Mullein infusion

 Mullein infusion

To brew mullein infusion, I fill a quart canning jar about half full of cut and crushed mullein leaf and stalk pieces. (If using commercial herb, I use one ounce by weight.) I fill the jar to the top with boiling water, cap tightly, and let it sit at room temperature for four hours, or overnight.

Mullein leaves are fuzzy, and mullein infusion can be too. To protect my throat, I always strain my mullein infusion through tightly-woven cloth (like a handkerchief) before drinking. The dose of mullein infusion is 1-4 cups a day.

Mullein infusion will last for 5-6 days refrigerated. It brews up to a dark brown liquid with a smoky flavor that I find quite appealing, especially with milk and honey. 

To relieve acute lung problems, such as bronchitis, pneumonia, SARS, even coughs, 2-4 cups of mullein infusion a day, plus elecampane, echinacea, and/or poke root tinctures are consumed until health has returned. To strengthen the lungs, or to restore health to lung tissues after "assaults" such as tobacco smoke or radiation: 1-2 cups of mullein infusion daily for six weeks is suggested. To relieve allergies and asthma, 2-4 cups of mullein infusion every day for 6-8 weeks is amazingly effective.

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Treasures of the Tropics

 Wise Woman School Sale! 

25% off Treasures of the Tropics

You know me as the champion of the weeds and a proponent of backyard medicine. 

So why did I go to Costa Rica to look at plants?

Because we all use treasures from the tropics — like ginger, coffee, sugar, and chocolate — in our daily lives and I wanted to know how they are grown and who they are.

Please join me on my equatorial adventure. 

We will meet tropical plants that are used for food, seasoning, medicine, and altering your mind. 

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Offer valid 12/26/2022 - 1/2/2023

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NEW correspondence course

Exciting News

Susun has a NEW correspondence course: Sharing People's Medicine. 

Twenty-six projects take you step-by-step from throwing an herbal tea party to teaching an herbal class, from attending an herbal event to setting up a seed swap, from the spirit of the plants to stretching your boundaries. This motivation-based course provides support and encouragement as you share effective, simple herbal remedies with your family, your pets, your garden, and beyond.

 

With so many prices are on the rise, we decided to hold the line for you. No price increase on any of Susun's courses. And, better yet, for two weeks, we are gifting you with $50 off any and every correspondence course. Get as many as you want. Give them as gifts.

Between December 1-15, the prices of all correspondence courses — including the new one — are reduced by $50.

Celebrate green blessings, today and every day.

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Halloween Salad

 Halloween Salad

16 dandelion leaves

 8 mallow leaves

 big handful of wild oregano tops

 as much wild mint as you like

 40 sheep sorrel leaves

 12 lemon balm tops

 16 garlic mustard leaves

 lots of chickweed

 8 violet leaves

 and finished with

 red clover blossoms

 dandelion and chicory flower petals

 wild carrot flowers

 mallow flowers

 the last of the nasturtiums

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Goldenrod (Solidago species)

 Goldenrod (Solidago species)

I like to make a jar or two of goldenrod vinegar as a fall tonic. The taste is earth-y and pollen-y and sunshine-y. The goldenrod is a late fall favorite of so many insects, I figure it must offer something special to help us all through the winter that’s ahead. While goldenrod flowers do sometimes find their way into my salads, I find their texture less than friendly.

Wise Woman Bookshop Sale

 

Wise Woman Bookshop Sale on Juliette de Bairacli Levy's books.

Juliette de Bairacli Levy, was a world renowned herbalist, author,
and pioneer of holistic veterinary medicine.

If you've been wanting to read Julliette now is a great time to get her books:
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Common Herbs for Natural Health
Nature's Children
Summer in Galilee
A Gypsy in New York
Spanish Mountain Life

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Elder Flower Champagne

 Elder Flower Champagne 

Harvest blossoms on a fine, hot June day, quick, quick, don’t wait; elder’s blooming period is fairly short. I learned how to make this in New Zealand twenty years ago and have made it yearly since. The best part? It is ready to drink in a few days. I share two recipes with you. Both are wonderful but they do taste slightly different.

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Simply Living Elder Flower Champagne 

10 heads of elder flowers

4 lemons

1 heaping tablespoon of cream of tartar

2 cups white sugar

18 cups water

Grate lemon rind finely; only the colored part, not the bitter white part.

Then cut the lemons and squeeze the juice. 

Combine lemon rind, lemon juice, sugar, water, cream of tartar, and elder flowers in a plastic bucket or other non-metal container.

Cover loosely and leave for 24 hours, then strain, bottle, and cork. 

Ready to drink in a week!

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Read the 2nd recipe on the mentorship website:

https://www.wisewomanmentor.com/recipes-1

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