Mix 2 tablespoons of brandy and 1/2 teaspoon ginger in a cup of hot water, sweeten with honey

Sore muscles can be comforted by rubbing with olive oil into which ginger root has been chopped. This is also good to apply to bruises to promote healing.

For nausea and vomiting, mix a cup of strong slippery elm bark tea with 2 tablespoons of honey, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon ginger. Take in small sips until you feel better.

Today we went to Gee Creek Wilderness Area and did a little foraging. With it being the end of Winter, there was not too much to find, but we did luck up on a few things. I know exactly where to go from now on if I need a close place for Partridgeberries. They were everywhere near the creek and I managed to pick quite a few and got them all home safely…thanks to Chris’ pocket! I will upload more pics tomorrow when I have access to high speed. We also got some polypores, wild ginger, mountain mint and Sweetgum Balls. I will add pics and details about them tomorrow. I am working on an article on foraging as well.

Here is a pic that Chris took this morning as I was picking partridgeberries.

Fig, Ginger

Ginger is great for motion sickness. It thins the blood, decreases cholesterol, decreases risk of cancer. Ginger can aid in coughs, vomiting and fever as well.

1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger root prevents motion sickness.