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The following are some of my favorite recipes for facial steams. Everybody who makes these steams has their favorite recipe which is , I suspect often based on whatever herbs they have on hand. When blending your own formulas, use herbs that have been traditionally used for the care of the skin. Know also whether the herb is slightly drying (astringents) or moisturizing (mucilaginous). Add flowers for color and texture. It is lovely to be steaming over a soup pot of simmering roses, marigold, chamomile, and lavender blossoms.
Recipe for Dry to Normal Skin
Recipe for Normal to Oily Skin
To Make:
Mix all the herbs together, adjust amounts to suit you, and store in dry, airtight glass bottles.
To Use:
Bring 2-3 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Add a healthy handful of the herb mixture and let simmer with the lid on for just a couple of minutes. Remove the pot from the heat source. With a large towel, completely cover your head and pot of steaming herbs. Enjoy this mini- sauna. It does wonders for the skin.
(1) Use one or two ounces of herbal formula (see recipes below) to 1 pint of apricot or almond oil. Place herbs in wide mouth jar and pour oil over the herbs. Be certain the herbs are completely covered by the oil.
(2) (a) Let sit in a warm place for two weeks, shaking the herbs and oil mixture every day. Or: (b) place herbs and oil in a double boiler and slowly heat the mixture. Bring to a low simmer (Do Not Overheat the oil or you will end up with burnt massage oil). Keep on low heat for about 30 to 45 minutes.
(3) Whichever method you use above, after desired length of time, strain herbs from oil. Use a fine sieve with a piece of cheese cloth placed in it so that no herbal particles get mixed in with the strained oil.
(4) You may wish to scent your herbal oil with a bit of essential oil. Carefully add a few drops of your favorite essential oils and mix in well.
You now have one of the finest herbal massage oils available. Made with the pure essences of herbs extracted in high quality fruit and nut oil, your massage oil will serve both as an excellent lubricant for massages and as a nutrient for the skin.
Formula 1 (for Dry Skin)
Formula 2 (for Oily Skin)
Mix the herbs together and scent with your favorite essential oil. Follow directions above. Please note: I suggest you add essential oil both while you mixing the dry herbs and at the very end of the recipe when you have strained the herb from the oil. It gives a deeper, richer scent.
Herbs work in a multitude of ways to promote well being and longevity. This interaction between an herb and the human body is classified as the action of the plant. Every plant has a multitude of actions often determined by their chemical constituents and they are more often than not classified in more than one category. Following are the most common classifications for herbs that have an impact on human longevity.
These cleansing grains, a perfect soap replacement, are mild, nourishing, suitable for all skin types, and can be used daily.
To make:
This method can be combined with either the Simplers method or the Standardized method. The only additional item you need is a conical percolator. These can be made from gallon glass jugs in which the bottoms have been cut off. Though I have always used the maceration technique, the percolation method produces potent, strong tinctures and takes much less time.
Poor digestion due to congested or overworked liver
Symptoms; soreness in the liver area, painful digestion, gas pains, constipation, feeling of fullness in stomach and intestines, loss of appetite; pms; depression; aversion to oily foods
Poor Fat Digestion
Symptoms feeling nausea or soreness in gut after fatty meals, burping with an oily taste in the mouth or throat; aversion to fatty foods
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Symptoms; burning or uncomfortable feelings in bowels; alternating diarrhea and constipation; frequent gas and rumbling sounds in the intestines. Symptoms usually worse with stress or when tired.
Symptoms; a bloated feeling accompanied by various pains in the abdomen or side; frequent passing of gas.
Skin Disorders
Symptoms: acne, psoriasis. Bowel movement may have a strong, unpleasant odor.
Weight Problems: Over & Under
Symptoms: sluggish metabolism, work on thyroid gland. Increase metabolism. energy.
In this part of the healing process, we seek ways to re-imagine our way of seeing the self. This is a long complex process, due to social, family and individual patterns of seeing self. Our process here is to go into the Limbic brain, our primal reptilian thought process that very early in our development created the patterns that helped us survive. But often as we grow/evolve those processes no longer are needed for survival and can, in fact, become detrimental if patterns are not changed Many of the suggestions employed here for 're patterning thought processes' are childlike, playful and involve our inner child.
STEP ONE: Mask making ~ using plaster of Paris masks that form and shape to the exact contours of the face, make a mask symbolizing the pathology ~ the image of the "self" you are trying to change. Be explicit in your decoration. Be imaginative. Let your inner child decorate the mask representing everything about you that you no longer wish to be a part of you. When it has been created to represent your anorexia/bulimia self, create a ceremonial fire and burn this mask.
Next, create a mask using the same medium of plaster of Paris to create a mask representing the person you are becoming or wish to reflect inside of you. This mask should represent your wholeness.
STEP TWO: Collage or Treasure Maps ~ Using large poster boards, make a collage of figures of woman who you admire and look up to. Women who you would like to emulate. The one rule here is that there are to be NO thin bodies. This collage must be made up entirely of short, tall, dark, old, young, light, women of color, wisdom, etc., etc., but no think bodies. Quotes from these women can be included in the collage and/or quotes from other women you admire. When this collage is finished to your satisfaction and is a rich tapestry of the faces and round, perhaps shapeless, bodies of women who you feel embrace what soul is all about, hang this visual message where you can see it everyday.
Upon arising, look at this collage. Affirm the beauty of these women in yourself every day. This is a wonderful exercise to help restructure our visuals of women, to liberate women and get them out of the bikinis and corsets that hold women in bondage.
