2.11.2013

Time give your immune system a boost?

Echinacea is known for raising the body's natural resistance to infection. 

Echinacea is native to Appalachia and the Midwest and is grown in many gardens here in the north east. You may be able to harvest your own this year!


This Rosemary Gladstar video will show you how easy it can be to make your own echinacea tincture from dried echinacea root. To get started now you may find the echinacea root at your local natural food market. In Gloucester we are fortunate to have Common Crow which has a wide selection of herbs and many other items. Mountain Rose Herbs also offers high quality herbs.



Another way to tincture echinacea is to use the whole plant collecting the leaves, buds, blossoms and roots during the growing season. A complete description for this method is found in Rosemary's book, Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use. Set up the harvesting schedule on your calendar starting this spring!

Many of the plants used in Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use can be found in your garden or your kitchen. Learn how to identify and harvest your own.

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