So You Have A Stuffy Nose? Hello Hyssop!

So You Have A Stuffy Nose? Hello Hyssop!
Meet one of my favorite herbs for colds and respiratory health!
Perhaps you have a stuffy nose, or someone you know is dealing with a sore throat, cold or flu. In this video I am excited to share with you about hyssop, an herb that can shine in these situations.
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is one of my favorite herbs for opening up the respiratory system, for moving and shaking things up and out.
Therapeutic Properties
Hyssop is used to clear phlegm and infections from the respiratory system: for sinus infections, catarrh, coughs, colds, bronchitis, and more. Specifically useful in resolving wet/damp, cold, and congested conditions.
Actions: Expectorant, bronchodilator (opens lungs), decongestant, cleanser, diaphoretic, antiviral, immune-stimulating.
Energetics: stimulating, warming, dispersing, moving.
For dry coughs (or generally dry conditions) I like to combine hyssop with marshmallow, to soothe and soften its drying effects.
It is also used for stimulating digestive activity: increasing bile production, and digestive enzymes, while easing gas, and supporting bowel movements; additionally as a vermifuge (de-wormer) and as a blood mover. But all of that is for another lesson.
Hyssop Tincture Formula: Making it
Tincturing is a great way to capture an herb's aromatics. So I prefer to use hyssop tincture, since much of its medicine is in its aromatics. Although, please note, this is not an essential oil, which should not be consumed (I can not stress this enough!). This is an extract using water and alcohol as the solvent.
I like to make a tincture with the fresh flowering tops (leaf and flower), as the flowers just start to open, with a menstruum of 75% alcohol and 25% water, and a 1:2 herb to menstruum ratio. The final alcohol content is approx.55%. I usually harvest hyssop in peak summer.
Unfortunately, dried hyssop often doesn't have much aroma or flavor (smell / taste it and see), which means it has lost a lot of its therapeutic value.
How to use / Dosage
Add drops of hyssop tincture into a very small amount of warm water, or drop right onto the tongue. Let your taste buds take in the flavor and aroma. Or you can add it to mullein or marshmallow tea.
Dosage, generally speaking: 30--50 drops 1-5x a day
Grow It!
This is a wonderful herb to grow. A perennial, originally from the Mediterranean region, it likes full sun and well drained soil, in hardiness zones 3-10. I find the best medicine is made from one's own freshly harvested hyssop. Remember, the volatile compounds hold the therapeutics, and are lost through oxidation, through time. Fresh is best!
Cautionary note: Avoid during pregnancy. Use in moderate doses. Please research any new food or medicine, go slowly, learn, and discuss using it with your healthcare provider.
Please note: This information is not meant to replace medical advice.
Wishing you respiratory health!
In gratitude,
Dina
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  • @brookekilgore5937
    @brookekilgore5937 Жыл бұрын

    I Love the tip about the lid staying on long term - I didn’t even really think about the rubber squeeze top with the dropper being an issue 💜

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for appreciating!

  • @jojow8416

    @jojow8416

    4 ай бұрын

    Just another one of this beautiful woman's tips. I never thought about that either.

  • @sylviacole2912
    @sylviacole2912 Жыл бұрын

    Ms.Falconi I truly appreciate the dedication you have for your hearts passion. Your videos are always so helpful and informative. Being a visual learner myself your peaceful approach is a breath of fresh air...🌬️🍃...🙏💙💛

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Sylvia, for your comment!

  • @sylviacole2912

    @sylviacole2912

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi Your most welcome!

  • @DidiLeeR
    @DidiLeeR Жыл бұрын

    I find hyssop tea so helpful when my allergies are acting up :)

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Danielle, good to know!

  • @Greg_The_Puppet
    @Greg_The_Puppet4 ай бұрын

    I hope you are well and will be filming in wild garden for us this spring

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    4 ай бұрын

    Hello Greg, thanks for asking, and hoping so!

  • @MyLove-qi6lg
    @MyLove-qi6lg Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this helpful information 💐 Psalm 51:7 - “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” Jesus Christ is King 👑

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @ovr.lighting
    @ovr.lighting Жыл бұрын

    Dina I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you back!! What a great video! I can't wait to use this knowledge.

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your support!

  • @joharigreen5972
    @joharigreen5972 Жыл бұрын

    THE QUEEN IS BACK! 🙏🏽

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks! Enjoy the channel!

