Arnica Montana – Why We Use It
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Arnica is a valuable external treatment for bruises and sprains as it improves the local blood supply and speeds healing. It increases the rate of absorption of internal bleeding. We use it with great success along with other herbs in our bruise away compound. The only current recommended internal use is as a homeopathic remedy for shock, injury, or [...]
Essential Oil Safety
March 17, 2013 By
Essential oils are the natural substance extracted from plants. It is the concentrated liquid containing the volatile aroma compounds of the plant. Many oils are steam distilled, while others are considered resins. Essential oils are used in aromatherapy and natural skin care products. Essential oils are not fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are chemicals derived in [...]
Our Top 10 Favorite Herbs
January 21, 2013 By
Our Favorites: Top Ten Herbs at Cloverleaf Farm A hundred years ago, and even further back, a garden was kept outside the kitchen for medicine. The women of the era knew which plants produced the proper medicinal benefit for just about everything. They were the “doctor” of the house. Plants that could not be grown [...]
Healthy Orange Julius Recipe
June 30, 2012 By
I know what you are thinking. The title says Orange Julius recipe, but there is a picture of a pumpkin. Confused? So are we. This recipe was devised years ago when I didn’t want one of our pumpkins to go bad. I cooked it up, put it in the blender, added some yogurt and vanilla [...]
Lavender Tea Cookie Recipe
June 29, 2012 By
Lavender (Lavendula angustofolia) is a fragrant herb that has been used for centuries. The plant is native to France, and the Mediterranean, but is now grown world wide. Many gardeners grow it for it’s fragrant flower buds, and to attract bees to their garden. Lavender is grown commercially, and the majority of it’s use goes [...]
How To Make A Tea In A Tea Press Using Loose Bulk Herbs
April 6, 2012 By
Using Bulk Herbs To Make A Medicinal Tea Bulk tea is a great way to make herbal teas. Making a medicinal tea from bulk herbs is easy, and once your hooked, you’ll never go back to store bought bagged teas. Bagged teas don’t have the same punch medicinally, as bulk herbs. First, pick [...]
“Stupid Is As Stupid Does”
April 5, 2012 By
You Can’t Fix Stupid No Matter How Hard I Try I guess you could call this a rant of life. I’m getting tired of stupid people. They seem to be everywhere. Like the UPS man who delivers one package, but doesn’t deliver the second. Oh, did I mention the second needed a signature, but he [...]
Healing Benefits of Apricot Oil
February 8, 2012 By
Everyone knows what an apricot is. Don’t they? The apricot (Prunus armeniaca), is a small delicious soft fruit that is yellowish to orange. They contain a pit inside of them. At the core of this pit is the kernel. This kernel is what is pressed to produce apricot kernel oil. Apricot Kernel Oil is used [...]
Herbal Healing
February 7, 2012 By
Alternative healing is becoming more popular every year as people look towards more natural approaches to health and living. However, herbs were used many thousands of years before medicine, as we know it today came into existence. The properties they were used for 5000 years ago are as valid today as they were then. Herbal [...]
Benefits of Sesame Oil For Skin Care
February 7, 2012 By
Sesame oil is obtained from the seeds of the sesamum indicum plant. It is one of the best natural oils that can be used for skin care. It nourishes the skin and has been in use for its various beneficial properties since ancient times. It is still one of the most important oils used in [...]