STEP THREE: DREAM WORK ~ it is essential, far better than any kind of therapy I know of, to get in touch with your dream world. I prefer the techniques of Jungian Gestalt dream work and would caution against the "interpretation" types of dream therapy that abound. Jungian Gestalt dream work is a direct link to understanding the archetypical figures and putting us in touch with them. These often prove the most valuable guides, giving us direct access to our inner world. It's often in this non three dimensional world that we begin to understand the deep nature of our pathology.
Until we become in touch with the underlying nature of the pathology that controls, there is generally not lasting change. The pathology will find other ways to resurface. It is like the analogy using the smoke detector. When the alarm goes off, one should shut it off, but then one needs to find what set it off. If this is not taken care of, it will go off again and again.
STEP FOUR: REPROGRAMMING THE LIMBIC BRAIN ~ every hour on the hour, visually go into your limbic brain and reprogram the way you think. Have key words such as: * I am whole. * I am enough. * I am filled with the radiant energy of Great Spirit. * I deserve nourishment. * I do not have to produce to be loved. * I do not have to be thin to be loved.
What you want to do is to find the key words for you and use these words to reprogram self. This was done at an early age, only unconsciously. Programming such as "I have to produce to be loved"; "Women must be thin and beautiful to be loved"; "People like me best when I am sweet nice and good", etc., etc., Each person is programmed differently, of course, according to their family and social setting. Reprogram the early messages; they are often not appropriate any longer; in fact, are the programming that often sets bulimia and anorexia off in the first stages.
STEP FIVE: SOULFUL READING ~ read books that nourish and support the soul. There are probably some good books out about anorexia/bulimia, but I have not read any. Books I would put on my "soulful reading list" include: Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore; Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan, and Celestine Prophecies by James Redfield.
What books would you add to these lists? Books that make you feel glad to be alive, give reason and value to your life?
STEP SIX: PARTICIPATE IN A NATURAL COOKING CLASS ~ Take a healthy cooking class. Learn to cook for health. In your case, Linda, this is not an issue, since you already know how to cook healthily. However, odd as it may seem, I think it might be helpful to participate in other people's cooking classes. Perhaps study with Ann Marie Colbin for a week end. I suggest this not so much that you will learn new cooking techniques, but that it may be helpful in introducing new attitudes about eating and food. Perhaps, take your positive attitudes to a deeper level.
STEP SEVEN: THE FOOD YOU EAT IS HOLY ~ Create your mealtimes as a spiritual ritual, a sacred affair. Even if you suspect you are going to vomit the food, still, even then, bless it. EAT VERY SLOWLY. Honor the food as a gift from the Creator. You must get in the habit of transforming food so that is no longer the enemy, but a gift that feeds your spirit. And, you must reprogram your body so that it feels it deserves to receive earth nourishment... Reprogram your brain as you eat ~ this food is sacred and is connecting me to Divine Spirit, to my earth path, to my essence. Without this body, my soul could not exist, nor dance, nor walk, nor breathe.
Eat with other people. This will be hard for you, but another technique for reprogramming your consciousness about food. Try to co-ordinate your meal times with your husbands. This would be very important, especially since he is aware and concerned about your eating disorder. Eat with friends.
STEP EIGHT; ESTABLISH HEALTHY EATING HABITS/PATTERNS ~ This is very difficult to do, because everything in you is going to try to sabotage this effort! Be prepared! You will not be hungry. You will want to vomit after meals. The food will make you feel heavy, tired. You won't like the feeling of food in your stomach. Why? Because for the last 15 or so more years, your psyche has identified food and nourishment as "the enemy". Also, on a purely physical level, your system has learned "not" to eat and/or to vomit what you put in it. That is the habit that your body is now in. It will require concentration, trust, and will power to change the patterns. The above suggestions are made primarily to change the deep scarring, the wounds, that happened, that stimulated and created the eating disorders in the first place. This change is necessary for any lasting change to occur. But without day to day discipline, a re patterning of your habits, no program will work.
You need to be prepared for "failure"; times when you don't have the desire to change and slip back into the old patterns of not eating/eating too much. With most addictions, it is a two step dance ~ one small step forward, two backwards. Motion does happen. However, Linda, if you can remember to eat slowly, to eat with people (create your meals as a joyful event), and to think of the food as spiritual nourishment, it will help you with the re patterning/reprogramming part of this health program.
* Start mornings with protein meal ~ a variety of protein such as tempeh, tofu, seitan, (fish/chicken) should be cooked together and served with a vegetable. No sweets in morning.
No fruit juice, little or no coffee/black tea/stimulants. Nervine teas such as TM's "Easy Now Nervine' will calm and distress. Your main meal should be breakfast. If your mornings are busy and leave no time for cooking, cook this meal in the evening and reheat in the morning.
You will not want to eat this big meal in the morning. You will feel heavy and tired. But only for four to six weeks. Then your body will start utilizing the nutrients you are providing it. You will gain weight; not much. Steady good weight that will give you energy and allow your radiance to shine out.
*Mid morning ~ protein shake. Use Spirultine and add extra spirilina to it. Yogurt is great in this shake. This protein shake should taste delicious. Can add fruit and fruit juice if your system tolerates protein and sweets. Most people have a difficult time with this combination.
* Lightest meal in the evening. Your evening meal should be light and nourishing and soul satisfying. Try a green salad and/or steamed vegies, soup, and bread.
Formula I
Formula II
Drink 6 - 8 cups of tea a day.
Herbal Tincture:
* Take Ginseng capsules 2 capsules 3 X daily
* Shitake/Reishi Mushroom Extract: follow dosage on bottle
* Gingko Gold: follow recommended dosage
* Gota Kola tincture: 1 teaspoon 3 X daily
* Drink 4 - 6 cups of either or both of the above teas a day.
