This Plant Really Does It All! ~ Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2021
- Touted as a plant that really can do it all, heal-all (or self-heal) lives up to it's claim to fame. Join Correne in her medicine garden as we learn how to identify, harvest and use Prunella vulgaris. Later in the video she'll teach you how to make oxymel with this lovely plant ally.
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That's great info. Thanks 😊
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@@wild-radio7373 Oh yes we've used them in our swale. The rain barrels aren't actually an issue. But with the amount of spring rains we seem to get now (this year has been brutal), it seems we just can't stay ahead of it.
Thank you. I have learned so much from you. I got a couple of your books and I enjoy them so much.
Amazingly, I hav this plant! Bought it six years ago, on the advice of a garden store owner, for an area that got little water and was going to be neglected. Bought three little plants. It grew a little bit each year, didn’t die, stayed green and the deer and rabbits didn’t eat it. Perfection. Eventually dug it up and put it in a different area for the same reasons. The bed it was in was getting crowded, and I needed a ground cover that would be fool proof. Dry, neglected and under a new tree. Dug it up, separated it and put it in. It never wilted, and is looking green and healthy about a month later now. Think I have about 15 plants from those original three. What a work horse, and I had no idea about the medicinal qualities.
Oh I just love this! That is grew to be such a huge plant population for you. I'm glad you have such an abundance of Heal-all.
Thank you so much! 💜
I lost my 2 jobs in Disability + Mental Health (that I adored!) due to V mandates and the process of growing medicinal herbs has already provided so much healing. Grateful to have found your channel - thank you again 🦋 x
Thank you so much for your kind words and welcome to the channel. May the herbs in your life continue to bring you healing and comfort ♥♥
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So nice to hear that vulnerable people weren’t put in danger by your former employers! 🤗
Please spread the words this is Amazing for all Healing Benefits of Herbal Cleansing n Healing.🙏
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Hi, new here in 2024, I have this growing and never knew if its medic properties. Wow what a winner
Thanks and I will check out more of your videos From Australia ❤❤
You are most welcome. I love that even though we are in completely different parts of the world, we have plants that connect us all. So cool. Thanks for watching!
I love the knowledge of herbalists.😊
Love sharing it! Thanks for watching.
I found this blooming in my lawn today. Thank you for your video.
You are most welcome!
Me too!! ❤
Me, too. I just found a couple, 1st time in my yard!!! and they got me so interested. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
@@isabelsubtil2215 You are most welcome!
Burning sage incense around you, while outside, clears mosquitoes.
Not only mosquito!
Dried Neem tree leaves. Throw on top of hot coals.
All the mosquitoes that fly into the smoke will fall down dead.
@@sumakwelvictoria5635 how does one direct mosquitoes towards smoke? they tend to avoid it.
I’ve discovered a ton in my yard & also in the woods along the forest line near my yard. I adore this herb.
What a beautiful discovery 😍
I’ve found that vaping or smoking the flower of this herb feels almost identical to THC, aside from not helping with nausea like THC does. I’d compare the potency of the flowers to some 2-3% THC cannabis. I’ll be trying it mixed with hemp soon, that may be the perfect combo for those who don’t live in a “legalized” state or country.
Interesting! I've smoked a few herbs in my day, but never Prunella. Thank you for sharing your experience!
I have tried wild lettuce and it does give you a nice mild high.I got to try self heal.I love all the new cannibinoids out now like d8,THCh THCjpTHCP,THCO,THCV,HHC love up all and don't forgot old regular thc delta 9!
I may have to try this, I smoke & I’m a huge herbalist
I still have a Tupperware colander that I’ve had since the early ‘70’s! I replaced all my plastic with glass or stainless steel years ago, but I can’t part with my trusty colander.😄
This was really helpful so as Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home Medicine for permanent cure for Lupus disease, yes Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home thank you 🙏..
I love Heal All. First discovered years ago at my aunt's property up north. Noticed, identified it, read up on it. I brought some home to try to transplant and it didn't seem to work. However, the following year it was growing in my grass on the opposite side of the property! I was so happy! I had learned it was used during the Civil War to pack wounds.
Oh that's a neat tidbit of information about its use during the Civil war. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to share your experiences. 💙🙏
I had a spatula that I super glued back together 😂 thank you for your videos! Love them
This was really helpful so as Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home Medicine for permanent cure for Lupus disease, yes Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home thank you 🙏..
