‘What garden plants can you use to infuse with honey?’

by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP – Living in Natures Love Lifestyles @insideawareness.com

Gumweed Infusing in Honey

Infused Honey

Honey is nature’s anti-bacterial and can be enjoyed with meals, in recipes and as a medicinal. Imagine infused honey with your favorite flowers and getting the added benefit of nature’s nutrition.

I began creating infused honey with Gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa, to create a natural home-made remedy for colds and coughs. Researching the benefits and characteristics of different flowers, leaves, stems and roots, I wondered how to increase ways to enjoy them more often as part of my diet simply and easily. My goal was to not wait until an illness presented itself but to find new ways of increasing healthy lifestyle changes as a preventative to illness.

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Here are some of the plants and their medicinal qualities that I have infused with honey and enjoyed. For more about their nutritional characteristics visit the plant links.

Bay Flower – aches & pain, headaches & migraines, stress, sleep aid, colic, flatulence, eyes, antiseptic, diuretic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
Dandelion – PMS, depression, fatigue, digestive aid, natural diuretic, blood cleanser, detoxify, tinnitus, tonsillitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, osteoporosis, abscesses, heart health, mammary tumors, warts
Evening Primrose – Mood enhancer, skin remedy, first aid, endocrine system, digestion, hair
Gumweed – sedative, antispasmodic, and expectorant, ear & throat infections, muscle relaxer
Lilac – worms, malaria, fever
Oregon Grape – natural antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, liver & gallbladder, skin conditions
Privet – Energy, Std’s, Eyes and more…..