Growing medical plants and herbs indoors aren’t illegal after all it’s actually a very healthy and helpful home remedy. Herbs not only grow better indoors but it will also save you money and a trip to the pharmacy. It just may be time to get your home gardening on! Read more below.
Many medicinal plants, especially herbs, grow well indoors, says Amy Jeanroy, who runs a greenhouse business near her Ravenna, Nebraska, home, and writes and teaches about medicinal herbs. She recommends starting with these five: thyme, chamomile, mint, lemon balm and sage.
Each works well as a tea: Grow, cut and dry them for use throughout the year, or use fresh herbs. To brew a tea, add 1 teaspoon of dried — or 3 teaspoons of fresh — herbs to 1 cup of boiled water; steep several minutes, then remove the herbs.
All five herbs aid digestion, says herbalist Christina Blume, who has taught medicinal and other herb-related classes at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
“A lot of herbs that people already cook with are herbs that have medicinal qualities,” adds Jeanroy. “It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s kicking the flu for you. It helps you.”
Physician Andrew Weil maintains a list of healthful herbs and their uses at his website, DrWeil.com.
Consult a doctor before trying to treat a health problem with herbs, Jeanroy says.She treats her five children with herbs such as chamomile. “It helps with the crankiness the kids get when they’re feverish,” she says.
Thyme, Jeanroy says, can soothe a throat sore from coughing, and Blume touts its anti-viral properties.
