Remedy Vault

This savory oatmeal is a new take on a classic dish with the addition of delicious herbs.

Discover a new way to enjoy dandelion greens with this simple and tasty dandelion salad recipe.

Onion syrup is a traditional remedy for mild coughs and sore throats. Learn how to make this easy remedy in your own kitchen.

Looking for a delicious herbal shortbread cookie recipe? Look no further! This easy-to-follow recipe will have you baking perfect shortbread cookies in no time.

Discover the rich and smooth taste of homemade chai-spiced apple butter. This flavorful spread will elevate your meals support healthy digestion.

Natural dyeing with herbs is a fantastically fun craft for the whole family. Learn all about herbs while you easily dye fabric. 

Learn about antiviral herbs and how they work, along with a time-honored herbal formula for symptoms of an upper respiratory viral infection.

Want to take your cooking to the next level? Unlock the secrets of cooking with herbs and create delicious, aromatic dishes that will impress your family and friends.

For many herbalists, hawthorn is the first herb they think of for the heart. This hawthorn cordial recipe combines the nourishing qualities of hawthorn with delicious spices that help digestion.

Here’s how easily make pickles with fire cider, a delicious new twist on an heirloom recipe.

Meghli is a tasty traditional Lebanese spiced rice pudding dessert that is both vegan and gluten-free served during the holiday season and for celebratory events, such as the birth of a baby.

Preparing and enjoying a pumpkin spice herbal latte is a perfect way to welcome autumn. This herbal latte is deeply nourishing and tastes delicious.

One of the easiest herbal remedies you can make with fresh or dried herbs is a poultice. This topical remedy is an effective remedy for bug bites, pain, muscle cramps, and more.

One of my favorite things about being an herbalist is delighting my loved ones with all of the creative herbal concoctions I bring to potlucks. Last week was one of my housemate’s birthdays, and to celebrate her, my friends and I decided to have a little dinner party. I offered to create a signature mocktail

Quench your thirst on these hot summer days with a glass of Horchata. In this recipe for Horchata, Jocelyn adds marshmallow root, cinnamon, and mullein for a soothing herbal treat.

Having an effective facial cleanser is a must-have part of any skincare routine. Learn how to make The Queen of Hungary’s water, a gentle cleanser that draws on the healing gifts of rose and chamomile to tone and nourish the skin.

Is your family struggling with seasonal allergies? Kids and adults alike will love these delicious elderflower popsicles that offer relief for persistent seasonal allergies.

Welcome in the radiant joy of spring with this rich, uplifting elixir. This heart-gladdening vinegar makes a delicious addition to cocktails, mocktails, salads, and more.

Yes, they sure do! Learn how aphrodisiac herbs can empower your most sensual self and indulge in a mug of Love Drunk Drinking Chocolate. 

Ready to level up your holiday cookie game? Try Rosalee’s nettle and rosehips holiday cookies. These salty and sweet cookies are nutrient-dense and taste delicious.

It may seem odd to include an apple recipe on an herb blog, but apples are powerful plant medicines. Enjoy the healing gifts of apples in this tasty Spiced Apple Bread Recipe.

Here’s how to make oat milk the herbal way. In this simple recipe we combine oats with warming herbs for a tasty, relaxing drink that’s perfect for the cold fall and winter months.

Ginger is more than just a culinary herb, it can also boost your immune system. Here are 4 simple (and tasty!) ginger home remedies to help fight colds and flu.

Making hand-milled soap is a simple way to repurpose soap. It is frugal and a great self-sufficient skill to have. Hand-milling involves grinding, grating, or cutting premade soap and melting it to use again. This premade soap can be a melt and pour base, a botched hot or cold process soap batch, or the small

Ever look at your bowl of oatmeal and think, “This would make a great exfoliating face mask”? Yeah, we do too. Learn how you can turn your favorite porridge into a classic skin care remedy.

How do herbs soothe inflammation? And how can I add anti-inflammatory herbs to my daily routine? Check out this simple, science-backed hawthorn and tulsi tea recipe.

