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Storage of your Herbal Products


Herbal products come in many forms - teas, tinctures (liquid extracts), capsules, tablets, compresses, poultices, salves, creams, baths, footbaths (to name a few!), and of course, used in foods!  Here is how to care and store some of the most frequently used forms of herbal products:

Dried Herbs

If possible, store your dried herbs in a glass container, which will keep them fresh longer. Using dark glass will help to further keep light out, which ages the herb more quickly and can compromise its quality.  A dried herb should appear vibrant in color and have a wonderful smell to it.  Even though it’s dried, it should have an “alive” vibrancy to it – you should be able to sense the life in it!

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Testimonial

A little story about Healing Salve. I went, week before last, to help a friend with a project (I had promised to help with) out of town. While I was doing it, I cut my right thumb, right across the pad. Not too bad (but worse than a paper cut) but since it is my dependent hand, it was VERY sore and totally inconvenient and pretty much useless. We got home late the next day and I could hardly grasp anything that required "the thumb". I honestly was getting concerned because it did not look that great. I cleaned it, applied Healing Salve and a band aid and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, all soreness was gone and I should not have been amazed at the amount of healing that occurred, but I once again was truly flabbergasted. All I could say was, "Thank you Jesus and Pam Caldwell for making this wonderful stuff. It is truly FIRST AID in a jar. Thank you!!!  J.W.