  • @thelandofmint
    @thelandofmint Жыл бұрын

    Welcome back 😘💕

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Sue!

  • @HogTime
    @HogTime Жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel and I absolutely love your whole vibe. The videos are so relaxing and informative and your voice is very calming. Do you have any recommendations for wild plants that might help with joint pain? I get chronic aches in my elbows and wrists that Tylenol won't do anything for. Your video on wild prickly lettuce was super helpful and I'm planning a trip to go out and find some but I want to know if there's any other magic plants I should keep an eye out for!

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment. So glad you found and appreciate the channel! Please note that I can not give specific medical advice. I always suggest working with a local holistic healthcare provider who can help you specifically with your needs. Food, herbs and lifestyle all play a part in the healing process. Still, what quickly comes to mind, generally speaking, are topical poultices of fresh comfrey leaves; or topical herbal infused oil of St Johns Wort. Sending healing wishes.

  • @evereletkline8732
    @evereletkline8732 Жыл бұрын

    Been thinkin about You!!!

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @HerbswithAsia
    @HerbswithAsia3 ай бұрын

    Please upload more videos. I just purchased your book earthly bodies heavenly hair. I’m loving all the recipes and tips. Going to make some the shampoo and hair rinses for me and my daughter ❤

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    3 ай бұрын

    Hello Askia, Thank you for purchasing my book Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair. And glad you are asking for more videos. Hoping to do so in the future. For now, you can enjoy the 100+ videos already on the channel. And if you like, you can sign up for my weekly newsletter here→ www.inthewild.kitchen/newsletter

  • @dd7521
    @dd7521 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. 🙏

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @AcornHillHomestead
    @AcornHillHomestead11 ай бұрын

    Great feature of this plant! I grew hyssop from seed 4 years ago and have been rewarded with gorgeous flowers and bees ever since. I have it all over. As well as being a wonderful medicinal it serves as a beautiful tall spiky flower in the back of my flower beds. It gets almost no care. It gets 6-7’ tall and even high winds and downpours it stands proud! In late summer/fall it is lovely planted in with my hydrangeas and zinnias. I am harvesting it now but am really mindful of it as a plant the bees and butterflies adore so I dont clear entire patches of it. I just love this plant. It looks lovely in a vase too.

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your lovely comment! I think you are referring to anise hyssop, scientifically called Agastache foeniculum, yes? The hyssop in this video, scientifically called Hyssopus officinalis, is much smaller, never reaching above one's thigh. I do love anise hyssop too, for the pollinators, the beauty, the fennel-y sweet taste. Can you let me know the scientific name of the plant you have there?

  • @shimkonise357
    @shimkonise3574 ай бұрын

    Thank u

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    4 ай бұрын

    Welcome

  • @wendybiro9415
    @wendybiro9415 Жыл бұрын

    I love Hyssop tea!

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    nice!

  • @lauragiard3968
    @lauragiard3968 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this information and the clarification between this and anise hyssop! I am wondering how you feel about glycerites and particularly about this in a glycerite. I have a little bit of trouble with alcohol tinctures. Thanks so much.

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Laura, for your question. I am not a glycerite fan, but if you like it, perhaps give it a try. Also, if you grow hyssop, and dry and store it well, so its volatile compound are intact, it can be good as a tea.

  • @lauragiard3968

    @lauragiard3968

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi Ok thank you!!!

  • @alaskansummertime
    @alaskansummertime Жыл бұрын

    I had a customer swear her months long congestion ended when she walked by a pile of freshly shredded spruce tree chips I had on my property. I was looking into those steam extractors but a lot seemed iffy to me. Do you think an extractor is as useful as an alcohol tincture for things like this?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure what you mean by steam extractors-do you mean a distiller to make hydrosols and essential oils? For hyssop, a tincture is what I am referring to in this video.

  • @marilyn5208
    @marilyn5208 Жыл бұрын

    How do you clean dropper? Thanks.

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, you can reserve the dropper for a specific tincture and then don't need to clean it. Or you can clean it by soaking the glass part in isopropyl alcohol, and then let air dry.

  • @spinderellas6272
    @spinderellas6272 Жыл бұрын

    Question, I was looking for a hyssop tincture due to not having any made and needed it now. The local herb shop said they had it but it is a spygeric. Having never heard of it, will this work or is it more homeopathy? Also, how long does the hyssop have to sit in the menstrum? Thanks for all you do. Ps...any new online classes?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Spinder, not sure about spygerics. I usually let the tincture sit (macerate) for at least 6 weeks. Thanks for asking about new courses. Not sure if you have this one yet? www.WildFoodHealthBoosters.com is available now.