God Bless you for Paying it Forward ❤️
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment.
First time seeing you.
Wonderfully presented 🌱. Thank you
Thank you so much! 💙
Thank you! I have just been tincturing everything I can this year. Last year was when I first started and that was towards the end of the season. This plant IS mentioned in the book I got but I just recognized it today while watching another herbalist. I have seen them all over at the sides of my yard, where I don't mow (I just went out and looked so I harvested some seeds for next year). Thanks for your informative video's! Keep them coming, Bless you and your husband! Keep well sister.
Thank you for bringing us these wonderful 💕 recipes.
Thank you for watching!!
Thanks Correne! This just showed up in my back yard this year. I will be making some for the cold season.
If you have enough I would definitely be making tincture as well!
I LOVE Self-heal! Found it 3 years ago in our yard, and have been using it ever since. I would like to try your recipe! Yes, it creeps along the ground at my house, but if I wait for a time when my husband hasn't had time to mow because of rain, I can usually get enough to use for a batch of something!
Glorious find! How awesome 😁
Just discovered this amazing weed. Here in northeastern Ohio it's all over the place. I've found two varieties, one grows short with not much stacking of the flowers, while the other is about a foot or more with a lot of stacking of the flowers. I have been harvesting piles of it to freeze in glass jars so I can eat it every day until next summer.
I use it as in tea, loved it!!!
I fully understand. Thank you for answering. We are truly blessed to have so many learned herbalist 😊 I will continue to watch your videos ❤
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What a DELIGHTFUL, INFORMATIVE & CALMING presentation (and aura you exude :) Happily subbed 😊
That is one of the sweetest comments anyone has left on YT for me. Thank you!
What a wonderfully presented video. Thank you for your information. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
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Thank you so much for this, Correne. I have always loved plants and a handful of years ago, after visiting overseas relatives and seeing Kew's and Amsterdam's Medic Gardens, I began to incorporate more herbs into my garden plantings. With Covid's arrival, as so many shops were closed or simply because I felt moved to stay home anyway, I started enrolling in online herbalism courses.. In haste I ordered herbs galore, including some I possibly didn't need, but I'm now fine-tuning my Medic Garden. I'm becoming more discerning about which herbs will be beneficial, and why, and how, and I've already felt the benefits of my home-grown plant medicine. I'm totally besotted with herbs and was thrilled to discover that this very plant, Heal All (aka Self heal) , which I'd only recently been sorry to discover was NOT a native ground cover, IS a wonderful, wonderful little herb. She is my current herb of the month study subject, and your generous sharing adds to the monograph I am putting together for her! Thank you! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I am so excited for you! And yes, it's way to easy to order ALL the things when it comes to herbs and then realize we actually need places to put all of these plants. Lol. I've been there. Enjoy the process of creating your materia medica and gardens!
You may be interested in my membership platform as well! If you want to deepen your herbal knowledge.
Good video. Very well presented.
Thank you for watching! It is very much appreciated.
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Lovely combination! Curious about the salt? Could you tell me more about why you use it?
I absolutely loved this video! I just found your channel and will definitely subscribe 😊
Thank you so much and welcome to the channel!
Citronella plants help and they grow fast they help repel mosquitoes
I have tried it and they do take the edge off!
PS it is a delicious tea
Good to know! Thanks.
Thank you. I have a ton of this plant around our home. Loved this info., your approach to the plant and explanations.
@@sacred406 So magical that you have an abundance of Heal-all! A true gift 🤩
I enjoyed watching and learning about this herb. I will search for it in my garden.
I hope you have it! Thanks for watching.
This plant loves wet conditions !
@@turienlammers1739 It does! But its also super resilient and seems to thrive in a lot of different spots on my property.
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I just love everything about your videos and the way you explain it all so perfectly, I too make my own medicines and only use all natural plants in my cooking etc., constantly foraging and trying learn as much as I can about all plants around me. I am also a fellow Canadian, I am in the Niagara Region of Ontario, I have lived not to far from where you are back some years ago when i lived in Gravenhurst! I also wanted you to know I just bought your book! Keep doing what your doing! Tracy
Thank you so much Tracy. It's always lovely opening up RUclips and finding such kind words and comments like these. I'm glad that you find my videos helpful and thank you so much for ordering my book. It is greatly appreciated.
