Nothing goes beyond growing your own herbal remedies: it is satisfactory, fun and saves a lot of money, but choosing and obtaining medicinal herb seeds can be a challenge. With Wishgarden’s new herbal seed mixtures it is easy to grow a herb pharmacist, exactly in your own backyard!
Deep stress adrenal rescue with Ashwagandha Seed Blend combines three effective and easy to grow herbs to calm, relax and support your immune system. Here you can read how you can get the best results of your seeds.
Tulsi
Also known as Holy basilThis herb is honored in its native India as a powerful tonic of the nervous system and is used by herbalists to support healthy blood sugar levels, to relieve the effects of stress on the heart and calm cough and cold symptoms.
In most parts of the United States, Tulsi it is best grown like an annual one. Tulsi makes a great container factory (in India they even have specially designed pots for this herb), so it is a great herbal choice if you garden in limited space. Just like his cousin, pesto basilTulsi loves a lot of light and lots of water, so choose a sunny place, ideally close to the house where you remember to give the water and enjoy the aromatic scent and taste. You can also sow the seeds directly into the ground as soon as the soil starts to warm up in the spring. Or get a lead by sowing in seed boxes on a sunny windowsill.
Harvest flowers as they appear (these are also edible!) And regularly pick small amounts of leaves. This keeps your plants powerful and productive throughout the summer. Both leaves and flowers make a delicious tea – used fresh or dried. At the end of the season, leave a few flowers on the plants so that you can collect and dry the seed for planting next spring.
Skull
Skullcap (also written as a scullcap) has unique properties. It relieves stress and relaxes without feeling sleepy. As a member of the Mint family, it grows well in most climates, although it can take a year or two to settle. To achieve the best results, prepare your seeds by placing them in a sealed zipper with a piece of damp kitchen towel before you sow them somewhere warm and clear somewhere. Plant them as soon as real leaves appear. Skullcap prefers spotted shade in damp, but well -tapping soil.
Skullcap is a perennial, so it will die again in the winter and then come back to life as soon as it warms up again. Mark where it grows in the fall to prevent it from accidentally excavating while it is sleeping. Over time it will spread in a clog, which can be divided into the fall or early spring for more plants. Harvest leaves and are beautiful deep blue flowers and dry or use fresh for tea or tincture.
Milky oats
Better known as a food, unpleasant oat seeds feed and support your nervous system when you are taken as a tea or tincture.
Oat is a cool weather plant, so in warmer climates it can best be sown in early spring or early fall, to enjoy an autumn harvest. Plant the seeds directly in a prepared bed in a partially shaded place. The soil must be kept moist to encourage germination, but once established, OAT is fairly drought -tolerant and only needs water when the soil dries.
Milky oat seed is best for medicinal purposes, so when the plants start to sow, the grains regularly test ready by squeezing the seeds a milk white juice, this is the perfect time to harvest. Dry them carefully for tea or make a fresh seed tincture to take daily to build and strengthen your nervous system.
** OAT makes a good cover crop and adds nutrients to the soil.
Writer Paula Grainger is a highly regarded British medical herbalist. After graduating with first -class distinctions at the University of Westminster, she created Lemon Balm, a popular herb pharmacy and clinic in the city of Camden in London. She has worked with people of all ages who use herbs to improve their health and well -being and has a wealth of experience in communicating the power of plants through her workshops and writing. In 2011 she moved with her husband (the novelist Michael Marshall Smith) and their young son to Santa Cruz, California, where, when she does not grow herbs or hits herbal preparations, her love and expertise of plant medicine continues to share with people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Her first book Infuse (co -written with Karen Sullivan) will be published in the spring of 2016.
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