Nature Knows Best

09/02/2025

Hummingbirds have an incredibly fast metabolism and must eat every 10-15 minutes. They will fiercely defend patches of flowers or feeders that provide this vital nectar and insect food.
Territoriality:
Hummingbirds are one of the most territorial bird species and will actively guard an area, sometimes even an entire flowerbed, to control resources.
Mating Aggression:
During breeding season, males are even more aggressive, defending territories that serve as both a food source and a place to attract potential mates.
Survival of the Fittest:
The most aggressive and territorial hummingbirds are the ones who survive and successfully pass on their genes. This instinctual fighting helps ensure the healthiest individuals dominate resources and contribute to the species' survival.
Migration Preparation:
Before long migratory journeys, hummingbirds need to build up substantial fat reserves. This period increases their need for food and intensifies their territorial behavior to secure enough sustenance for the arduous trip.

09/02/2025

The past only exists in memory,, and the future only in imagination, but the present moment is alive. Be present 💚✨️✨️✨️💚✨️✨️💚✨️💚✨️

09/02/2025

Herbal Remedies for Bunion Relief
Turmeric: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Known for its anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric can be made into a paste with water or coconut oil and massaged onto the bunion. Adding a pinch of black pepper can enhance its absorption.
Ginger:💚💚🔥🔥🔥🔥💚💚💚💚💚💚🔥🔥💚
Can be incorporated into a compress to help with inflammation and discomfort.
Chamomile:🌿🌎🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌎🌿🌎
This herb's anti-inflammatory benefits make it useful in a warm foot soak, along with Epsom salt, to provide relaxation and ease bunion discomfort.
Wintergreen Oil:🌿🌎🌿🌎🌿🌎🌿🔥🔥🌎🌿🌎
Contains compounds similar to aspirin and can be used in essential oil form to soothe pain during inflammatory flare-ups.
Important Considerations
Symptomatic Relief:🔥🔥🔥💚🔥💚💚💚🔥
These herbal remedies focus on reducing pain and inflammation associated with bunions but do not treat the underlying cause or correct the foot deformity.
Consult a Professional:❤️💚🔥💚❤️🔥💚❤️🔥
A doctor or podiatrist should be consulted for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan for bunions.
Other Treatments:❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥🔥🔥❤️💚💚🔥
Alongside or instead of herbal remedies, consider wearing wider shoes, using protective pads, applying ice, and doing toe exercises for relief.

09/01/2025

Magnesium is so important

09/01/2025

✨️🌿🌿🌿✨️ Lemon Thyme Tincture 🌿✨️✨️🌿

Making a lemon thyme tincture involves combining fresh or dried herbs with a high-proof alcohol and allowing them to steep over time. The steps below will guide you through the process for a standard folk method tincture.
Ingredients and supplies
Fresh or dried lemon thyme
High-proof, food-grade alcohol (at least 80 proof/40% ABV). Vodka is a common, neutral choice.
A glass mason jar with a tight-fitting lid
Parchment paper (if using a metal lid)
Cheesecloth or a fine-mesh strainer
A funnel
Glass dropper bottles for storage
A label and pen
Instructions
1. Prepare the lemon thyme
For fresh herbs: Roughly chop the lemon thyme to expose more surface area. Fill a clean, dry mason jar three-quarters of the way with the chopped herbs.
For dried herbs: The general ratio for tinctures is 1 part dried herb to 5 parts liquid by volume, or 1:2 fresh herb to liquid. Fill the jar about halfway with the dried herb, as it will swell when saturated.
2. Combine the ingredients
Pour the high-proof alcohol over the herbs, filling the jar to the top.
If using a metal lid, place a piece of parchment paper between the lid and the jar to prevent corrosion.
Ensure all the plant material is submerged to prevent mold growth.
Seal the jar tightly with the lid.
3. Steep the mixture
Place the jar in a cool, dark, and dry location for 4 to 8 weeks.
Shake the jar periodically, every few days or so, to mix the contents.
Check the jar occasionally and add more alcohol if any has evaporated and exposed the herbs.
4. Strain and bottle
After the steeping period, set up your strainer over a clean bowl or measuring cup.
Strain the liquid through the cheesecloth or fine-mesh strainer to separate the plant material from the tincture.
If using cheesecloth, you can wrap the spent herbs in the cloth and squeeze to extract every last drop of liquid.
Using a funnel, transfer the finished tincture into your glass dropper bottles.
5. Label and store
Label each bottle with the contents ("Lemon Thyme Tincture"), the date it was made, and the alcohol proof.
Store the tincture in a cool, dark place. Tinctures can last for several years when stored properly.

