[WhiteCloudFarm]

First off this an an awesome discussion. I have a ton of natural remedies that I go too, a lot of which I’ve seen here, and I’ve learned a couple new ones by reading through the comments. I’ll share a few that have really helped me, that I didn’t see posted here.

The first is honey and cayenne powder on to speed up healing and prevent infection on cuts. This one burns, but it works. You take a small pinch of cayenne (the more you use, the more it will burn so be careful) and mix with a spoonful of natural honey, and apply with your finger on top of wounds (first you want to clean the wound obviously, and you have to be tough as nails to put this on a fresh wound that hasn’t had a chance to dry or scab up at all. If you can’t handle that kind of pain, wait till a thin layer of scab or dry membrane forms over the wound, then it will burn less. This remedy is especially good for deep or bad cuts with a big surface area, like cutting off the tip of your finger while cooking, or any time you’re worried about infection close to the surface of a wound. I’ve used this over and over and I’m always amazed at how fast and how well the wound heals. If you’re in a situation where you can’t get stitches and you are worried about infection, this could be a life saver. If you have a low pain tolerance you can always use just a couple grains of cayenne in the honey, it will still help!

The second remedy I’ve used a lot that I didn’t see on here is Yierba Santa. I’m in central California and I’m not sure if this plant grows outside of California or not, but it’s all over California especially in the foothills. It has long, sticky aromatic leaves and grows as a shrub that’s usually about chest high. This herb is excellent for the lungs and the immune system in general, especially for healing damage from smoke, clearing out infection and phlegm, and for opening and strengthening the lungs when someone is suffering from asthma or other breathing issues. Just make a tea by steeping a couple leaves, fresh or dried (I think fresh works better but use both). You can also make a steam bath by pouring boiling water over a handful of leaves in a big bowl, and breathing it in with a towel over your head. We did this a lot with our babies when they got stuffy noses and couldn’t breath well, and it worked wonders.

One more herb that I didn’t see listed here that can be a life saver is mugwort. There are different varieties but they all work. This herb should never be used by pregnant women, and probably not if you’re breastfeeding either. It’s extremely bitter. Mugwort tea is my go to for fever, malarial symptoms, and anything related to COVID-like symptoms. It’s also good for strengthening the immune system in general, but shouldn’t be used as an everyday type tea like nettle or peppermint, just when truly needed. My advice with any herb, and this one in particular, would be to get to know it by trying a weak tea (just steeping a few leaves) and see how it makes you feel, so that you yourself start to have a relationship with the herb and start to get an idea of what it does for you. I think most people who work with herbal remedies know this, it’s about having a relationship with the plant or whatever form of medicine you’re using, and using it by feel, rather than just following instructions blindly.

Hope some of that helps somebody. Thanks to everyone else who has shared!

-Nick

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Highly appreciate the in depth viewpoints, personal testimonies, shared knowledge, excitement and passions, and the sharing of necessary and much needed information regarding survival, revival and thrive-full! Thank you, and I’ll make sure to take notes on everyone’s awesome input! Thank you.

– Savannah

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

I did the honey and cayenne powder last year. It worked. I had a slice on my finger tip. Cleaned it up and closed within two days. It wouldn’t have done that if I didn’t use the two. I have an abnormally high pain tolerance, so it’s definitely for emergency use, and not for the physically weak. It burns for sure. Also, Honey and turmeric, stops bleeding, and also pulls out venoms from a snake or insect bite.

[DoubleS]

Currently laid up with an infected finger- quite swollen and painful, it happened fast!- I will try the honey cayenne mixture. I’m soaking it in ACV right now which is soothing the pain but not helping the swelling.

[WhiteCloudFarm]

Let me know how it goes. If the infection is close to the surface it should definitely help. I hope you’re all better soon.

