Here is feverfew growing in the garden this year. Feverfew is a member of the tansy family and I planted it out in numerous places where I was having very active ant populations that I was hoping would move on. It worked quite well as well as providing beautiful perennial flowers on mounds of manageable size, unlike it's worthy if unwieldy cousin. Moreover, feverfew is a valuable medicinal that I use in the following effective potion for sinus congestion and headaches:
1 tablespoon dried feverfew (use 2x amount for fresh), half a lemon cut up, 1 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds and 1 teaspoon of dried thyme (2x if fresh). Steep these in one and a half cups of filtered water for 30 minutes.
Strain the herbs from the liquid, making sure to remove all the lemon seeds.
Simmer the remaining liquid down to 1 cup. add 2 cups of honey plus 2 tablespoons of vegetable glycerin which helps to preserve the syrup. Sometime I add 8 drops of Aerobic 07 to serve as a preservative.
Let cool and pour into a jar with a lid and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months if preserved with glycerin, longer if preserved with Aerobic 07, which kills off any anaerobics that stop in for a visit.
If you muscle test that go with what your body tells you you need. The linear rule of thumb is 1 teaspoon every 4 hours for a 50 lb. child; 2 teaspoons for a 75 lb child and 1 tablespoon for a 100 lb child or adult.
Also excellent for fevers and cough. It tastes good too!
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