Re: Re:does anyone have experience with dandelion root powder or milk thist

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Learn to identify them in the wild. Keeping in mind fresh is best, I always

notice both dandelion & milk thistles of all varieties growing on the side of

roads & in vacant lots. It is against my hygienic belief to attempt to cure the

cause, as there really is no such thing as treating a diagnosis. The only way

to deal with a condition, in my way of thinking is to remove the cause all

together, then let nature take its course from there. According to natural

hygiene, & I accept it to be true, everything else is giving in to quick fix

mentality, using chemical intervention or surgical procedures needlessly. After

all it is nature that heals, & the doctor collects his bill only after nature

has done its job first.

Best regards, Jim

De Bell-Frantz <deshabell@...> wrote:

If you can find them, I think you will have better results with whole

milk thistle seeds and whole or chopped dandelion root pieces, and grind

them yourself for tinctures and infusions / decotions. Buying powders is

questionable, unless your source is impeccable, but even then there is

the possibility that the active principles can dissapate or be affected

if the powders are old. That being said, I have been tempted this way

myself, because I can't seem to find ephedra anywhere, except powdered at

Mountain Rose Herbs- and reminded of said facts by michael

slethnobotanist on this list. In my experience, most herbs work better

as tinctures, infusions, and decotions or prepared poultices. Often

pills are useless. Some things do have effect that way, of course. But

herbal pills are promoted for their ease of use, and reports of their

ineffectiveness abound and contribute to pharmaceutical hegemony. If I

had a dollar for every woman who tried to fix her milk supply or cure x

or y infection with a few pills and then claimed herbs don't work. . . .

Desh (who never got the dandelion roots harvested last fall)

Well done is better than well said..., Jim Igo

[Guest guest]

Mountain Rose Herbs is a quality company with the highest standards in the

industry. Their glycerite products are probably made with the glycerine that

they sell.

Glycerite bases are the optimal way to administer herbs to dogs and cats - in a

glycerine base.

Yes, you grind the herbs with a coffee grinder.

As skeptical as you seem to be, I'm surprised you are considering herbs. Do you

have a source that you trust implicitly?

I use herbs ALOT with my animals. No placebo effect there, they either improve

or they don't.

Kathy

---- crayfishfeed <crayfishfeed@...> wrote:

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It's interesting that you mentioned Mountain rose herbs b/c that's

where I would be getting any of this stuff. They seem like they have

quality merchandise but who knows.

How would I ground up the seeds? With a coffee grinder or do you

recommend something else.

they also had milk thislte and dandelion glycerite but I didn't know

much about that and it brings up questions like what type of vegetable

oil are they using and how, etc. The least processed, the better in my

opinion. I'd rather process it at home if I know how.

Also I loved this comment and the thinking behind it: But

> herbal pills are promoted for their ease of use, and reports of their

> ineffectiveness abound and contribute to pharmaceutical hegemony. If I

> had a dollar for every woman who tried to fix her milk supply or cure x

> or y infection with a few pills and then claimed herbs don't work.

>

> If you can find them, I think you will have better results with whole

> milk thistle seeds and whole or chopped dandelion root pieces, and grind

> them yourself for tinctures and infusions / decotions. Buying

powders is

> questionable, unless your source is impeccable, but even then there is

> the possibility that the active principles can dissapate or be affected

> if the powders are old. That being said, I have been tempted this way

> myself, because I can't seem to find ephedra anywhere, except

powdered at

> Mountain Rose Herbs- and reminded of said facts by michael

> slethnobotanist on this list. In my experience, most herbs work better

> as tinctures, infusions, and decotions or prepared poultices. Often

> pills are useless. Some things do have effect that way, of course.

. . .

>

> Desh (who never got the dandelion roots harvested last fall)

[Guest guest]

An acupuncturist that is also an herbalist that makes decotions can probably get

ephedra for you if it is not illegal to sell. I buy as many of my herbs as

possible from my acupuncturist, who was the Director of Herbology at the local

acupuncture school before it closed. What I can't get from her, I buy from

Mountain Rose.

Kathy

---- De Bell-Frantz <deshabell@...> wrote:

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I can't seem to find ephedra anywhere, except powdered at

Mountain Rose Herbs-