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Melissa K. Norris shares essential herbal remedies to stock before summer for common ailments.

Summer means more time outside… and more sunburns, bug bites, bee stings, scrapes, and itchy skin. In today's episode, I'm sharing the herbal remedies for summer that I always keep stocked in our home apothecary before we need them. These are the natural remedies I personally reach for first when it comes to: 🌿 Sunburn relief 🦟 Mosquito bites & itchy skin 🐝 Bee stings & wasp stings 🩹 Cuts, scrapes & wound healing 💜 Bruises & sore tissue We're talking about practical herbalism you can actually use in everyday life with simple remedies like lavender, aloe vera, plantain, calendula, yarrow, chamomile, arnica, and more. Thanks to Earthley for sponsoring today's podcast. Grab 10% off your order with coupon code "PIONEER10" (excluding sale items): Earthley.com RESOURCES MENTIONED: 🌞 Earthley Sun Shield: https://www.earthley.com/products/sun-shield 🦟 Earthley Pest Aside: https://www.earthley.com/products/pest-aside 🩹 Wound Healing Salve: https://melissaknorris.com/homemade-wound-healing-salve-recipe/ 🌿 Lavender Essential Oil (and roller bottles): https://melissaknorris.com/lemon-lavender-peppermint-essential-oils 📖 Verse of the Week: Matthew 13:43 You can grab all the…

People in this episode

Host: Melissa K. Norris

Topics covered

• herbal remedies
• natural remedies
• home apothecary
• summer health
• practical herbalism

Keywords

• herbal remedies
• natural remedies
• sunburn relief
• mosquito bites
• bee stings
• wound healing
• home apothecary

Sponsors

Earthley

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Earthley Sun Shield, Earthley Pest Aside, Wound Healing Salve, Lavender Essential Oil

Books & works: Matthew 13:43

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