Some contain poisons, some don't; some of the poisons. You will learn how to prepare and use them for greatest effect and most safety. Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 3 Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free.

In your second lesson, you learned about herbs for teas and how to preserve and use their volatile oils. In this lesson you will explore the differences between nourishing, tonifying, stimulating/sedating, and potentially-poisonous plants. In your first lesson, you learned how to "listen" to the messages of plant's tastes. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being.

You leaned about vitamin- and mineral-rich herbal infusions, and how to use them to promote health and longevity. And you discovered that using plants in water bases (as teas, infusions, vinegars, and soups) - and as simples - allows you to experiment with and explore herbal medicine safely. And you continued to think about using herbs simply.

Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance, and you can too.