Chicory - Used as a coffee subsitute

St. John's Wort shown below is nature's antidepressant

Currently in bloom in June

 

 

Jerusalem Artichoke

Tubers are edible, and taste similar to the sweet potato

Blooms in late autumn

Common Burdock

The root was used as one of "Hoxey's" Cancer Cures

 

 

 

Common Plantain

Most people consider this a weed. To me, this is a valuable plant. It's wonderful for bee stings, & skin abrasions.

 

Elderberry Flower

Elderberry berries can be used for making wine.

 

Common Plantain

Most people consider this a weed. To me, this is a valuable plant. It's wonderful for bee stings, & skin abrasions.

 

                          Milkweed Plant

The folk remedy for removing warts. Use the white sap, found in the stem

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Here at Mullins Log Cabin we make a special effort to preserve herbal information for the next generations

 

Our forefathers & pioneers used herbs in medicine, foods, and daily living. Modern medicines and modern ways have caused today's society to get away from this valuable information. God put these plants on earth for our use. They worked then, and they still work today.

I don't mean to imply that we don't need modern medicine and doctors. Certainly we do. Many of our modern medicines are derived from plants. To give an example: Foxglove is used to make a heart medication called digitalis.

However, we can still use such plants as "Plantain" for a bee sting &  peppermint makes a great tea to settle an upset stomach.

The second Saturday in May is my "Wild Herbal Walk Day", free to the public, and offering just a small taste of what's available in my all day workshop. I'M SORRY BUT THE HERBAL WALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2008, DUE TO MY HUSBAND BEING SERIOUSLY ILL.   Call for info on other herb walks. I can schedule your club or group, if given a few days notice.

Please check back often. I will continue to add herbal info. & photographs.

Send email for further information:

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Jewelweed

Used to treat poison ivy. The plant is usually found growing near poison ivy.

My herbal soaps & how they are made

My herbal soaps are made by first picking a variety of wild herbs that are known to be healing to the skin. The herbal plants are then boiled. After cooling, the tea from the boiled herbs, is mixed with sodium hydroxide. This chemical reaction causes the tea to become extremely hot. In the meantime, vegetable oils are heated. When both have cooled to approximately 98 degrees, the two are mixed together in a granite pan. After mixing very well, oatmeal, the boiled herbs, & essential oils are added to the soap mixture, and quickly poured into molds.

All handmade soaps retain natural glycerin, thus making it so gentle and soothing to the skin. Some of my customers have called my soap, a miracle soap. The reason being, after several uses it removes the hard builtup scaly skin from your feet and elbows. One lady stated that her wrinkles were even going away, and the dead skin was gone from her feet. She had tried other products, and they did not work.

When you bathe with herbal soap, your skin will feel like silk, and after several uses, will feel as soft as a baby's skin.

You may purchase my herbal soap by ordering directly from me at $5.00 per bar, shipped anywhere in the US, with a minimum of 5 bars. If you live in the general Cincinnati or Lexington area, you may also purchase my herbal soaps at the Dry Ridge Outlet Mall in the Grant County Tourism Center  www.grantcokentuckytourism.com  

1116 Fashion Ridge Rd.

Dry Ridge, KY 41035

Send email for more info:

logcabin1999@yahoo.com