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herbology
Board: Health and Fitness
Dec 26, 2018 7:23pm
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Are there any herbologists/medical botanist onboard? Either hobbyist or professional?
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Board: Health and Fitness
Reply to: #969694 by InkTap
Dec 27, 2018 8:57am
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Possibly a hobbyiest? ... or I could be somebody that knows absolutely nothing.
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Reply to: #969699 by Linden Leaf
Dec 27, 2018 6:18pm
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I'm just looking for a good beginner's resource for a person that knows absolutely nothing about medical botany..any suggestions?
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Reply to: #969694 by InkTap
Dec 27, 2018 7:36pm
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Googling turns up lots of hits: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/medicinal/index.shtml

Or: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/medical-marijuana-faq

Maybe if you could be more specific about what you are looking for?
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Reply to: #969706 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Dec 27, 2018 8:04pm
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yeah, I did the google thing. I'm not interested in paganism, witchcraft, or hogwarts..lol. Not necessarily marijuana, either. I am looking for a basic introductory text on plants, nomenclature, preparations. My thoughts are to complement my future ADN (starting in Jan) with herbology on a personal level.
I was hoping to narrow the search, beginning with more informed persons' recommendations from experience.
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Reply to: #969707 by InkTap
Dec 27, 2018 8:44pm
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Have you gone to any health food or herbal stores? I do a lot more with oils, herbs, chinese medicine for healing. But I really dont know how to prepare them. I buy already finished products. Hmm...I wonder if a chiropractor or even a massage therapist would have good information for you? Another idea - I have a really good library. I have just gone to talk to them and told them things that I'm interested in and I have been able to connect with people that way. Basically I left my name and number at the front desk and told them if they know of anybody that can help me just have that person call me. Weird, yes. Kind of. But it has worked.
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Board: Health and Fitness
Reply to: #969704 by InkTap
Dec 28, 2018 5:55pm
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Hi InkTap,

I am a practicing herbalist and horticulturalist. I practice science based herbal medicine and not paganism, witch craft, etc.

I am designing my website to be a beginners guide to herbal medicine. I haven't written anything in a while but I still have a lot of information available.

Feel free to check out my website and ask me any questions you might have!

www.notyourtypicalhippie.com

=(^._.^)=
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Reply to: #969727 by CathBorthiant
Dec 28, 2018 7:25pm
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Ah..exactly what I'm looking for!
Thank you so much..
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Board: Health and Fitness
Reply to: #969708 by Linden Leaf
Dec 28, 2018 7:27pm
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Great idea. We have a nice health food store downtown that I completely forgot about. I'll check with them and the library.
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Reply to: #969694 by InkTap
Dec 28, 2018 7:35pm
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Thank you everyone. This subject is really exciting to me and I'm thinking as a society we will see natural medicines become more commonplace.
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Reply to: #969694 by InkTap
Jan 6, 2019 4:40pm
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I've been learning herbal recipes from https://learningherbs.com/

I bought their Herbal Remedy Kit and it was a great ice breaker for me. I've made an herbal salve, tons of elderberry syrup and echinacea tincture. It opened the door to learning more and realizing how easy it is. They do free webinars periodically and post recipes. They really focus on incorporating herbs into your food and daily life, rather than strictly as medicine.

I would love to hear about what you find and what you make. I want to make an arnica cream next, but haven't gathered all the ingredients yet.

Sun7flour
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Reply to: #970106 by sun7flour
Jan 6, 2019 5:07pm
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I added you to my contacts list. Thanks for the link!