What about the use of wood alcohol...cannot be consumed and with its low volitile point can be theoretically evaporated w/out loss of desired oils being...
... Yes, I have. I've been looking at different sources. I suspect they should be between the size of a dime and a quarter; I'd say, make them no bigger than a...
I've made them! I used the Culpepper 'recipes' which don't call for flour and water - they called for spices (cinnamon, mustard, cloves, etc) and gum...
... FWIW, a modern pharmaceutical troche (TRO-kee) is a sort of lozenge. Think Necco Wafer and you're not far off. If you're familiar with Parke-Davis Throat...
Dear Shana, I haven't researched nutmeg that far, but I'd think scraping it off with a very sharp knife would be the most period manner of getting your nutmeg....
... Depends how small they are. After 6 months, you have to suck on them to get them to dissolve. (Yes, ok, I did it. Are you surprised? I didn't mean to, I...
If I were a medieval apothecary faced with comminuting nutmeg, I think I'd whack the heck [*] out of it in a brass contusion mortar (a "classic" pharmacist's ...
One of the dollar stores by me has been taken over by new management, and it's turned into quite the emporium. I was ranging through the aisles last week and...
... Many hardware shops carry denatured alcohol that may be used in perfume, incense & soap making. I know that as a beginning merchant who specializes in ...
As far as I know, there isn't anything to stop you from carrying dried herbs across the border. I live in ND and go up to Winnipeg all the time. I've never...
Flax seed is very high in Omega fatty acids, food for your heart. Ground into a flour, it can be used in baking. You can also add it (whole) to your favorite...
Greetings! Flax seed, sewn into a linen or silk tube, makes a wooooooooooonderful hot pack! Mine's a linen tube about 3 feet long, and I nuke it for about 2...
Flax seed or meal have to be stored in the refrigerator, and the meal must be created by a low-heat grinding process. The oils and lignans in flax are ...
It can be used cold too, in the same respect. Maria ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! ...
Please excuse the cross postings -- but for those of you who thought you couldn't go out to Pennic -- or who just found out you could go to Pennsic -- here is...
Thank you very much for this, I have been trying to find out. Leis gach deagh dhùrachd · '¨¨)) -:/:- .·' .·'¨¨)) ((¸¸.·' ...·' -:/:Meadhbh inghean...
Greetings list, attn Puck: please contact me at carrig37421 @ yahoo . com -- I tried searching google etc to dig up your email but all I found was years-old...
Just to add a counterpoint to this rather one-sided 'just say no' discussion: Please remember if you ask the ATF or any other law enforcement agency you are...
From the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (these are the people who handle the paperwork for stamps, etc.) website: "Spirits You cannot produce spirits...
how wonderful it is to be able to distill here in New Zealand without all the beaurocratic nonsense. -Julie ... From: "Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise"...
Oh sure, gloat, why don't you (pout, pout) -A'isha (mka Ro) Oak & Thistle <hylander@...> wrote: how wonderful it is to be able to distill here in New...
My dad and Great Grandmom use(d) flax seed as part of a drawing poultice. Great for boils, pimples and unwanted tatoos...if applied in the first 24 hours. ...
I have someone who is interested in herbalism and who is seeking something to relieve his gout. He mentioned once having a topical rub made with chamomile....
apart from herbal remedies to releive his gout - he should simply adjust his eating and drinking habits for a while - absolutely no garlic, red wine or onions....
