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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:24 am
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I am surprised at how many herbal remedies there are at my local pharmacy. All distilled down, of course, into pills or drops, but so much the better for it, I think.
But one looks at the price of them all and adds them up and wonders if it would not be easier and cheaper to buy seeds and grow them oneself. Of course, that requires more knowledge: which part of the plant is safe, how do you prepare it, what dilution, how do you consume it, etc etc. and it all seems so much easier just to buy the damn pills.
Do you grow plants for medicinal purposes - eyebright, for example? St John's Wort? Would you like to? What books on the subject do you recommend?
Culpeper's Herbal springs to mind but it is a little, erm, out of date.
PART B
Of course if one is growing herbs for one purpose, what about another? Herbs like wormwood and white sage can be grown and are attractive as a concept, but again we have the preparation and so on to consider. What is the safe way to prepare them? If this herb is safe to make tea from, can one also throw it into the fire or burn it in a pot or cauldron? that is to say, is its smoke safe to inhale?
Do you plant by a particular moon phase, or at a certain time of day? Do you use magic in your growing, or choosing when to harvest, and what to you use them for?
I am planning my imaginary herb garden, and picking out this and that. Wormwood, yes yes, into the plot - perhaps white sage just in case I feel like using it - thyme for cooking if nothing else - fennel in case I decide to make my own absinthe (ha!) - eyebright, as my eyes are not.
All this because I realised my St John's Wort has been expired for three years, and having a plant of the stuff will result, theoretically, in less expiration. Although the pills do seem to have a good amount of the stuff in it.... Also, I do not like tea.
This book looks more mature than many, though honestly it would be nice to find one written by a pharmacist.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:40 am
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:48 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:17 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:44 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:59 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:05 pm
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