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I've got some of this coming in the mail. I'm already taking mullein supplements and it's already worked wonders for my digestive and sleep issues.
That's great! What are you plans for the Prunella? Tea?
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You are most welcome. Thank you for watching.
I got this prunella growing like weeds in my yard they spread easy by seeds and the goldfinches love to eat the seeds
I have seen the birds visiting mine as well. I have been trying to harvest clumps and moving them to portions of the property where it's okay if we let the mowing go a bit so they can grow to their full height/potential.
For mosquito bites, minor skin irritations, small cuts and poison ivy, I use jewelweed and plantain plants. Rubbing it straight on works, as well as making a salve or plant infused vinegar solution.
Love your videos!
Thank you so much! And I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.
I didn't know this is what I had come up profusely in my flower garden. It was pretty and close to the ground, like a green mandala when I discovered it. And then it grew those taller stems and flowers. Husband convinced me to get rid of it - telling me how it was all through our lawn.
Well, now I know what I just discarded...
However, I am hoping I wasn't so thorough while taking it out of the ground. Hopefully there are a lot if roots that will come up again!
I am retiring at the end of September and I intend to delve deeper into herbal remedies and more.
Thank you for this informative video. I will seek out your book too.
Definitely not a coincidence that I found your video to watch - while I was looking up information to know the differences between Queen Anne's Lace and Poison Hemlock.
Thank you again!
I am so glad that you found this informative. I think she will likely bounce back next year so you can experiment with the medicines and remedies! I hope my videos continue to help you on your journey ♥
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Welcome to the channel! And thanks so much.
I have 3 plants growing wild outside my property, wow good to know
That's a magical find!!!
"Herbs are for the healing of the world."
My personal favorite is sage, just love it for just about everything.
Nettle, both red dead( which looks similar to Prunella) and normal stinging nettle. Evening primrose is lovely too and my preference to good old dandelion! And lastly you are right about Mullen, i have two massive plants on my allotment this year, but have never seen them before on my plot.
Thank you.
It's so funny because when I teach in my membership platform about specific plants I will often start the class by saying "this is one of my favourite herbs". Over 30 plant classes later now I just chuckle! It's so hard to pick one favourite. Ha ha
Wow, great info, covered so many questions! I would say it might be helpful to explain what an oxymel is (i’ll go look it up), but wondered how it was actually different than a tincture and when you’d use this vs a tincture. So much to learn! Thanks for a great video.
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Great video and everything is well explained, thank you! I'm from Germany and grew up with a Mezzaluna knife for cutting herbs and have one for many years, but I don't have that large mezzaluna cutting board! Have to go and find one..lol.
Thank you for watching! My family heritage is German as well. Are they commonly used there? And yes, a BIG cutting board is a must!
Plastic Lids are nice too.... even though I can't stand using plastic, but if you have them they are nice because of the oxidation of the metal lids. Great video I have a lawn with Self Heal and haven't ever made a tincture etc. I do collect flowers for tea in winter, you are inspiring me to make a topical salve out of it.. Thanks and Blessings!
Yes I completely feel the same way you do. I try to avoid plastic but with it comes to oxymels and such they are a great option. And I'm happy to hear that I inspired you! Happy medicine making and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
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Male sage smudge works wonders for mosquitoes. It's a Blackfoot military secret 😅
Bahaha. I'll let my husband know that. 😂
Recently used some with mullein for respiratory problems
Good combination!
Thanks for this video it is very helpful
So glad that you found it helpful!
@@SpiraeaHerbs I have been around heal all since I was very very little but never knew what it was. I was pretty sure that it was heal all about two years ago but didn't want to experiment with it till I was one hundred percent sure. In your video you stated that it could grow tall and it has a squared stem these were the final identifiers that make me absolutely sure that what I am looking at is in fact heal all. I am really looking forward to making that syrup which I also did not know how to do as all I have done is dehydrate stuff and make alcohol based tinatures. So yes this is an absolutely wonderful video. Thank you.
I harvest heal all and ghost pipe every year. I am trying to propagate mullien this year. The heal all I dry and cut up into tea. The ghost pipe I tincture with high proof. Its pretty interesting. I am new to this.
I've never worked with ghost pipe, but its been on my radar for a while. Might have to explore it!
