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The plants in the garden grow abundantly and provide leaves, flowers, seeds and roots that we transform into medicines of many kinds. Most often used are hydrosols, tinctures, elixirs and salves - I sell these at Boont Berry Natural Food Store as well as from home.
White Sage on the left and Yarrow, on the right, are two stand bys for the hydrosols. The white sage can be sprayed in a room to purify it instead of burning the sage. The yarrow is a psychic and physical protector. The botanical name, Achilleae, refers to the famous myth of Achilles whose mother dipped him as a baby in yarrow to protect him from war injuries. She forgot his heel, where she held him, and he was shot by an arrow in the Achilles tendon.
And here is the Alambic Copper Still. I make the hydrosols here. The high heat and pressure bring the water soluble oils and acids into solution (hence hydro-sol or water solution). These then go into an amber bottle with an atomizer and are sprayed onto the skin or into the mouth. I fried some beautifully fat salmon the other evening for diner. It filled the house with pungent fishy smell. Opening up the windows didn’t do any good, so I got the bottle of your Oregano hydrosol and sprayed the air al around. It was magic, completely cleared the air with no residual smell at all. I was amazed. Thank you so much. |
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