Articles and videos about wild-harvested medicinal plants, foraging, and herbal remedies by Glam Gardener

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Why Drink Fennel Tea After Dinner? The Ancient Roots of This Digestive Herb & Plants Used for Digestion

The connection between eating finook at family dinners, growing up Italian-American in New York and my newest herbal tea: Belly Ache Be Gone with Fennel seed, Star Anise, Marshmallow & Skullcap.

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Can you smoke herbs?

What are the benefits of smoking herbs like mullein, mugwort, and damiana?

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Glam Gardener’s Spicy Fire Cider. The image shows an 8 ounce glass bottle of the fire cider on a red backdrop surrounded by plants that are in the infusion. The infusion includes apple cider vinegar, raw and organic, honey, ginger, turmeric, spicy peppers, wild spicebush and more.

What is fire cider and what are the benefits of drinking it?

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lion's mane mushroom tincture by glam gardener nyc wild harvested and foraged

How Lion's Mane Mushroom Helped Me Heal from a Traumatic Injury

A personal story from the Glam Gardener.

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Glam Gardener's Self Heal, healing salve. Apply to dry skin, cuts & wounds.

How do you heal burns naturally with herbal salves?

Storytime from the Glam Gardener about Pain Relief & Self Heal salves.

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What is Elderberry SizZurp (syrup) and how does this natural remedy work?

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What are tinctures? Their benefits, uses, and how to make this herbal remedy.

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Natural Remedies for Relaxation: Herbal teas, tinctures, salves, and joints by Glam Gardener

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What is Mugwort? And can you eat it? The short answer: yes! Mugwort is a wildly abundant medicinal weed.

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Wildharvesting plants in New York and New Jersey for Herbal Remedies Teas, Salves Tinctures

What is foraging? Why you should eat wild edible and medicinal plants.

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self heal, heal all, prunella vulgaris, a wildflower used to heal skin

What Is Self Heal? A Whimsical wildflower with the power to heal skin.

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How does St. John's wort work as a natural remedy for depression and seasonal affective disorder?

Can St. John's wort help depression? St. John's wort's reputation as a natural remedy for depression and seasonal affective disorder.

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What is Ghost pipe? Foraging and consuming remedies with a native wildflower.

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5 Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushroom.

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What are the benefits of consuming mullein? A wild plant associated with respiratory health.

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5 Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushroom.

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what are paw paws? A wild native fruit harvested by glam gardener nyc in new york new jersey and Pennsylvania

What are Paw paws? A native wild fruit available in New York, New Jersey, and the northeastern United States, but taste tropical.

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resinous polypore a wild edible mushroom harvested by glam gardener nyc

Can I eat Resinous Polypore? The Underdog of wild edible mushrooms. How to identify and harvest Resinous Polypore.

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