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season: midsummer
section: teas and remedies
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- passionflower tea from wild vines. deeply calming. good for the restless nights the heat brings.
- calendula flowers, steeped in oil for weeks. makes a healing salve for cracked hands and dry skin.
- jewelweed stem, crushed fresh, for poison ivy. it often grows right next to it.
- hibiscus iced tea, tart and red and full of vitamin c. brew a whole jar and keep it cold.
- yarrow tea for fevers. it makes you sweat, which is the point.
- a simple electrolyte: water, honey, salt, lemon juice. better than anything in a bottle.

midsummer medicine is first aid. the garden and the woods are handing out scratches, bites, heat, and rashes. have your remedies ready.