Every season offers special and unique harvests for food and medicine. The tender bits of herbs, flowers, and buds from spring are no exception. As the winter season fades be sure to gather the following items and begin stocking your medicine cabinet with these spring herbal remedies.
Made in Spring, Useful All Year
The following remedies make the most of spring’s unique offerings. They are, however; useful to our bodies and homes for the entire year. Be sure to make enough to last the entire year and restock next year.
[mailerlite_form form_id=14]Harvest Carefully & Wisely
Always practice sustainable and safe foraging! Be sure to harvest these weeds and flowers from places were foraging is allowed. Also choose unsprayed areas that are not right along well-traveled roads (no sense in getting oil or other auto chemicals in your herbal medicines). Never take all of the plants in a particular area – remember to leave some for wildlife.
Keep it All Clean & Organized
Once the plant bits are harvested. Bring them home and clean them to remove dirt, bugs, and other debris before making medicine. Remember to label and date the finished products to keep them organized.
Spring Herbal Remedy Recipes
Make the most of the spring season by making these herbal remedies now to use for the entire year ahead.
Dandelion Flower Infused Oil
Infuse dandelion flowers in oil for soothing relief to arthritic joints. Use the infused oil for salves, massage lotion, and more.
Chickweed Bath Vinegar
Use this simple chickweed bath vinegar to help relieve itchy skin.
Birch Leaf Oil
Infuse birch leaves into oil for a soothing muscle rub. Use the infused oil as is for a massage lotion or incorporate into your favorite balm or salve for even more uses.
Herbal Drawing Salve
Get rid of splinters, slivers, stingers, and more from the skin by learning how to make a homemade herbal drawing salve with this simple recipe.
Comfrey Poultice
Poultices are a staple in our first aid kit. Learn how to make comfrey poultice to keep in the freezer so it's ready when you need it.
Balm of Gilead
Because this relies on the buds of cottonwood or poplar trees to be made, it is the quintessential spring herbal remedy. Harvest the sticky buds before the trees leaf out and make an ointment for pain relief and more.
Violet Flower Glycerite
Those gorgeous, tender flowers are powerhouses of medicinal use. Violets help with swollen glands, sore throats, and more.
The great thing about these spring herbal remedies is that they are all easy. None of the above take very long time to make nor are they complicated in anyway. This, of course, means you can spend time in the garden or simply enjoying the spring season rather than slaving away in the kitchen.
ashura
Tuesday 21st of January 2020
thanks a bunch for all this info!
Carla
Sunday 31st of March 2019
Thank you for the recipes. I love learning all I can about herbals. Love your blog.
Edna
Tuesday 13th of March 2018
thank you for these recipes. I love anything herbal and have decided to have a herb a month club at my home which will make me do more research and really study herbs. Im sure these rec. can be useful. Im going to try to do whats in season like starting with dandelion thanks for all your work