hi crunchies! i hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead. today let's blend up 8 ounces of a silky, soothing, fast-absorbing body oil that contains skin-supporting herbs. before you order or bring out your ingredients, please note this will require an herbal solar infusion lasting 6 weeks. if you don't have that kind of patience, [...]
Category: herbalism
introduction to herbalism: oil infusions
whew, it's been a couple weeks! hello, crunchies! welcome back to our little "introduction to herbalism" series! today we're going to go over OIL INFUSIONS. and here's your friendly reminder to ALWAYS check contraindications and drug interactions when using herbs.... always. yes, they're plants... but no, they're not all safe all the time. 🙂 what [...]
introduction to herbalism: teas & decoctions
welcome back to our little "introduction to herbalism" series! today we're going to go over TEAS & DECOCTIONS. i tried using instagram stories for the first time ever to take a poll, and 98% of you said you liked this series, so here we are again! 🙂 find me @alexraye_ae if you want to hang [...]
introduction to herbalism: extracts
let's learn all about EXTRACTS. what is an extract? what are the types of extracts? why use certain menstrums and not others? wait, what's a menstrum? what is a plant/herbal extract? an extract is a substance that contains the beneficial constituents of the original plant material. what constituents are extracted entirely depends on the menstrum [...]
introduction to herbalism: pt 1
hello crunchies! you gave some nice feedback that having some blog posts on an introduction to herbalism would be neat, so here i am! i don't intend for this to be a form of training by any means, but rather a nice little "dip" into the herbalism pool to see if it piques your interest. [...]
