• The trailer is a white 5x8 box trailer with a red SCA sticker on the upper left corner of the door.
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Catnip is wonderful in tea form, I love to drink at night to relax me from a
hectic day. Catnip mixed with a bit of basil or dandelion leaf makes a great
pesto! I have a few recipes if anyone is interested. Once again though I doubt
they are period.

  Here is information on catnip, I know its not period (then again it could be:)
however it is herbal related.

CATNIP

Latin Name: Nepeta cataria

Alternate Names: Catmint, Catnep, Chi Hsueh Tsao (Chinese), Field Balm

Family: LAMIACEAE

Parts Used: Leaves.

Properties: Anodyne, Antibacterial, Antidiarrheal, Antispasmodic, Aromatic,
Carminative, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Mucolytic, Nervine, Refrigerant,
Sedative, Stomach Tonic, Tonic.

Internal Uses: Amenorrhea, Anxiety, Bronchitis, Chickenpox, Colds, Diarrhea,
Dysmenorrhea, Dyspepsia, Fever, Flatulence, Headache, Hives, Hyperactivity,
Hysteria, Indigestion, Insomnia, Measles, Motion Sickness, Restlessness,
Stomachache, Teething, Toothache

Internal Applications: Tea, Tincture, Capsules.

It is a mild antibacterial.  Chew the fresh leaves for a headache or toothache. 
It helps stomachaches by calming the nerves.  Use it for stress, nervousness. 
This is an excellent herb for children and will help calm them during the trials
of teething, colic and restlessness. When given for colds and fevers, it helps
the person get the rest that they need.

Topical Uses: Allergies, Arthritis, Bloodshot Eyes, Bruises, Colic, Eye
Inflammation, Hemorrhoids, Hiccups, Insect Bites, Insect Repellent, Pain,
Rheumatism, Sprains, Stress, Teething, Toothache

Topical Applications: Bath herb for stress, colic and teething. Compress or
poultice for pain, sprains, bruises and insect bites. Toothache poultice.  Hair
rinse for scalp irritations.  Liniment for arthritis and rheumatism.  Eyewash
for inflammation, allergies and bloodshot eyes. Enema to cleanse the colon. 
Salve for hemorrhoids. Leaves have been smoked as a euphoric and to stop
hiccoughs. Catnip toys for cats - simply tie some of the dried herb into an old
sock. The scent repels rats and many insects.

Culinary uses: Young leaves can be made into pesto and sauces, and added to
salads. Leaves are rubbed on meat, before cooking, as a flavoring. Before
Chinese tea was popular in the West, Catnip was enjoyed as a common beverage.

Energetics: Pungent, Bitter, Cool, Dry.

Chemical Constituents: Essential oil (carvacrol, citronellal, geraniol, nepetol,
nepetelactone, pulegone, thymol), iridoids, tannins.

Contraindications: No toxicity although smoking the herb is mildly
hallucinogenic.

Comments: Named after the attraction that cats have for nipping this plant. It
seems to affect them as an aphrodisiac and a euphoric. Its smell is similar to
the pheromones that cats secrete.  The genus name, Nepeta, is from Nepeti, a
Roman town where this herb was cultivated.  This is a good herb for people who
don't like sharing, have a hard time revealing their feelings, and never
complain. Early American settlers believed it would make kind people mean, and
so the dried roots were fed to hangmen and executioners.  It can be grown from
seed in the garden, but if transplanted the neighborhood cats will devour it;
hence the saying, 'If you set it, cats will eat it. If you sow it, cats won't
know it'.

If you could post a few more details of what was in the news article, I'm sure
that it can be expanded.
BTW, catnip is relaxing to humans both in tea form and in a 'dream/ relaxation
pillow'.

Elspeth McArran



--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, "storm85213" <original_xman@...> wrote:
>
> Happy (post)Thanksgiving. I hope that someone can verify/illuminate me on
catnip. There was a brief article in the paper yesterday about the nature and
uses of catnip beyond altering the states of cats. The article said that anise
extract has the same effect on dogs, but that is another topic. One of the uses
was as a cockroach repellent. Also stated was that catnip tea was a popular
European tea before the importation of Chinese teas. I did a quick web search
which did support the cockroach repellent, and that catnip was widespread
throughout Europe and North Africa.
>
> Does anybody know of any other uses, or the earliest suspected uses in Europe?
> Thanks,
> Jack
>

Happy (post)Thanksgiving. I hope that someone can verify/illuminate me on
catnip. There was a brief article in the paper yesterday about the nature and
uses of catnip beyond altering the states of cats. The article said that anise
extract has the same effect on dogs, but that is another topic. One of the uses
was as a cockroach repellent. Also stated was that catnip tea was a popular
European tea before the importation of Chinese teas. I did a quick web search
which did support the cockroach repellent, and that catnip was widespread
throughout Europe and North Africa.

