Basic Herbal Medicine
This covers basic problems that need treatment so that minor problems do not become major ones. Most of the herbs in this are easily found in the spice isle or even fresh in the produce department at any grocery store. Pharmacies carry some items as well. Also most topiary carry these and things like the Aloe Vera plant are easily identified. There are more herbal remedies out there for all kinds of ailments, I just posted the ones that will be more common. If anyone needs information on a specific thing, post a thread and I'll get the info you need.

Prep Methods
Infusions: 1-2 teaspoons of dried herb (2-4 teaspoons of fresh) to a cup of boiling water. Infuse for 10 minutes before straining. If left to long it will become bitter. Ceramic pot with lid recommended. Drink one cup 3 times a day, hot or cold. Don't make more than 24 hours in advance.

Decoctions: for bark and seeds. 1-2 teaspoons per cup of cold water. Boil. Keep covered and simmer for 10 minutes. 1 cup 3 times a day. If bitter use 4 teaspoons 3 times a day. Don't make more than 24 hours in advance.

Tincture: 4oz of dried herb in glass jar with lid, add 2 cups vodka. Leave for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally, strain through cloth into brown glass bottle. The tint helps with light exposure. 15 drops, 3 times daily.

Syrup: Sugar=good preservative. 2 cups of infusion or decoction of herb. Strain and add 1¾ cup brown sugar of honey/sugar mixture. Heat until sugar dissolves. Pour into bottle, seal, and refrigerate. 1 tsp/ 3 times daily.

Oil Infusion: EXTERNAL USE. Fill a jar with fresh herb and cover with olive oil. Place jar in pot of water (Waterline should be at neck of bottle). Simmer for 3 hours and strain through filter paper or cloth into brown glass bottle.

Ointment: Melt petroleum jelly in double boiler and add herbs. Jelly should cover herbs. Simmer until crisp. Strain into jars while hot.

Compress: soak cloth in hot decoction of herb, wring out and apply to affected area. Repeat when cloth is cool.

Poultice: Good for boil, abscesses, chest infections and sprains. Mix chopped herb or powdered seeds with boiling water to make a pulp. Place pulp in cloth and apply to affected area while hot. Replace when cool. Be careful it's gets sticky

Steam: Add strong decoction or 2 teaspoons of tincture to boiling water and inhale steam.

Ailments
Abscesses: Eat raw garlic, garlic compress, or make fenugreek seed poultice.
Anxiety: lavender essential oil compress on forehead
Arthritis: Juniper, willow bark, or celery seed Infusion or tincture
Asthma: few drops eucalyptus oil on pillow for inhalant, burn sage to inhale, or make a steam inhalant with thyme leaves.
Burns: rub the juice from aloe on it.
Canker sores: Make infusion of garlic or peppermint and use as mouthwash
Cuts/Scrapes: Aloe juice, chamomile compress, apply crushed parsley
Earaches: pour olive oil on a spoon and heat it to warm. Pour into ear, then turn head to allow drainage.(removes trapped water/air from ear canal)
Fever: ginger, lemon balm, or yarrow hot infusion
Flu: 6 fresh cloves of garlic a day. yarrow or echinacea infusion or tincture. Insect bites: aloe gel or juice
Nausea: Ginger infusion
Pain Relief: Rub fresh cayenne on affected area
Rashes: rub olive oil on, do not scratch
Sprains and strains: thyme or arnica compress
Stomach discomfort: peppermint infusion or chewing the herb or candy, Ginger infusion. Fennel tea (mild) for children and infant gas relief.
Sunburns: Aloe juice
Toothaches: Garlic. olive oil, oregano oil, vanilla extract, grapefruit seed extract. Rub any on affected area.
Ulcers: raw garlic. Garlic has an antibiotic enzyme called allicin and is most potent raw.
Urinary/Kidney/bladder infection: Cranberry juice, capsules, or dried berries. More garlic.

More Advanced/Not so Herbal
Chiggers: Put nail polish on the bite
Mosquito bites: nail polish or scotch tape or mix of 1 smashed altoid, 3tbs baking soda and 1 tsp water or Vaseline
Bee stings: mix of baking soda and water, juice of onion
Wasp stings: vinegar
spider bites: baking soda/water mix
jellyfish: pee on affected area, mustard, paste of meat tenderizer and water.
non-blistered poison ivy: nail polish
boils: slice a potato and apply to affected area or put mouth of glass coke bottle around head of boil and heat the bottom of the bottle. Both methods draw out the infection.
cough: vaporub on your feet cover with socks.
cold sore: earwax before it's fully formed
sties: sliced warm potato

More to come!!!
Special thanks to my parents, who believe in not going to the doctor unless it requires suturing of major arteries.

Sources
My own fond memories, courtesy of Mommy Dearest.
http://www.natural-homeremedies.com/