Sam's Formula

Several years ago when that "non-polio" enterovirus was going around, Sam had it bad. He had a breathing treatment at the Dr's office and was prescribed an inhaler. The inhaler didn't do much good. I prayed and just "knew" what herbs to put together. Later, after it worked, I realized this is an anti-inflammatory formula. 

Last night while saying I needed to try anti-inflammatory drugs for my migraine, Clark asked don't I have anti-inflammatory herbs? I remembered this tincture, tried it, and it worked! This morning I woke up headache free, though my ears were still ringing. I worked out and still no pain. 

Since God gave this formula to me freely, I will pass it on. I can't promise it will work for you, but so far so good here. Don't give up your regular medication before you know if this helps you though!

Sam's Formula:
4 parts each elderberry and mullein;
2 parts each plantain, peppermint, red raspberry leaf, spearmint, marshmallow, chamomile, rose hips;
1 part each alfalfa and nettle

Mix together then use 1 teaspoon of the mixture per 1 cup of water to make a tea. I made a tincture with vodka as a base. Fill a jar half full with herb mixture, then pour vodka in the jar to 1 inch from the top. Label it with what it is (a sharpie works great on glass and washes off later) and the date. Shake every day for 3 weeks. Strain it and put in in a tincture bottle (available on amazon) with a dropper. 1 dropper full has worked for us for asthma, coughs, and now a migraine.

If anyone tries it I would love to hear results.

Cough and Sore Throat tea

We survived a virus that caused everyone to cough and have sore throats.  Some of the kids had a dry, hacking cough and others got wheezy with it.  At least 3 of my children lost their voices.  (Sadly, that didn't seem to create a quieter atmosphere here since it was only one at a time.)  The first to catch this virus was my son Samuel.  He seems to end up with asthmatic symptoms whenever he catches any cold.  One morning he was struggling so much he couldn't even make it up the stairs to his bedroom.  I had to leave, but made him some tea and instructed Grace, his babysitter for the morning, to push the tea.  She said she had him sip it every time she could--maybe every 15 minutes or so.  When I returned 4 hours later, he was fine and went to play outside.

So what was in the tea?  I will share my list of ingredients.  But if you don't want to make it yourself I have now made a HUGE bag of it and would be glad to share.  $5 for a 2 ounce bag.  In about 3 weeks I'll have a tincture made from it and will want to test that on somebody. :)  I'll need a local person with a cough to test so let me know if you feel bad about 3 weeks from now.  Not wishing it on anybody, but just letting you know I'll be glad to share my tincture free for the first person who is sick and willing to test it out.  FYI it will be alcohol based.

My cough and sore throat formula is this:  1 part each of mullein, licorice root, echinacea, peppermint, spearmint, stevia, dried elder berries.  1/2 part lobelia.  Sometimes I throw in an extra part of mullein.  It doesn't seem to make a difference though.