Welcome to the Growing Up Herbal Journal where you'll find information on herbal education, recipes, tutorials, natural living tips and tricks, and behind the scenes glimpses of how I live life naturally.
A few years ago, I shared a photo on Instagram talking about the only two cough syrups I keep stocked in my natural medicine cabinet — one for dry coughs and one for wet coughs. […]
Years ago, I took an online herbal course featuring Rosemary Gladstar (one of my favorite herbalists). In that course, she showed us how to make her recipe for honey onion syrup to help calm and soothe coughs. With cold and flu season fast approaching, I decided to take Rosemary’s advice in using this effective preparation […]
Cold and flu season is officially here, and it’s a sure bet that someone in my family will come down with a cough. Wild cherry bark syrup is a wonderful remedy that works for all types of coughs and chest congestion and one that I keep on hand during this season. Most herbal syrups […]
Kids come down with coughs for all sorts of reasons. Wouldn’t it be great to have a tasty, effective cough remedy that you could quickly make and have on hand in about an hour? I think so. Today I’m sharing my recipe for Mint-licious Herbal Cough Syrup. There are tons of great cough syrup recipes in […]
A couple weeks ago, Isaiah, my 2-year-old, came down with a nasty cough and a low-grade fever so off I went, searching for natural remedies to help his body heal itself and to ease his symptoms so he could feel better… fast! I started at my go-to spot. A private Facebook group I’m a part […]
My curiosity grew as I pulled the small cardboard strip from the package I’d just received in the mail. Not that I didn’t know what was in the package. I totally did. I’d been eagerly awaiting its arrival all week! As the package opened up, there it was. The small, hardback, white book I’d been waiting […]
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