Herbs for Winter Health

EchinaceaThis is a good time of year to go over ‘must-have’ herbs for winter health. Since I am feeling “under the weather” today it also makes it a good time to review. Herbs that I have found most useful to treat and prevent colds and flu...

Essential Oils and Aromatics, book review

Essential Oils and Aromatics: Step-by-Step Guide For Use in Massage and AromatherapyBy Marge ClarkSilverleaf Press 2008Marge Clark has recently been able to put some of her wisdom to paper in “Essential Oils and Aromatics: Step-by-Step Guide For Use in Massage and...

Protein Synthesis and the Nobel Prize

Proteins are by far the most important part of all cells. Their many functions include working as/in:-enzymes that control all the chemical reactions that occur in the body-immune function as antibodies-cell membrane structure and carriers to regulate what goes in and...

Thyme Honey

With the herbs mostly harvested now its time to make sure our winter medicine cabinet has all it needs. Thyme honey is one of the important parts of our medicine cabinet. It is used for colds/flu and sore throats. Thyme has strong antiseptic properties including...

Triglycerides and Skin Care

I thought I would do a series of blog entries on chemistry concepts that are important to the cosmetics crafter. Cosmetics crafters as well as herbalists come from diverse backgrounds often with no training in chemistry. If you are a cosmetic crafter or herbalist and...