* Hawthorne Berry Syrup, capsules, and/or tincture: follow recommended dosage on bottle
* For constipation can take Renee's Liver pills. These are excellent for liver and also aide in bowel movement.
Dietary suggestions
Would be good for you to eat fish and chicken.
Eat your large meal in the morning. (Your high protein fuel food. No sweets. i.e no fruit juices in the morning).
Have a mid morning protein shake. Have a light meal in the evening. Soup, salad, light portion of protein.
Always eat around other people ~ this will be very hard for you. But try it. Make your meal times a spiritual time. Quiet music. candles. prayer for the food. Honoring for all life that gave away that we might live this day, knowing we too must give away one day to complete the cycle.
WRITE A PERSONAL HISTORY ~ Fill our personal health form then elaborate on it by writing a detailed history including any information that might have influenced eating disorders. After this detailed history is complete, go over it again, this time just highlighting those events that seem to stand out. For example, in _____ (patient this was designed for):
* Felt over weight as a teenager, but wasn't ever really. Gained a lot of weight in collage, her friends were all "perfectly trim".
* Goes through a period during college, when she eats 3 meals a day, exercises, takes great care of herself, and feels "the best she's ever felt".
* Husband comes home from service and wants all of her attention. She starts giving to him; stops exercise program, stops doing the special things for self.
* Buy house, over working, working a couple of jobs, fixing house, no time for anything.
* She is trying to do it all ~ to prove she can do it all.
* Stopped eating. Went down to 82 lbs. Stomach shrank so much, wasn't hungry. Just drank chocolate milk three times a day.
* Parents and husband sent her to a psychiatrist and nutrition list. Helped her developed better eating habits.
* Moved. Less stress. Started eating a little better (not a whole lot) and began to gain weight. Got up to 100 lbs.
* Favorite aunt died. She and husband also bought a large old farmhouse heavily in need of repair. Again, had to over work. Lots of stress. Not enough money.
* She closes up after Aunt dies. Starts eating everything. Goes from 110 lbs to 122 lbs.
* Feels fat and ugly. Shuts husband out because she feels so bad.
* He gets lonely and has an affair. Moves out of house and lives with the other woman for a whole year.
* She starts drinking heavily. Would often be drunk by noon. Wasn't eating again.
* Husband was still trying to be supportive of her. No sexual relationship, but they continued to be friends.
* He moved back. She started feeling good about herself again. Ate healthy good food. Not over stressed at work. Things were going great.
* Then husband decides to go back to college. She again is working all the time. trying to do everything. Working day and night jobs. Weight drops to 90lbs.
* Trying to be super woman. Finally Joe gets out of college and things lighten a little. but she can't shake the super woman syndrome.
* Two years ago, she was working the herb gardens and waitressing at night. She was so stressed trying to do both. Bulimia started.
* Found out her father had a brain tumor. she was waitressing, attending to her father, working the herbs, bulimia got very intense.
* The day after he died, she started eating everything. the bulimia syndrome.
Comments: This program was successful for this women. I've followed her progression over the course of eight years. She's been stable in her eating patterns, is enrolled at a naturopathic college where she will graduate with an N.D. degree in another year
Keys in this program;
* Reprogram Limbic brain through inner child work, dream work, and play.
* Do not over work. Over work and stress signal chemicals in the body that send out alarms and alerts in the system to over eat/not eat. Do not over do. Super woman always dies, just like everyone else, only far more worn out and feeling used!
* Create healthy eating habits. Eat with other people. Eat slowly. Eat large protein meal in the morning. Eat a light evening meal. Do not eat late in the evening.
"Let the beauty you love be what you do.
There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth."
Almost all herbs tincture well with the correct mixture of alcohol and water. Herbs can be tinctured as a ready made formula, or tinctured as single herbs and combined later in formulas. Most herbalists prefer to tincture herbs as single extracts. This allows control of the water/alcohol ratio for individual herbs and their constituents. It also allows them greater flexibility when creating formulas from single herb extracts. Though I appreciate the reasoning for single herb extracts, I prefer tincturing my formulas together. I sense there is a union and a greater compatibility that happens as the herbs macerate and merge together. Instead of being single components they seem to become one. As you can tell, there is not one method but each person develops their personal way to create tinctures. Experiment and discover which method you like best. Try several methods when first making tinctures to discover the methods that work best for you.
This title is a misnomer to be sure. Although there has been considerable effort to standardize tincture making, the high number of rebellious, independent, right brain herbalists makes this a monumental task. There have been significant inroads made however, and to the extent that standardization exists, I will explain how it works. Be assured that, until all the Pharmacopoeias agree on the same water to alcohol ratio for each herb, there will be no truly Standardized Method in the Modern Scientific sense.
There are two different aspects or ratios that you must understand to make standardized tinctures. The first is the ratio of the herb to the liquid (menstruum). The second is the ratio within the menstruum itself. The menstruum is made up of water and alcohol in a specific ratio. For the purposes of clarity I will refer to the Herb to Menstruum ratio (written Herb: Menstruum) as ratio A, and the Water to Alcohol ratio (Water:Alcohol) as ratio B. After you determine ratio A and ratio B for your particular tincture, you put the two together and presto; you have a Standardized Tincture.
a. Ratio A, Herb: Menstruum
There are three standard ratios in use today. The type of herb you are using determines them.
