Sustainable Sorcerers is offering up one of our most time honored and ancient medicines of the Appalachians and beyond!!

WERE TALKKIN MARSHMALLOWS IN SPACE!

WHAT U THINK THE MILKYWAY IS MADE OF!?!

Both Slippery and smooth, marshmallow root tea is traditionally used to create calm throughout the body. Traditionally soaking the root of the marshmallow plant in cold to room temperature water results in a viscous, silky smooth tea.

Beneficial Mucilaginous polysaccharides found within the leaf and root of mallow are made rapidly available in hot water and utilizing in this powder form is also very ideal for candy/confection making!

anyone have a kraft style jet puff machine we can put the marshmallow back into marshmallows!?!

Our Grandmother first taught us how to make ol' timey lozenges that are ideal for calming inflammation of the gums, mouth and throat especially

launching these in our shop this winter as well so watch out!!

As the name implies, Marshmallow mucilages are slippery, mucous-like sugar compounds, which attract and gather water molecules, growing and swelling in size as they envelope more and more hydration. The result is a noticeable thickening to your tea, complimented by a sweet, coconut like flavor. It is this water infusion that brings out Marshmallow root’s benefits to moisturize and soothe often compliment with honey for sipping comfort when under the weather

FUN FACT! did you know Marshmallow root remained the primary ingredient in candy up until very recent history being replaced with malodextrin, gelatin and high fructose corn syrup poison blaaaaa

Marshmallow is actually one of humanities’ earliest confections! found grows in marshes, ancient Egyptians boiled and mixed the root with honey to create a dense, cake-like confection reserved for the gods and royalty!!

The true value of the marshmallow is its medicinal qualities. The root contains a gel-like mucilage that soothes sore throats, gastrointestinal inflammation, stomach ulcers and work well as a laxative! containing 18-35% mucilage. Is effective in offering relief to Psuedomonis aeruginosa in respiratory infections, Proteus vulgaris intestinal infections and Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory & skin infections. As a anti-inflammatory and expectorant Marshmallow root relieves digestive issues from mouth inflammation, gastritis, acid reflux, peptic ulceration, leaky gut and colitis. Studies have shown marshmallow root equally better than Tagamet for treating acid reflux as well managing upset stomach that comes with taking cortisone.

as powder in our bpa free packaging

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Marshmallow Tea Recipes
From Eleanor Parkinson’s book “The Complete Confectioner” published in in 1864

Place one or two teaspoons of marshmallow root in a cup of hot water. Let steep about 10-minutes. Add sweetener and drink while warm. The tea will grow thicker when cooled.

or a lil advanced option!

1 tbsp marshmallow root
1 tsp peppermint leaf, a piece of licorice root, or other botanical companion as desired
1 cup warm water
Place the mixture in a covered jar and let sit overnight. Enjoy the drink with honey or other sweetener or as is.
Truly Old Time Marshmallow Recipes from Eleanor Parkinson in 1864

Marshmallow Lozenges. “Marshmallow roots in powder one pound, or slice the root and make a strong decoction, in which you dissolve the gum, fine sugar four pounds. Mix into a paste. If six drops of laudanum be added, with two ounces of liquorice, the pectoral quality of these lozenges will be improved. Good for obstinate coughs.”

Syrup of Marshmallows — Sirop de Guimauve “Fresh mallow roots eight ounces, water one quart, sugar three pounds. Cleanse the roots, and slice them; make a decoction (See Decoctions), boiling it a quarter of an hour, so as to obtain the mucilage of the root; strain, and finish as wormwood. One ounce of liquorice-root and one ounce of white maidenhair, with a few stoned raisins, may be added.”

THEY KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE GOOD STUFF BACK THEN TELL U THAT!!!