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How to Use and Make Natural Antiseptics

By Brody Danielson February 20, 2020 | antiseptics be prepared honey medicine natural 2 comments

How to Use and Make Natural Antiseptics If you are a Baby Boomer or older, you may fondly remember having bright red liquid lovingly applied to your skinned knees by your mom or the school nurse. Mercurochrome, generically called merbromin, was used frequently back then to clean superficial wounds. In...

Prairie Home Companion: Making Tonics and Tinctures

By Brody Danielson February 20, 2020 | DIY medicine prepare remedy tincture tonic

Prairie Home Companion: Making Tonics and Tinctures The words tonic and tincture may conjure up images of life on the prairie, circa 1800s. Indeed, both Native Americans and early settlers made their share of medicinal products to help cure a wide range of maladies. The holistic medicine and back-to-nature movements...