Time to expand that horizon

Just a bit :-).  This is the second time in less than a month that Mountain Rose Herbs .com has sold out of Elder berries.  So, it's time to find another herb or herb combo that I can use to aid me in our defense against cold and flu.  I was able to order some Elder flower and peppermint, yum, as well as a small bit of usnea to try.  I have never worked with usnea and am looking forward to it.

This is elder <3

Off the top of my head, elder works over a cold and/or flu.  I've made elder tincture and a simple elderberry syrup.

Recipe for syrup:

1 cp dried berries
1 cp water

simmer berries for about 20 mins, bottle, add honey, label.
dosages: 1tsp - 1 tbsp every hour on the onset of illness until symptoms abate.  My grandbabies love this syrup!

Peppermint is just yummers, and helps my hubby with his tummy, and usnea, usnea is "Considered a bitter, cool medicine, usnea is antibiotic, antifungal, antispasmodic, antipyretic, and analgesic." and this is a direct quote from HERE.

Day is almost over.  Hubby will be home soon.  And the world didn't end, that's always good.  That said, I leave you with this: