Thanks, Carowyn. Very cool! and right down my alley. I had not thought that ancient doctors had pre-formed compounds in easy to use and dispense packets or...
How did people in olden days deal with midges (tiny biting flies, sometimes called "no-see-ums")? To repel midges, some people use citronella or some...
oh oh yes, I would love to know this as well Maire ... From: Carol Botteron To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:04 PM Subject:...
Onion was used to treat bites and so was an oatmeal paste. Cemper  One cannot silly-walk into Mordor. ________________________________ From: Carol Botteron...
One need remember that plants had very different names in different places. Even the genus species of plants was different between areas and many of the genus...
Yes. I don't buy Aveno and just make myself my own oatmeal bath by throwing oatmeal (not quick cook) in the blender. The bath packets are expensive and oatmeal...
Thank you again. I think I remember that it was mentioned by Galen of Pergumum. More research is called for I think. It is amazing how a simple and short...
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When you are putting the oatmeal in the blender, add some calendula and some lavender or rose petals for a really nice relieving bath. Avacyn...
Yes, Galen also mentions its uses. Valerian was also one of the main ingredients in one of the recipes I have for Dwale which was an anesthesia. Of course, if...
Another point to ponder: Growing up, we bought lots of produce locally. Except for one thing - carrots. *Everyone* knew that carrots from Lancaster County,...
I use "white man's footprint": http://hollirichey.com/2010/05/26/plantain-plantago-major-aka-white-mans- footprint/ Grab a leaf, chew it a bit, stick the...
TWO FLAGONS!? The anesthetic was the cure for the dead feel no pain. lol It sounds like an old western where the doc got the patient drunk before removing the...
When I was growing up in Indiana we KNEW that our tomatoes were the best. Hoosiers are known to pull off a tomato and eat it like an apple. As it turns out we...
Personally, I have never made Dwale. If I had, I would probably boil it down so that two flagons were reduced. Can you imagine having to drink 2 flagons. I'd...
ugh! reduce two flagons to a glass? It would taste like cough syrup. lol The author probably meant to share the two flagons amongst the surgical team.......no...
I'm *assuming* (I know, I know!) that the patient was told to drink it all, but closely watched for certain signs of a certain level of intoxication, then...
I would hope so. I realized after I posted it that boiling would eliminate the alcohol. Needed more coffee for that one. I would assume *yeah, I know too!*...
It would make sense for an ancient/medieval pharmacist to make large batches of anything, just like it makes sense for a restaurant chef to prep large...
These recipes serve me well. Baroness Caitlin Frazer (Barony Smoking Rocks, EK) All purpose spray  I use this on the linoleum & painted wood floors, walls,...
I've been picking and drying violets to use in teas, maybe ointments. My question is, should I remove the flower petals from the little green thing at the top...
My persona is 16th century (for the very reason that earlier is really hard to document any herbs) so I will address it from there. COMFREY!!! This is the...
Comfrey is on the fda target list because of the pyrolyzing alkaloids in it. They are more prevalent in the roots than the leaves, and in order to ingest...
I found this on another group about if you have high blood pressure, mine's mild and it helps me, it doesn't taste fantastic, but it doesn't taste like...
If you don't have a pantry full of made-up remedies you will need to improvise. You need to clean the wound with a sterile antibacterial substance. Vinegar ...
Greetings good gentiles. I am Lady Rosamistica Tomacelli de Greene currently residing in the heartlands of Calontir. I have engaged myself to teach a series...
225g beeswax (unrefined) 600ml turpentine 600ml water 50g pure soap flakes 10 drops essential oil melt the beeswax in a bain marie, take it off the heat & add...
