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Healing Tea Mixture
1/2 oz nettle leaves
1/2 oz yarrow flowers
1/2 oz St. John's Wort
1/2 oz juniper berries
1/4 oz peppermint leaves
Pour boiling water over the herb mixture; use 1-2 tsp of herbs per cup. Steep for 10 minutes; strain.
Sip it half an hour after meals. This tea tastes good sweetened with honey.
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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False Colts Foot: Excellent remedy to aid nausea, diarrhea, intestinal gas, and suppressed menstruation, by stimulation the circulation in pelvic area. Also called Wild Ginger, Black Snakeweed, Canada Snakefoot, Zingiberis, and Heart Snakeroot. A digestive aid, especially used for seasickness and unsettled stomachs (ginger ale and crackers), and for complaints of the joints. Fishermen chewed it and spit on their bait to attract catfish. Others used it to win the attentions of women. Culpepper claimed it clears the sight and is "profitable for old men."
