The Cold and Flu Garden

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The Cold and Flu Garden

 

Using simple organic techniques, you can grow a healing garden, such

as the one below, for more than 20 medicinal herbs including garlic,

echinacea, dill, and peppermint to treat headaches, rejuvenate the

energies, relieve aching tummies, and even fight seasonal colds.

 

Here's a plan for a germ-fighting garden from Herbal Remedy Gardens

by Dorie Byers.

 

 

 

1 Thyme

2 Garlic cloves

3 Cayenne pepper

4 Yarrow

5 Echinacea

6 Peppermint

7 Rosemary

 

Plant a Germ-Fighting Garden

 

 

 

This garden plan is excerpted from Herbal Remedy Gardens by Dorie

Byers. You can find out more about this book here.

 

A smaller garden for these plants could be tiered or terraced,

bordered on two sides by yarrow and echinacea.

 

Plant prostrate rosemary on the bottom row so that it will spill over

the edge. Use flat stones stacked on top of each other or cedar logs

to support the soil in each tier. Do not use treated lumber, because

the chemicals used in treating the wood can leach into the soil and

subsequently be absorbed into the herbs.

 

For some added character, try placing an old wooden ladder or wagon

wheel on your prepared ground. Plant different herbs between the

spokes or rungs.

 

Honey of a Remedy

 

This is a most pleasant way to ingest thyme when you're suffering

from a cold and congestion.

 

1 cup honey

1/2 cup fresh or 1/4 cup dried thyme

 

Combine the two ingredients and heat gently over low heat for 15 to

20 minutes, making sure the honey does not boil or scorch.

 

Remove from the heat and allow the honey to cool. Strain out the

herbs, then bottle the honey and label it.

 

To relieve colds, coughs, and sore throats, take 1 teaspoon of honey

three times a day. You can also add a teaspoon to a cup of regular

hot tea and sip slowly.

 

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