What a fantastic CORNUCOPIA! The natural medicine goat's horn has been OVERFLOWING with amazing natural remedies in Week 2 of the challenge and oh my goodness, it's been SO hard to choose the winners!
This fortnight's challenge was to:
Week 1 was fabulous enough and this week didn't disappoint! From CBD oil to chokeberry, skullcap to tulsi, we were fascinated by the home remedies that you guys came up with.
The prize pool is 10 steem - winners announced at the end!
Fire Cider Herbal Tonic
This post by @walkerland writes about a great recipes for fire tonic, inspired by her grandmother and ritual. She writes:
The home remedies that we craft usually involve ingredients that grow on the land around us. We make fire cider at least three times per year. Although the base is always the same, each version is unique with the addition special seasonal ingredients. In the spring we gather items such as spruce tips, chaga and dandelion root. In the summer we'll move to things like rhubarb, burdock root, herbs, hot peppers, rose petals and other edible flowers. When weather cools and autumn arrives we'll gather items like crab apples, rose hips and nasturtium seeds and whatever else is still growing. This recipe is so versatile!
Image by @walkerland)
Tulsi or Holy Basil
This post by @steemflows writes:
I still remember few of the local Ayurvedic doctor use to make paste of Tulsi leafes and ask us to swallow it during fever. My Mom use to make "Tulsi ka Kadha" , tulsi leafes boiled in water and mixxed with few Indian spices...a kind of soup if i get fever due to cold and cough. The drink proved to be very effective and help us to feel better.
Chokeberries: Beauty, Food, Medicine, Dyes, Tree Propagation and More
This post by @sagescrub is incredibly detailed and writes that:
The Chokecherries are ripening! Their bright red berries have been calling out to us the last few weeks. The Chokecherries are best harvested when the fruits darken towards late August into September depending on your climate. But we couldn't wait to harvest some and enjoy our local Chokecherries! This is our third year working with Chokecherries and we are appreciating this wild tree more and more! Let us share with you some interesting ways that you can enjoy the Chokecherry tree! But if nothing else - we invite you to take a minute to stop and enjoy the Chokecherry tree's beauty and appreciate the abundance of food that it offers the wildlife and some adventurous hippies.
Chokecherry fruit leather by @sagescrub
Bring Me a Dream - @metametheus
This post by @metametheus writes:
Modern research confirms the importance of sleep on the digestive system. It plays a role in the regulation of your appetite: ghrelin is the hormone released that tells you you’re hungry, and increases on lack of sleep. On the other hand, when you’re well rested, leptin is released to tell you that you are full. However sleep also plays a role in the immune system, and inflammation linked to certain GIT disorders
CBD Oil - @purplemoon
This post by @purplemoon writes:
I've heard of this plant for ages, my grandmother used to grow it and cook it for us, until the communist regime we grew up in, made it forbidden. They made it cut it all, as it happened in most parts of Western Europe. Back then, my grandparents were using it for making fiber for clothes.
We were also amazed by @mountainjewel's skullcap and the #Ihaveanxietytoo challenge (even if we do say so ourselves) and many other fabulous home remedies that came out this week.
After much deliberation, we have rewarded the following posts for their presentation, detail and interesting home remedies:
@yvesoler for her kombucha hair rinse - 2 Steem
@walkerland for her fire cider - 2 Steem
@ofsedgeandsalt for her creative and adaptable chai recipe 2 Steem
@sagescrub for their post on chokeberries - 2 steem
@trucklifefamily for her post on breastmilk - 2 steem
We hope you enjoyed this challenge! We'll be announcing a new challenge SOON, and a new writing inspiration challenge based on mental health, which we're super excited about. If you'd like to pose a question or come up with a challenge, please get in touch - we love the input of this community!
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