This super simple chive blossom vinegar captures the beauty and spice of chive flowers. Add this vinegar to your salad dressings, marinades, and more to promote healthy digestion.

Lavenade, a refreshing lavender lemonade, is my family’s go-to drink on hot spring and summer days. This herbal drink calms the nervous system, quenches thirst, and tastes delicious.

I’ve been drinking gallons of this sweet and tart oxymel all year long. In this nutrient-dense herbal drink, hibiscus and tulsi combine to create a simple home remedy that protects the heart, soothes the nerves, and modulates the immune system.

Make your own tea blend with nourishing herbs for liver health. Turmeric, black pepper, and dandelion root shine in this tasty Love Your Liver tea blend — one of my favorite blends I’ve ever made!

Delight in the energizing pleasure of cacao with this simple recipe for sensuous chocolate covered strawberries.

Step out of monotonous routines, allow stress to melt away, and indulge your desires for connection and intimacy by enjoying this Warm Caress Tea with Kava Coconut Creamer.

For this article, I’ve chosen one of my favorite herbs, chamomile, to show the many ways you can invite this humble yet powerful herb into your life and use chamomile for stress.

Learn about Lebanese hosrom or verjuice, its health benefits, how to use it in cooking, and a recipe for cold and flu season.

Brew up your favorite tea and cozy up with these herb-filled immunity cookies. This is a delicious treat to bring immune-supporting herbs like astragalus and shiitake into your life.

Five flavors blend together to create a beautiful and delicious snack that is an instant crowd pleaser. With the plethora of phytonutrients in this beet hummus, you could ask, “Is this food? Is it medicine?” Don’t consider this for too long; otherwise, your friends and family will have already eaten it up.

Cool down with these refreshing ice pops, which are bursting with flavor and color. They are filled with herbs that are high in flavonoids and healthy fats to cool heat and inflammation.

Quench your thirst with sekanjabin, a refreshing summer drink made with vinegar, mint, and cucumber.

When it gets hot, it’s important to stay hydrated. Drinking a nice cool beverage, full of minerals, is a good way to replace electrolytes lost through sweating. This refreshing tamarind juice fits the bill.

Enjoy the taste of hops in this non-alcoholic hop water. Plus, get 3 recipes for refreshing and nutritious summer mocktails.

With its ability to lift our spirits and modulate inflammation, lemon balm is the perfect medicine for our time. Lemon balm can also be used in foods, such as this delicious lemon balm cake recipe.

Violet can be enjoyed as a culinary delight or relied upon for its medicinal gifts. Learn how to identify and harvest violets and make a beautiful violet syrup.

Spike your internal fires with this deeply warming and penetrating hot toddy recipe. Hot toddies provide instant relief when you are feeling cold, stuffy, or achy.

Deliciously aromatic with the fresh, tart flavor of rose hips, this rose hip cake is a delicious treat to enjoy with your favorite cup of tea.

This umami seasoning blend is a delicious way to add a medicinal boost to foods. Enjoy this on vegetables, meats, and even popcorn!

There is no better time to learn how to use saffron than now, in November, as an ode to the crocus harvest commencing. As the weather darkens and cools, saffron milk is a wonderful potion for the long winter ahead — supporting our spirits, warming our hearts, and reminding us of the sun dawning again once more.

Garlic is cheap, easy to find, and simple to use in many different types of preparations. Here are five great ways to use raw garlic, especially to fight colds and flu with garlic.

While elderberry is famous for being a cold and flu herb, its gifts go way beyond this! Get five elderberry tea recipes for cold and flu, strong bones and healthy hair, protecting the heart and eyes, supporting digestion, and boosting the immune system.

Make this herbal first-aid ointment and you’ll have a safe, effective, and super simple remedy to use on bites, stings, bumps, bruises, burns, and clean scrapes and cuts.

Brew up this ruby syrup in minutes and then use it to instantly create many different summer herbal drinks and treats. Both beautiful and delicious, this hibiscus syrup recipe will please everyone and is great for summer barbecues and parties.

