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Medicinal Herb Gardening: 10 Plants for The Self-Reliant Homestead Prepper: SHTF, #2

Di Jill b. e Jill Bong

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What would you do if you're suffering from gangrene and help is NOT on the way?
What natural remedy can you grow to help to stop bleeding or help to arrest heart attacks?
This book answers these questions and more!
Ten carefully curated herbal plants have been chosen not only for their medicinal properties but also for their edibility and utilitarian uses -- all important traits for when SHTF and we experience TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it).
Selected for their relative ease of cultivation throughout the Continental US, most homesteaders/preppers should be able to grow these plants in their backyards.
Wait no longer! Order this book today and take your prepping/homesteading to the next level!

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Jill b.

Self-Reliance -- One Step at a Time Get free e-books at http://byjillb.com Reliance on one job. Reliance on the agri-industrial food system. Are you ready to break free, take control and to rely on yourself? With a no-nonsense style, Jill Bong draws from her own homesteading experiences and mistakes, and writes books focusing on maximizing output with minimal input to save you time and money. Jill was born and raised in a country with one of highest population densities in the world. Dreaming of chickens and fruit trees, she left the trappings of the big city and is setting up her homestead in an American town with a population of less than 300. Jill writes under the pen name Jill b. She is an author, entrepreneur, homesteader and is the co-inventor and co-founder of Chicken Armor (http://chickenarmor.com), an affordable, low maintenance chicken saddle. She has also written over a dozen books on homesteading and self-reliance. Jill has been mentioned/quoted in various publications including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Denver Post and ABC News. She has written for various magazines including Countryside and Small Stock Journal, Molly Green, Farm Show Magazine and Backyard Poultry Magazine. She holds an Engineering degree from an Ivy League from a previous life. At its height, her previous homestead included over 100 chickens, geese and ducks, as well as cats, a dog, bees and a donkey named Elvis. She currently learning permaculture techniques to apply to her homestead in rural Oregon. Learn more by visiting her site http://byjillb.com.

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Statements in this book have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information in this book is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

In the US, where big pharma rules, natural remedies are often brushed off as quackery. While modern medicine has a place in our society, in a grid-down or rural homestead situation, having a medicinal garden in your backyard may mean the difference between life and death.

I am an accidental homesteader. Facing grid-down situations are a part of life in the Colorado foothills. Fortunately, we were never faced with a life and death situation. Living in that environment taught us the importance of being prepared and self-sufficiency. In the first book of the SHTF Series, Foraging: A Beginner’s Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (http://byjillb.com), I covered important beneficial weeds that grow in most of the US. I will therefore not include useful plants like dandelion, cattail and plantain in this book.

Instead, I’d like to take our homesteading or survival prepping to the next level - planting, cultivating and harvesting medicinal herbs and foods that are not as easy to forage in the wild.

Since there is an abundance of healing and medicinal plants in Nature, it would be impossible for me to include them all in this book. Instead, given the struggles I experienced trying to grow in a short-season, high-altitude climate, I have narrowed the list of plants down to useful medicinal plants that are easy to grow in most of the lower 48 states. The ten plants I curated were carefully chosen for their multi-purposes. All are not only medicinal but also edible. Many have additional utilitarian uses.

I have written this book with the beginning homesteader, gardener and/or survival prepper in mind. This book, however, assumes basic gardening knowledge which I covered in The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2 - Organic Gardening (http://byjillb.com).

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates

Cayenne

Native to Central and South America, Cayenne is named after the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. Cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum) is part of the Solanaceae family, also known as the Nightshade family. This family includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, as well as deadly nightshades like tobacco.

Cayenne is a perennial in tropical and subtropical climates. They are normally grown as annual plants in temperate climates but can be overwintered indoors. There are many varieties of cayenne peppers which vary in appearance, with their shrubby plants ranging in heights from two to six feet. Its fruit are red, long and ovate, with a long row of small, flat seeds within.

The edible fruits are spicy and pungent, with a rating of between 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville units. The fruits are commonly used fresh, dried or preserved in vinegar. It is often used in a variety of Asian cuisines and is often used as an ingredient in hot sauces. What is less known though, is Cayenne pepper’s medicinal qualities.

