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Herbal Bundles for Smoke Cleansing

Looking to make your own herb bundles for smoke cleansing. Here's what I did. Do your research to find things local to you that you can use. Or grow them in your garden or flower bed.
Prep Time15 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
14 days
Total Time14 days 30 minutes
Yield: 1 Herb Bundle

Equipment

  • scissors
  • drying rack can use a baking rack or the shelf from a food dehydrator

Materials

  • handful herbs, flowers, weeds whatever you've chosen that's local to you and works with your heritage
  • 2 feet cotton string pure cotton for clean burning

Instructions

  • pick your material carefully, thanking the plants for their gift to you
    Marigolds for herbal cleansing.
  • spread them out on the drying or cooling rack to dry for 24 hours
  • make a bundle of the plants about 1 inch in diameter
    Starting a bundle of herbs.
  • take the string and tie off at the bottom of the bundle
    Starting an herbal bundle.
  • start wrapping up the bundle, fairly tightly
  • about halfway up fold over the top of the bundle and wrap around, so it makes a nice firm stick
  • wrap one or two more times on the way back down the bundle
    Finished herb bundles.
  • tie off at the bottom
  • trim off excess string
  • trim off any plant matter outliers
  • set the bundle on the drying rack and let it dry for one to two weeks
  • check the bundle occasionally for dryness, you're looking for dried plant matter that is still just ever so slightly damp, you don't want these to be bone dry or they could just burn right up in your
  • when done to your liking use them in a smoke cleansing ceremony you like