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Make Your Own Herbal Cough Lozenges cough cough drop diy lozenges recipe sore throat Nov 17, 2020

Be prepared to combat cold season with this plant-powered recipe

There's a lot of people rolling around our neck of the woods suffering from dry hacking coughs.  I figured it would be great to share a recipe to make your own cough lozenges.  It's so empowering to be able to create your...

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Mel Mutterspaugh, Clinical Herbalist

Mel Mutterspaugh

Clinical Herbalist

I'm a Clinical Herbalist, Environmental Educator, Wilderness Therapist, Backpacking Guide, founder of herbal products company, Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods, host of The Herbalist’s Path Podcast, and the mother of a beautiful little girl and a few fur babies living and loving life up in the foothills of Mount Hood Oregon!

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