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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create an echinacea syrup or gummies using plant material you harvested.


(Image from: Nourishing Herbalist and Ethno Herbalist)

Additional Information:
Background on echinacea
Flu Busting Echinacea and Elderberry Syrup
Make Your Own Cough Syrup with Echinacea and Licorice
Growing Echinacea: The Complete Guide to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Echinacea

Minimum requirements:
  - Create syrup and/or gummies
  - Use echinacea

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies (perhaps in a saucepan) with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB
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I made the flu busting recipe linked in this BB. Very simple to make and tastes great.
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ingredients in the pot ready to simmer
ingredients in the pot ready to simmer
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straining the syrup into a bowl with a metal sieve and damp hanky
straining the syrup into a bowl with a metal sieve and damp hanky
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getting every drop!
getting every drop!
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bottled up ready for use
bottled up ready for use
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harvesting
harvesting
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