Holistically Homemade by Talia

08/16/2025

🌼 Infusing Arnica flowers in jojoba oil. Over the next few weeks, the plant’s natural compounds will release into the oil, creating a powerful base for our “Break From The Ache” Salve ☀️

Arnica has been traditionally used to ease sore muscles, bruises, and everyday aches. This is one of my favorite ways to let the plants do the work—slow and steady healing in a jar. 💛✨

08/06/2025

With school and co-ops starting back up in the next few weeks I made a big batch of Elderberry Syrup on Sunday to prepare for the new germs we’ll encounter over the next few months! There are still a few jars left. Let me know if you’d like one!!

8oz & 16oz jars available 🍇🍯📚

02/01/2024

There are a lot of germs going around right now and we have a lot to do in the next few weeks! Made a big batch of Elderberry Syrup last night to get us through! I have a few jars left if anyone needs some too😊🍇🐝💜

11/02/2023

Jars are filled and ready to go into the fridge! Let me know if you’d like a jar. We still have a few that aren’t claimed yet😋🍇🍯💜

07/06/2023

You might have heard that yarrow takes its name Achillea from the Greek hero Achilles, who used yarrow for the wounds of his friends on the battlefield.

Judging by its common names—soldiers’ woundwort, staunch w**d, nosebleed, woundwort, and carpenter’s w**d—Achilles isn’t the only one who has used yarrow for wounds throughout history.

Additionally, in the Native American pharmacopeia, the Bella Coola have used it for boils, the Cherokee for piles, the Cheyenne as a hemostatic, the Crow as a burn dressing, the Kutenai and Lakota for wounds and sores, the Menominee for swellings, sores, and rashes, and the Paiute for swellings, sores, and cuts.

Read on: https://theherbalacademy.com/yarrow-materia-medica/

06/10/2023

Happy ! This sounds so good! We are going on the boat tomorrow. I think I’m going to make this ahead of time and bring it with us!!
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Happy ! 🍹

Obviously, we HAVE to celebrate this day with a refreshing tea!

But, before we share a recipe, did you know that herbs can cool us in many ways beyond temperature? Besides the cooling effect of foods, fruits, and drinks that are colder than our body’s temperature, there are other ways herbs can decrease our heat.

Ways that herbs cool

🌿Diaphoretics, like cayenne, yarrow, and elderflower, can stimulate sweating which is one of our body’s natural ways to release heat.

🌿Astringent herbs, such as rose and raspberry leaf, are cooling and drying which can offset heat accumulated in the body.

Okay, we know we’ve made you wait long enough, here is the recipe!

HIBISCUS HERBAL COOLER

🌺¼ cup dried hibiscus
🌺¼ cup dried chamomile
🌺2 tablespoons dried rosehips
🌺1 tablespoon dried cinnamon chips
Directions
🌺Blend herbs together in a ½ gallon jar.
🌺Pour boiling water over herbs and let steep for 30 minutes.
🌺Add honey to sweeten, if desired, shake well, and chill in refrigerator. Enjoy!

While tart hibiscus is traditionally made into an iced tea in Jamaica, the addition of chamomile and cinnamon add a bit of sweetness as well as mild sedative properties that can help to further relax us on long summer days, especially if heat is causing agitation.

Want to learn how to create your own unique tea blends to support your needs? 👉 Our Tea Blending 101 Workshop is open for enrollment and we would LOVE to have you join us!

https://theherbalacademy.com/product/tea-blending-101-workshop/

08/12/2022

Back to school means more germs and more Elderberry Syrup🍇📚🐝📝

12/30/2021

Been adding a lot of burdock root and nettle to my morning routine! And of course a daily spoonful of elderberry syrup! They are great herbs😊🌿🍇

ELDERBERRY + NETTLE + BURDOCK + WILD BERGAMOT
IMMUNE SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS TO SAVE THE DAY!

Have you been sneezing and coughing and blowing your nose? I think, as much as it’s unappealing, that a seasonal sickness only makes us stronger. The goal is to support our own bodies’ self-healing capacities by resting well, eating nourishing food and consuming supportive herbs.

The supportive herbs of the moment are an herbal infusion of elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), nettle leaf (Urtica dioica), burdock root (Arctium minor) and calendula blossom (Calendula officinalis) with pinches of marshmallow root (Althea officinalis), licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and fennel seeds.

I take a large handful of this herbal mix, place in a quart mason jar, fill the jar with boiling water, cap the jar, let steep for 4 hours, then strain and drink 2-3 cups (warmed) a day.

The wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) I take as a tincture along with hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), goldenrod (Solidago sp.) and a touch of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra); approx. ½ teaspoon of this mixture 3-5 times a day.

Are you using herbs right now to support your health while passing through a cold or flu? If yes, what herbs are you using?

Illustrated plant pages from our book Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook by Dina Falconi, illustrated by Wendy Hollender. For more about our book visit our site here: www.ForagingandFeasting.com

12/09/2021

This!

10/11/2021

This week I will be posting a few new products I’ve been working on! Right now I am finishing up labels for our new “Goddess Of The Sea Face Mask”
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She is made with non-gmo spirulina, koalin clay and ground organic rose petals.

Spirulina is packed with antioxidants, and can do wonders for your skin when it comes to glow and complexion. Spirulina is a great detoxifier for your skin too! There are many beneficial nutrients in rose petals, as well. It can help provide your skin protection against daily damage from free radicals and pollutants that we face on a day to day basis! This mask is gentle enough for all skin types.

*Comes in a 2oz container, makes appx 10 masks.
$20 each.

06/16/2021

We just stocked up on our Topical Pain Relieving Salve! This stuff is AMAZING!!! Hands down might be my favorite product that I make (my husbands fave too) The kids even use it after gymnastics!
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