Medicinal Preparation With Slippery Elm
The Slippery Elm is a powerful healer playing significant major role in herbal medicinal preparations which are used in various common ills like sore throat, acidic reflux
Here are the few herbal medicinal preparations with the Slippery Elm
Slippery Elm Lozenges:
The Slippery Elm Lozenges are widely available in herbal drug store with various brand names to treat the common illness like sore throat and in suppressing the cough very effectively. We can prepare them at home very easily
Ingredients to be kept ready are
1 tablespoon powder of Slippery Elm bark.
1 teaspoon of honey
Essential oil for flavor which is optional
Procedure to be followed
Add the powder of Slippery Elm into bowl
Put the honey in the middle
Mix them gently to make it hard dough which can be easily rolled into small pills in pea size.
Keep the pills in fridge.
The above will make 10 pills.
Sore Throat Lozenges:
Very tasty lozenges can be prepared by using various healing herbal powders like Goldenseal, Licorice and Echinacea along with the chocolate essence of the carob powder.
Ingredients to be kept ready are
1 tablespoon powder of Slippery Elm bark.
1 tablespoon powder of Licorice root.
1 tablespoon powder of Carob.
2 tablespoons powder of Echinacea.
1 tablespoon powder of Goldenseal.
Essential oil for flavor which is optional
Procedure to be followed
Add all the above powders into bowl and mix them well
Put the honey in the middle
Mix them gently to make it hard dough which can be easily rolled into small pills in pea size.
Keep the pills in fridge.
The above will make 50 pills for sore throat and strep throat.
Slippery Elm Sore Throat Tea:
A quite good herbal medicinal tea made from different seeds, barks and roots of various herbs for treating sore throat and allied ills,
Ingredients to be kept ready are
½ cup bark of Slippery Elm
½ cup seeds of Fennel
½ cup of Marshmallow root
½ cup Cinnamon bark
½ cup of orange peel
3 tablespoons of Comfrey root
3 tablespoons of Licorice root
Procedure to be followed
Add all the above peels, roots and bark together and mix well
Use 1 tablespoon of the above mixture for a cup of tea to brew
Simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes
Put 1 teaspoon of honey for every cup (optional)
The above will make 2 cups of wonderful tea.
Slippery Elm Stomach Soothing Tea:
This tea has the special feature of having fantastic healing effects on the extreme cases of acid reflux. Even the doctors nowadays are avoiding surgeries by using this tea. For preparing this special tea all you need to have in your vicinity is:
Slippery elm of just a cup. (Not necessarily powdered)
Licorice root of half cup
Comfrey root of again just half cup
Take comfrey leaves in two full cups
Mint of just 2 cups
Once when you have these ingredients with you are now going to prepare this healthy herbal tea. Initially mix all the roots with the barks and store this mixture in a glass container. Then mix the comfrey and mint leaves and store them in another glass container. These mixtures are sufficient for nearly a week if consumed daily. Now just take half a cup of the first mixture and simmer it for 30 minutes after adding 1 quarter water to it. Now take half cup of second mixture and so same with it. Now after 30 minutes, take the leaf infusion and mix it with the root and bark mixture and leave it for a good span of time. You tea is ready. Drink at least 3 cups of this tea each day and you will yourself see notable changes