Herbdata New ZealandEarth 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. […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal The Essential Distillation Chapter 6 Part 2 Fractional Distillation 6.14 Fractional distillation is an old technique employed in the hermetic arts to separate the different components of a mixture. Separation may also be achieved by simple distillation, but the technique is discontinuous and can become tedious. […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Ivor Hughes Chapter 10A The Extractions Introduction Yet it happens that many herbs grow without having been sown, and these are often the best. There are also many important species that are better than those that are sown. Such is the power of the earth, and such […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Chapter 6 The Essential Distillation Introduction. The distiller’s pot goes back to the cradles of civilisation. Modern Scholars have expressed puzzlement about the obvious antiquity of the methods and means, yet there was little mention of alcohol until the leakage of Arabic Science into Europe during the […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Essential Concepts of Chemistry Chapter 7 Essential Concepts of Chemistry Laboratorium est Oratorium [The laboratory is a place of Prayer] A.L. Mackay. Introduction. The painting is by Joseph Wright of Derby. A Master of Symbolism. Note the full moon, in the top right hand corner. Many […]
Earth Air Fire and WaterThe Pharmageddon HerbalIvor Hughes Introduction to Materia Medica Continued.Chapter 8B Alcohol (Ethanol C2H5OH)8.44 All Pharmacopeiasrecognize various categories of alcohol, there are some differences in minor detail, but they all correspond to the general descriptions that follow; 1. Absolute Alcohol. This term refers to thetheoretical 100% alcohol, which is to be found […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Chapter 8A Ivor Hughes Introduction to Materia Medica -::-::- Introduction From the wisdom chest of the past we may pluck the pearls of the future. By looking at the past we may clearly see where we are going. By looking at the past we may clearly see […]
Earth Air Fire and Water The Pharmageddon Herbal Chapter 5 Part 3. Dehydration The Owner Built Dehydrator 5.33 A well built dehydrator is an investment. The use of which, is classified as agricultural processing. If research and marketing is done correctly, then 0.5 ha coupled to a dehydrator, will produce a good family living. […]