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6713 Lila Richards
sinechnz Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2008
12:04 pm
... Though I understand it's not a particularly fast dye, which may have made it less likely to be used. However, for a demo it should be fine. You may be able...
6714 McIsaac & Capnerhurst
treasach_kelle Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2008
5:58 pm
Don't forget to check out the supplier and great info disseminator Dharma Trading. The Laurel handdyer I know has been using them since the 60's. I...
6715 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2008
8:30 pm
Even if you were to use the root, I believe you would still need to grind it finely to use, just as you do madder root. I used a can of turmeric from the...
6716 Lori Hannis
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Jan 2, 2008
12:05 am
I wonder about heating the tumeric first?.... boiling it in water before adding it to the dyebath? if that would dissolve better? Emeline Adhaniá...
6717 Lila Richards
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Jan 2, 2008
2:47 am
... Probably not, since it's a dried, powdered root. However, if you can find/make a bag with a fine enough weave, and put the turmeric in that before adding...
6718 R B
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Jan 2, 2008
5:30 am
Speaking of artemesias, I've faced a bit of confusion about wormwood vs. southernwood. I've found southernwood and I've found southernwood sold as "southern...
6719 R B
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Jan 2, 2008
5:30 am
I am very fond of recommending herbal treatments to my human friends. HOWEVER, please be very careful when you administer herbs to cats because their nervous ...
6720 esahs.association
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Jan 2, 2008
5:30 am
Cat' are very special and require a lot of care. To end cat's in Ny State cannot live outside in the elements because our weather is cold 6-7months throughtout...
6721 esahs.association
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Jan 2, 2008
5:34 am
Your notion of curry and hair dye is correct! Signed CEO ESAHS Association ... curry was in late period england/france..etc ... mordant, and produces ... safe...
6722 Amy Provost
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Jan 2, 2008
1:59 pm
It is my opinion, as well as the master herbalist I studied under, that artemisias and tansy are best left in the category of "strewing herbs" or "dye plants"....
6723 Cyndie May
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Jan 2, 2008
5:38 pm
Thank you all for your help. This is what I've done and why. I used cider vinegar - as was the base mentioned to use but it has so many helpful heath wise...
6724 Carowyn Silveroak
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Jan 2, 2008
9:43 pm
Greetings, I've found that using alcohol to extract turmeric color works better than simmering it in water. Though when working with the ground form, ...
6725 Lauren Grover
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Jan 2, 2008
9:49 pm
... I'm not sure what thiox is, but Indians use turmeric to make traditional bindi, the red dots on the foreheads, by adding chuna, which is pickling lime. I...
6726 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
1:29 am
I pretty much did that, as I brought the water to hot before adding the powdered turmeric. I believe that it simply is not soluble in water. But the question...
6727 Tchipakkan
ladyofstormgard Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
4:47 pm
I recently tripped over a palmar mark which I'd never before encountered in any book (although I have one) and would like to find out how common it is. (I'll...
6728 Sara Glaze
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Jan 3, 2008
5:07 pm
I have one on both hands but it is more defined on my right. Sorcha ... From: Tchipakkan To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008...
6729 King's Taste Producti...
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Jan 3, 2008
5:13 pm
I do have the small lines, and one main line with two other small lines on either side of it coming from my palm toward the finger, with the small lines closer...
6730 carolyn millsap
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Jan 3, 2008
6:38 pm
yes i have a broom under my ring finger. please tell me this is normal........ Tchipakkan <tchipakkan@...> wrote: I recently tripped over a...
6731 Amy Provost
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Jan 3, 2008
7:09 pm
Not I, although there's several lines and crosses there. Does it matter if we're talking the dominant or non-dominant hand? As I recall, the Mound of Apollo...
6732 R B
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Jan 3, 2008
8:27 pm
Sorry if that subject line is a bit cheesy. Also pardon the rambling below. Back in college I wrote a paper on the assassin cult that later became the...
6733 R B
catch_the_dr... Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
8:27 pm
I've got one on my left hand...sort of. It's really more of a V or a Y with the open part going up toward the finger but it breaks up around the "love line." ...
6734 Mieka Billings
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Jan 3, 2008
9:42 pm
um... yes? on both hands even. (stuffs her curiosity back in it's box) Mieka ... From: Tchipakkan <tchipakkan@...> To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
6735 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
10:03 pm
Yeah, me too...now what does it mean? Am I gonna win the Lotto? LOL Adhaniá of Ols ... snip I recently tripped over a palmar mark which I'd never before...
6736 EDU.SUB.ABUSE. & Huma...
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Jan 3, 2008
10:14 pm
"Yes!' My father currently takes it prescribed by his doctor. For example, it also acts as a blood thinner to allow the body to flow blood through heart arties...
6737 Amy Provost
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Jan 3, 2008
10:49 pm
I've never used talc in a lotion before. I usually add a little borax so the lotion will absorb more quickly. Is that what the talc is for? I grate the...
6738 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
11:10 pm
He takes turmeric or thiox or both? How much and how often? Adhaniá of Ols ... "Yes!' My father currently takes it prescribed by his doctor. For example, it...
6739 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2008
11:20 pm
I heat the oil and the beeswax separately, then pour them into a heated glass electric mixer bowl, all the while beating w/ heated metal mixer blades. It...
6740 Steve Mesnick
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Jan 4, 2008
2:30 am
... Good idea! The borax actually combines with (components of) the beeswax to form a natural emulsifier in situ. Beeswax/borax is one of these...
6741 Beth Ann Bretter
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Jan 4, 2008
1:11 pm
I have the mark on both hands, although it is more defined on my left. Peyton ... ...
6742 Juliana
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Jan 4, 2008
3:14 pm
Left hand appears to have it, none on right. You've got my curiosity up, what's it mean? Juliana ... From: Beth Ann Bretter <ladypeyton@...> To:...
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