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

[Guest guest]

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)

[Guest guest]

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]

> As skeptical as you seem to be, I'm surprised you are considering

herbs. Do you have a source that you trust implicitly?

I am not sure if this question is for me or Dr. . If you are

asking me then the answer is no, there is no source that I trust

implicitly (if you are using the definition of the word to mean

unquestioningly) I always ask questions and triple check things and

one thing may be trustworthy one year and then the next not be. I try

to buy from who I feel most comfortable with at the moment.

> >

> > 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)

>