Hi, my name is Joyce Stirling, the owner of Purely Stirling. I started this website out of a desire to share with you my experiences with herbal healing so that you, too, can find a healthier, happier way to stay healthy.
My interest in herbal healing started with my plan to turn my weed filled lawn into a yard full of flower beds. In researching plants and flowers for my garden, I was finding that the beauty in each flower was not only petal deep. The blooms, leaves, and even the roots had medicinal properties that help heal common nuisances to rare and obscure ailments.
After a fall in which I suffered multiple breaks in my right leg and a sprained ankle, I was driven by pain and frustration due to the lack of non-narcotic pain relieving medication available. That's when I decided to put the herbal healing notion to the test.
I concocted my first pain salve by putting pain relieving herbs and olive oil into a crock pot to brew for a few days. Witch Hazel and Epsom Salt was used to relieve bruising and swelling. The pain salve does not contain anything that is harmful to the body which allowed me to reapply it as often as needed. Pure Magnesium Oil (Magnesium Chloride Brine) in a spray was also extremely beneficial in reducing the pain and discomfort.
My nightly regimen involved first soaking in the tub. I would make the water as hot as I could tolerate and soak until the water was luke warm.
Next, using rolled gauze I wrapped my leg starting at my toes, up to 4 inches above the knee. Using Witch Hazel, I completely soaked my leg covered in gauze and left it until the gauze was completely dry.
When dry, gauze was removed and my home made salve was massaged into my entire leg, from my foot to my upper thigh. Treating my injury in this way was possible because casting was not an option for optimal healing. I was put in a knee brace, and ankle brace, and given crutches.
Next, using rolled gauze I wrapped my leg starting at my toes, up to 4 inches above the knee. Using Witch Hazel, I completely soaked my leg covered in gauze and left it until the gauze was completely dry.
When dry, gauze was removed and my home made salve was massaged into my entire leg, from my foot to my upper thigh. Treating my injury in this way was possible because casting was not an option for optimal healing. I was put in a knee brace, and ankle brace, and given crutches.
June 24, 2014
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July 17, 2014
In the two and a half weeks before I started using natural healing the bruising was shifting around and the swelling was not getting any better. Two weeks later, on July 17, 2014, my right leg shows no sign of injury. August 18, 2014, 8 weeks after breaking my leg I walked out of the orthopedic surgeon’s office without crutches, no surgery and completely healed.
Since my first salve recipe, I continue to be amazed at the unexpected benefits from using herbs. Most fascinating is the realization that many of what we consider as invasive and noxious weeds is actually most beneficial to our health.
I once would look at my lawn full of weeds with contempt. Now I look at them and believe God had created a medicine cabinet and placed it right before us.
"The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them. Was not bitter water made sweet with wood? The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the most High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders. By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end. For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth." Ecclesiastes 38: 4-8
Since my first salve recipe, I continue to be amazed at the unexpected benefits from using herbs. Most fascinating is the realization that many of what we consider as invasive and noxious weeds is actually most beneficial to our health.
I once would look at my lawn full of weeds with contempt. Now I look at them and believe God had created a medicine cabinet and placed it right before us.
"The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them. Was not bitter water made sweet with wood? The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the most High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders. By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end. For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth." Ecclesiastes 38: 4-8