Herbal (plant medicine) salves course completed!

Herbal (plant medicine) salves course completed!

Yesterday I finished “Herbal (plant medicine) salves course” at Tallinn´s “Põlistarkuste ja Rahvaravi kool” (I think the school name in English is sth like this – indigenous people and folk treatment or school of traditional wisdom and folk healing)! We learned to make all natural herbal / plant based salves, tinctures and medicinal oils. Lecturer was Katrin Luke from Karepa Ravimtaimeaed. She is such a nice and interesting person! I have raised, picked up, collected, dried and deep-frozen different plants, plant roots and herbs actively for five-six years and I have deeply falled in love with nature.  You can find help from nature nearly for everything. Making plant medicine (salves and tinctures) is pretty easy, but you must be patient and know well herbs and their medicinal properties, also you must be prepared with necessary plants. I collect plants all year around but the best times are of course early spring and autumn. I already have some great new product ideas for E&S but I´ll tell about this sometimes later. Wishing you a lovely Monday!
Read the longer version of this article from my NordenBladet blog: Helena-Reet: A Course on Preparing Ointments at the School of Traditional Wisdom and Folk Healing

Eile lõpetasin Tallinnas asuvas “Põlistarkuste ja Rahvaravi koolis” Ravisalvide valmistamise kursuse. Õppisime valmistama 100% looduslikke ravisalve, tinktuure ning taimeõlisid. Koolitajaks/lektoriks oli Katrin Luke Karepa Ravimtaimeaiast. Fantastiline ja huvitav inimene! Olen kasvatanud, korjanud, kogunud, kuivatanud ja sügavkülmutanud erinevaid taimi, taimejuuri ja ürte aktiivselt viimased ca viis-kuus aastat ning olen armastan tänu sellele väga loodust. Loodusest leiab abi/ravi pea igaks haiguseks. Ravisalvide valmistamine on suhteliselt kerge aga vajab kannatust ning häid teadmisi ravimtaimedest, samuti nõuab varasemat ettevalmistust (taimede kogumist). Mina kogun taimi aasta läbi, aga parimad korjeajad on kindlasti varakevad ja sügis. Mul on juba paar head mõtet E&S´i uuteks toodeteks, aga räägin sellest mõnikord hiljem. Ilusat Esmaspäeva!
Loe pikemalt sellel teemal minu NordenBladet´i blogist: Helena-Reet: Põlistarkuste ja Rahvaravi kooli Ravisalvide valmistamise kursus