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Creamy Sweet Potato Casserole with Oatmeal Topping

December 14, 2020 · In: recipes

Sweet potato casserole is one my my favorite holiday dishes. A few years ago my sister-in-law made sweet potato casserole with oatmeal topping, and it quickly became our favorite version…

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Seedy Bread | Healthy Wholegrain Bread Recipe

December 5, 2020 · In: recipes

A healthy wholegrain bread recipe is often hard to find. An easy bread recipe is even harder to find at times. This bread is, miraculously, both wholegrain and easy. And…

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Easy Old Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Icing

November 11, 2020 · In: recipes

Every year I make these easy soft pumpkin cookies. Sometimes we like them with icing, other times I just want to keep it simple with some easy pumpkin cookies that…

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Why You Shouldn’t Make Instant Pot Elderberry Syrup

November 3, 2020 · In: herbs, recipes

Every year my inbox floods with questions about making instant pot elderberry syrup. And every year I will always, always, tell you not to make elderberry syrup in the instant…

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Old Fashioned Apple Cake | A Family Heirloom

November 2, 2020 · In: recipes

This old fashioned apple cake is one of my favorite family heirloom recipes. Specifically because it’s an old fashioned raw apple cake, which means it uses fresh apples. Often times,…

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How to Make Lacto-Fermented Dilly Beans

August 31, 2020 · In: recipes

I love a lot of things from the garden, but when the beans come in, I get really excited. Fermented dilly beans are my all time favorite snack of summertime….

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I'm Amy. I love organic food but I love cookies too. I love Jesus and His grace. I believe broken people make the biggest impact in the world when Jesus makes them whole, and when they share their stories. I believe in stories, and I'm sharing mine.

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Day 485 of healing my body after baby number 4. It Day 485 of healing my body after baby number 4. It’s a journey, especially running on 3-4 hours of sleep every night with only a partially weaned baby. But, nevertheless, it is. Thankfully I can support my body through it, and you can too! 

This nourishing herbal infusion brings together herbs that support the body through stress, hormonal changes, inflammation, and digestive discomfort.

I add ½ to 1 tablespoon of each dried herb to my infusion teapot, pour hot water over the herbs, cover, and allow them to steep before straining. You can drink 2-3 cups per day. This little tea pot makes about 3 normal sized coffee cupfuls of tea.

• Rose supports the nervous system, uplifts the mood, and gently nourishes the heart and reproductive tissues during hormonal transitions.

• Stinging nettle provides nutrient-rich support with iron, calcium, magnesium, and other trace minerals important to the endocrine system.

• Lemon balm calms stress-related tension while supporting healthy digestion, mood, sleep, and thyroid function.

• Peach leaf is traditionally used as a cooling, moistening herb for heat, irritation, nausea, and nervous tension that may accompany hormonal changes.

• Turmeric supports a healthy inflammatory response, liver function, digestion, and the body’s metabolism and elimination of hormones.

• Peppermint cools excess heat and supports digestion, liver function, mental clarity, and relief from occasional nausea or headaches.

This is a beautiful example of how herbs can nourish multiple systems at once—the nervous, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems—while also supporting the body’s foundational nutritional needs.
In a world that is increasingly fake, uniqueness a In a world that is increasingly fake, uniqueness and the ability to be known by something deeply personal, such as your name, is important. This seal says “House of Fewell”. Because as we move into the times ahead, you’ll be known in your community by which “house” you’re from (I’ll write about this more soon). Not just your family name, but the house of Yahweh. 

So, I thought I’d start a new family tradition. Bring back the signet and wax seals.
Two people can both tell you they have “poor circu Two people can both tell you they have “poor circulation” and need completely different herbal approaches.

One may be pale, chilly, sluggish, have cold hands and feet, prefer warm food, and feel considerably better when the weather warms.

Another may flush easily, run hot, dislike summer heat, become restless when overheated, and notice inflammatory complaints worsening with warmth.

The complaint may be the same, but the pattern is not.

In traditional Western herbalism, Heat/Excitation represents excessive activity. We may observe warmth, redness, flushing, irritation, restlessness, a more active pulse, and blood tending toward the surface.

The herbal direction may include cooling, calming, relaxing, or moderating herbs such as yarrow, rose, lemon balm, hibiscus, hawthorn, and elderflower.

Cold/Depression represents insufficient activity. We may see pallor, cold hands and feet, sluggish peripheral circulation, low energy, slower digestion, worsening with cold, and improvement with warmth or movement.

Here we may consider warming and stimulating herbs such as ginger, cayenne, rosemary, cinnamon, angelica, and historically sassafras.

But this is where herbalism requires more than matching symptoms to herbs.

Cold hands do not automatically mean Cold/Depression. Tension and constriction can also restrict blood flow to the extremities. Likewise, heat can exist alongside stagnation.

One symptom does not make a tissue state.

Instead of asking:
“What herb improves circulation?”

Ask:
"What is the blood actually doing—and why?"

Is the person hot or cold? Tense or relaxed? Stagnant or moving freely? Dry or damp? Depleted or robust?

Once we understand the direction of the pattern, we can begin choosing herbs much more intelligently.

Part Two of my "State of the Blood" series is now available inside the Homestead Herbalist membership.

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