Good luck with the mullein. It is a biennial so you'll have to wait two years to harvest it, but it's worth it!
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Thank you. Ghost pipe is a special kind of gift. I don't take anti anxiety meds anymore because of it. Once a year I eat a flower and tincture the rest of what I harvest. (It tastes kind of like pepper) I only harvest 1/5 of what I find. It cannot be propagated. It has symbiotic and parasitic relations that are far too difficult to reproduce. It is truly a gift. I believe what you said about what you find is what you are going to need. Your information is very interesting. I live in the very NW of the states.
I enjoyed your video.
Thank you for watching!
I have an effective mosquito combo that I made into a spray...half the town now uses it, but due to allergic examples still not done testing so won't be sharing it yet...key ingredients lemon,lavender, citronella and lemon balm...best I can do for now
It's so nice that you are helping your neighbours! I hope your testing works out well and that it's effective for you.
I use these plants as well plus garlic oil.
@ritasenergyherbs3650 I found the garlic isn't necessary in it. it'll kill a carpender ant in 2 seconds, but gotta be careful not to hit any honeybees with it
we are east of winnipeg we live in the swamp, we make bug stuff. we only use what grows on our farm . as plants become ready to harvest we keep adding. we use on all people and dogs with no issues.
I love that! Using what you have. Have you found certain plants that work well?
Did you plant all these herbs?
I come from germany so i dont know the english names, but i see Elderbushes, mullein, coneflower etc.
Amazing herbgarden :D
Thank you! I planted a lot of them but so many have naturalized on my property.
I have citronella plants around my yard during summer. Last year I worked outdoors all summer in shorts and tank top - only one black fly bite, no mosquitoes although other properties were inundated. Caution - citronella must be brought in during winter.
We've tried that before, but at our old property. Might be something worth trying here! Thank you for reminding me of this.
I tried planning those here in East Texas made no difference mosquitoes were just as bad and ate me up. Glad it works for some.
@@traceykays433hi there ! I’m in northern calif n I’ve got mint.. when I’m out weeding I’ll put peppermint oil all over my arms n back of my neck n my legs.. no mosquitos until a few hours goes by n I need to do it again.. but I also make sure to keep a bottle of citronella oil nearby too.. it does work.. I just like the smell of mint.. n it also helps greatly with my joint pain.. especially after working hard
Amazing! Thanks for your lesson. I’m new to all of this.
My pleasure. Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Heal All
Thanks for sharing. Haven't tried self heal yet. have made dandelion, cleavers nettle tinct, but will give this a go. btw am vegan so will use my elderflower vegan honey! blessed be x
Thanks for watching and good luck on your medicine making adventures!
Thank you 😊
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching.
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Amazing!
I have a natural comfrey salve that I make , that works for mosquitos amazingly well. It is basically just a routine balm ( recipes are online) i use for healing , skin irritations minor bruises and cuts. It is made with shea butter , olive oil or coconut oil and bees wax. I use essential oils which are as follows : frankincense, lavender, and a few drops of lemon essential oils. I found out what a good mosquito repellent this was after being stranded in florida after a hurricane ( Irma) and getting flooded into a hotel with no power at all for over a week. Everyone was getting so many mosquito bites... except me. I realized the salve was the only thing it could be. If used on a baby or person with a lot of skin allergies, I would do a small patch test on the skin before applying all over the body. It softens too! (I don't think you would need the comfrey if there's none available, to repel the mosquitos, but im not sure about that, I think its the oils) It works 100% for me !
Thank you so much for sharing that insight and story. I would never have considered comfrey for mosquito repellent, but now I want to try it! I have so much on my property.
@@SpiraeaHerbs Your'e so welcome! My use of it was a happy accident for mosquitos! It has to have the essential oils in it too, it wont work for mosquitos without it.
Very nice information.❤ Thank you.
First process of this nature I've seen. So can you do this same method to save dandelions and echinacea for herbal teas also ? Thank you.
Sharing to my 2 daughters😊
Teas are not my favourite way to consume herbs, but yes you can. I also can't quite remember what I made in this video as it was so long ago. Lol
Love your channel and I foraged self heal last year but haven't made a tincture with it yet. Will it still be good? I was using it as a tea but started to research it again and found your amazing channel.