09/01/2025

I'm making several batches of my famous pain salve.. What's in the jar ? We have cayenne, plantain, ginger , goldenrod, mullein, dandelion leaf,coconut oil, and extra virgen olive oil ..I let it sit in the crock pot for 8 hours and now I'll drain it and move to the next steps. You can make this with the amount of ingredients that you like to use based on what you are targeting to help you with for example you can take a 24 of jar use one stem of dried Goldenrod, one to two cayenne dried peppers, two dried plantain leaf, 4 dried dandelion leaf , one mullein leaf ,a small amount of ginger , then you could fill your jar almost full of extra virgen olive oil, then add two tablespoons of coconut oil , then you place it in your double boiler for 8 hours, then strain, and add your necessary amount of bees wax based on how much you are making (this will vary) I don't have a specific recipe as I like to make it based on what my clients will need for whatever they have going on .I make my pain salve for my BFF that is fighting stage 4 (C) monster Breast and brain so I may add more of one , than the other but everyone's needs are different but I wanted to clarify items used ... Be creative , have fun , make mistakes and learn .. It's a learning experience , so don't over think it and enjoy nature's benefits.

09/01/2025

Pokeweed is a plant. The berry, root, and leaves are used as medicine.

Despite serious safety concerns, people use pokeweed for achy muscles and joints (rheumatism), swelling of the nose, throat, and chest, swollen and tender breasts (mastitis), skin infections, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

09/01/2025

✨️🔥🔥🔥✨️ Fermented Garlic 🔥✨️✨️🔥✨️🔥

How to Make It
Peel fresh garlic cloves and place them in a clean, dry jar, filling it about halfway.
Cover the garlic completely with raw honey.
Loosely cap the jar and place it in a cool, dry place away from sunlight.
"Burp" the jar by opening it to release pressure for the first few days as fermentation begins.
Let it sit for at least a few weeks, or longer, depending on how mellow you want the garlic to be.

08/31/2025

White Pine Tincture helps in purging off toxins, stagnant waste, worms, and parasites in the gut, thereby ameliorating stomach disorders. It also contains antioxidants that cleanse the liver and help in the removal of toxins and free radicals.

08/31/2025

Blue Vervain is a nervine sedative with a clear effect on the mental and psychospiritual faculties. An interesting doctrine of signatures that allude to this property is Blue Vervain’s purple flowers, which are associated with the top of the head, crown chakra, brain, mind, and general higher centers.

Blue Vervain has become one of my staple relaxant remedies over the years and is the perfect remedy for some common patterns in our overworked and burned-out culture. You can use Blue Vervain for a full spectrum approach to alleviating tension, whether that be psychological or a stiff neck. This her...

08/31/2025

🌹🌹🌹✨️✨️✨️ Vervain and it's uses 🌹✨️🌹✨️

In traditional herbal medicine, it has been used to treat headaches, insomnia, depression, anxiety, kidney stones, gout, jaundice and more. It also has been used to improve lactation for nursing mothers and as a natural treatment for painful menstruation.

The Romans & Greeks believed this was a holy plant. Native Americans often turned to it, too…

08/31/2025

Super cool