Monday, May 27, 2013

Make Your Own Medicine with Pantry Provisions ~ Pantry Series


When we think of pantries, we mostly think of food. However, another important function of the pantry in history has been medicinal. A well stocked pantry can provide the means to make your own simple remedies.

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
~ Hippocrates

Using basic items from our "Essential Pantry List", we hope to encourage you to see your food storage as a medicine cabinet as well! Below is a list of remedies from the pantry:


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7 comments:

  1. Excited about this!!

    ~Katie
    www.simplefoody.org

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  2. This will be wonderful information. I am very excited to read what you have to say :) Have a wonderful week, sweet friend!

    Hugs to you!

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  3. I'm looking forward to this, I happen to be building up my knowledge of herbs and oils and want to arrange a lovely apothecary in my kitchen. I just picked up 2 books, Herbal Antibiotics and Medicinal Herbs A Beginner's Guide. Maybe you'll have some favorites to suggest as well. Blessings, ~Melissa

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    1. Hi there! We are on the same page. I will be covering oils and herbs in fall/winter. In the meantime it is healing with food ;) Happy homemaking and nice to hear from you, Jes

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  4. Sounds very worthwhile. Look forward to it and to you sharing more at Wildcrafting WEd.
    Jennifer

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  5. Thanks for sharing the information along with the lovely image. The details will surely encourage many readers to start making medicines on their own.

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