Ken, Tea from herbs, trees, flowers, etc is different from essential oils. Essential oils are the concentrated life blood of the plant, tree, herb, flower, root, whatever. EG. 1 drop of EC-AFNOR standard Peppermint is equivalent to about 25 bags of tea. So a tea broth may just do the trick for an older person, not polluted with the chemical supplements our younger kids have, or if they have been on pharma products for years, they may need a more concentrated form - oil.
There is no hard rule. Muscle testing is a great aid in situations like this. Appropriateness can be determined, as well as amount, frequency, duration, etc. Remember with natural products it's often recommended to use 6 days and take one day of rest so one can 'benchmark' and establish the effectiveness and changes. Christine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: Ken & Nancy Bagwell <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:46:40 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: CS>aspirin vs. white willow bark > > I looked up Willow Bark one time as an alternative to > asprin, but was kinda of put off by the idea that > Willow as a tea would require several cups to consume > to get the equivalent dosage of sacylic acid (sp?) in > a single asprin. > > Am I missing something? > > -Ken > > > --- Christine Carleton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Deborah, >> >> I have not used White Willow Bark, but have used >> Birch essential oil. In my experience, individuals >> allergic to aspirin (a single chemical constituent >> -acetylsalicylic acid-) appear to have not problem >> when using all the minute chemical constituents >> that nature provides in her products rather than >> fractionated pharmacy products. Personally I would >> try a bit as a tea, and monitor results. I have >> enjoyed the benefits of many herbs, barks, trees, >> stems, from nature. If you took it to a Chinese >> herbalist, they should be able to tell you as >> they use many grasses, roots, trees etc in the >> broth's they prescribe for people to cook up >> in the Chinese cooking pots. >> >> Christine >> >>> From: "deborah byron" >> <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:41:50 -0500 >>> Subject: CS>aspirin vs. white willow bark >>> >>> I'd like to ask the list whether anyone here has >> experience using an >>> infusion of white willow bark, the botanical >> source of salicylic acid, in >>> place of aspirin. I'm wondering specifically >> whether some other >>> ingredient would be needed as a buffer. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Deborah -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
