Comments on: Your Home Herbalism Journey: Why Ancestral Remedies?

By: Ranko

Ranko — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 07:33:10 +0000

Amazing that you bring this up! Of course we’ve forgotten, it is high time to bring it back before it vanishes forever. Luckily, with us, in the Balkans area, especially Dalmatia & Montenegro we have treasured this knowledge for millennia. Not just women, but men and children take part in the renaissance of local herbalism. Traditional herbalism is back and here to stay. The dalmatian sage – queen of herbs, sweet wormwood, rosemary, immortelle, laurel/bay (just to name a few)…are largely in use again. The onion recipe that you mentioned is popular here too.

By: Ronda

Ronda — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:10:59 +0000

My grandfather taught my mother to use a chewed plantain poultice on insect bites. That’s the first thing I reach for if I’m stung in the summer outdoors.

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:30:41 +0000

My grandmother used to give us a tea called estafiate whenever we complained of a stomach upset. She grew this plant just outside her kitchen and was readily available to her. It was bitter and unpleasant for our taste. I don’t remember if it helped, but we hated the bitter taste, so we avoided saying that we had an upset stomach.

By: DOLORES OSULLIVAN

DOLORES OSULLIVAN — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:16:22 +0000

I never r knew any grandparents they alldied young and my parents are dead also
I do remember everything we ate was cooked from scratch bacon & cabbach and
iRISH Stew etc. We took Salt & Water for a sore throat and syrup of figs for stomach problems I just got interested in herbs myself 3 years ago now I like to forage and grow lots of herbs myself and I make tinctures salves and lotions and herbal infused oils but want to learn more