Does anybody know of any other uses, or the earliest suspected uses in Europe?
Thanks,
Jack

I don't generally post "religious" type posts unless it is an "anthropological
quote"-- too many toes get offended and it tends to get one booted from a List--
unless it is a List forum set up for such discussions.

Just an "interesting" and "this-reminds-me-of" kind of observation.
Ointments and such are pretty universal from 10,000BC to 2009AD and whether they
were used for "shamanic" medicine or prescription acne meds is pretty much a
matter of time and place context.  Unfortunately, since _we_ didn't live back
then, [almost] all of what-we-think-we-know is based on theoretical conjecture--
heck, we might even be dead on accurate, but without actual records, we will
never know.

Health,
Elspeth McArran



--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, jack hollandbeck <original_xman@...>
wrote:
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>
> Spirituality and religious practices associated with herbalism is not
discussed often. I would be interested. Don't hurt yourself trying to get at
your library. Take care of business first, this can wait.
> Jack
>
> > To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com
> > From: DamePosintella@...
> > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:37:07 +0000
> > Subject: [SCA-Herbalist] Re: Ghee
> >
> > Nothing "Period" per se, but as an 'arm-chair' mythologist (ie. Comparative
Religion studies), with a bent towards herbalism, I seem to recall that this
concoction (or something similar) was used by Tibetan monks to anoint the ground
as a blessing for the souls of those that might be crushed under foot by
accident (insects/worms), or just as a blessing to honor the earth.
> >
> > The exact reference escapes me at the moment--90% of my [text] books and
belongings are in storage at the moment after my Big Move (now sleeping in a
friends spare bedroom).  Will try to locate it if anyone is interested.
> >
> > Trying to stay marginally on topic,
> > Elspeth
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rosie" <Rosie_0801@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I believe the original question was about recipes using ghee for
ointments, not food.  So far no one has addressed that particular question, and
I know I for one am interested in the response.  I have seen modern Ayuverdic
manuals calling for the use of ghee mixed with sesame oil as a daily
moisturizer/tonic.  The manuals specifically call for the concoction to be used
on the soles of the feet every night before bed, in theory to help draw out the
toxins in the body and help restore a sense of equilibrium.  Has anyone seen any
period recipes in Arabic or Hindu texts calling for the use of ghee in such a
fashion?
> > > >
> > > > Aldyth the Gentle
> > >
> > > I guess not :)
> > >
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Nothing "Period" per se, but as an 'arm-chair' mythologist (ie. Comparative
Religion studies), with a bent towards herbalism, I seem to recall that this
concoction (or something similar) was used by Tibetan monks to anoint the ground
as a blessing for the souls of those that might be crushed under foot by
accident (insects/worms), or just as a blessing to honor the earth.

The exact reference escapes me at the moment--90% of my [text] books and
belongings are in storage at the moment after my Big Move (now sleeping in a
friends spare bedroom).  Will try to locate it if anyone is interested.

Trying to stay marginally on topic,
Elspeth



--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rosie" <Rosie_0801@...> wrote:
>
> > I believe the original question was about recipes using ghee for ointments,
not food.� So far no one has addressed that particular question, and I know I
for one am interested in the response.� I have seen modern Ayuverdic manuals
calling for the use of ghee mixed with sesame oil as a daily moisturizer/tonic.�
The manuals specifically call for the concoction to be used on the soles of the
feet every night before bed, in theory to help draw out the toxins in the body
and help restore a sense of equilibrium.� Has anyone seen any period recipes in
Arabic or Hindu texts calling for the use of ghee in such a fashion?
> >
> > Aldyth the Gentle
>
> I guess not :)
>
> Nawojka
>

And bringing it back to the herbal topic, another shaman who was found with
marijuana!

Also a hat decorated with cowrie shells from the Indian ocean. Drop this
tribal-hippie dude into a cafe on Valencia Street in the Mission in San
Francisco, and no one would probably give him a second glance. <grin>

Here's an article I found that talks about him and his "stash":

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Researchers_find_oldest-ever_stash\
_of_marijuana.html

Adelisa

--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, jack hollandbeck <original_xman@...>
wrote:
>
>
> yup, and if I recall don't seem to have a big war culture yet. They did have a
woman shaman, though.
> Jack

FYI; just saw a program about the Tarim mummies, in which genetic testing was
done.

The results were extremely interesting. Turns out the Tarim were more analagous
to today's modern American culture; genetically, they were a melting pot of
Asian, Eurasian, and European stock. They were trading and intermarrying with
all the cultures that they encountered/passed through/etc., it seems.

