I would say avoid pasteurization altogether. The medicinal components in herbs are often very susceptible to heat. Unfortunately microbes are most often...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
May 25, 2010 2:54 pm
some oils are extracted under heat anyway. two suggestions. 1. determine the mode of the oil's extraction in the first place. 2. get ahold of some disinfectant...
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Steve
icculus2000
May 25, 2010 10:39 pm
Hi "AJ" I agree with Joel; especially in the case of essential oil extracts. Heat would, in many cases, negate the benefits of your preparation. The volatility...
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cityhomesteader
May 25, 2010 10:57 pm
... http://www.oikostreecrops.com/store/home.asp -- Bruce Smith InHisThyme Homestead @{--+----+------+------------ A little faith will bring your soul to...
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muhammad arif
frezeana
May 26, 2010 9:11 am
Dear I want to condct a research on tick fever treatment. Is there any sugestion...
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Judy Phillips
newmoonjlp
May 26, 2010 12:33 pm
A few drops of Vitamin E oil added to your infusions will help to preserve and protect them from contamination. Start with sterile equipment and seal ...
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Steve
icculus2000
May 26, 2010 2:02 pm
Check out Stephen Harrod Buhner's book on healing Lyme disease (caused by a spirochete carried by the deer tick) and also the one on on herbal antibiotics for...
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Anthony Johnson
aj_translators
May 29, 2010 7:14 pm
Thanks. I was reading about GSE recently. However, since that is mainly used as an antioxidant, as opposed to an antimicrobial. So, I have been wondering what...
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Anthony Johnson
aj_translators
May 29, 2010 7:14 pm
Thanks Judy. It's still a bit of a contradiction when you consider that we use heat often to extract medicinal properties from plants in teas, decoctions,...
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Anthony Johnson
aj_translators
May 29, 2010 7:17 pm
Thanks, Steve. I've read about rosemary oil extract, which apparently contains more distilled plant properties than regular essential oils. So, that is...
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AJ
aj_translators
May 29, 2010 7:19 pm
Thanks to all who replied. I just realized I could reply here. I replied to all of you by email instead. Since I do not have copies of my emails to you, I will...
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Markus Brunner
super.firetwister@...
May 29, 2010 7:20 pm
There is also a book in German Wolf-Dieter Storl, Borreliose natürlich heilen, AT-Verlag, 2007 I've read Dipsacus fullonum is used for treating Lyme...
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Anthony Johnson
aj_translators
May 29, 2010 7:20 pm
Well, I would never think to use something as harsh as lysol. Or do I just have the wrong impression of this product? Your first comment is exactly what I've...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
May 29, 2010 7:22 pm
I thought by infusion you were referring to diffusing sorry my confusion. In a message dated 5/29/2010 12:20:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ...
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Francis S
manofpeace32
May 30, 2010 3:57 am
Bull Thistle is out, peal the large flower stalk. I did it in the field with hand full of leaves just rubbed it like I was cleaning a barrle of a shot gun with...
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Steve
icculus2000
May 30, 2010 2:01 pm
Hi Aaron, In reference to your message to Judy, where you mention the apparent contradiction of how plants' medicinal properties are extracted by heat using...
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Anthony Johnson
aj_translators
May 30, 2010 3:13 pm
Thanks Steve. Hmmmm. I really appreciate your point. However, I do not take that to mean that essential oils cannot be extracted into an aqueous solution, such...
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Dennis K
datalite4
May 30, 2010 10:55 pm
Where can I by Siberian Ginseng plants so I can grow them for myself? Dennis...
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Joseph A. Cleary
josepa2...
May 31, 2010 7:23 am
Dear Steve & Aaron: What you make and sell interests me greatly, not for injection of the oils though. In that I'm allergic to alcohol all forms of the stuff,...
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patbrry
May 31, 2010 7:24 am
Hello, anybody have any good ideas for a good timber preservative that's minimally polluting? It's an existing wooden bridge over a stream in a damp welsh...
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monkeyandsofia
May 31, 2010 11:37 am
hi, does anyone have some small (and free or very cheap) cuttings/ plants of amelanchier stolonifera/ alnifolia/ basalticola/ and confusa? We need about ten....
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Steve
icculus2000
May 31, 2010 12:40 pm
Hi Phil and Maureen, When you say "all the other edible species necessary for a forest garden" you are covering a very broad range of possibilities, and in my...
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david.keltie@...
davekeltieuk
May 31, 2010 1:39 pm
Agroforestry.Co.Uk cheers, david. ... -- Sent from my mobile device...
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Dianne
motomoptop
May 31, 2010 4:47 pm
Hi! This may be waaaay out of my league, but you may want to research how they finished the wood on old sea ships. maybe this site can direct you:...
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
May 31, 2010 9:30 pm
rebuild the bridge using naturally rot resistant woods rebuild the bridge, treating the wood before installation See if you can find someone who can treat the...
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Erich Enke
eptenke
Jun 1, 2010 11:14 pm
For smaller projects, I use shellac. It's food grade, and eco-friendly, and I've been pleased with how well it works. It's essentially a secretion of the lac...
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Gaardenier
gaardenierfl...
Jun 3, 2010 9:05 am
Hallo Phil and Maureen, Here in Flanders, near to Antwerp city, we are also busy with a forest garden. We rented a 1200 m piece of railroad land and cutted...
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chex.rice
Jun 3, 2010 9:05 am
I don't have any plants to ship to spain but here in the American Midwest the juneberries you speak of are all ripening and tasting very delicious! Lucky for...
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maureen & phil rooksby
monkeyandsofia
Jun 4, 2010 7:41 pm
Hi Chris very envious. If you ever come across any seeds (or of anything interesting edible), think of us, we are always interested in trying to grow as...
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octavio torres
ambyagro
Jun 5, 2010 10:58 am
Hi all. If you or any have seeds/cuttings,also, think in us Greetings from Colombia ... Hi Chris very envious. If you ever come across any seeds (or of...
