Whether it’s inflammation, sore bones, a common cold, or a virus you’re trying to shake, there are things you can do throughout the day to naturally boost your system’s response. Want to overcome illness or mental and physical fatigue? Try these home remedies and tips. [Read more →]
Fall at Hanna’s Herb Shop brings beautiful colors, but also more people with colds. Make sure to keep your immune system healthy from the start of the season.
As the days of summer slip away, fall colors and cooler temperatures will greet us and bring along the sniffles and sneezes of cold and flu season. Want to be prepared and guard yourself and your family? We’ve got easy ways to keep everyone healthy! Stimulate and boost your immune system so you can beat the bug with these tips for fall. [Read more →]
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“Interferon is part of the immune system. It is a product of white cells and fibroblasts and prevents viruses from penetrating body cells….How does interferon work? It appears to function primarily as an intracellular messenger. Once a cell under viral attack produces interferon, the protein migrates through the cell membrane, spreading to other cells not yet attacked, triggering the production of antiviral proteins which are believed to block or interfere with viral reproduction.”
-Hanna Kroeger, excerpt from God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
Put in a blender or mix thoroughly by hand:
1 cup cottage cheese
2 tablespoons walnut or almond oil
This mixture is the foundation recipe and can be varied by adding these items to the mixture: [Read more →]
Hanna Kroeger, Grandmother of Health
Hanna’s Herbal Combinations are special for their healing properties, specific ratios, and purity. This excerpt from Instant Herbal Locator explains how Hanna learned to balance herbal formulas.
I used to mix herbs without rhyme or reason. If mullein is good for the lungs, why not add something else like shave grass for the kidney and peppermint for taste?
Then I met Rev. Dr. Houston who taught me how to mix herbs properly. [Read more →]
Hanna’s books offer guidance for health complaints and today’s post shares remedies to address the pain, stiffness, and swelling of arthritis.
When arthritis sets in, you must change your lifestyle and diet; leave out sugar, cakes, cookies, potato chips, and heavy metals and start exercising. It is thought that most arthritis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatism have a hidden virus and the herbal antidote is a combination of yucca, black walnut leaves, yellow dock, wormwood, and fenugreek seed. These herbs are used to repair the damage caused by arthritis and bring some comfort. [Read more →]
Many home remedies and folk remedies exist outside the realm of science because they’ve worked for hundreds or thousands of years. Hanna offers so much guidance in her books for how herbs, spices, and foods can bring good health without side effects and today we have some remedy offerings from Whole Living that complement Hanna’s remedies.
Sprains and Strains: Lettuce
For swelling and inflammation, Hanna tells us to finely shred cabbage and wrap our knees, ankles, etc. in the cloth containing the cabbage overnight. Lettuce can also provide anti-inflammatory effects because it is rich in lactucin, a calming alkaloid. Use lettuce leaves topically (and eat a few leaves as well!) to attain these benefits. [Read more →]
Each color has a specific function for the body in Color Therapy.
Congestion in the body’s organs can cause a multitude of health concerns and Hanna encouraged us to use the foods, herbs, and spices in our kitchens to remedy this issue. Here we share Hanna’s recommendations for decongesting your stomach.
Cleansing your stomach at home with these foods and remedies is easy!
Hanna said, “A sick stomach makes crippled, stiff hands.” For sick stomachs (ulcers, pain, discomfort, or suffering from stomach distress) the following foods are particularly healing:
Cucumber is an integral part of the great home remedies here!
End of summer gardens sometimes turn out vegetable quantities we’re not equipped to deal with! I’ve seen more cucumbers, peppers, squash and zucchini in the last couple of weeks from friends’ gardens (and have been the thankful recipient of the over-flow) and that’s inspiring this post. Check out Hanna’s Home Remedies with veggies and some of her favorite recipes using them.
Cucumbers are a delightful vegetable with many medicinal uses. Cucumbers are very good for the skin, especially the complexion. Either eaten or used topically, they cool and heal the skin. [Read more →]
Need a quick pick-me-up without the crash of caffeine or sugar? Hanna recommended grapes, molasses, and flax seed tea in her book Ageless Remedies from Mother’s Kitchen and we’ve got some additional natural fixes here.
How can berries be a natural remedy for energy?