If I interpret your question correctly, you want to use dried heal-all that you harvested last year to make tincture? Personally I wouldn't Dried herbs have a shelf life of one years tops and since you are approaching that mark, it would not be the most potent medicine.
If you can forage for new heal-all and make tincture from the fresh herb that will be your most potent end product. Hope that helps!
@@SpiraeaHerbs thank you so much!
Just found your Chanel, my cheap and fast mosquito repellent, only last a couple of hours is a bunch of fine chop parsley soaked over night in white vinegar, apple cider vinegar seems to attract wasp.
I make a bear grease infusion with several herbs and tree medicine that stops all bugs ticks even wasp will not sting. It's also pain relief and sun screen, last 12 hours. It's a compound medicine tailored for my personal needs.. I make flying ointments too. Nice Chanel, nice bolene I started using a Japanese hori hori knife, a atheme you can stick in the earth, or gather with it. Do what though will so long as it harms non,
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Hailsa sister, I just found your channel as always not sure how I arrived here but!!! Great video and content. Thank you! May Eir assist you with your healing skills.
Many warm welcomes to you! I am so glad that you stubbled upon my corner of the online world. Thank you for kind words and blessings ♥♥
You can use the plastic lids and not have to worry about the vinegar corroding the lid.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Yup! I have been slowly buying enough to replace my metal lids. I always like to share the parchment paper method though just in case folks don't have the plastic ones.
Thanks I just recently went to plastic and did use your suggestion on the plastic between the lid and jar. Worked wonders!
Super informative! Thank you!
Thank you for watching 💙
Moth mullein is something I'm learning about for a mosquito repellent
Oh interesting! I haven't heard of that variety before. I had to look it up. Thanks for sharing.
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Fantastic video. So glad I found your channel. Green blessings from Pennsylvania!
Thank you so very much and welcome!! ♥♥
LOVED YOUR VIDEO. I found you by mistake and now I want to see more ! I’m close to Louisville...where do I start to look.?
As in where to look for herbs in the wild? Start in your own yard! Then start to branch out to local hiking trails and your neighbourhood. See what you can find!
I was advised that self heal tea should be made with cold water to avoid losing the medicinal properties. I just harvested some and will try the oxymel. Thank you.
I know this is the case with marshmallow root but I had not heard that about Prunella.
The kitchen thing I can't get rid of is .y great great great grandmas noodle bowl that my family have mixed up home made noodle dough in. It's got a crack and all kinds of rough spots but it's still together
Family pieces have a special place in our heart! I can understand now wanting to part with it.
Hi I’m a new subscriber today! It’s a blessing I found your channel as I have a friend who needs heal all asap!! I see a instapot on your shelf, what do you use it for? Btw your arms are buff 💪🏼 This find is a godsend.
Welcome to the channel and thank you so much for watching. I use my instant pot for lots of thing! Broth would be the most common thing, but I also use it to make roasts, slow cooker meals, hard boiled eggs, chilli, soups... pretty much anything. Lol
Wow! Do I have this growing?? I’m in Montana? Your are so knowledgeable and fun to watch! Thank you!
I'm from Ontario Canada so I am not familiar with what grows in your area (but I assume it does). But it should be pretty easy to find either online or if you get your hands on a harvesting guide. You could also add some to your property!
I was wondering the same, I’m in northern Minnesota and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it…..but I’m going on the lookout !!!
I in Louisiana and this spring it was everywhere
Lavender essential oil works well for me for preventing bug bites of all types. You can put it on your clothes, undiluted to avoid stains, and will repel insects. If you live somewhere hotter you may want to dilute the oil and apply it to your pulse points and areas like your elbows and the back of your neck. Lavender essential oil saved me in Miami where mosquito populations were immune to DEET.
I'll have to try this! Thanks for the tip.
Hello Darling, (husband please don't take offense.,I'm 65, no pun intended.) I'm enjoying your video. I'm liking that u seem well informed. You made a comment about Mosquitoes, Jewel weed, is commonly found around marshy enviros. This is for external uses only, if u can find this Jewel weed, yellow looking outside, orange to red interior. This plant is known to repel insects, by rubbing it on your skin, also Fleabane, is used as an insect repellent. Thank you for asking, I will want to learn more from you knowledgeable videos. Brthrn Jeff B.
