Alex Williams

Herbal Elixirs

Herbal Elixirs are essentially tinctures with honey added. The simple addition of honey both makes the tincture more palatable and

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Herbal Honeys & Electuaries

Honey is the oldest easily accessible natural sugar. Human use of honey is depicted in stone age tablets 8000 years

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Nasal Washes & Eyewashes

Full writeup coming soon... for now I will direct you to jim mcdonald for guidance in this category: herbcraft -

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Steam Inhalations

Steam inhalations are wildly underutilized preparations, especially in the colder months when respiratory ailments arise with the weather changes. Steam

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Herbal Syrups

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Compresses

A compress is a piece of cloth soaked in an herbal infusion and applied to the skin. Start with a

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Herbal Baths

Hear me out here... what if... just what if... you infused yourself in tea? While I wouldn’t recommend drinking

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Foraging for edibles in the area

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Toxic, poisonous, and deadly plants & fungi you should definitely know before you go out foraging

Return to Course Home The plants & fungi outlined below are mostly relevant to the Chicago Region (although they may

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Asteraceae Family

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Lamiaceae Family

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Apiaceae Family

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Rosaceae Family

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Introduction to Plant Families

Return to Course Home I offer these lessons to introduce you to some key botanical plant families that tend to

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$¦d€ Qu€s╦: Plant Scavenger Hunt on the 606

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Other tips for plant ID

* Plants are individuals, and you are likely to find variations even among plants of the same species. For example, environmental

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Learning botany by walking the streets and alleyways of Chicago

Previous: Tree Identification Some Plants you might find wandering the streets and alleyways of Chicago (or other eastern US urban

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Tree Identification

Previous: Botany of Stems, Roots, & Flowers Tree: Woody structure that grows every year, typically with one trunk, and lateral

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