These include:
b. Ratio B, Water:Alcohol (the Menstruum)
This ratio can vary depending on the herbs you are using and the chemical substances you wish to extract. Determining this ratio can be very simple or very complicated, depending on whether you can buy your desired water:alcohol ratio premixed or whether you have to mix it yourself. The most common standard ratio is 1:1 or 1 part water to 1 part alcohol. I will start with the simple way then tackle the more complex technique, hopefully only for your reference library.
First we determine how much menstruum we need by using ratio A. Weigh out your herb in grams and multiply that number by the ratio determined by whether the herb is DRY, FRESH OR RESINOUS. This will give you the number of ml of menstruum you need.
Example 1: If you have 12 g of dry herb, using a 1:5 ratio; 12g x 5 = 60ml of menstruum
Example 2: If you have 22 g of resinous herb, using a 1:4 ratio; 22g x 4 = 88ml of menstruum.
When you have determined the amount of menstruum needed, the next step is to decide what water:alcohol ratio is best for the particular herb/s. This is where the pharmacopoeias are not always in agreement and thus the Standardized Technique isn't exactly standardized. The following chart provides water:alcohol information:
Wa:Al % Water % Alcohol Proof
1:1 50% 50% 100
1:2 33% 67% 134
1:3 25% 75% 150
1:4 20% 80% 160
55:45 55% 45% 90
60:40 60% 40% 80
70:30 70% 30% 60
When you determine ratio B, the water:alcohol ratio; look on the chart above. If you can buy alcohol in the proof you want all you have to do is measure the number of ml you need and that is your menstruum all made up.
Example: The particular herb you are tincturing works best with a 40% alcohol menstruum. You have 12 g of dry herb from example 1 above. Look on the chart and see that 40% alcohol is the same as 80 proof. Go to any liquor store and buy 80 proof vodka, brandy or whatever you desire. Measure out 60 ml (12g x 5) of it and ratio B, your menstruum, is completed.
Example: The particular herb you are tincturing works best with a 50% alcohol menstruum. Look on the chart above and see that 100 proof alcohol is necessary. Buy the 100 proof alcohol. If you are using the 22 grams of resinous herb in example 2 above, measure out 88 ml (22 x 4) of 100 proof alcohol and the menstruum is ready to use. Then follow the tincturing technique under Simplers Technique.
Most commercial herbal tincture production is done with pure grain alcohol also called ethyl alcohol. This is 190 proof or 95% alcohol. You can buy 100% alcohol. Because many herbalists are very right brain the mere sight of mathematical formulas strikes fear in their hearts and their brains refuse to go further. I promise you this is relatively easy if you will stay with me and try. The several steps in this process are:
1. Determine what % alcohol you want to use in the menstruum, (Pharmacopoeia, etc).
2. Determine how many ml of menstruum you need (ratio A).
3. Multiply the % alcohol (step 1) by the total ml of menstruum (step 2) to get the total ml of alcohol you need.
4. Divide the total ml of alcohol (step 3) by 0.95 (ethyl alcohol) to get the total ml of ethyl alcohol you need to add to the menstruum (ratio B).
5. Subtract ml ethyl alcohol (step 4) from total ml of menstruum (step 2) to get the ml of water in ratio B.
Lets take an Example. Suppose the Pharmacopoeia requires 42% alcohol to tincture our 93 grams of fresh mullein. Now wee go through the above steps:
1. % alcohol = 42% = .42
2. Ratio A, FRESH herbs = 1:2 93g x 2 = 186
ml of menstruum.
3. .42 x 186ml = 78.1 ml of alcohol
4. 78.1 = 82.21 ml of ethyl alcohol
5. 186 - 82.21 = 103.79 ml water So ratio B is Water:Ethyl Alcohol = 103.79:82.21
I intentionally picked numbers that wouldnt work out evenly because if you use this technique your numbers probably wont work out evenly either. If you try it a few times you will find it quite simple to use.
Superfoods are whole foods that are naturally concentrated in important nutrients. They are natures original supplements and may actually be the precursor of the supplement industry. Although supplements, i.e., vitamin and mineral pills, have their place and are useful therapeutic agents, superfoods provide whole spectrum nutrients as only nature can. Most supplements, on the other hand, while useful in the manner that drugs can be are generally made from unnatural substances contrary to what the labels may claim.
Shitake Mushroom
These supplements are useful in the `saging graciously process:
This is by far the most wonderful face cream I have ever used. It is rich with natural ingredients. A real moisturizer, it provides nourishment, moisture and food for the skin. And for the final stroke, it is relatively easy and inexpensive to make. Hundreds of my students have made it using this recipe. Almost all agree it is the best skin cream they have ever used. Many have further personalized the recipe for their own unique skin type. This basic formula, though excellent as is, can be further embellished.
Unlike many commercial creams that only coat the surface of the skin, this cream penetrates the epidermal layer and moisturizes the dermal layer of the skin. Because it is extremely concentrated, a little goes a long way. A common mistake when using this cream, is to use too much of it. You only need the smallest finger full. Take a tiny amount and gently massage into your face and skin. There will be a temporary feeling of oiliness that will, within a few minutes, disappear as the cream is quickly absorbed. Though I recommend just a small amount on your face, you can be generous on the rest of your body. Because you make this cream yourself, you can afford the luxury of using your richest face cream on your entire body.
Though this recipe appears easy, it is also a bit challenging. You are attempting to mix (homogenize) water and oil together; and they don't normally mix. Follow the recipe closely. If it doesn't turn out the first time, don't be discouraged, try again. It is well worth the effort.
Group One
Group Two
Please note:
(1) Basically the proportions of our cream recipe should be about 1 part group one (oils) to 1 part group two (waters).