[DoubleS]

Thank you! I put the honey-cayenne mixture on my finger then covered with a glove (to keep the bed clean) before bed. Just woke up and it seems slightly less swollen. It’s definitely less red and less painful. I’m going to fight the infection from within as well by starting a fast today. This is a nasty one and I don’t want to take any chances. Especially with the antibiotic shortages.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Prayers for rapid recovery and fast healing. The best way to learn is experience. In Jesus name! God bless you! ❤️🙏

[DoubleS]

Thank you for prayers- I appreciate it! 😊😊

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

That’s what we are here for! 😃🌻🌳🙌🏼🕊

[Redcap]

I use or have prepared most of what has been listed in here. I also make poke root tincture and we use the berries fresh or frozen for arthritis pain. Motherwort tincture is one of my favorite allies as are chickweed fresh and mugwort cooked with fatty meats. It was very popular with young mothers since the 1960s natural birth movement. Very calming and later in life it prevents hot flashes. I made pitcher plant tincture to have in case of smallpox outbreak. I make the usual salves and tinctures and some unusual ones: curlycup gumweed, creeping charlie, yarrow, and more.

My husband was misdiagnosed with clinical depression for ten years and I finally made him get a real diagnosis and they settled on myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue). He could not even get off the couch at that point. I chose eleuthero root infusion, cordyceps powder, ashwagandha powder, lion’s mane capsules, motherwort tincture, dead nettle tincture and infusion, berries for anti-oxidants, and an OTC antihistamine all at certain times of the day. In six months he was off the couch. In one year, he could mow the yard, rake leaves, and on year two, he built me a chicken coop. Now 4 years later, he is chopping wood for our heat, has built a second coop, fixes fences, and is building me a haybox (thermal cooker). Medical science has no treatments for chronic fatigue other than antidepressants, sedatives, and pain pills. No treatments for cause.

I also drink nettle and comfrey infusions regularly. The teas just aren’t very useful.

One thing we used to do for low iron in the 1970s for pregnant women – because blood volume expands 2-4 times and so because the blood is effectively thinned it ALWAYS looks like the woman is anemic – was to have them take 2-3 alfalfa tablets (not capsules of dried plant which are ineffective) along with a high iron food (like a bit of beef, liver, or raisins) and a vitamin C food (like tomato, citrus, or bell pepper – NOT C pills because ascorbic acid is not the same as C) and their iron levels would be back to normal within a week. Works for B12 deficiency also.

I used this on my goddaughter a few years ago and a friend used it for B12 deficiency last year. It works because iron pills just make you poop black because the iron has nowhere to go. Alfalfa is high in chlorophyll which is one carbon atom different from hemoglobin – what iron binds to. If you don’t increase hemoglobin, all that iron in the pills have nowhere to go.

Works like a charm.

I make my own elderberry syrup from dried berries. Take it every day. Elderberry has a protein that prevents viruses from attaching to docking receptors on human cells. The only time I’ve been sick since 2018 was after a back injury last year when I got out of the habit of taking it in the morning and I got strep throat after a face-to-face conversation with a friend I know who had it. I got rid of the strep in a few days and started taking elderberry again. That’s the only time I’ve been sick since March 2017.

Those are some of the things we use or have used or have on hand.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Thank you so very much for your in depth explanations of your own testimonies and personal stories, and your understanding of what is truly effective and ineffective. I appreciate it immensely and I’m sure others do too! I am thrilled to hear your husbands story and how you used God’s remedies to heal him – That is truly inspiring and what we ought to do!I love what you shared about pregnancy and mother’s health. Birth is probably my favorite and one of my many passions too, so that is definitely necessary information for anyone, especially women. There’s some things that I wasn’t 100% sure on, so it’s reassuring to hear from an experienced individual. As far as infusions, how do you go about infusing the nettle and the comfrey? And not steeping like tea? Just wondering. Also, I was recently gratefully gifted dried elderberries, but was waiting to hear from an experienced person who makes their own syrup. Could you give me a brief description of how you make your syrup? I’ve had a bottle or two of elderberry syrup before I’ve never made it. Thank you so much!

[Redcap]

It has certainly been a long lifetime of learning. I learned midwifery from the old midwives as well as clinically trained midwives from the UK where it was legal and respected. There is so much traditional as well as scientific knowledge and they meet up well. Everyone just wants a safe birth and at least 94% of all births and pregnancies are within “normal” or usual expectations, no extra help needed.

