Medicinal herbs and plants are must-haves for any prepper. If you want to have access to herbal plants throughout the year, start a medicinal garden on your homestead. If you don’t already have a home garden, choose a well-drained, sunny area with healthy soil. Some herbs will thrive in shade, but a lot of plants need at least six to eight hours of full sunlight to grow healthy and strong. It’s best to grow certain medicinal plants in pots so you can easily bring them indoors during winter, as previously noted. Here Davina Ramirez, NaturalNews.com, reflects on herbal preparation for your herbal medicine cabinet:

“There’s more to herbal medicine than just growing or foraging for medicinal herbs. It also involves knowing how to prepare herbal formulas to maximize the medicinal properties of your chosen plants.

Most people are familiar with herbal teas, but there are many other ways to use herbs medicinally. Certain herbs, for instance, are best used topically instead of orally. There are also herbs that are best made into a

tincture and others that need to be infused into a carrier oil before they can be used medicinally.

Listed below are different herbal preparations you can make: (h/t to PracticalSelfReliance.com)

1. Herbal tea – Tea is the simplest herbal preparation. Just add your chosen herbs to a cup of hot water, steep for a few minutes and strain before drinking.
2. Herbal capsules – Herbal capsules are a convenient way to take herbs. They are ideal if you don’t want to taste the herbs themselves. You can make your own herbal capsules by filling gelatin capsules with powdered herbs.
3. Infusion – An infusion is a water-based herbal preparation similar to tea. It can be prepared with either hot or cold water. But unlike teas, an infusion is made by steeping herbs for hours.
4. Decoction – A decoction is made by reducing an herbal tea by as much as half of its original volume. But unlike teas and infusions, a decoction is often made with the roots, seeds, bark or fruits of a medicinal herb – not just its leaves.”

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