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Herbal Hair Rinse
1/2 cup Dried rosemary
1/2 cup Dried red clover
1/2 cup Dried nettle
1/2 cup Dried sage (for dark hair)
1/2 cup Dried camomile (for light -hair)
1/2 cup Dried witch hazel, leaf OR -bark (for oily hair)
1/2 cup Dried marigold (for dry -hair)
Mix together herbs and store in a covered, light- proof container. Before you shampoo, take 1/4 to 1/2 cup herbs and add to 2 cups water in an enamel pot. Cover pot, bring to slow boil, simmer a few minutes, remove from heat and proceed to shampoo your hair.
After last rinse, strain herbs from pot, add enough cold water to herbal brew to rub into scalp and proceed to rinse hair. Catch drippings in pot and keep pouring them through your hair until all are used. You may now either rinse your hair with clear water or omit water rinse.
It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.
~W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman
Red clover (Trifolium pratense) and plantain (Plantago major and lanceolata) are two very common wildplants in the area we live and write, the Northeastern US. Red clover is an expectorant and anti-spasmodic especially good for children (over the age of 2) with whooping cough. A tea of the dried flower tops is the most convenient; a tincture may also be used. The expectorant and demulcent qualities of plantain are often used in teas for bronchitis and whooping cough.
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