Sweet Remedies – Healing Herbal Honeys Book

Sweet Remedies explores how honey can be combined with herbs and fruits to create traditional herbal preparations that are both effective and enjoyable to take. Author Dawn Combs shares recipes and techniques for making herbal honeys known as electuaries, along with other honey-based remedies that can be made at home.

Key Features and Benefits

• Focus on herbal honey remedies: Learn to make traditional electuaries using honey and medicinal herbs

• Recipes for common wellness uses: Includes blends such as Ache Ease, Sleep Well, Heartful, and Calcium for Kids

• Step-by-step preparation methods: Instructions for making honey infusions and oxymels

• Creative recipes included: Use herbal honeys in smoothies, cookies, candies, and beverages

• Bee product education: Overview of beneficial hive products like pollen, propolis, and royal jelly

• Practical harvesting guidance: Advice on collecting hive products sustainably

Detailed Description

Sweet Remedies – Healing Herbal Honeys shows how honey can be transformed into herbal preparations that are both useful and enjoyable. Author Dawn Combs focuses on traditional herbal honeys called electuaries, which combine honey with herbs or fruits to create remedies for everyday wellness.

The book teaches readers how to prepare these mixtures in their own kitchens using a variety of herbal ingredients. Recipes address common needs and include blends such as Ache Ease, Sleep Well, Heartful, and Calcium for Kids, offering practical examples of how herbal honeys can be used.

In addition to electuaries, the book provides instructions for making honey infusions and oxymels, a traditional mixture of herbs, honey, and vinegar. These preparations can be used as simple remedies or incorporated into foods and drinks.

The book also includes creative recipes that use herbal honeys in no-bake cookies, smoothies, cocktails, candies, and other treats, making it easier to include these preparations in daily life.

For readers who keep bees or have access to hive products, the author also introduces other beneficial substances produced by honey bees, including pollen, propolis, and royal jelly, along with guidance on harvesting these materials responsibly.

224 Pages, ISBN- 10: 1612129927, ISBN- 13: 978-1612129921 

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