Very interesting herb. Do you filter the herb after it’s processing time? And then store in an eye dropper bottle like tinctures? Or do you just scoop a teaspoon of herb and honey or however much you want and swallow like a dose of cough medicine?
I am very interested in what you said about spider veins/varicose veins. Is this used topical for veins? And I’m sure you would make a poultice or something of that nature for veins? Maybe not? Am going to go checkout your book. Thanks.
Thank you for leaving a comment! I tend to process things when I need them, letting them macerate with the herbs in it for as long as possible (this cuts down on oxidation). Depending on what it is, I will then store it in amber bottles and then transfer smaller amounts to dropper bottles yes!
I'm not able to provide specific medical advice without Health Canada getting their knickers in a twist... but I can say that with varicose veins you want to treat them both internally (tincture/tea) and topically (with a poultice ideally).
Thank you again!
Wonderful and informative video, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us. I learned something new today, I always thought it was best to steep the herbs in the raw AVC and then add the honey after straining the herbs. Can you please explain your method and process a bit more? May God always Bless you with good health, safety, and prosperity in all you do. and again, thank you so much. ~SuzyJC-in-Central-Southeastern-Ohio_09.25.2023~
Truthfully, I don't really have a rhyme or reason for what I do. Honey, just like ACV is, is an medium of extraction (meaning it helps to pull out medicines just like the vinegar does). So in my mind it makes a more well rounded medicine to use both at the same time. BUT if you ask a hundred herbalists how to do something you'll get 101 different answers. 😂
I always add my honey first, then herbs, then vinegar.
Good tip!
THis summer I found mosquito dunks for those pesky critters- you put one in a bucket of water about every 100 feet and that attracts the mosquitos to lay eggs... but surprise! The dunk donuts contain bacteria that geed on the larva so they never mature! They have cut down the skeeters on my property significantly; however, they do not last 30 days as claimed. I found them on ebay but probably on amazon as well.
I was curious if I could find some that are not toxic. I will hunt for them! Thanks for the tip.
PERFECT !!! What a great find. ?? I live by a creek .. I need something like this to use while I’m out in my backyard in the late afternoon. Pretty dry here but I still have mosquitos. ??? 😮😮
Thieves oil does work for mosquitos, but Ive also heard that dog fennel will work. I love the smell of dog fennel. I use my own personal mixture of thieves' oil.
Thieves oil works pretty well yes! But I don't find it as effective against ticks. I like adding in geranium or rose geranium for that.
@@SpiraeaHerbs ThankYou for Answering! It seems rare these days to have someone answer to our reply! Thanx
I’ve never heard of dog fennel before..does it grow where you live ? Is that it’s true name. ? I’m gonna look it up .. thank you for your post.. I just love reading peoples comments everywhere. !! ❤
@@SpiraeaHerbsi there.. love listening to you as I myself love talking about what I do with my lemon balm n mullein n mints etc.. can’t do too much but I have had a lot of wonderful healing with my mullein especially after suffering from very bad smoke inhalation.. I live in northern calif., I’m here in Sonoma county, Santa Rosa, n we had 4/5 years of fires in a row. It’s been very hard but one year during the worst part of this one fire I was soo exhausted I left my window open n woke in the morning not being able to breathe.. because I’ve a history of asthma I knew not to do panic breathing as I call it. I had to do small breaths in a methodical way.. I made mullein tea n had a few other teas .. I also used essential oils to breathe.. ravensara n eucalyptus radiata .. I used a lot of mullein tho… the mullein tea made it so I could cough up all the crud in my lungs.. I didn’t even know I had anything in my lungs so I was blown away by that!! so I bought seeds on eBay n I dispersed them on my driveway where I grow other things n I thought I had made the wrong decision in where I put them.. but next year they started growing … this year I’ve got several with those stately spikes they put out.. now I’ll have continual plants.. isnt it awesome to have all of these wonderful herbs we can use to help ourselves ?? I never tire of them.. nice to see you here .. I just found you this am .. rock on lady. !! 🎉
@@LJAG77 Dog fennel grows most places in the southern states. Smells like, well its hard to describe. It is unique.
