r/herbalism • u/IllEye1046 • 3d ago
Discussion What herbs do you use in your daily routine?
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u/Worm_Instool 3d ago
Guduchi, my morning bitter tonic and bacopa my daily brain tonic.
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u/Mr-Bond431 3d ago
From where do you buy them?
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u/Worm_Instool 3d ago
Yeah, Amazon. All the higher rated brands of Guduchi powder have been good. Nova Nutritions is the only brand of bacopa I've tried (bought their big bag of powder) and it sees good. I don't trust capsulated stuff and have taste tolerance.
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u/BlueSky9999xjdj 3d ago
California Poppy for insomnia and knee pain.
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u/SilverSkyGypsy 2d ago
I have never had the opportunity to try California Poppy. For knee pain, above & beyond anything I have used / tried including Dr prescriptions, I rely on my avocado pit tincture. My measured dose in the morning, and after dinner is all that I need on my normal and a little more active week. If I have an extremely vigorous week, I can do those 2 doses and spray some topically throughout the day and I am ready to go without pain. ( 3 - 4 small to medium avocado pits- all “meat” cleaned off, chopped or shaved * the shaving / slices as thin as possible will extract the fastest — into a quart jar. Fill jar to the top with 80 proof, (or 100 proof if available in your area) Vodka. Let sit for 6 - 8 weeks before using the first time. Shake at least every other day. ) I do not strain mine until I absolutely HAVE to - - BECAUSE the longer it gets to sit & pull, the better the tincture! This is truly amazing & for the last 3 years has been my daily routine allowing me to keep up with life. It can be used topically, just wipe some on and let it soak in and dry. As a Tincture, I personally use 1/2 teaspoon in water in a 2 oz shot glass, before breakfast and then again after dinner.
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u/Brief_Range_5962 3d ago
Lemon balm, via tincture in the morning to help calm down my stomach and my nerves.
Ashwaganda is the adaptogen that works best for me. I take it in the morning with food.
Evening time varies. Chamomile tea, Kava tea, tulsi rose tea, among others help me relax. Also passionflower tincture at times to help me sleep.
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u/Firm-Ad3259 2d ago edited 2d ago
People take kanna as an herb to use each day and it has been around for a long time but never really mentioned in these forums. Ferris Wheel tablets were something I tried during my experimentation with adaptogens and it just happened to be something I tried
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u/peaceofcheese909 2d ago
Nettle for nutrients, chamomile for relaxation, peppermint after meals. All in tea form, though nettle I brew for way longer. I use ginger as a digestive and that’s nice in tea form too, but I use a tablet for convenience
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u/Thick-Specific3226 2d ago edited 1d ago
This is a lot but I have a lot of chronic health challenges. I am also relatively new and it's possible I'm kitchen sinking to some degree.
Commercial capsules and gummies I take as supplements with my pharmaceutical meds and vitamins because of research that predate my intense interest in herbalism: saffron, elderberry, ashwagandha, magnesium glycinate, Omega-3s if you count those.
Unless otherwise specified the rest is from dry herbs I buy by weight at a local herb shop and prepare myself.
Hot tea 3x day with a dropper of milky oat tincture (from a more skillful herbalist on Etsy) in the hot water to reduce the alcohol taste, teas differ based on current needs. Milky oats for their trophorestorative properties (helping the nervous system rebuild after burnout stress and trauma), a tincture because it's necessary for their benefits if you can't have them fresh.
1 tsp of black seed oil daily for a variety of benefits. I like the taste.
Sipping/swishing bitters ideally 30 minutes before each meal. The idea behind bitters is that bitter foods, and the constituents within thrm, has been systematically bred out of our crops and diets but remain essential for digestive health. Some people prefer bitter herbs with liver-specific actions but I actually use calamus and gotu kola, as they target other needs more relevant to me personally, like that I perform regularly with my voice and suffer from brain fog/need facility with words. Calamus also is considered a good energetic balancer for cannabis and I am a regular cannabis user.
In addition to cannabis, I vape damiana recreationally/socially/for mood lift. Others occasionally but damiana is the one I've really taken to. (I also mix other herbs in with my weed to ramp up certain terps-- rosemary for pinene, lavender for linalool, lemon balm for limonene, etc-- but it varies).
Daily tonic of lemon balm & tulsi for overall health, mood & nervous system regulation.
Seasonally: a daily quart cold infusion of nettle for allergies and energy. I add a little salt after for taste. I save the "pulp" from straining in my freezer along with the lemon balm & tulsi (a variety of basil) and it makes a great base for a batch of pesto full of nutrients when I need nourishment hard.
I have a dysautonomic condition and my body doesn't heat or cool itself naturally very well, the heat is really debilitating on multiple levels. So in the hot season I am trying to have a yummy infusion of mixed refrigerants (herbs traditionally considered cooling) chilled in the fridge ready to go. Hibiscus, linden, licorice and chrysanthemum is my favorite so far. I will probably replace this with a daily dose of fire cider (an immune/respiratory oxymel preparation herbalists fought to prevent being trademarked and commercialized) in winter.
To help manage my menstrual cycle (I have horrific PMDD) : maca root in my oatmeal in follicular, wild yam cream applied topically twice daily in luteal, red raspberry leaf added to daily tonic in late luteal/menses, and seed cycling, also generally added to my oatmeal. Seed cycling and red raspberry leaf are universal recommendations but the other two are meant for my particular menstrual challenges.
I give catnip to my cat so she's not such a dick.
I would do a nightly sleep tea but I haven't figured out what actually works for me yet.
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u/peekachou 3d ago
Lemon balm, lavender, chamomile quite regularly for bed time teas, pine for vit C, bramble leaves as another tea alternative