On overcoming bad tasting herbal medicine.
https://open.substack.com/pub/benevolenthealer/p/but-it-tastes-bad?r=1d4yyq&utm_medium=ios
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So true about our modern diets. To anyone just starting the journey, be encouraged! Your taste buds do change π Eventually.
Mint or lemon can definitely do wonders for the taste of some herbal infusions. I appreciate the caution that adding things might mess with the effect one is looking for.
Some things are definitely worse with honey/sweetener, like nettle π€’ To me nettle tastes like seaweed and is better with salt or garlic. I'm wondering if juice from a lacto-ferment might be good too.
Little and often is a rule of thumb I've heard a few times from other herbalists. Depending on the condition you're treating and the plants you are working with. But it's often better to have a half cup of infusion or a few drops of tincture every couple hours than to drink it all at once.
I find my preferred temperature to drink infusions varies based on the individual herb or blend. Some are better hot and some are better cold.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight π
And boys who play with dolls!
Hurrah for warmth and thriving plants π
How many kids do you have?
3 boys.
Are they all grown? Do they live near?
I feel a numb spot inside me as I aspire to get all the words out quickly and neutrally.
My youngest is 16, he lives (elsewhere). My middle would be 20, but he passed away 2 years ago. My oldest is 23, he lives next door to me but I rarely see him because...
But they don't hear about my oldest son because they're busy saying, "Oh, I'm so sorry!" or, "Oh no, oh, I feel for you", or, "Oh, wow, that's so rough."
And I am grateful for the sympathy. Sometimes they ask what happened and I fill up with so many more words than the space will hold. I want to spill out the whole tragic, enraging, bittersweet story. Every heartache and outrage.
But this monologue doesn't fit into a regular conversation. A sentence or two and there are responses, sharing similar experiences or further sympathies. Perhaps a question asked or point raised about this or that detail. Then the conversation naturally morphs and moves on.
Feeling this occasional intense desire for monologue I wonder if that is sometimes why "regular" people (i.e. non-celebrities) write memoirs.
I've read memoirs that were obviously written to share an amazing or unusual story. Others were written to share knowledge, insight, or beauty.
Some memoirs I wonder, why was this written? Who cares? There's nothing profound or exciting or insightful or particularly hopeful here. Maybe it's someone's monologue.
#parenting #grief #mentalhealth #suicide #writing
New ferments this week with our first batch of produce from the community garden:
Sliced cucumbers, preserved lemon, fresh sage and rosemary (from our home garden), a few peppercorns.
Beets, carrots, apple, fennel seed, and fresh lemon thyme.
Relish -- grated zucchini, cucumber, a little onion, garlic, fresh oregano, lemon thyme, parsley, and sage, dill seed, mustard seed, black pepper.
Making a little jar of sauerkraut today with leftover cabbage, beet greens, carrot tops (just a bit), maybe a little beet and carrot.
I might also do a little jar of dandelion greens. Sooo tasty but they only last a week or two in the fridge.
#gardening #fermented #lactofermentation #pickled
May you have clarity and decisiveness π
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insight.
My spouse had an open box of triscuits in his pantry for a couple years. Ingredients whole wheat, oil, salt. His house was so humid that anything left on the floor (backpacks etc) for more than a day or two would have water under them. I had Dandyblend powder in a ziploc bag and it turned to goo in a few weeks.
The open triscuits looked perfect. I will never touch another one π€’ that's not food.
Oh, gotcha. I didn't realize they would bother the honey bees, but makes sense, big source of food.
It is difficult! It's so frustrating to try to fix something and find it's glued or molded in a way that prevents "tampering". Or fabrics so cheap they disintegrate instead of being mendable.
I love your home build idea π₯ So often in home repairs we come across Why-in-the-everloving-short-sighted-fuck did they do it THAT way???
Yay for fixing stuff! I have a low-key goal to replace all my faux disposable stuff (appliances, tools, etc) with fixable stuff whenever possible.
Go for it! I've done it a couple times π no scrambled eggs, and delicious!