Super Foods in banner photo: Moringa leaf, Chamomile flower, Guanabana leaf, Cannabis flower - all anti-inflammatory, anti-infection, anti-oxidants, immune-system-builders. Chamomile is also good for anxiety and depression, per study.
Other Beneficial Plants, Remedies & Formulations
Moringa
Chamomile
Guanabana
All Super Foods, or what I like to call Super Plants
Any beneficial plant's compounds can be extracted for remedy. Chamomile in tea will make you drowsy; in a concentrated formula, it can replace Valium and sleeping pills.
Shown are capsules made in an alcohol reduction. See Recipes under Apothecary.
Sleep Plants
There are many plants that induce sleep.
This mix of plant materials was sold in a bag for steeping, used as a tea to aid sleep.
In the mix: bark & leaves from lilac, orange blossom, purple toronjil, orange leaves, pinguica - or pyracantha.
See Recipes under Apothecary for an alcohol reduction recipe to make capsules.
Bug Spray
Bugs don’t like Rosemary or Citrus. Shown here are two options, one is simply putting a sprig of rosemary in a spray bottle with water - nice for cooling off on a hot day;
The other is a sprig of rosemary in rubbing alcohol in a cold steep (24 hours)
Can use springs of fresh rosemary, strips of citrus peel. Decant into spray bottles.
Chamomile
A super food, chamomile is full of phytochemicals, the biologically active compounds found in plants, beneficial to human health. It also contains 28 different terpenoids and 36 flavonoids - the scent and taste where medicine is found.
Chamomile nearly mimics CBD, with the added bonus of being calming and uplifting for anxiety and depression.
Any remedy made with cannabis can be made with chamomile.
See the Chamomile page for more beneficial information.
Beneficial Dog Food
1 pound raw ground meat
2 cups raw oats
2 cups chopped veggies
1 cup infused oil (see oil infusion recipe)
2 eggs
Mix all, store in refrigerator, freeze or use immediately. Serving size depends on size of dog.
Notes on homemade dog food…
I infused another super food, moringa, into grape seed oil for use in this healthy dog food recipe, but you can use any oil.
For hyper dogs, you can use chamomile for a calming effect - it’s also a super food, so same wide range of benefits as cannabis or moringa, with inflammation and infection at the top of the list. (See Chamomile Page for benefits and studies.)
Moringa and chamomile both mimic the healing powers of cannabis, less the psychoactive properties of the THC. Please note, that when using cannabis with heat to infuse, the product will be psychoactive. Pets can get used to the effects, but they must be dosed with a step-up protocol to get used to the THC, just as with humans (see my Blog on titrating up or down for effect).
Shown in the photo are frozen vegetables, but you can also use chopped vegetable scraps for dog food. Most scraps you would put into a compost pile can go into dog food. I’ve used carrot shavings, broccoli and cauliflower spears, and more.
Note on Raw Meat...
Raw meat is said to be avoided, but as noted in my Blog on pet foods, dogs and cats in the wild will not de-bone and cook its prey - which are herbivores. They eat the contents of their stomachs, which are filled with grains and produce - hence the use of vegetables and oats.
Your dog will need to eat less of this whole food than they do processed dog food. See Blog on feeding real food to pets for prevention.
It’s been well documented that processed pet foods contain euthanized animals from kill shelters in the U.S. Processed foods aren’t good for human consumption, but if it’s the only food your are giving your pet, they are not receiving the nutrients they need to strengthen their immune systems against disease and serious illness, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancers.
Cooked Dog Food
mixture contains lentils, white rice, meat on bone: chicken/stew bones, sweet potato.
Optional cooked dog food recipe, made in a rice cooker.
1 cup white rice
1 cup lentils
4-1/2 cups water or stock
raw meat, leftover meat on bone, stew meat, chicken feet (nails clipped)
1 sweet potato, chopped
Put all in a rice cooker and set to cook. After cook cycle is finished, let sit on warm until all liquid is evaporated.
Stir to blend. Mixture will be mushy.