YIS,
Adelisa di Salerno

--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, jack hollandbeck <original_xman@...>
wrote:
>
>
>
> Howdy all. I have to put my 1.73 cents (devalued) in. This is a bit of a pet
peeve of mine. The Tarim mummies were not Celts . They may have gotten that
stigma from their reddish hair, and some of their textiles were herringbone
weave or with plaid patterns. These are simply early textiles. As for their
height, that could be due to diet. Europeans tended to be bigger the farther
north they lived and that is assumed to be from the higher percentage of meat in
their diets, much as the Japanese began to get taller after WWII, and their
adoption of a more meaty American diet. On the whole, the ancients were shorter
than the average European of today. The Roman male averaged 5'5''-5'7", the
British male a bit less, Gallic males were up to 5'10" and Germans around 6'0".
However the Mediterranean males were shorter. The Greeks averaged around 5'3"
(the dreaded Spartans were peewees) and Palestinians around 5'0". Compare this
with the 5'3"-5'6" Neandertal males. On the whole, they were shorter and
slighter. People of the Mediterranean Basin ate more veggies and seafood because
it was easier to garden there than farther north. Now to period, go check out
the armor collections for the middle ages and Renaissance. The knightly class
(aristocracy) had the best diets available in their times. However the armor on
display are not for big, modern professional atheletes. Those men were still
almost average in height compared to today, and much slighter. They also had
chicken legs. I don't know how they could walk without calves. Anyway, there are
always exceptions such as Charlemagne and Henry VIII. As for the Tarim mummies
being Celts, I don't think so. (proper Celtic studies only began after WWII)
They were broadly simultaneous to the Halstatt Culture, or the first true Celtic
peoples. Even in this celtic is a linguistic group with shared art and
technology, which was also shared by non-celtic groups (such as some of the
plastic plants and animals used in decoration, and much of the plant imagery was
from the Greeks.  The Tarim mummy people probably spoke and Indo-Iranian rather
than Indo-European language.To speak of a Celtic Culture is inappropriate but oh
so popular. Celtic culture is very modern phenomenon, and I suspect has some
linkages back to the 18th-19th centuries notion of the noble savage. The first
of this phenomenon may have been the Scottish plaid craze that took hold in
Victorian England. Remember the clearances following the 1740 revolt of Bonnie
Prince Charlie, and all the English aristocrats went north to take over the
lands, ejecting the Scots and their cattle for sheep. It was also Victorian
England which glorified the Highland regiments and their kilts. Tartans were
invented, as well as regularizing clans. There were no clan tartans before
Victoria. Nowadays, Celtic culture has spread from reference to the Irish out to
the Scots (I am Clan Henderson). Today the last of these linguistically Celtic
European peoples are the Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Cornish and Bretons. There
are other groups in Eastern Europe and the Middle East (Galatians in Turkey come
to mind). No one used the term Celt as official until very recently. Up until
very recently these groups were referred to by tribe (ancient) or region
(medieval and Renaissance). Sorry for the essay, but I have made some study of
this issue. The issue is not helped by all the Renaissance festivals which
really muddy up the Celts. I love the fairs, but they are not history. The
participants my be historically accurate, but the venue is not. I am sure there
is a similar contradiction with the Robin Hood festivals in England.
Unfortunately, the word "Celtic" has a popular meaning, as in Celtic Culture,
but that is artificial and inaccurate. The Tarim were not Celts. They just had
red hair, long legs, wore plaid sometimes and spoke an Iranian dialect. For the
medieval and Renaissance periods just call them Irish, Scots, Manx, Welsh,
Cornish and Bretons. That would be historically accurate.
> Jack
> ps There is archaeological evidence that the Tarim mummy people (long head
European types) interacted peacefully and intermarried with round headed Asian
types. This does not necessarily debunk the violence of the ancestors. It does
set a nice precedent.
>
>
>
>
>
> On the medieval side:  The Tarim mummies, for those who aren't familiar
>
> with them, are a group of natural mummies found in the Tarim basin of
>
> China.  Despite being Bronze age and being buried long before anyone
>
> from the west was supposed to (by our knowledge) traveling that far
>
> eastward, they appear to be of Celtic origin and the adults were over 6
>
> ft. tall.  There is evidence that they actually introduced writing and
>
> chariots to China.  So the myth that our medieval ancestors were shorter
>
> than us is once again debunked.  The myth that our medieval ancestors
>
> lived shorter lifespans is also debunked by these and other finds.  The
>
> question is do you think it was diet?
>
> Avacyn
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Halo Marian,

Hope your sale went well!
Are there any books left?  If so, could those that do not live anywhere close to
Boston get a listing?  For those that have it, do you accept Pay Pal?  Or Money
Order, for dinosaurs, like me?