(2) In group one, the oil proportions should be approximately 2/3 cup liquid oil (such as almond and apricot) to 1/3 cup solid oil (cocoa butter, coconut oil, beeswax, lanolin, etc.).
(3) In group two, the water mixture, the "waters" can include distilled water, rose water, lavender, orange and other flower waters. It can also include tap water but tap water will sometimes introduce bacteria to your cream that results in the growth of mold. The water mixture also includes your essential oils, vitamins and aloe vera gel. If using aloe vera, your cream will be heavier, but very moisturizing. It is important never to use aloe on staph or strep infections.
There is a lot of flexibility and room for creative input in this recipe. What is essential to its success is proportions and temperature.
To Make:
(1) Melt group one over low heat in a double boiler. Heat just enough to melt.
(2) Pour into a glass measuring cup and let cool to room temperature. Oils should become thick, creamy, semi-solid, and cream colored. This cooling process can be hastened in the refrigerator, however, keep an eye on it so it doesn't get too hard. When completely cool you are ready for step (3) Place group two in the blender. Turn blender on the highest speed. In a SLOW, THIN drizzle (just like making mayonnaise) pour group one (oil mixture) into the center vortex.
(4) When most of the oil mixture has been added to the water mixture, LISTEN to the blender and WATCH the cream. When the blender coughs and chokes, and the cream looks thick and white like buttercream frosting, turn the blender off. DO NOT OVERBEAT! You should have a beautiful rich thick cream. It will thicken a bit as it sets up.
(5) Pour into cream or lotion jars and store in a cool place.
Please note
* Followed as above, the cream recipe should work for you. If it doesn't and the waters and oils separate, it is most likely because of improper temperatures. The waters have to be room temperature and the oils completely cooled.
* If the water and oil separate, you can separate them entirely and begin the process over again. Or, put a little note on your package that says "SHAKE BEFORE USING".
* This recipe is a basic formula and is ready for all your enthusiastic ideas: vitamins A, D, & E; elastin, collagen, avocado oil, various combinations of essential oils, herbs, and etc. One caution: experiment in small batches.
This wonderful astringent lotion has been hailed as the first herbal product to ever be produced an marketed. Legend has it the early gypsies formulated it and claimed it to be a cure-all for everything. Whether or not it is, I hardly know; but I do know that it is an excellent astringent for the face and a great hair rinse for dark hair. I think in some ways it is one of the world_finest cosmetic formulas. It combines gentle common herbs in a masterful way, is easy and inexpensive to make, and is a very versatile formula that serves many purposes. The Gypsies claimed it was good as a hair rinse, mouth wash, headache remedy, aftershave, foot bath and who knows what else! I have seen this exact same formula bottled in exotic little bottles and sold in expensive department stores for a fancy price. You can make it for the cost of a few herbs and a bottle of vinegar. It smells very much like vinegar, so you might wish to add more rose water.
To Make:
(1) Place all the herbs in a wide mouth jar and cover with vinegar. Be sure there is about one to two inches of vinegar above the herb mixture. Cover tightly and let sit in a warm spot for two to three weeks.
(2) Strain. Set the liquid aside.
(3) To each cup of herbal vinegar add 1/2 cup rosewater and/or witch hazel.
(4) A drop or two of essential oil such as lavender or rose can be added.
(5) Rebottle. This product does not need to be refrigerated and will preserve itself forever.
The Simplers or Folk Method
- This is my preferred method and the way its been done for hundreds of years. It is VERY simple; all that is required are the herbs, the menstruum, and a jar with a tight fitting lid.
- Chop your herbs finely. I recommend using fresh herbs whenever possible. High quality dried herbs will work well also, but one of the advantages of tincturing is the ability to preserve the fresh attributes of the plant. Fill a clean, dry jar to the top with the herbs.
- Pour the menstruum over the herbs. Fill the jar to the top, being sure the menstruum COMPLETELY COVERS the entire herb. Seal with a tight fitting lid. If using vinegar as the menstruum, I recommend warming the vinegar first. It facilitates the release of the herb essence.
- Place the jar(s) in a warm, dark place and let macerate for 2 to 6 weeks. The longer, the better. In Western herbology we are taught the proper time to allow to macerate is 2 weeks. In Eastern herbology, herbs are left to macerate for months, even years. In spite of all the controversy about this subject, I have found that the longer the herb is allowed to tincture the better.
- At the end of the appropriate time, strain. I have found using a large stainless steel strainer lined with cheesecloth or muslin to work well. You can use the cloth to wring out every drop of herbal essence. Reserve the liquid and compost the herbs. Rebottle and label as directed on page 2.
- I always encourage the daily shaking of the bottles of tinctures during the tincturing process. This not only prevents the herbs from packing on the bottom, but also invites some of the old magic to come back into medicine making. During the shaking process, you can sing to your jars, stir them in the moonlight or the sunlight, wave feathers over them; whatever your imagination inspires of you. It adds a special medicine to your preparations.
Though alcohol is the menstruum of choice these days, and rightfully has earned its popularity through its effectiveness, vinegar is also a suitable menstruum. Select an organic apple cider vinegar if possible. It is definitely not as strong as alcohol and does not break down all of the plant components as well, but there are some advantages to using vinegar. Vinegar is a food, 100 % non-toxic and tolerable by almost everyone. It helps regulate the acid/alkaline balance in our bodies and is an excellent tonic for the digestive tract. It also tastes good and can be used as a food. Vinegar tinctures are a fine alternative for alcohol sensitive people and can be used for children, alcoholics, and people averse to drinking alcohol. I find vinegar is a good medium for tonics where strength is not so critical. These tonics become part of our food and daily fare. Vinegar is a good base for this type of tincture formula. For strong medicinal purposes, Alcohol based tinctures are probably more effective; they are extremely potent and quick acting in the body.
