Making your own sauerkraut is quick, easy, and cost effective. Fermented foods are one of the healthiest foods you can eat and they are so easy to prepare at home. Sauerkraut is one of the most nourishing foods for your intestine. Cabbage and the juice from cabbage is high in glutamine, an amino acid that is very important for your intestinal cells to heal and repair. The fiber in cabbage can bind to cholesterol and help lower lipid levels in the blood. Cabbage contains anti-cancer components and is an excellent source of vitamins K and C, vitamin B6, and antioxidants. Fermented foods contain beneficial bacteria that will protect your GI health, support your immune system, and promote wellness in all aspects of your body’s health.
Posts Tagged ‘DIY’
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
One of the best things about herbal medicine is that you can make anything you want at home, with regular kitchen supplies! It might take some shopping for a couple of supplies and of course the herbs, but start by making something easy, like a tincture, and you don’t need anything but a glass jar, the herbs, alcohol, and a strainer!
Here is a list of what you need for a full herbal medicine kitchen!
Saturday, December 27th, 2014
A lozenge is a slow-dissolving and mucilaginous method of preparing herbs. They are beneficial for sore throats, mouth, and upper respiratory tract because they soothe and coat mucus membranes. Herbs that are ideal to use in lozenges are expectorant, sedative, pain relieving, and antimicrobial. Honey is soothing and coating to mucus membranes, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and nutritive (containing vitamins, minerals, and enzymes). Honey best extracts water-soluble constituents (tannins, vitamins and minerals, mucilages, alkaloid salts, vitamins, polysaccharides), plus small amounts of waxes and resins. When taken internally, honey calms inflamed GI tract so it’s very fitting to be added to a lozenge!
