http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/-t1.htm What have you been macerating/perc' in or drying? A place to share your harvest of recipes, home remedies and suggestions for herbal use. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:46:31 GMT 10 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/mojoruby/home3.gif http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/-t1.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/grief-salve-children-salve-t104.htm Inti I've got a massuese who is ordering some stuff from me, among them is a salve for Grief/loss and one for children. Having trouble with the grief one as a couple oils I'm using work energetically but the smells not that great and not sure how to cover them...specifically Angelica and Holy Basil the children salve is for a boy who has cystic fibrosis. I'm looking to just use calming things that they can work into his feet. Lavendar is obvious... Any thoughts on either of these? Thanks Herbal Medicine Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:01:27 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/grief-salve-children-salve-t104.htm#231 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/grief-salve-children-salve-t104.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/bee-sting-t201.htm Admin Liliy's concoction for a bee sting: Echinacea, cleavers, licorice in tincture form equal parts (?) alot of it, about 20 mls. Add some water. Take half immediately to start the healing and sip often later if symptoms persist as with Ellebee's sting - hives appeared, forumula was made again, but Echinacea was swapped out and replaced with skullcap, that is Scutellaria lateriflora, not Scuterllaria baicalensis Was it equal parts? This is a formula I will be making for my first ... Herbal Medicine Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:06:23 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/bee-sting-t201.htm#496 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/bee-sting-t201.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/thinning-hair-treatment-t212.htm minimom
My next project is to formulate a scalp treatment for thinning hair. Any comments, suggestions, or recipes are welcomed!]]> Herbal Medicine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:39:17 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/thinning-hair-treatment-t212.htm#528 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/thinning-hair-treatment-t212.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/sinus-infections-t214.htm Jacksta Anyone have concoctions for this? what to put in netty pot besides salt? take golden seal (cold?) what to get ALL the way into the sinus? no, dairy, the whole diet thing what the hell else? Got snotty kid on my hands cold is going away but thick mucus that... blahhhh. hard to get rid of ]]> Herbal Medicine Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:46:31 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/sinus-infections-t214.htm#531 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/sinus-infections-t214.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/reishi-mushroom-t211.htm minimom Has anyone made a reishi tincture? Do you need to decoct first before adding alcohol? Herbal Medicine Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:19:25 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/reishi-mushroom-t211.htm#520 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/reishi-mushroom-t211.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cordials-of-lightness-t181.htm Mademoiselle a few birthday invites have come up in the past weeks for me. it tends to be the general concensus that as we age we needn't bring birthday gifts along to parties anymore. i refuse to succumb to these cheap, lazy ways. still i bring gifts, even if i've never met this birthday person, even if its a kegger. no matter how small, a gift is a gift. and cordials are perfect. i made a kiwi/mango in vodka with simple syrup and a touch of agave nectar that turned out oh so very lovely. and ... Herbal Medicine Tue, 06 May 2008 06:21:13 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cordials-of-lightness-t181.htm#432 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cordials-of-lightness-t181.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-t193.htm minimom I am formulating a tincture for someone with chronic fatigue syndrome. She is being treated at a chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia clinic, and is taking bookoodles of supplements and medications, and wants to add herbs. Between her, her doctor, and me, we have come up with the following: licorice, eleuthero, ginkgo, astragalus root, nettle, ginger, milk thistle. Some of the other herbs I would have included, such as passionflower/valerian for sleep, she is already taking. Does anyone have any ... Herbal Medicine Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:39:41 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-t193.htm#464 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-t193.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/five-jewels-t194.htm Jacksta
astragalus
codnopsis
lycium berries
chinese dioscorea
poria

it is an immune boost. cook with them, make broth, add to soups and stews or cook rice with it. is useful for gradually boosting chi and immunity.]]> Herbal Medicine Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:20:36 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/five-jewels-t194.htm#469 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/five-jewels-t194.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/herpes-preventives-t183.htm Mademoiselle a friend of mine is taking a valtrex about 3 times weekly as suppressive therapy for her herpes. i dont know how i feel about the whole "suppressive therapy" thing, but i did a little research. seems that there has been a great number of studies done with sambucus and herpes. it is a powerful antiviral and has been used in concentrated dosages to treat the outbreaks, though i cant find anything specific on prolonged use for suppression. also, neem oil is often used in treatment, ... Herbal Medicine Tue, 06 May 2008 06:33:49 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/herpes-preventives-t183.htm#434 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/herpes-preventives-t183.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/tincture-press-t139.htm minimom Has anyone out there ever used a homemade tincture press, or made one? I think there's a permanent cramp in my hand... Herbal Medicine Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:11:22 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/tincture-press-t139.htm#317 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/tincture-press-t139.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/butterbur-t155.htm minimom I had been supplying a friend back home with feverfew tincture for his migraines. It was helping alot! That is, until he developed a rash. So now he's not taking it and is having the worst headaches ever. So I'm researching butterbur. Anybody have any info? Herbal Medicine Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:15:56 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/butterbur-t155.htm#361 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/butterbur-t155.