Tagged: Herbs-Remedies
33 posts on this topic.
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Where is PA Dutch Country?
When the waves of immigration began in the 1600's from the German-speaking lands to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, a majority of those first brave souls settled in the Philadelphia area.
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PA Dutch breakfast!
My grandmother liked to have a lot of choices at meal times. Breakfast was always my favorite because there were cereals and hot chocolate and toast and egg ...
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Preparing for Spring!
I know Spring isn't officially here yet, and it won't be for some time, but it's a good time to start your planning for the end of winter!
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Kitchen First Aid
One of my favorite aspects of Powwow is herbal medicine. I love using herbs and plants to make medicine. There is something extremely fulfilling about making...
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Adherence to Tradition
When I was a kid, along with my brother and sister, we were practically raised by our grandparents. They were Pennsylvania German through and through. My gra...
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The Full Moon
In Pennsylvania Dutch culture, the awareness of the Full Moon is important for both agricultural and Powwowing purposes.
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Easy Bread and Butter Pickles!
Today we made a batch of Bread and Butter Pickles that I know you will love!
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To Fumigate Impure Air
Impurity can mean many things when it comes to a space you are occupying. It can mean the air is stale. It can mean there is something toxic in the air. It c...
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Preparing for Spring!
I know it's only mid-January, but here in Southcentral PA we have to begin preparing for Spring!
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Anxiety home remedies
The Powwow tradition has little to offer in the way of relieving symptoms of anxiety disorders. However, that does not mean we are without resources! Home re...
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The magical boundary
As a Powwow, the protection of my home and my property are paramount to my successful healing work. Should something unwanted cross the boundary into my pers...
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Magical oddities in Powwow
The Powwow tradition is no stranger to odd and unusual charms. Indeed, we Powwows are often judged harshly when a non-practitioner (ie. someone who doesn't u...
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Powwow in the garden
Bill and I have many flower gardens on our property. I also have a large vegetable garden and I grow herbs in pots on one of the patios. This year, I added a...
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The Roadside Apothecary
Yesterday I wrote a blog post about finding Stickyweed (Sticky Willy) on the side of the road near my house. This morning I walked back up to that hillside t...
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Sticky Willy: a super healer and cocktail mixer
I love plants and their medicinal and folklore uses. Today as I was walking my dog near my house, I noticed an entire lovely hillside along the road that was...
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A means of binding one who has wronged you
In folk magic, to "bind" someone is to cause them to be unable to cause harm or mischief until they are brought to justice. It is a means of bringing down di...
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Mustard Seed...faith and folklore
or example, in the 500's, mustard seed was believed to cure the bite and poison of a Scorpion! The seeds were also chewed on to releive toothaches. A plaster...
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Healthy Citrus Water
Water is so crucial to our health and well-being, and we don't seem to drink enough of it! Part of the reason might be that water is, well, boring. So I like...
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Elderberry syrup
My son and I were feeling extra kitcheny today, so after I finished making jam, he made Elderberry syrup! My son is 10 years old and fancies himself somethin...
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Asthma prevention syrup
Last year I had COVID and it led to numerous bouts of pneumonia, which also led to some permanent lung issues. So now I have asthma and a rescue inhaler. One...
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Wormwood; Biblical Poison
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of wate...
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Deivel's Dreck, a charm against evil
In the early days of the Pennsylvania Germans, the idea that evil (and thus, the Devil) could influence our lives for the negative was quite prevalent. One m...
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Fence post Powwowing
In some ways, I'm an old-fashioned Powwow. I think my work is more effective if, in even a little way, it involves the outdoors. Even when I make an herbal t...
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Annual Powwow household protection ritual
As the moon moves into the sign of Capricorn, I realize it's time to strengthen the protections around my home. This is as much a magical process as it is a ...
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As time passes... a look back on my blog..
I've been writing and maintaining this website for 13 years, give or take. During that time, I've grown from a simple practitioner and student of Powwow to a...
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The green aspect of powwowing...
When I was a kid, my grandmother had a little garden outside the kitchen. She grew the very best tomatoes I've ever eaten and she also grew dandelions. While...
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The Sanctum Sanctorum - your place of power
I am fortunate enough to have a library in my home. It's not a large room, maybe 13 x 15 feet, but it houses almost 3000 books on shelves, an old physician's...
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Protection from witchcraft
A large part of a powwow's work is combating harmful magic, also known as witchcraft. This type of magic is designed to disrupt, harm, or otherwise cause cha...
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basic tools of powwowing
Powwowing is a no frills tradition. It requires little more than your faith in the Holy Trinity and knowledge of a few tried and proven charms. You could spe...
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A world away. In memory of my grandparents, Arthur and June Whitley.
As is often the case when my mind is focused on research into powwowing, I find my thoughts drifting to my grandparents. Born of immigrants from both Austria...
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Cold and flu season
It seems like every winter my body is just on the verge of being sick. It's like there is a constant shadow of a cold hanging over my head, and most morning...
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Cloth Braucher Charms
In other schools of magical thought, the cloth Braucher Charm (also seen referred to as a Brauche Bag) is sometimes called a gris gris bag, a mojo bag, a cha...
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Protection from Thieves
It's very sad that we even need charms like this, but this time of year especially we see and hear stories about families being robbed or houses being broken...