antiinflammatory

Inflammation is localized pain, redness, and swelling in reaction to tissue irritation, injury, or infection. Antiinflammatory herbs reduce this response to relieve short-term pain and discomfort or to relieve long-term chronic inflammation, which is part of autoimmune disorders and other conditions.

Herbal Recipe

Elderflower Tea

Post author By Rei Myers
Post date January 10, 2022

This simple elderflower tea helps reduce pain and inflammation such as headache, sore throat, or general body aches.

Herbal Recipe

Fire Cider

Post author By Rei Myers
Post date February 16, 2021

Fire cider helps warm up the body, stimulates the immune system, and fights bacteria and viruses common during cold and flu season.

Herbal Guide

Gathering and Using Pine Needles

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz
Post date July 25, 2020

While they are sometimes considered a nuisance, pine needles have many uses.

Herbal Recipe

General Antifungal & Skin Salve

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz and Rei Myers
Post date May 15, 2020

This salve contains many herbs that are known to have positive effects on the skin, including nourishing the skin, aiding healing, relieving pain and itching, and fighting infections caused by funguses and bacteria on the skin.

Herb Plant Profile

Goat’s Foot

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz
Post date July 9, 2020

A common tropical creeping vine that grows on the sandy parts of beaches, goat’s foot is salt tolerant and propagates naturally by ocean dispersal (reproduces by sending its seeds, sea beans, floating out by ocean currents).

Herb Plant Profile

Gotu Kola

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz
Post date August 9, 2021

Often referred to as the “herb of longevity” or “miracle elixir of life,” gotu kola is a staple in traditional Chinese (TCM), Indonesian, and Ayurvedic medicine.

Herb Plant Profile

Pine

Post author By Rei Myers
Post date February 14, 2021

Pine trees are a common tree with a host of medicinal and utilitarian uses. There are seven varieties of pine native to Florida and countless more introduced varieties.

Herb Plant Profile

Rosemary

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz
Post date March 18, 2022

Close up of rosemary Leaves - by Eva Fiallos-Diaz

This aromatic evergreen shrub is currently being researched for its potential benefits to alleviate complications caused by obesity and diabetes, inflammation-associated conditions, and neurological deficits.

Herbal Recipe

Rosemary Glycerite

Post author By Weeds and Deeds
Post date January 12, 2022

Rosemary infused into vegetable glycerin provides a concentration of herbal constituents in a portable and convenient form.

Herbal Recipe

Tiger Balm

Post author By Eva Fiallos-Diaz
Post date February 1, 2022

A DIY Recipe for the Lunar Year 2022