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How to Create Your
Own Home Apothecary

Many common health issues can be managed with items which are easy to keep in your home and are widely available at the average grocery store - you may even have some of them in your kitchen already! Below is a list of ingredients and tools which you will need to create your own herbal kitchen apothecary. 

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Pantry

Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple Cider Vinegar - unfiltered and unpasteurized

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Castor Oil

Castor Oil (always use cold pressed!) breaks down and removes waste products (dead skin, scar tissue, and retained cysts/fluids). 

Castor oil is an extremely useful tool for breaking up minor or recent scar tissue. Applying it regularly to scars will get tissues moving. Learn More

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Flax Seeds

Flax is a food source of healthy fiber and fat. Flax seeds are the best form of daily support for a colon that has suffered from long-term constipation and/or IBS.

Learn More

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Lemon

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Rum - 151 Proof

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Bentonite Clay

Internally, clay can improve absorption of nutrition from your food and can be a good cleanse. 

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Externally it can soften and draw out scar tissue.

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Charcoal

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Garlic

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Olive Oil

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Rum - 80 Proof

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Bitters

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Coconut Oil

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Honey

Raw, local, unfiltered honey is the best quality. Use what you have on hand, but pay attention when you shop! 

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Onion

A steamed onion over the ear draws moisture out. Learn more

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Kitchen

A Note About Materials

​Glass, stainless steel, and wood should always be your first choice when you purchase tools for your kitchen. Plastic and teflon materials can leach into your food and into your body.

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  • Cotton flour sack towels or cheesecloth

  • Glass storage jars

  • Grinding tool

  • knives

  • Kitchen scale

  • Pan (stainless steel or glass)

  • Sieves (Stainless steel)

  • Slow cooker (small)

  • storage jars

  • Tea strainer (Stainless steel)

  • Tinted glass bottles with dropper tops 

  • Wood or Stainless steel spoons and stirring tools

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Blender

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Blenders are useful for green smoothies, which are an easy way to balance your nutrition. Learn more.

Funnels

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Cutting Board

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A wooden cutting board should always be your first pick to avoid ingesting plastic.

Kettle

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Coffee Press / French Press

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Coffee presses are a useful too for straining herbs from water, oil, or alcohol when you make teas, infused oils, or tinctures.

Measuring Tools

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Always use glass and stainless steel.

Bathroom & First Aid

  • Bandages (multiple sizes)

  • Cotton swabs

  • Cutting board

  • Hot packs - grains in cotton bag for use in a microwave, hot water bottle, or electric heating pad

  • Ice packs (frozen peas)

  • Medical or sports tape

  • Reusable Enema/Douche kit

  • Rubbing alcohol

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