Regards,
Elspeth McArran
(Cossacks in Alabama)



--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, Marian Walke <marian@...> wrote:
>
> If any of you are going to be in the Boston area this coming weekend
> (Nov 14 & 15), you may be interested in a book sale I am holding.  In
> addition to many books on Medieval history and life in general, cookery
> & baking, and various crafts, there are almost 100 books on herbs,
> spices, gardens, herbals, etc.
>
> When: Nov 14 &15, Sat & Sun, 10-6 each day
>
> Where: The Buttery, 24 Kenwood St, Dorchester MA 02124.  For directions
> and maps, see www.buttery.org/directions
>
> What: Books, CHEAP!  Hardcovers, $2 each, paperbacks $1 each
>
> More info: email me or call 617-461-3747
>
>
> Old Marian
>

ayeshatrentacapilli wrote:
> When I was child I had a similar problem with my feet as did my father. A
local pharmacist would make up the foul smelling concoction of white petroleum
jelly and sulfur, worked wonders. I would smear it on very thickly and put a
pair of socks on overnight. Obviously you'd have to wash before you handled your
daughter each morning but it might help, though where you might get it would be
question.
>

I used to use bag balm in the same way.  I figured if the kid ingested a
bit, it would do no more harm than it did to the calves.

Old Marian

When I was child I had a similar problem with my feet as did my father. A local
pharmacist would make up the foul smelling concoction of white petroleum jelly
and sulfur, worked wonders. I would smear it on very thickly and put a pair of
socks on overnight. Obviously you'd have to wash before you handled your
daughter each morning but it might help, though where you might get it would be
question.

--- In SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com, Dianaim <tempestviolet@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Need some advise.  I have been diagnosed with skin barrier depletion or
> "mother's/homemaker hands".  It is common when someones hands are in water
> all the time, like washing dishes without gloves.  It is also a common
> "after pregnancy" thing.  That is how I got it.  It seems that it is the
> repercussions of my pregnancy with my daughter who is now 8� mos old.  What
> it is, is that my hands are so dry, they are splitting at the joints and
> creases and causing pain, irritation and bleeding.  They cannot give me the
> regular course of treatment because that would entail putting a steroid
> cream on the hands and my daughter is teething and putting everything in her
> mouth, including my hands.
>
> I have tried many over-the-counter moisturizers to no avail.  Is there
> anything that you folks can recommend that might help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dianaim
>

If any of you are going to be in the Boston area this coming weekend
(Nov 14 & 15), you may be interested in a book sale I am holding.  In
addition to many books on Medieval history and life in general, cookery
& baking, and various crafts, there are almost 100 books on herbs,
spices, gardens, herbals, etc.

When: Nov 14 &15, Sat & Sun, 10-6 each day

Where: The Buttery, 24 Kenwood St, Dorchester MA 02124.  For directions
and maps, see www.buttery.org/directions

What: Books, CHEAP!  Hardcovers, $2 each, paperbacks $1 each

More info: email me or call 617-461-3747


Old Marian

Yes, Vit. E is an oil based vitamin and can be toxic in high doses
because the body can't easily rid itself of excess.  Its hard for an
adult to get toxic dosages but I wouldn't use it with an infant.
Avacyn

Alyson wrote:
>
>
> Question. I've read conflicting reports about the intake of Vitamin E
> and that some levels are toxic. Would an infant experience adverse
> affects to Vitamin E? Would he or she be ingesting enough to do harm?
> Kemper

Lanolin.  Get good quality organic lanolin, not the machine separated
stuff which has all kinds of gunk in it.  Apply heavily before bed and
wear a pair of cotton gloves to sleep in.  You can apply it during the
day also.  It feels a little sticky going on but absorbs well.

Another thing you can do is start taking oil internally.  Coramega is
especially good - its emulsified fish oil (omega 3).  It comes in little
packets that you keep in the fridge and take one or two a day. It sounds
gross- its a little like fish pudding - but the servings are small and
its really not bad.  I've found it helps a lot with desert skin.  (I
live in Tucson, AZ) Or you can take teaspoonful of cold pressed olive
oil or almond oil straight.
Avacyn

Dianaim wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Need some advise.  I have been diagnosed with skin barrier depletion or
> "mother's/homemaker hands".  It is common when someones hands are in
> water all the time, like washing dishes without gloves.  It is also a
> common "after pregnancy" thing.  That is how I got it.  It seems that it
> is the repercussions of my pregnancy with my daughter who is now 8� mos
> old.  What it is, is that my hands are so dry, they are splitting at the
> joints and creases and causing pain, irritation and bleeding.  They
> cannot give me the regular course of treatment because that would entail
> putting a steroid cream on the hands and my daughter is teething and
> putting everything in her mouth, including my hands.
>
> I have tried many over-the-counter moisturizers to no avail.  Is there
> anything that you folks can recommend that might help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dianaim
>
>
>