Learn how to make herbal extractions called tinctures.
In this movie you learn about herbal extractions called tinctures. Walking Bear shows you step by step how to make an herbal tincture extraction with alcohol, vinegar, mead, and how to make an herbal pickling brine.
The herbs used in these clips are… Red Clover flowers (a wonderful blood cleanser & builder), Hops (a powerful sedative, pain reliever, and antispasmodic), Garlic tops (very immune system modulating & blood detoxifier), and St John’s Wart (antidepressant & anti-inflammatory)
The Plant Whisperer wild-crafted herbal how-to DVDs also include some extra clips of Walking Bear’s Native Flute music videos.
Foraging for wild foods, edibles and herbal health tonics.
In this movie The Plant Whisperer takes you on an advantageous trip on a wild river in the beautiful State of Maine foraging for wild foods and herbal health tonics.
Some herbs covered in this production are…The Fiddlehead Fern (a yummy cooked green), Trout Lilly (yummy cooked or raw green), False Hellebore (Warning, dangerous plant), Purple Trillium (Female tonic), Crab Apple (detoxifier, cold & flue treatment, & immune system tonic), Indian Cucumber root (yummy wild food), Stinking Nettle ( One of the most nutritious cooked greens there is, as well as a powerful blood cleanser & strengthening), and more.
The Plant Whisperer wild-crafted herbal how-to DVDs also include some extra clips of Walking Bear’s Native Flute music videos.
Plant communication and the way of harvesting with respect for the plants and the environment
In this movie Walking Bear speaks about the esoteric subject of plant communication and guides you in the way of harvesting with respect for the plants and the environment.
Learn how The Plant Whisperer started his journey into the wonderful world of herbalism. As well as the ways of harvesting with respect & honor, and some ways the plants are trying to communicate with us. Open your wild heart, learn who your plant allies are, and become a “Plant Whisperer”.
The Plant Whisperer wild-crafted herbal how-to DVDs also include some extra clips of Walking Bear’s Native Flute music videos.
Research indicates some of the uses as analgesic, antihistaminic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, antiviral, bacteristat, cardio-depressant, estrogenic, fungicide, hypnotic, sedative and pesticide are valid.
Habitat
Alien, naturalized, biennial herb. Widely distributed plant, being found all over Europe and in temperate Asia as far as the Himalayas, and in North America it is exceedingly abundant. Great Mullein is found growing on hedge-banks, by roadsides and on waste ground, more especially on gravel, sand or chalk. Sunny positions in uncultivated fields and especially on dry soils. Cultivation: Great Mullein is an easily grown plant, it succeeds in most well-drained soils, including dry ones, and prefers a sunny position. Dislikes shade and wet soils. The leaves (first season) at the base of the stem form a rosette of numerous, large, 6 to 15 inches long and up to 5 inches broad, but become smaller as they ascend the stem, on which they are arranged on alternate sides. They are whitish with a soft, dense mass of hairs on both sides, which make them feel very furry and thick. The root is a long taproot with a fibrous outer cover and fleshy inside. The flower-spike (second season) has been known to attain a height of 7 or 8 feet, covered with densely crowded, sulphur-yellow, flowers about an inch across with five rounded petals. Blooming during July and August. Harvest the entire plant when in bloom and dry for later herb use.
Properties
Great Mullein has been used as an alternative medicine for centuries, and in many countries throughout the world, the value of Great Mullein as a proven medicinal herb is now backed by scientific evidence. Some valuable constituents contained in Mullein are Coumarin and Hesperidin, they exhibit many healing abilities. Research indicates some of the uses as analgesic, antihistaminic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, antiviral, bacteristat, cardio-depressant, estrogenic, fungicide, hypnotic, sedative and pesticide are valid.
Many medicinal qualities including but not limited to; skin alements, bites, burns, swelling and detoxification.
Plantain Broad Leaf
Plantain has a long history in herbal medicine, and many of its remarkable medicinal qualities have been confirmed by modern science. Externally, it is effective on any kind of skin disorder when the leaves are bruised and simply rubbed on the skin. Alternatively it can be made into an oil or ointment and stored for convenient external use. This is an amazing plant, folks, and it will help with a long list of skin complaints, including rashes, wounds, ulcerations, cuts, swelling, sprains, bruises, burns, eczema, cracked lips, poison ivy, mosquito bites, diaper rash, boils, hemorrhoids, and blisters. It is also effective as an agent that draws out the poison for bee stings, snake bites, and spider bites, and it effectively draws out splinters or thorns and reduces the risk of scarring with more severe cuts and scrapes. Placed in the shoes, the leaves will help prevent blisters on the feet.
If that's not enough, internally the list is even longer for this amazing "weed." Drunk as a tea made from the leaves, Plantain is effective as a general detoxifier in the body, and works remarkably well as a remedy for colds, flu, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, fevers, hypertension, rheumatism, bladder problems, gastritis, ulcers, irritable bowel, cystitis, sinusitis, coughs, kidney stones, intestinal complaints, goiter, PMS, regulating menstrual flow, hoarseness, congestion, hay fever, diarrhea, and as a blood sugar stabilizer in diabetics. The seeds can be dried and infused in water for a soothing eye lotion, as a laxative, and for intestinal worms in children. There is also some indication that taken internally, Plantain can help with smoking cessation by detoxifying the body and thereby reducing cravings.
Plantain also is a valuable food in the spring cooked or raw. Very high in nutrition and fiber. The leaves become very tough and stringy later in the year.
There are no side-effects whatsoever for most of us, but in certain sensitive individuals, minor dermatitis may result from external use.
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