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DOSAGES AND PREPARATION




Source of Recipe


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Recipe Link: http://www.create.org/elchai/herb1.htm#dosages

List of Ingredients




PLEASURE BEVERAGE DOSE SUGGESTION: 1 Teaspoon dried herb per cup of water. This is what most people drink most of the time. It is usually about the amount found in a commercial teabag.

MEDICINAL DOSE SUGGESTION FOR MOST DRIED HERBS: One half to 1 ounce of dried herb per 1 pint of boiled water. WARNING: I would never suggest that you try any herb in such a strong dosage the first time, even though must herbs are remarkably safe. You may have an allergic or unpleasant reaction to any herb, just as to any food. I would always start with the pleasure dosage, or even less, and try just one teaspoon or so, at first, and wait about a half hour to see how it went down.


INFUSION: When using dried leaves, flowers, or other aerial parts of the plant, steep in boiled water for 5 to 20 minutes. Longer steeping time creates stronger tea, which may be diluted with additional water.

DECOCTION: When using bark or roots, add to simmering water and continue simmering for 10 to 20 minutes.
NOTE: The reason you would sometimes be using the flowers or leaves and at other times the roots or bark is because different parts of the plant may offer the most benefit.

COMBINATION: Simmer bark or roots first for required time, then strain the tea into a teapot and steep the aerial parts for the desired time.





PORTIONS

1. For pleasure beverage, drink as desired.
2. For chronic condition, it is traditionally advised to drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
3. For acute condition, it is traditionally advised to drink smaller portions...1 ounce or 1/4 cup...more frequently, to keep the system "medicated".


*Oftentimes, herbalists feel that a treatment has not been successful because the herbs have not been taken in full dose, frequently enough.

If you are just beginning your herb adventure, there are many ways to choose your first tea. You can beg, borrow , or buy one of the commercial herb teas in the supermarket, or you can go to a health food store and buy one that has been designed for a problem you are dealing with. My preference would be to pick ONE herb (herbalists refer to one herb, when it is used alone, as a simple) and brew it yourself. To do this, you need to find a source of good-quality dried herbs, and buy yourself just a 1/2 ounce or so. Measure out one measuring teaspoonful, and add it to one cup of boiled water. Cover it and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Strain it, if you have not prepared it in a strainer, add honey if you wish, and sip slowly.

Suggested "simples" or single herbs to try for the first time:
For de-stressing and relaxation: catnip, lemon balm, or chamomile. These have a long history of being safely and pleasurably used.
For a safe, mild energy-upper: spearmint or peppermint. (also good for stomach upset).
For digestion: fennel seed, dill, parsley, peppermint.





Once you have prepared your tea, set the stage for total relaxation.
Pour your tea into a beautiful cup.
Find a wonderful place to sit, either indoors or out.
Listen for some magical sounds: birds chirping, wind singing, water gurgling, your favorite music.
Put your feet up.
Circle your head, slowly, to release tension in your neck and shoulders.
Inhale and exhale slowly, two or three times.
Draw your safe, sacred space around you, and feel loved.
Lift your cup and enjoy the warmth on your hands and face.
Like good wine, take your first sip, savor it in your mouth, and swallow.
Release all skepticism and resistance.
Relax. You are with a good friend. It doesn't get any better than this. So, Enjoy!







OTHER USES FOR TISANES

The following will be covered in future web entries. Let me know what you're interested in.


*Add to baths or sitz baths
*Footbaths
*Enemas
*Gargles
*Eyewashes
*Compresses for wounds or headaches
*Skin/vaporizor treatments
*Soaks for cuts, splinters, etc.



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