An infusion is made like a tea but steeped much longer. I make a quart at a time if it’s something I want to add to my diet for the day or a few days. One ounce of dried plant material, like stinging nettle, comfrey, red clover (half ounce of linden) in a quart jar, then covered and filled to the brim with boiling water. Cap loosely (or the jar seals and it’s hard to open) and let steep 4 hours at least. I make mine at night and leave it overnight. Then strain the material and squeeze it all out to get all the goodness from it and screw the lid on and refrigerate it for up to 3 days. It really starts to oxidize and lose nutrient quality after that.

There’s about 400 mg of bioavailable calcium in one cup of stinging nettle infusion whereas cow dairy calcium molecules are large and difficult to absorb which is why the USDA says we need so much of it – because you will never get all 1200 mg from 4 glasses of milk, you’ll likely absorb about 300. Plant and other calcium sources (like fish bones) are more easily absorbed. Nettle also has a ton of other nutrients. Comfrey is the only plant with B12.

Elderberry syrup isn’t “syrupy” at all. it’s very liquid. I take one cup of dried berries and let them simmer in 5 cups of water for 45 -60 minutes COVERED to neutralize the toxins in the berries and get all the medicine out. If you don’t cover it, the water will all evaporate away and you wasted your time. I use 5 cups to account for some evaporation and I’m left with about 1 quart of the liquid. Then I use a good strong wooden spoon as a masher and squash the berries in the liquid to get all the good stuff out but you don’t have to go crazy doing this. It’s just something I do. Then strain the berries and seeds through a wire mesh strainer into a bowl. Wear rubber gloves unless you want purple hands and when it’s just cool enough, squeeze the liquid out of the wet berries. Put the liquid back in the empty pan and heat enough to add a little honey to your taste and melt it. I don’t use much; I don’t care if it’s very sweet. I use just enough to take the bitter out. Compost the berry mash; the seeds are toxic if chewed but swallowing a few won’t hurt you as they’ll pass through and digestive juices neutralize the toxins. But you want to avoid a lot of berry seeds in general such as elderberry or poke. You can swallow one or two of either but you don’t want to be eating more or crushing those seeds in your mouth. Store in jars and refrigerate. Mine lasts months if I put it in a good cold spot – not the door. I tend to put some in a jar in the freezer and some on the fridge to prevent any possibility of mold forming because it may have been there too long and allows to warm and then cool as the door opens and closes. That’s why I keep it in one of the coldest spots in the fridge. I just drink a sip every day or take a teaspoon of it. If you get sick you can take a teaspoon several times a day to help keep the viruses from spreading and making it worse.

You can also take that syrup and make gummies but I haven’t ever done that. I think it’s because then I’m not sure how much of a dose I’m getting because there are other ingredients and I haven’t done the math. But they could be useful if you are traveling or away from home a lot.

Hope that helps! There’s so much love on this earth to help us from birth to death. I’m not sure how we got so far away from it.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

I honestly believe the enemy (Satan is the reason we got so far from God, since the fall of man in the Garden Of Eden and his natural organic ways) sun separated us from Our Creator. It’s up to us to connect with Him again. I had no idea comfrey was the only plant with vitamin B12. I don’t eat much meat and am probably deficient in something so it would be good to get some (B12) asap. I get a little with nutritional yeast, but probably nothing compared to the comfrey. Which really is a miracle plant. I eat salmon and tuna and sometimes other fish every week, however. And I’m never hungry haha. I really appreciate you explaining to me how to make nettle and comfrey infusions and inspiring me to do it, sounds like anyone can make it and I’m certainly blessed to have access to this information. I think it’s wise to have it written down, hard copies, on paper. The internet only goes so far. One day it will all be shut down. I’m fine with it. I never felt more alive then when I’m in the woods or by the water, somewhere untouched by man, or if it is, it’s taken care of and loved.

Brilliant discussion. Thanks again, and please know it’s a massive blessing to connect. I’ve been praying to hear about someone with the experience on these plants. So glad to hear it!