Add a little honey to your vinegar tonic for a nice flavor. I like knowing my medicine is more like a food substance. I can use these tinctures on my vegetables and salads or sip a small amount plain. Though they may not be as concentrated as alcohol tinctures, I trust in the body's ability to discern what it needs and to use it efficiently.
There is some controversy as to the shelf life of a vinegar tincture. Most literature reports that vinegar tinctures have a short shelf life, up to six months, before deteriorating. My personal experience, and that of many of my peers, has been that vinegar tinctures will last, if stored in a cool dark place, for several years. I have vinegar tinctures that are two, three, four years old and they are still in excellent condition.


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Posted: Thu Mar 15 2012
Buster Williams has been one of the most sought-after bassists in jazz since well before he logged time with Herbie Hancock in the '70s. He's working here with a versatile group that includes saxophonist Bruce Williams, pianist Eric Reed and drummer Lenny White.
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Thomas Sowell: Republicans must expose Obama's 'fallacies and falsehoods'
The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century- Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories- bore little resemblance to the moderate candidates that Republican conventional wisdom depicts as the key to victory, even though most of these moderate candidates have in fact gone down to defeat.
One of the biggest differences between Reagan and these latter-day losers was that Reagan paid great attention to explaining his policies and values. He was called "the great communicator," but much more than a gift for words was involved. The issues that defined Reagan's vision were things he had thought about, written about and debated for years before he reached the White House.
Reagan was like a veteran quarterback who comes up to the line of scrimmage, takes a glance at how the other team is deployed against him, and knows automatically what he needs to do. There is not enough time to figure it out from scratch, while waiting for the ball to be snapped. You have to have figured out such things long before the game began, and now just need to execute.
Very few Republican candidates for any office today show any sign of such in-depth preparation on issues. Mitt Romney, for example, inadvertently showed his lack of preparation when he indicated that he was in favor of indexing the minimum wage rate, so that it would rise automatically with inflation.
That sounds fine. But the cold fact is that minimum wage laws create massive unemployment among black teenagers. Conversely, one of the lowest rates of unemployment among black teenagers occurred in the 1940s, when inflation virtually repealed the minimum wage law passed in 1938, since even unskilled labor was paid more in inflated dollars than the minimum wage law required.
Even during the recession year of 1949, black teenage unemployment was a fraction of what it would be in the most prosperous later years, after the minimum wage rate was raised repeatedly to keep pace with inflation. One of the few benefits of inflation is that it can in effect repeal minimum wage laws, which politicians can do directly only by risking their reelection.
Conservative opposition to minimum wage laws is just one of the ways that conservative principles often work out to benefit those with lower incomes, more so than liberal principles that sound so much better as political rhetoric.
It seems unlikely that Gov. Romney had time to learn about such things during this year's busy election campaign.
He was like a rookie quarterback with just a few seconds to try to figure out the opposing team's complex formations before the ball is snapped. One of the secrets of Barack Obama's success is his ability to say things that will sound both plausible and inspiring to uninformed people, even when they sound ridiculous to people who know the facts. Apparently he believes the former outnumber the latter, and the election results suggest that he may be right.
Since most of the media will never expose Obama's fallacies and falsehoods, it is all the more important for Republicans to do so themselves. Nor is it necessary for every Republican candidate for every office to become an expert on every controversial issue.
Just as particular issues are farmed out to different committees in Congress, so Republicans can set up committees of outside experts to inform them on particular issues.
For example, a committee on income and poverty could be headed by an expert like Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. This is a subject on which demonstrable falsehoods have become the norm, and one on which devastating refutations in plain English are readily available from a number of sources.
A committee on the counterproductive effects of liberal policies such as minimum wage laws on minorities could be headed by someone like economist Walter Williams. Here too, there are many writings in plain English that could expose the huge harm done to minorities by liberal policies that claim to be helping them.
It is not necessary to explode every single lie put out by liberal Democrats. All that is necessary is to thoroughly discredit a few of their key claims, exposing them as liars.
What is even more necessary is for Republicans themselves to understand the urgent need to do so, for their own sake and- more important- for the country's sake.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.
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Edwards fears for future of Wales coaching team
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December 24, 2012
Warren Gatland has opted not include Wales assistant coach Shaun Edwards in his British & Irish Lions coaching team © Getty Images
Wales legend Gareth Edwards fears Warren Gatland's decision not to include his long-term assistant Shaun Edwards in his British & Irish Lions coaching team will signal the end of their fruitful partnership.
The two highly-respected coaches have worked alongside each other for a success-laden decade with London Wasps, Wales and the Lions and Edwards had been widely expected to join Gatland on next summer's tour of Australia but England assistant coach Andy Farrell has been handed the role of defence coach.
Edwards, who will instead tour Japan with Wales, has since accepted the decision and thrown his support behind the Lions but doubts remain about the duo's ability to work alongside each other following such a high-profile snub.
Edwards, a key figure in the Lions' victories over New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974, believes Gatland's decision could have ramifications for Wales. "I was surprised that Shaun isn't going with the Lions," he told the Western Mail. "You have to ask why. It looks like a slap in the face. Maybe, it's one of those occasions where it's not straightforward.
"There might be mitigating circumstances but when you have been part of the Lions before, as Shaun has been, you're going to feel relatively disappointed. Going to Australia would have appealed to Shaun, as a former rugby league guy. It's where he would have been of world standing.
