I HAVE BEEN ORDERING BULK HERBS

I HAVE BEEN ORDERING BULK HERBS 12-7-17

I HAVE BEEN ORDERING BULK HERBS to make remedies from and I have to buy a bunch of herbs to make a few ounces of something, so rather than order a pound of white willow bark (which tastes awful anyway) I buy a $1 bottle of Aspirin at Family Dollar  LOL  Most things like Icy Hot would require ordering several ingredients more than I need.

THIS IS WHY I suggested you order from Mountain Rose Herbs because you can order as little as 4 ounces of anything.. enough to do the Hands-On Lessons and learn the techniques. After the course I recommend you do as I do and only keep on hand things you will really use. Over time you will grow some things of your own and dry them and your jars of apothicary will grow. I HAVE JUST STARTED Growing and Gathering, because the cost of buying bulk herbs was starting to get to my billfold

THE ORIGINS OF HERBALISM ARE STILL TRUE. It is cheap or often free, anyone can learn it, it works most of the time over common complaints, it is ready at hand if you live far from doctors: The downside is taste, smell, and inconvenience. :) THEY ARE AS GOOD AS MOST OVER THE COUNTER PRODUCTS, tho I do buy some of those to have on hand for convenience sake, and they store well.

OKAY Like I mentioned in another post, I am NOT a Purist. I am Eclectic and Practical and I suspect many of you are as well.

So I do buy from the store and here are a few examples of things I buy;  I buy Aspirin and some other analgesics, I buy Witch Hazel Tincture. I buy Icy Hot cream rub and Vicks Vapo-Rub, I buy Petroleum Jelly and generic mentholated cough drops. I buy Ora-Gel topical anesthetic and 10% cortisone cream and some Antifungials. I know in a pinch I can make most anything if I have the ingredients and that knowledge is comforting. I buy other things like zip bags, cotton balls, and cotton swabs, and wooden skewers that I use as stirring sticks. These things are inexpensive at stores like Family Dollar.

I welcome any questions about shortcuts or alternatives and I am happy to tell you things I have learned to do at LOW COST. The idea is to help all of you become as competent as Great Great Grandma who had a small amount of equipment and many canning jars, and who saved containers things came in to use over. .