild lettuce. I am an avid forager and med plant connoisseur.Of the self taught variety as you. A few classes here and there, but mostly self. Have lots of great books and resources gleaned over the years. As I said, love to talk herbs. While all the research touted the benefits of natural pain relief, stress reducer, sleep aid, etc; I found that it really hurt my arms and legs when I drank the tea leaf. When it hurt my teeth is when I stopped taking and composted the dry I had. God Bless.
Glad you are here.
Wild Lettuce isn’t toxic at all. I’m not sure who said that but my husband and I eat it straight off the tall stem but it doesn’t last long so I get the leaves and dry them, I also put it in vodka, and I save seeds but so far I haven’t had to use the seeds, they come up everywhere in our yard. It works for mild pain and alleviated even severe pain but not like you would want it to. We also have a purple flowered ground cover that I don’t know the name of for a pain killing plant. We also use passionflower and Valerian along with these if the pain is more extreme. But the passionflower can give you a mild sort of hangover. In the morning after sleeping all night it’s harder to wake up but once you get up n get going it goes away. For some people ginseng can wake you back up but on a few people it has the opposite effect. On me it depends on whether it gives me energy or not. Twice it didn’t work and made me feel just relaxed. I’m not sure why or what I did that made this happen. I don’t use it all the time but just when I’m wanting a boost. Maybe it can’t be mixed with coffee, I really don’t know what I did or didn’t do that caused the relaxed problem, rather than the boost of energy I normally got. Afterwards I talked to a service person in the phone complaining they were tired and I told her about ginseng and she said she tried it and to her it was a sedative affect. So the only thing I can say is try the ginseng to see. Almost all the times I felt like I was on some sort of speedy gonzolas day. I wish I could pinpoint what I did or didn’t do.
Anyways I wanted to share our experience with the wild lettuce.
And we put it in salads and ate it for Passover.
Thanks for sharing on the wild lettuce, you are the first I recall sharing that. I had looked it up and every place I went to said it can be toxic, not just one, all of them. I am sure it is like anything though, it is the amount that matters. Even too much raw kale can be toxic.
Rain Country oh wow, I didn’t know raw kale could be dangerous, We use kale and blueberries for smoothies almost every day. I don’t know if it’s too much nor what too much might be. I will check this out. I do know too much of anything is not good for anybody.
We had a pile of the wild lettuce with our bitter herbs on Passover and we had no ill affects. We ate a lot but I don’t know how much too much is for this lettuce either. But I can say I had no pain, LOL.
The only ill affect we have had is too much Passion flower causing that morning tired feeling of not being able to open your eyes. We actually prefer magnesium and just a tiny bit of valerian for sleep.
I’ve got a funny story. Just last night my husband and I watched a video about herbs and it was sharing about rosemary for nerves. So I picked a bunch of rosemary out of the greenhouse, we usually only have just a bit of it, we ate a bunch to see what the affects of it were and it made us so sleepy, it knocked us out! LOL I never knew it could do that.
Thank you for such an informative video! Love all of your content! You should consider writing your own books!! Have a blessed day!
Great video - thanks for all the helpful information! For the past several months, I have been researching everything that I can about herbs. Still have so much to learn, but aspiring to be an herbalist and incorporate that into a healthy lifestyle. I just came across your channel, and you are quite the inspiration. I completely agree with you about big pharma and the high risks of bad side affects of their products, whereas mother nature offers many medicinal and healthy benefits without regards to profit or greed.
Amen!
What I do is look at the herbs already growing in your yard or around your area. I live in the country and was teaching my grand kids about herbs this summer. I looked out the kitchen window which is under a big shade tree. Just looking out the kitchen window I pointed out to them more than a dozen herbs that just grow naturally in folks yard all around the country. Well might have been one that was not natural lol garlic. But one would be surprised at what grows in your yard many think of as weeds like dandelion, wild lettuce, clover, plantain, thistle, black berry, curly dock or yellow dock, to name a few. Then look up what these are used for and how to use them. Then you already know what herbs grow naturally and specific to your soil type and area and would be good to collect seeds from and grow in a garden if you decide to could use more of them. Start out simple and expand from there. There comes a time when doctors and western medicine is a needful thing but most things can be cured not just treated with natural herbs many of which grow right in your yard.
Thank you so much for the great information. We have just started looking into herbs to help with the side effects of the meds both myself and husband take . I have a few things started for the rubs and salves on your channel. Thank you.
So glad you found this helpful :D
Good information
A note on growing mint: I have two methods I use that keep it tamed: shade, and neighbors that can fight back. It isn't nearly as prolific in my shade garden, and it is surrounded by a columbine, a hydrangea, and a blackberry bush. It has not spread at all into any other part of my garden. If anyone sees this and is worried because they've heard horror stories of it taking over the whole yard, that is not always the case.
I think have it contained in a container
Thanks you are very honest.please herbs for frequent urination, colon Hashimoto hyperthyroidism
I do have a video on herbs and more for digestive system: ua-cam.com/video/QWspFfmDAYo/v-deo.html
And here is one where I talk about thyroid, including Hashimoto's: ua-cam.com/video/JNHM0ug8f6c/v-deo.html
Praise the Lord Heidi!!!
I thank God for leading me here. I've been having this strong pull to start using herbs and just didn't j ow where to start, and bam! Landing here. You mention a flower, pertussia, nurtusia or something like that, I just could not make it. Can you please help.
Echinacea or Nasturtium is likely one of the two you are thinking of.
@@RainCountryHomestead yes that's it!! Nasturtium. Thank you for the quick response. God bless
Thank you for this. I took a lot of notes and will be ordering more seeds and plants. I did order borage, marshmallow and echinacea seeds from you already and they are sprouting.
That is great! I am always pleased to hear that my seeds are doing well! :D
@@RainCountryHomestead Ooops. It was feverfew, marshmallow and borage. I got the echinacea somewhere else.
Wonderful, informative video! When we finally get settled in Washington, we need to get together for a crash course on Pacific NW herbs.
I can attest to the problems in the pharmaceutical world. I've been given medications that needed other medications to deal with all of the side effects. I am on one 'poison' that I am weaning myself off of after 15 years. The withdrawals are horrific, but doctors don't tell you about that, mostly because they don't know.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this video. I am going to look for a used copy of the Pacific Northwest Medicinal Herbs book.
Thank you for sharing that Terry! Yes, it would be great if we could meet up when you finally get this way!
I use "Bitters" for hypothyroidism. It works great for me.
Great information. Thankyou. Have you thought about doing a video on plants to grow to dehydrate for hens...
Yes: ua-cam.com/video/Soq3Z11Qq4I/v-deo.html
Thank you very good information