I'm just now seeing this video. I have Prunella growing on my property. I do NOT mow it down. For mosquitoes, I have been working on an oil to protect against mosquitoes, and after testing it on myself, I can say that it works! It also works against flies and gnats. I'm hoping to be able to market it for exactly what it is, but I want to test it a little more, using different carrier oils, before I begin handing it out willy-nilly. However, I can say that it works, but I don't want this information public just yet, as I don't have any information, or testing, for allergies to the plant I'm using in the oils.
Thank you so much for this! Im just getting into foraging within the last few months and this was my first oxymel! Can i add more honey after it sits if i find its not sweet enough for me? And also, would i be able to add more prunella vularia flowers say i find more at a later date?
You can definitely add more honey after you strain everything out. You can also add more flowers, but the only potential challenge is that your jar wouldn't be full... That might result in some oxidation. Personally if it were me, I would just make multiple small batches and combine them when you are ready to strain/press your herbs.
What kind of sunlight does it prefer to grow in direct or can it grow in the shade like purple dead nettle?
It definitely wants some sun. I would say anything from part to full sun would be best.
Tattler reusable lids are great for herbalist. No worry about rusting.
That's a great suggestion! Thank you.
Hi there. I’ve never heard of tattler reusable lids? Definitely going to look that up n see what they’re all about now ..
Essential oil of Peppermint can work as a bug deterrent.
Thanks :)
@@SpiraeaHerbs yarrow salve for Mosquito
Detoxifying plant
You betcha it is!
My wonky kitchen aid is my one favorite knife. I won’t use anything else. ✨☺️✨
I am attached to a few items that way too!
Bring sweet grass with you to ward off mosquitoes. Indigenous people used to weave it into their clothes to ward them off.
I used to grow sweetgrass! It was rather invasive though so if I bring it back I need a plan ;)
Herb Robert is good to keep the biting bugs away.
Do you make a bug spray with it or just have it growing around?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have digestive issues and do not do well with apple cider vinegar is there anything else I could use instead?
You are most welcome. For those sensitive to apple cider vinegar your options would include making tea (from fresh herb or dried), a glycerite or a tincture. You could also make an elixir which is a sweetened tincture. Lots of options!
Mine is the biolite coffee pot with the partially melted lid which works as a great cooking pot
Fantastic! I love Biolite's products (as a side note).
@@SpiraeaHerbs I love their coffee pot which has many uses, and their early generation battery banks are weather resistant and very good I did not find the early generation stoves to be more than very expensive toys that could not withstand more than 6 months of 2018 florida. However my coffee pot and french press besides the lid are wonderful
@@songoftheblackunicorn666 I was looking at their stoves a while back, but the reviews I read were mixed at the time. We have a few of their lights and they have lasted quite a while though. And we do have their home system too (which reminds me to charge up that battery!).
This is ALL OVER my yard this year. I've dried some and tinctured some. Still to come is infused oil and, after watching this, maybe an oxymel. Do you think it would be redundant? I only make for my family.
This was really helpful so as Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home Medicine for permanent cure for Lupus disease, yes Dr Oseghale Sunday Herbal Home thank you 🙏..
I came upon this video by happenstance, and looked up "boline knife" in Wikipedia. The information I found is quite interesting.
I'm so glad. Thank you for watching 💙
Thanks for this👍🥰
Try NATPAT patches, you stick them on your clothes.
Oh I need to look into these!! Thanks.
Hi, how does thisherb spread, do the seeds dispurse from the flower if left, and self grow thank u
Prunella spreads both by seed and by rhizome :)
Your harvesting blade looks amazing.
Where did you get it?
Regular store in USA?
I only know this kind of blade from Miraculix, the magician of Asterix and Obelix.
He had a golden halfround blade for special herbs.
I got my blade from a kitchen store in Ontario, Canada almost 17 years ago. I kicked it old school... l before buying online. It's called a Mezzaluna and if you have a kitchen store, I bet they have them.
If not, I recommend this one if you are in the US amzn.to/4eP9Z5T
Thank you for this wonderful information. I was wondering, while you were in your beautiful garden, I noticed other white flowers next to the Prunella vulgaris. Is that plant with white flowers also medicinal?
You are most welcome. I think you are referring to the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) and it definitely has medicinal properties!
Have you tried coffee grounds for the week in it and some cloves around it … mosquitoes and flies. Don’t like burning coffee.
We have tried burning coffee grounds. Only challenge is that you have to keep them burning constantly. But yes, it does seem to work for a time.