Posts Tagged ‘immune’
Backyard Chickens and Super Immune Stock
mama hen and her chicks
Part of our continuing quest for a more sustainable homestead is adding chickens to our family. Our family recently swelled to a record 53 members now that we have 50 chickens! We purchased some additional chicks this year to add to our other 8 working ladies; other chicks were gifted to us and raised by their mom as shown here. What a difference there is in the chicks raised under a lamp and those who had the warmth, protection and instruction of a parent! Nature sure does know what its doing. However, for the time being we have chosen to keep a rooster free coop. (more…)
Elder Season
We are now in full fledged flu season, and H1N1 season to boot. Elder offers us some of the easiest, tastiest and downright most powerful protection for the seasonal flu. Both the flowers and the berries have magic to bring to your medicine cabinet. The flowers are more diaphoretic: they induce sweating and excretion.
The berries modulate the immune system helping it to more appropriately respond to your environment and circumstance. Elder fights cold and flu viruses aiding them flush through body quickly all the while strengthening the mucus membranes. Elder acts as an adaptogen improving energy and stress handling. It does all this and it tastes great. Not much more you could ask for in a medicine, hu?! (more…)