Uses

Healing Agent

Native Americans have used Cayenne as food and medicine for thousands of years before it was later introduced to Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine to treat various ailments including frostbite and myalgia.

Cayenne seems to have excellent regenerative properties, especially on the heart. According to a medical study, live heart tissue placed in distilled water and fed nothing but Cayenne pepper, continued to grow and produce tissue. Although it had no control glands, the heart tissue grew continually and stayed alive for 17 years until it was destroyed for analysis.

The late herbalist and medical doctor, Dr. Christopher, and Dr. Nowell, Dr. Christopher’s teacher at the Herbal College in Canada, attributed the healing of ulcers, heart attacks, asthma, arthritis, the hardening of arteries and other ailments suffered by both their patients and Dr. Christopher himself, to Cayenne. By living a healthy lifestyle and diet, and taking a teaspoon of Cayenne three times a day, Dr. Christopher was able to heal his high blood pressure. Adding Cayenne to your food may also be used to help to keep your body temperature up in cold temperatures.

According to Dr. Christopher, a few droppers full (1 dropper is approximately 35 drops or 1/4 teaspoon or 1 ml) of Cayenne tincture or a cup of Cayenne tea, which consists of a teaspoon of Cayenne in a cup of hot water may help during or to prevent a heart attack. If a heart attack is in progress or had already happened, Dr. Christopher suggested administering a teaspoon of extract, or a teaspoon of Cayenne in a glass of hot water every 15 minutes until the crisis has passed.

Tinctures are basically herbs infused in a liquid solvent such as vinegar, consumable alcohol, honey or vegetable glycerin. Of these, apple cider vinegar, food grade vegetable glycerin or 100 proof alcohol (50% alcohol and 50% water) are some of the more common solvents used. If you use a lower proof alcohol, you will need to let your infusion sit for longer periods of time before use. A lower proof alcohol tincture will also not last as long as a high proof one can.

In my opinion, apple cider vinegar is a lesser choice when making most tinctures because they tend to not last as long. Food grade vegetable glycerin is a decent choice for making tinctures especially for children’s remedies because of its sweet taste. You can find food grade vegetable glycerin on Amazon. In large quantities, Essential Depot (http://bit.ly/1v7V3rE)* sells it at a reasonable price. However, in the case of Cayenne extract, using 100% proof alcohol is a better choice as it is one of the best preservatives that can extract Cayenne’s beneficial components.

Cayenne Extract Tincture

To make your Cayenne extract, stuff a clean, dry wide-mouthed jar full of peppers. You can also fill the jar halfway with Cayenne powder. If you are using dried peppers or pepper powder, make sure that they are at least 40,000 Scoville heat units (this includes Cayenne, Tabasco and Aji peppers). Pour the alcohol up to the neck of the jar, making sure that the peppers are completely covered in alcohol.

Screw the lid on tightly and shake the jar gently. Store the jar in a dark, cool place for at least a month. The longer the tincture is allowed to sit, the better. After at least a month, wear rubber gloves and strain the tincture through a clean cheesecloth, squeezing out as much tincture as you can. It’s best to store your finished tincture in amber glass dropper bottles.

Wound Healing Agent

According to Dr. Christopher, Cayenne is one of the best natural remedies for cuts. He notes, "...cayenne is a counter-irritant. Cayenne brings the blood to the surface to take away any toxic poisons and start[s] the healing. The redness comes to the skin from the blood that has rushed to the surface to assist carrying off wastes." Additionally, a 2003 study published by Medical Mycology proved that Cayenne pepper has anti-fungal and antibacterial properties, which can help to disinfect wounds.

Dr. Christopher further notes that Cayenne powder, when dumped on deep cuts and wounds, including gunshot wounds, has helped to stop the bleeding. To prevent shock, Master Herbalist, David Christopher suggests drinking at least a tablespoon of Cayenne pepper mixed in hot water.

The reason for Cayenne pepper’s effectiveness is because Cayenne reacts in

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