Herbdata New ZealandMartindale’s 24th. Compiled and edited by Ivor Hughes -::- IPECACUANHA and other VEGETABLE EXPECTORANTS Ipecacuanha (B.P., I.P.). Ipecac.; Ipecacuanha Root; Brechwurzel. Foreign Pharmacopeias: In all pharmacopoeias examined except Chin. Chil., Mex., and U.S. specify not less than 2% of ether-soluble alkaloids. The dried root, or rhizome and root, of Cephaelis ipecacuanha (= Uragoga […]
Compiled and Edited by Ivor Hughes United States Dispensatory 21st Edition 1926. Martindales 24th Edition 1958 Boericke’s Homeopathic Materia Medica. USD 21st 1926 MAGNESII SULPHAS. U. S. , Br. MAGNESIUM SULPHATE Mag. Sulph. [Epsom Salt] ” Magnesium Sulphate contains not less than 48.60 per cent, and not more than 53.45 per cent, of […]
Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD, Dorothy Smith PhD. ABSTRACTA definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 […]
The Pharmageddon Herbal Chapter 12. Spagyria Ivor Hughes Introduction The history and development of pharmacy, is bound to the development of its solvents and carrier substances. Without them, pharmacy would have remained little more than a primitive art. The development of those substances is inextricably bound to alchemy, and they are far older than is […]
Earth Air Fire and WaterThe Pharmageddon Herbal CompoundingIvor Hughes Chapter 11B Continues. Methodology for Lotions and Creams 11.21By definition, lotions and creams are emulsions. Lotions are oil in water (O/W) The Creams are water in oil (W/O). It is necessary to study the formula to decide which type of emulsion it is. Because each type […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Ivor Hughes Chapter 11A Compounding Introduction. The Dawn of Medicine We may only speculate on the conceptual view of the natural world held by the early hunter gatherers. Such evidence as there is, seems to suggest that they were Shamanistic and employed a homoeopathic magical type of […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Ivor Hughes Chapter 10B continues Homoeopathic Mother Tinctures 10.28 “We gain possession of the powers of indigenous plants and of such as may be had in a fresh state in the most complete and certain manner by mixing their freshly expressed juice immediately with equal parts of […]
Earth Air Fire and WaterThe Pharmageddon HerbalIvor HughesChapter 10C continues The Plant Juices10.40 The ‘succi’ or expressed plant juices still find a place in some homoeopathic pharmacopoeias but for some very good reasons are no longer official in the US and British Pharmacopoeias. The succi had long been popular in Continental Europe from whence they […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Chapter 9 Introduction to the Pharmacy of Herbs Manufacturing the Solvents and Carriers 9.1 Apart from the crude drugs and exudates, the base materials of compounding (see Mod 10), are its solvents and carriers. The solvents are alcohol (ethanol) and double distilled water. The carriers are […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Essential Concepts of Chemistry Chapter 7 Part 2 Introduction. Optical Activity is an inherent power, of biological substances. The Polarimeter is simple enough to construct once the principles have been grasped. It may be made from wood and metal fittings, or other convenient fabricating material. […]