"I don't know whether or not Warren had discussed his decision with Shaun and explained the reasons why he was not going with the Lions," added Edwards. "It's a hard one for Shaun - there's no doubt about that and he might think it's time for a change. If the relationship is torn or ended it might be better if they parted company. That's something only Shaun and Warren know."
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December 12, 2014
Peter Phillips and the legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars return to Boston this holiday season for their 39th concert with BEMF! Their sublime program features some of the most breathtaking and virtuosic vocal music of the late 15th and 16th centuries, from the festive exuberance of Josquin's Missa Gaudeamus to a selection of miniature masterpieces by Byrd including his famous "Lullaby" and a trio of motets, and concludes with an astonishing Magnificat by Turges found in the Eton Choirbook. Join us in celebrating the season with this evening of soaring beauty and incomparable harmonies.
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Off-hour tours are scheduled monthly (tickets are $10) and allow you to see endless details and symbolism you'd never notice during packed concerts, games, and nacho runs. Roomy seats. Gorgeous suites. Lots to eat (There's one concession site per every 158 visitors! P.S. They're not open during the tour but you'll be impressed.). The Mario Mosaic, constructed from 21,000 photos of fans and Lemieux Foundation supporters, is lowered for close-up viewing and computerized identification of individual photos. High above the seats, tucked in between the black beams, you can spot a small yellow one signed by the 2008-2009 Stanley Cup winners. Fan Warning: The Penguin locker room is off limits. Still, visiting this beautiful new arena will leave you feeling like you need a season pass.
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Yankees pen preserves 6-5 win vs. TwinsBy DAVE CAMPBELL
the associated press | July 05,2014MINNEAPOLIS The New York Yankees have a bunch of proud, highly paid and accomplished hitters who have been performing much of this season as if they are well past their prime.
Signs of a turnaround have emerged in this series at Minnesota.
Brian Roberts had three doubles and a triple for the first four-extra-base-hit game of his 14-year career, and the Yankees used their bullpen to preserve a 6-5 win over the Twins on Friday.
Hitting is contagious. I think it goes both ways, said Roberts, who raised his batting average by 11 points to .248. When a couple guys start struggling, sometimes everybody starts struggling. A couple guys start hitting, it can kind of roll. So hopefully well fall in that direction.
David Huff (2-0), the first of four New York relievers, struck out three in three perfect innings after starter Chase Whitley faltered. David Robertson notched his 20th save in the ninth.
Its always big when the bullpen can pick up six innings and we still get a win out of it, Robertson said.
The veterans in the lineup did the heavy lifting early on. Jacoby Ellsbury delivered a two-run single in the second to help finish off Twins starter Kyle Gibson (7-7), and the Yankees had 10 hits for the second straight game.
It was probably the most frustrating part, looking back, Gibson said of Ellsburys hit that pushed the lead to 6-1.
Gibson brought the American Leagues best home-ballpark ERA among qualified pitchers at 1.54, but he only lasted two innings against the Yankees. One of the runs on his line was unearned, due to a passed ball by Suzuki that let Mark Teixeira move up and later score on Carlos Beltrans sacrifice fly in the first, but almost every ball was hit hard.
They jumped on him and never let him breathe, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Brett Gardner led off the game with a triple, Roberts drove him in with a double and Gibson was on his way to that kind of day. He gave up six hits and one walk, without any strikeouts. Teixeira had an RBI double, and Brendan Ryan added a sacrifice fly.
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Wide receiver is a pending free agent Aaron Wilson
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So, they don't necessarily need to retain Decker to maintain a good passing attack.
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A buzzmaking beatsmith and emcee hailing from the Lone Star State, Dylan Cohl makes his grand entrance into The DJBooth with $hort Texas, a brand new single off his upcoming indie full-length. Despite his status as a newcomer, the unsigned artist clearly doesn't lack for confidence. Over his own languid, synth-hazed instrumental, Cohn positions his freshman set alongside the most critically-acclaimed debut in rap history: "This is Illmatic with a Southern feel." Whether or not you're buying that comparison, there's plenty to like about his bars, which find him chronicling his journey from rags to riches in a laid-back, conversational flow. Now that you know Dylan's name, are you itching to hear more? Then keep your browsers locked for further singles leading up to the May release of studio album Most Kings.
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Sfogiattella, usually at end of week only, are not to be missed. Avoid anisette biscuits. Anything else as far as cakes and pastries have been good to great. Buy a loaf of bread if any left.
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The smells, the variety, and the quality will bring a smile to ones face. Decisions decisions.. you can't go wrong. Almost all of my special occasion get togethers have something from La Fiorentina. They never disappoint the palate and I think the prices are great considering what you buy.
you just have to read the review from magioula this is the worst I have ever had, keep the box and throw away the goods (or BAD) as the case may be . this stuff is trucked in not made there,it not fresh,not flavorful and made with imitation ingredients, we had several different types of pastry and ALL were bad...
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Love their Northampton location, too.
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Jul 6, 2012Bought it this evening and played through the lengthy tutorials and a couple of games. I should say upfront that I haven't played Dungeon Twister the board game, but I'm familiar with similar games and mechanics. The game introduces concepts well throughout the tutorial, which is lengthy because of the complicated nature of the ruleset and the different moves of the characters. It's great value for a complete version of a board game (along the same lines as xbox live Catan or Ticket to Ride). There's no offline multiplayer which is really unfortunate and easily the biggest negative.