  • @spinderellas6272

    @spinderellas6272

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi , I have purchased 2 courses, of course I cannot find the website- (thought I had it bookmarked), and your lovely and amazing book , Foraging and Feasting- I cannot believe how beautiful this book is besides all the information. I did bookmark, In The Wild Kitchen website, if I need to repay for the class, it is not an issue because I think your online classes are worth the price. You give away so much information to all of us here on KZread and I , for one, greatly appreciate it. I had a feeling the maceration process was going to be at least 6 weeks. I have a severely handicapped son, whose cold, settled in his lungs and we are using oxygen now. Your video appeared in my email box- I guess tea will work for now but need to make this tincture to have on hand. Am giving him an usnea tincture I made this fall. Anyway-- thank you!!!

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all your support! You can login into your account here: www.inthewild.kitchen/account/login If you need more support accessing your account, contact me via email: info[at]inthewild[dot]kitchen Also, perhaps mullein infusion for your son.... Sending healing wishes.

  • @K.I.M.7777
    @K.I.M.7777 Жыл бұрын

    If I couldn't make my own, where could I buy this? Do you have any recommendations?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Kim, wondering if you have any local herbalists or herb shops in your area. Best to connect locally. If not, good companies are Herb Pharm, Jean's Greens, Healing Spirits, and Avena Botanicals.

  • @kimgilman2293
    @kimgilman22938 ай бұрын

    can i use this with mullein tea, i suffer with copd and i am trying to heal my lungs

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    8 ай бұрын

    Hello Kim, generally speaking, as a respiratory tonic, it may be supportive; but always best to checkin about you and your specifics with your health care provider.

  • @anitawalters5672
    @anitawalters5672 Жыл бұрын

    I don't have a runny nose or a sore throat but I do cough and have flim. Do you think hyssop would heal my cough?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps give it a try.... thinking also mullein.

  • @phylliscampbell194
    @phylliscampbell194 Жыл бұрын

    What are the nutritional facts on hyssop? Can't seem to find anything on that information about its mineral content.

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your questions, and I too have not found any nutritional data on hyssop. Keep in mind that it's more of a medicine, so not eaten in any significant quantities.

  • @loydingle7088
    @loydingle708811 ай бұрын

    Im from south Louisiana, a old black man , made me some tea out of small dried branches and small leaves, he boiled it down for a hour, and mixed it with honey .....it was god awful, very bitter, but it made me sweat and openec me up and got rid of the chest congestion and fever, ovei night, .i was extremely sick, and had been for a few days , next day i was fine,......i don't know what it was ,but it sounded like mungye the way he said it ,....do you know what this might be?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    11 ай бұрын

    Interesting, thanks for sharing. Not sure what it was.He may have brewed up a mixture of herbs that may have had mullein in it; but probably not just mullein since it's not bitter or twiggy.

  • @t.c87
    @t.c87 Жыл бұрын

    Hi what proof alcohol? Then do you blend together, and put in the dark for 4 weeks?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Tiffany, for fresh hyssop, I like to use approx. 28% water and 72% alcohol which is approx. 144 proof. And I may keep it macerating for 6 weeks, or sometimes longer...but 4 weeks should be good.

  • @t.c87

    @t.c87

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi and for dry hyssop?

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Best if made with fresh, or with freshly dried. Often dry has very little aroma, and so very little medicine. If using freshly dried (full of its volatile compounds); I'd use approx. 100 proof.

  • @t.c87

    @t.c87

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi ❤️

  • @kimgilman2293
    @kimgilman22938 ай бұрын

    also i cannot find the link to your email so i can receive updates

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, here is the link to sign up for my newsletter: www.inthewild.kitchen/newsletter

  • @MuslimWomenInvest
    @MuslimWomenInvest Жыл бұрын

    can we use it for kids

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, generally speaking.

  • @Redberryfarm888
    @Redberryfarm888 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you... this is not Annise Hyssop. I need to find and grow this hyssop ~

  • @DinaFalconi

    @DinaFalconi

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Red, yes grow this Hyssopus officinalis!

  • @Redberryfarm888

    @Redberryfarm888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinaFalconi I ordered one. Thanks again!

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