I encourage you all to go on a fieldtrip around your neighborhood and see if you can find this plant. I promise you want to have this in your home “farmacy.” It is called curly top gumweed and one of the best expectorants available. I’ve seen it break pneumonia in a single day more than once. It is a plant that helps pull that deep gunk out of your lungs. Boy could we use that right now!
Gumweed grows in desert conditions, so you will find it in places that don’t get watered…places like empty fields and along roadsides. You may even find it in your backyard if you live in an arid climate. We have had tons of it in our yard in the past. This year we have expanded our garden and there is a lot less room for weeds. Sadly, we have just one, lone gumweed plant growing out back, so it has been given protected species status at our house. I have taken all the kids out to show them what it is and given them the strict order that they are NOT allowed to pull it when they weed. (One less weed to pull…I’m sure they are crushed).
Once you find it, it is simple to use. Just pick those sticky, gummy flower heads off and bring your botanical treasure inside. If you need to use it immediately, you can steep the flower heads in hot water to make a tea. Since this is a gummy plant, I would recommend steeping it for longer than the typical 10-15 min to extract more of the goodness.
For long term storage, let the whole flower heads dry at room temperature or in a low temp in your dehydrator. Then you can use your dried herb to create a tincture, which is my preferred method for storing and using herbs. Also with gummy, resinous plants like this, a tincture will be able to pull out more of the medicinal properties than water alone.
The main advantages of tinctures are that they will keep indefinitely and that they are the fastest way to administer an herb. Instead of having to wait to steep a tea, you just squirt some into a cup of water and drink. Fast, simple, done. Plus making just one quart of tincture like this will save you more than $100 dollars over buying them!
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Thanks 4 the information I am always on the look out for “good” weeds. I am still in need of a homeopathic kit. If you can’t
or won’t sell me one PLEASE direct me to some places that will. I have been trying 4 6 months now to find a Doctor OR a place that I can get a kit from AND to learn more about my animals and homeopathic treatments THANKS so much Linda
I sent you an email. The kits are available through the member library page for the class.
Hi a while ago, I signed up for a Homeopathy course with you after seeing you on a Facebook feed from the Energy Healing Conference, but I never received anything and forgot about it. I later checked my bank account and nothing had come through that I could see so I figured I made a mistake.
Then this week I signed up for the Immune Booster Bootcamp and again, it doesn’t seem to have charged my card and I have not received any kind of confirmation. Are you able to see if I am doing something wrong on your end?
I can see one purchase in Aug that didn’t go through. Sometimes the electronic payment systems are over-sensitive and suspect certain credit cards. I will email you and we’ll get it figured out!