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Tiam
2-25-17, 3:31am
It's been the longest bleakest winter around here. Everyone I know is dreary and dragging. It makes me think of old timers and spring tonics. I don't have any nettles handy, (a traditional old time tonic) and the dandelions are sparse. Does anyone ever indulge in a revitalizing Spring tonic that they can recommend?
Tybee
2-25-17, 9:56am
It's been the longest bleakest winter around here. Everyone I know is dreary and dragging. It makes me think of old timers and spring tonics. I don't have any nettles handy, (a traditional old time tonic) and the dandelions are sparse. Does anyone ever indulge in a revitalizing Spring tonic that they can recommend?
Funny you mention this as I was just reaching the same conclusion yesterday, that this would be the perfect time for a spring tonic, as we are both so incredibly fatigued and sluggish. I have not tried any yet but Vermont country store sells some:
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/Personal_Care/Remedies/10130

I think Lehman's does too.
pony mom
2-25-17, 8:56pm
Listen to some Bob Marley. Makes it feel like summer.
Tiam
2-26-17, 3:24am
first thing I see is Oil of Oregano. I am taking that. Everytime I start to feel like I'm going down the sicky road I take some.
Tiam
2-26-17, 3:25am
Listen to some Bob Marley. Makes it feel like summer.

I've never gotten a fix off of Marley.
Bos Scaggs can do that for me...but I don't think it's a tune that I need.
Tybee
2-26-17, 12:04pm
It was this one, Tiam:
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Personal_Care/Remedies/Strength_Of_the_Hills/67286
frugal-one
2-26-17, 3:02pm
Just looked up in "20,000 Secrets of Tea"... one of my favorite herb books.

Tonic Tea --- To strengthen your whole body for vital energy.
Eastern Tonics.... ginseng root, dong quai root
Western Tonics.... sage leaves, whole plant of rosemary
South American Tonics... suma root, yerba mate leaves

Like you Tiam, I have used nettles previously.

Herbs for fatigue include astragalus, ginseng, milk thistle, oatstraw, Pau d'Arco, rose hips, saw palmetto, slippery elm, suma, yerba mate

I would use any of the fatigue herbs. Also, says dandelion root is a spring tonic, to cleanse your body of toxins.
Tiam
2-27-17, 2:15am
It was this one, Tiam:
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Personal_Care/Remedies/Strength_Of_the_Hills/67286


Apple Cider vinegar....(with the mother) Got that! Though I havn't been taking it. Seems like Fall has the same de energizing effect as Spring for me. They are related.I think it's about adjustment. It takes me weeks at least. This season seems harder, but it was a long hard winter here.