[Redcap]

I know what you mean about being out in nature. Real nature. As for your B12 levels, I wouldn’t worry unless you start feeling very tired and even cranky/sad a lot. You must be getting enough from the fish and such. The FDA, IOM, and USDA recommendations are always based on a sort of “ground zero” where you have none and therefore need “this much”. But we tend to have some stores of most nutrients. And to be honest, we don’t “get” vitamins, like C or D from foods or even sun. We synthesize them in our own bodies. Foods give us the building blocks we need to make them. Oranges don’t have vitamin C; they have 16 main and more than 200 minor elements we need to synthesize C. That’s why taking ascorbic acid is useless, regardless of anecdotal experience (I feel great when I take it!). Ascorbic acid is not and never will be vitamin C. People don’t like to hear the truth because they think I’m telling them to do things “my way”. But it’s not MY way, it’s how it works. It’s chemistry, botany, and biology. You might feel good taking a C supplement and that’s fine, but facts say you’re not getting C from those ills and never will. I love learning facts. They simplify my life and make me much less of a consumer and more of a producer and contributor to my world every single day.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Solid information. I understand the vitamin C thing, when you look at the science of it, you’re absolutely correct!! It’s amazing how many people don’t really grasp that even after you explain it to them in detail. I didn’t know (that much) though! I was just thinking about oranges this morning. Thanks for the tips, too!

[Kerns]

I have been using plantain tincture for itchy bug bites on my family for a couple of years and it works really well. When my wife was pregnant we may have gotten poison ivy. After a month of trying over the counter products I broke down and tried the tincture. The tincture got rid of the ivy in a couple of days and i will never go back to that over the counter junk.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

That’s so good to know! My husband got the worse case of poison sumac/oak/ivy I’ve ever seen. It peeled off layers of skin and left him even bedridden. I wish I knew that then. I used colloidal oatmeal baths and fresh Jewelweed salve and spray. Jewelweed was the plant God created to defeat the reactions of poison ivy. The Jewelweed salve I used did have plantain in it. Wonderful! Thank you for sharing. You never know who it may help 🙂

[Kerns]

I make it with really strong vodka so it can be consumed for other ailments.

[KansasTerri]

I do not know about the other remedies, but using honey on infections is a very old beekeeper’s remedy. It works well enough for doctors to try it on my son

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

That is a very good point! I carry honey around in my bag wherever I go. 😃🙏 It never expires and is one of the best things. John the Baptist lived off of locusts and wild honey!

[gods-child]

Natural Honey is the best for all sorts of remedies both internal and external

then there the propolis [well overlooked] made by bees which is great chewed for toothache

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Lovely!!! Yes, ✝️😊🙌 Thanks for sharing!!

[gods-child]

you are welcome

[DukeSilver]

Elderberry tincture is easy to make and powerful for sickness.

Oregano oil, used properly, can cut through “head colds” fast. Or inhaling oregano oil (one drop only in a pot of boiling water) with a towel over your head that is over the boiling water.

This isn’t fancy but most “heart burn” is a lack of acid, or abundance. A spoonful of vinegar can often stop it in under a minute. I’ve used vinegar based hot sauce for the same effect when I had no vinegar. Not as good but it worked enough.

[SLINGSHOT]

Thanks for the tips.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Awesome! Thank you for the helpful tips. Oregano is amazing!!!! So is elderberry!!! I have both!!! Just need to make it happen!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

[OddBird]

Black walnut tincture from the outer husk – natural dewormer!

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

YES!!! Have you ever tried it, ma’am? – Savannah

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

You just reminded me of: MIMOSA PUDICA! The most powerful dewormer!!!! Check it out if you haven’t already 😃😃 I ask the Lord to provide these things for me, because He will. I am a living testimony!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[Helene65]

It’s high vitC.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

It is a good medicine. I didn’t know all this information, though! Thank you, Sojourner!

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

That’s a happy truth! Amen.

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Absolutely stunning! 🌺🌺🌺

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

Isn’t that what the name is all about?! 😇 Just hold on. We fly soon….. 🕊🕊🕊

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

YES! Excellent! Us too!

[WhiteCloudFarm]

No problem! 👍🏼🌱

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

I agree! We practice the same over in these parts. 😃👩🏼‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾

[JesusIsOurSaviour]

ALLELUIA!!!!!!! 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[PWDOhioRaptureReady]

👍🏼 Can’t wait!