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/marshmellow-tincture-chemistry-help-t156.htm Inti If this happened to anyone please tell me what you did to correct it or a better way of tincturing. So I tinctured Marshmallow as per Richo's instructions, only using 25% alcohol in the menstrum. I now have pressed it out and it is very gelatinous too thick to put in a bottle and to use a dropper. So my thought was to add alcohol to it to water it down without lowering the alcohol % so it will still preserve. As soon as the alcohol hit the tincture it hardened even more. so now I have a gelatinous ... Herbal Medicine Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:56:55 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/marshmellow-tincture-chemistry-help-t156.htm#363 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/marshmellow-tincture-chemistry-help-t156.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/astragalus-tincture-or-decoction-t154.htm Inti As per Richo's instruction I made a strong decoction of astragalus and preserved it in 20% ETOH. He said tincturing doesn't do it well. But for some reason I feel it's not great.. kinda watery. I thought i decocted a strong batch but maybe not. Anyone have experience with this? and any suggestions? How strong a decoction would you use? thnx Herbal Medicine Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:50:54 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/astragalus-tincture-or-decoction-t154.htm#357 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/astragalus-tincture-or-decoction-t154.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-essene-market-t144.htm Mademoiselle so, since i'll be in philadelphia for a bit, and i found that, yes, even here in philly, the city that hates you back, there is a little hippie market, i figured that i might just see about giving a little seminar/workshop/chat on herbalism and medicine-making. before pitching the idea i'm rattling off some ideas for such a thing in this head of mine. here in philly, with a more limited exposure to all things hippie, people use natural remedies, but more often than not they buy them at the ... Herbal Medicine Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:39:35 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-essene-market-t144.htm#328 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-essene-market-t144.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-politics-of-candida-t143.htm Mademoiselle have we all been briefed on candida? i remember a lecture from Gail on the topic... which i couldn't find in my notes. i was inspired to do some research the other night when a friend suggested that it could be the culprit behind many of the things that have been going on with me. the web turned up a plethora of banter coupled with questionable intentions - examples of how herbal treatment for profit tends to loose the plot. there are countless websites and regimines and blends and pills ... Herbal Medicine Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:29:22 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-politics-of-candida-t143.htm#327 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-politics-of-candida-t143.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/adding-tinctures-to-salves-t137.htm Jacksta We were talking about this at D'c birthday at the Ace how to do it, what's the best way etc.- We all seem to remember that Gail spoke of this. - Well, of course... it is in the little book (common knowledge) she gave us all we were basically doing it right anyway Herbal Medicine Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:07:14 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/adding-tinctures-to-salves-t137.htm#311 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/adding-tinctures-to-salves-t137.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-poo-s-t126.htm Mademoiselle so i have this stomach thing, and it's ugly. i used to think people who used the term 'stomach flu' were morons, but now.... it started with the bubbly-bloated feeling, and a consistant and unrelenting nausea. i figured if i stuck to a bland diet of rice, applesauce, bananas and drank lots of chamomile, peppermint and ginger teas, it'd work itself out, but now, day 4 brings the poos. poooing and pooing. and everything i put past my lips just seems to make matters worse. oye! advice, ... Herbal Medicine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:51:57 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-poo-s-t126.htm#280 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/the-poo-s-t126.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/great-tea-blends-t33.htm Inti Sierra camping trip Morning Blend made by Kaytee One of my favorite combos, it's helped me gradually get off of coffee..(when I want to) Kaytee couldn't remember exactly what she did but here's what she said. Prts HERB 1 roasted dandelion rt 1 chicory rt 2 rooibus 2 alfalfa leaf 1/2 ginger rt 1 orange peal dried Thanks Kaytee! Herbal Medicine Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:44:24 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/great-tea-blends-t33.htm#71 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/great-tea-blends-t33.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/source-for-bogbean-t85.htm minimom Does anyone know where I can buy dried bogbean? I've tried Mountain Rose Herbs, Pacific Botanicals, etc., all the usual websites. Googling turned up some tinctures at exorbitant prices, but no dried herb. I remember David saying it is hard to find...but I want to make his OA formula for a friend!! Any help is appreciated... Herbal Medicine Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:43:53 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/source-for-bogbean-t85.htm#180 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/source-for-bogbean-t85.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cough-syrup-t101.htm Admin Does anyone have that recipe handy- the one we did with Gail that incorporated the wild cherry from the Sierras. We ended up adding some personal touches to our own bottles, but did have a recipe that day. I have it but thought some one here may have it handy.. - It works great, I've been sick, have needed it. ]]> Herbal Medicine Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:33:18 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cough-syrup-t101.htm#223 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/cough-syrup-t101.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/pet-flea-control-t47.htm minimom I have a friend who has asked me how to treat and control fleas for her 2 dogs (65 lbs. each), and cat (7 lbs.). Can anyone help? Herbal Medicine Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:57:30 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/pet-flea-control-t47.htm#95 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/pet-flea-control-t47.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/elderberry-extract-t37.htm Jacksta What are some of the things you all did
with it.. the stuff that David (?) brought from Trad. Med.- The
concentrated Elderberry extract still got mine. sur-up? a tasty tinc.? anything ]]> Herbal Medicine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:09:14 GMT http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/elderberry-extract-t37.htm#75 http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/elderberry-extract-t37.htm http://whiterabbit.forumotion.com/herbal-medicine-f10/melissa-and-hawthorn-berry-t34.htm Jacksta I simpled each a little while back and this weekend am combining the two in a children’s formula, so yeah they are put up in glycerin to help ease nervous agitation, anxiety, sleep difficulty and heartache as well as some other things.
Maybe add some rescue remedy.


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