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How to harvest my favorite sunburn remedy!

What's my favorite sunburn remedy and HOW do you pick it?

Before I get to my favorite sunburn remedy, I have just five QUICK things I wanted to share...

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St. Johnswort was an herb I was eager to work with when I first started learning.

Like Echinacea, it is an extremely popular one. Most of us have heard about it’s effectiveness for depression. Though this is true, St. Johnswort is also has other amazing uses.

When I think of St. Johnswort I think nerves. Making oil from the fresh flowers can ease muscular aches, sore shoulders, stiff necks, and the pain of sciatica, neuralgia, or arthritis. It penetrates into the nerve endings and relieves pain and inflammation.

You can also take the tincture internally for the same things. Often, it’s good to take an herb internally while using it externally. If you put a dropper full or two in your water bottle while your on a long hike, you can prevent muscle aches the next day.

But I think the thing I use the oil for the most is for sunburn and to prevent sunburns.

So, apply the oil on your skin liberally to prevent sunburns.

However, don't just use it as you would your SPF 30 lotion. Apply it whenever you go out into the sun.

Use St. Johnswort oil regularly to create healthy sun-tolerant skin. Think of it more as a skin nourisher than as a layer of protection like a sun block.

And if you get sunburn, you can use it then too! It is surely my favorite sunburn remedy.

The hypericin in the plant turns the oil a deep, rich RED.

There are so many more uses including the fact that it is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal, but I think I’ll keep it simple here and let you learn about other uses once you get to know St. Johnswort a little better.

If you want to take it for depression, do some more research or consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner. There are some contraindications if you are on some anti-depressants.

An option for a pre-made remedy is a product called MindSoothe. Native Remedies is a great company. It has St. Johnswort in the formula.

One thing I want to mention is that this plant blooms around the summer solstice. Funny that it can prevent us from sunburns as well as bring on a sunny disposition if we’re down.  It’s as if you are bottling the summer solstice for when you need it.

Now, here’s where this lesson becomes REALLY useful. I remember when I was looking for St. Johnswort the first time I had a hard time positively identifying it. Therefore, I made a little movie for you to help you KNOW that you got it.

If you live in a drier area, look in open sunny fields. If you live in a wetter area like me in the Northwest, look in well drained areas like trail sides. I find it on many rail road beds that have been converted to hiking trails. Avoid road sides and sprayed areas.

When you see it flowering is the time to pick St. Johnswort.

OH! How do you make the oil or the tincture? Well, that’s a whole ‘nother lesson. That’s why I created the Herbal Medicine Making Kit with the Roots and Branches Herbal Home Study Course, so you can make your own sunburn remedy. It gives you a great herbal foundation.

After you do those lessons, you’ll know what to do with St. Johnswort. The kit and course are the ROOTS and this lesson is a BRANCH, meant to build upon your foundation.

Make some St. Johnswort oil. THEN, besides sun protection and sun burn, find 3 other uses for it. If you want to get really daring, make a salve!

If you want to get REALLY REALLY daring, journal St. Johnswort like you did in Roots and Branches. A great book to get that can help you is Opening Our Wild Hearts to the Healing Herbs by Gail Faith Edwards.

THANKS for joining me on the Summer Solsitce to learn about my favorite sunburn remedy… now go check out the Herb Walk. Have fun! Until next time....

Happy gathering!