Preserve the vibrant taste of fresh herbs in this seasoning salt. Parsley, chives, and oregano are a delicious combination of savory, spicy, and aromatic herbs that will enliven your foods. Keep it on your dinner table and use often!

Vinegar is an excellent way to extract minerals from fresh spring greens. Herbal vinegars can be taken as a mineral boost by the spoonful or used in salad dressings or cooked greens.

These homemade ice cream recipes contain familiar herbs like chamomile, lavender, and hibiscus. Try the recipes as written, or mix it up and invent new creations using the herbs you have on hand in your garden or pantry!

With no baking involved, these delicious no-bake energy bites are easy to whip up! We love them as an afternoon snack alongside a cup of roasted dandelion root herbal tea.

These winter months offer the chance to slow down and sink into self-care and introspection. This recipe invites you to relax into a hot bath scented with the resinous aromas of evergreens. Start the bath water, put on your favorite music, light a candle, sink into the restorative water, drop in your bath bombs, and breathe.

Sweet and creamy, this not-too-sweet dessert is loaded with flavor and nutrients! This version contains the same spices you commonly see in sweet potato pie, but has significantly less added sugar in the form of honey. This is a delicious dessert that can also stand in for breakfast.

From a dull ache to a raging inferno, sore throats can be one of the more uncomfortable symptoms of a cold or flu. Sipping hot teas and eating spicy soups both help to mitigate the pain, but there’s only so much liquid you can consume in a day! This herbal throat spray can be a convenient way to frequently get the herbs directly on the throat where they are most needed.

This deliciously fresh and aromatic tulsi tea is perfect for the hot and dry months when you are craving something cooling and soothing.

Follow these simple directions to make herbal fruit leather. This is an herbal treat that even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy.

Herbalist Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to make her famous homemade root beer. It\’s so simple you can get a batch going today.

Spring is emerging! Is there a more exciting season? The days are getting longer, the birds are returning and Oh, the plants! The plants are beginning to peek out of their winter resting places. Every day feels like a new adventure in plant sightings. Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), often simply called

Sweet, chewy and crumbly in that quintessential soda bread way, this soda bread recipe marries the sweetness of figs with the aromatic and carminative loveliness of fennel seeds.

This is a super simple recipe to make, but one that is incredibly beneficial for immune system health. It’s also delicious and the perfect thing to curl up with in the winter. This can be drank as a morning beverage, or eaten as a simple soup before a meal.

With this recipe you can bring a bit of the forest inside. This simple salt scrub will leave your skin feeling super soft and deeply moisturized. This is a wonderful way to protect your skin from that dry and harsh winter weather.

This simple recipe makes a delicious evening dessert or a yummy breakfast. Make it in the evening for breakfast the next day or in the morning for dessert that night. I like to serve it by adding sliced bananas or berries in a small bowl and then adding the chia seed pudding over it. For breakfast it goes well with granola.

Five spice blend recipes, complete with gift tags and labels. All purpose seasoning, pumpkin spice, garam masala, celery salt, and taco seasoning. Also learn the health benefits of each herb and spice.

Herbal jello is easy to make and delicious. It can be a great way to entice a child to enjoy more herbs! Or a simple and healthy dessert.

Want to know the best herbal remedies? Learn how to use your sense of taste to tell the difference between different herbal preparations. Let’s start with a nettle experiment…

These delicious oatcakes combine the rich aromatics of sage with the chewiness of oats. You can easily make them with or without gluten.

This frittata is a delicious way to enjoy whatever greens you have lurking in your refrigerator or growing in the garden.

Young dandelion leaves are a wonderful spring tonic as they offer lots of nutrition with a bit of bitter flavor, which helps digestion. Everyone will love this delicious dandelion pesto.

This make-ahead rose hip muesli recipe is a great way to have a quick and delicious breakfast waiting for you in the morning.

I am excited to share a recipe from my forthcoming book, Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal. This recipe features ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), an herb from India that is renowned for its building and nourishing qualities. In addition to being important in Ayurveda, this herb has quickly become popular