Thank you so much!

You’re welcome!

Thank you so very much!

@@joriley6256 thank you! You can use a variety of your favorite topical herbs this way. I hope you find your own personal blend of healing herbs and can make a very affordable effective product!

Thank you!

Thank you! Make some nice medicine now.

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

You’re welcome 🌺

You’re welcome 🌺

Thank you Kathryn!

Like your beard honey pot!

Thanks! I try to add a bit of silly fun to the long work of wildcrafting.

I think that I put some in a vase for decoration for a while… Good fire starters once fully dried.

Go get it! You can save a ton of money by making your own from freely available local plants.

Yes! It will add a few more constituents to your blend, even more well rounded.

You’re Welcome! I believe that I found mine at New Seasons, but here’s something similar on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Premium-Stainless-Kitchen-Funnels-Strainer/dp/B08SGNCXKP/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=1OOB9ZE0N30SK&keywords=funnel+with+strainer&qid=1699896697&sprefix=funnel+with%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-4

That seems likely. I haven’t used the flowers for anything personally. The flowers are indeed edible and I have heard of using them to make a lemonade-like drink or sorbet. Medicinally I would tend to stick with the stronger root bark or stem bark and leaves.

I think that all the species of Oregon Grape have medicinal value.

You could make tea or powder from the scrapped bark, or a glycerite (sweet flavored but weaker). Consider checking out my toasted milk thistle video. This is often great for grumpy livers.

@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 thanks I’ll try that. It’s quite timely that you just answered me cause we just pulled it out a few hours ago and I already got some bark and made some yellow tea, with honey. I really want to try the glycerite and also the milk thistle. I’ll go check it out.

I wonder if you could do an infused oil?

I personally prefer to tincture from fresh herbs, not dried. I have heard herb industry reps say that they get just as good extraction from dried herb, and are indeed able to do multiple run batches to get even more concentration. I just have this feeling that something is lost in drying. I think of culinary herbs fresh vs dried. Take basil or parsley, both very different dried vs fresh. Something is lost, flavor is changed, diminished. Pesto made from dried basil is just not anywhere near as tasty as fresh basil pesto. In reality it probably depends on the specific herb. Rosemary, for instance, retains much of its intense character dried. One other thing about fresh herbs is that you know they’re fresh. You can buy dried products online, but with the unregulated industry, you may not know when that was dried, and dried herbs really lose effectiveness with time, especially if over a year old.

This one is a Rival. It’s been very reliable. I think it was quite cheap.

Sure! Dried herbs tend to lose potency much much faster than tinctures. If you plan on using it within a year (best within a couple months) then dried is fine! For making salves or oils, dried is probably preferred as any water can cause early spoilage in oil based products.

Thanks for replying!

@@shannonholmes5130 certainly!

Very nasty blueberries lol.

I’m skeptical about taking pharmaceuticals. I’ve experienced too many bad side effects that my MD doctors told me to just ignore. Those bad medical reactions directly led to me “discovering” the existence of naturopathic medicine and gentle effective herbs. My home remedies rarely cause me any harm, when taken at reasonable doses. Stay away from the toxic drop dose herbs, and you’ll probably always have neutral or positive results. When you make something yourself with herbs from nature, there are no teams of salespeople trying to figure out how to get you hooked for life.