Backyard Edible Medicinal Blooms 🌸 🌻

Common flowers are amazingly therapeutic for making tinctures or teas ☕️

Let Jumicks holistic wellness help you decide on which ones you want to use...... here are a few of the most common backyard blooms that pack that holistic BOOM punch!

Dandelion

Medicinal Uses

1. Digestions----> Promotes & stimulates liver enzymes and digestion....also boosts your appetite and helps to balance good bacteria in the gut. Also can help with indigestion, bloating and gas

2. Liver----> Used to treat appendicitis and liver issues & to treat upset stomach and liver concerns

3. Also can be Used-----> Hormone imbalance, blood sugar balance, lowers cholesterol, UTIs, detoxification & is a natural diuretic that assists the flush of excess water from your kidneys & bladder which helps relieve fluid retention associated with Women’s PMS flair ups

Violets

Medicinal Uses

1. Blood and Lymph----> Used internally as a blood cleanser, respiratory remedy, & lymphatic stimulants

2. Cough and Throat-----> relieve sore throats ......excellent for pulmonary! Has been used for dry hacking cough..... often indicated for bronchitis & whooping cough

3. Anxiety and Stres----> treat anxiety, stress & even insomnia

4. Heart----> strengthening to capillaries & can help reduce cholesterol levels / high blood pressure

Red Clover

Medicinal Uses

1. Respiratory & Cough-----> repertory ailment

2. Female Hormone Balance-----> helps to regulate hormones, especially estrogen also helps with breast health

3. Blood -----> blood purifier and anticoagulant, can help reduce blood clotting & can help clear impurities out of the bloodstream overtime

Spearmint

Medicinal Uses

1. Antimicrobial------> often used for toothpaste, mouthwash, soaps & cosmetics because of its "antimicrobial" properties

2. Pain----> relief by using spearmint as a local pain killer or antispasmodic medication for cramps..... It is also soothing for sore throat, toothache, or headaches

3. Digestive system----->great for nausea & cramps , it is known to relieve gas, bloating & indigestion! Making it a amazing source for IBS symptoms & gallbladder concerns

4. Nausea ----> It can also reduce vomiting & relieve morning sickness

5. Balanced hormones------> reduces androgen levels which are responsible for facial hair growth & help regulate ones hormones

6. Other ------> Repels insects, lowers blood pressure & may help improves memory

---------How to make your Bloom tincture & tea ------

Step 1. Assemble a base of leaves by laying large leaves in a cross pattern

Step 2. Fan out the base leaves to create an even pattern

Step 3. Gently attach your first flower by sewing up through the bottom of the leaf base and sewing through the bottom of the flower.... Keep stitching back through the flower & the leaves until secured, Carefully attach the rest of the desired number of flowers in the same way

Step 4. Carefully fold the outer leaves up and around the flower to form a ball and wrap it with a piece of cheesecloth..... Tie it off with a piece of thread

Step 5. Place your bloom balls in a dehydrator for 4 hours

Step 6. Remove the blooms from the dehydrator and remove the cheesecloth with your scissors (BE-CAREFUL not to crunch them while you are getting them out)

Step 7. Place your bloom balls into a cup or clear tea pot and add hot water

Step 8. Let it seep

If you don’t have a dehydrator... No worries! You can use your oven - just takes a few extra hours

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