It's far too early to tell if the AI holds up to a lot of repeat plays, but it's a faithful recreation of the original game at its core. Hopefully there'll be a decent following online which will make it absolutely worthwhile. IGN's very low score seems unfair when you consider the low price. It's a real shame that it's the most visible review and I hope it gets some better coverage over the next few days. The game does look and sound pretty crappy. I've been muting the music and picking something else to have in the background. The graphics aren't great either, but at least the colour scheme and models are easy to differentiate so there's no confusion about what's actually going on. This is a game for anyone who likes deep strategy and isn't scared off by an initially steep learning curve. It will take a couple of hours to understand the rules, but once you do the game is very intuitive. I love that excellent modern board games are getting console conversions. For the price you are getting a unique game for a very low price.… Expand
Jul 6, 2012Yes. I created this account to post my first review because both "professional" reviews here so far are lacking. IGN reviewer obviously doesn't even understand the game when he asks "why would you ever take anything but the highest currently available amount of AP?"... Same reason you don't ignore all your other pieces in chess and just move the queen! ... Idiot. At least take the time to understand a game before you put up a "professional" review. Swedish review is better but still seemingly suffers from not completely understanding the game. The main critique of not being able to play local multiplayer shows they also don't quite understand the game. What are you going to do, tell your partner to close their eyes and not peek while you take turns setting up the board and then while you play the game take turns closing your eyes when you select combat cards...!? This game does not work as a local multiplayer game. Swedish review also noted lack of campaign. What if the challenges were simply relabeled, Campaign. That is essentially exactly what they could be.
If you want to play strategic, zero chance, and highly competitive, very fun game on the PS3 you can't go wrong with DungeonTwister. If it supported asynchronous play (not sure this is even possible on PS3, need DT on IPad!) it would be perfect. Yes, the graphics are dated, the audio, in particular the grunts of each character when you select them will be quickly muted, but that is not what this game is about. PS3 users are lucky to have this game and I finally have a reason to dust off and fire up my PS3 again!… Expand
Jul 9, 2012I played the board game and I was waiting for this game to come out as a console version. Dungeon Twister is a board game that you cannot learn in 5 minutes, It takes time to assimilate it, so even as a board game it's not a game you can get out to play with anybody. The lenghty tutorial of the console version helps a lot to learn and master the multiple rules. Also there almost no luck factor involved in the game, The AI of the console game is ok, not super but there are single player challenge where you play the game with some handicap and the AI becomes difficullt to beat.
The online multiplayer aspect of this game is the best, finally I can play this game against other people.
For people complaining about the no local-multiplayer, it's not possible because you need to hide your selected combat card and starting tokens from your opponent. It can't be done when 2 people stare at the same TV.… Expand
Oct 1, 2012We love our PS3, but we love virtual board games as well. That is if they are any good at all, which the butt ugly Dungeon Twister unfortunately is not. Tutorials which seem to have no end and a lack of any form of offline multiplayer spoil the fun for everyone. [October 2012, p.78]
Aug 22, 2012We'd still prefer an actual game of Twister. [Sept 2012, p.105]
Aug 16, 2012Dungeon Twister is a strategy game defined entirely by its complexity and rules stacked on rules. Is it fun? Not necessarily, although it is designed to give strategy enthusiasts their money's worth with a ridiculous amount of things to learn. But in its translation into the medium of digital gaming, Dungeon Twister would've benefited from some streamlining and simplification.


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The tipping point for free in-flight Wi-Fi: a $1171 bill on Singapore Airlines for Jeremy Gutsche
The tipping point Jeremy Gutsche has had to pay $1171 for using Wi-Fi on his Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore. That's worth over two years of high-speed internet connection fee in Jeremy's hometown Toronto. Charging for Wi-Fi is possibly the biggest risk airline brands face in the next decade. Moreover, if we take into account Emirates' announcement →
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Is the United States losing its edge in unmanned air, ground and sea systems? The topic is a source of consternation among policy experts and debate on Capitol Hill.
Unmanned systems make sense for a superpower withdrawing from Afghanistan but keen on maintaining a defense posture capable of responding to global threats. But the Defense Department is set for a third consecutive year of decreased R&D money set aside for unmanned systems, according to a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies report. Meanwhile, the report said, some 18 countries are working to produce their own armed and unmanned aircraft.
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One way of doing more with fewer dollars spent on unmanned systems is sharing knowledge across the military services. The services are at various stages of sophistication in unmanned systems but still collaborate on their deployment. The Navy is "probably a decade" behind the Air Force in using unmanned aircraft, Capt Chris Corgnati, deputy director of ISR Capabilities in the Navy's OPNAV N2/N6, said on the CSIS panel.
"Cooperation amongst the services right now in the field of RPAs is as good as it has ever been, in my estimation," he said. Corgnati's office works with the Marines on RPAs multiple times a day, collaboration that has historically "been very tight and continues to be so. The new piece probably is the Navy-Air Force cooperation over the last two years [which] has been outstanding."
Budget constraints aside, the Pentagon needs a consolidated and more strategic approach to unmanned systems, the report's authors argue. For this they recommend establishing a Defense Unmanned Systems Office that would report directly to the deputy secretary of Defense. A two-star general or flag officer would lead the office and "monitor and advise the deputy secretary regarding the cross-DOD research, development, testing and evaluation budget as it relates to unmanned systems," the report said.
The goal of the office is "greater integration from a strategic perspective about where we're going and what we're doing," Col. Ethan Griffin, a military fellow at CSIS, said in an interview. "Obviously, there are limited dollars right now, but that doesn't mean experimentation and industry engagement can't continue … so that when there are some dollars available, they can be smartly focused."
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