14/09/2025
USNEA aka Old Man's Beard.
Finding out that impetigo was present in my son's school was the motivation I needed to finally strain my usnea tincture and finish my dual extract!
Usnea is anti bacterial and is active against both step and staph; two bacterias that can cause impetigo.
In addition to taking elderberry syrup on the reg, my family has been taking a bit of usnea extract- both help with immunity and the usnea, of course, for its bacteria fighting action!
I noticed a spot on my son's lip the day after finding out about the impetigo case, and started administering the extract topically as well as internally and, by the next day it had reduced to a mere dot- shrinking before my eyes!!!
Amazing!
**usnea has very tough cell walls as well as constituents that are only extracted by certain menstruums, and so, a dual extract is required to reap these benefits
**usnea is Very slow growing, so only ever harvest from fallen branches!
** usnea has many more benefits than this that I'll share in another post, another time😉