Check out this website for information on herbs and making
tinctures. Michael is
highly respected and has trained many herbalists over the
years as well as published
many original works on herbal medicine.
http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/
Garnet
--------
http://www.ldndatabase/forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LDN_Information
Dr Chris Steele, ITV's This Morning supporting LDN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVpjsDK0LPA
Norton, Steve wrote:
Peter,
This may be best answered by Doug, Malcolm or Renee who have more
tincture experience than I. The Chaga mushroom looks very interesting.
Tincturing of muchrooms is common and in fact my first tincture was of a
fungus because of the high cost of the commercial tincture.
One problem of tincturing is determining the type of solvent the
targeted substances are soluble in. Generally I prefer to extract all
the components within an herb so I use an alcohol tincture that should
extract both water and oil soluble components. More recently I have also
used DMSO to help increase the boiavailibility of some substances that
have a low bioavailibility. Also some substances are more soluble in
DMSO although some are not.
Finding the solubility of all the individual components within a plant
is difficult if not sometimes impossible. Up till recently I used a
water extraction, decoction, or alcohol or DMSO tincture. Lately I have
been considering alcohol with DMSO in a single tincture but I don't for
sure that that it is better.
In answer to your question, DMSO can improve bioavailability esp with
substances that have a lower biiavailability normally. It may not always
be necessary but it won't hurt that I know of. I think that it might be
good to use with Chaga given the large number of substances contained in it.
- Steve N
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Converse <[email protected]>
To: Malcolm <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat Oct 03 10:24:43 2009
Subject: Re: CS>DMSO and poke
Hi Steve, Malcolm, Doug and all,
I have been looking into a mushroom called Chaga lately which grows on birch
trees primarily and in colder climates. It has a history of immune
enhancement in Russia and has been used there to help in the recovery of
cancer patients as well as as a preventative. Its properties can be better
explained in the links below. I have read of several different ways to
prepare it.
I am wondering if Chaga tincture could be made with DMSO to help achieve
good penetration as one might do with herbs. Any thoughts anyone?
http://www.wholife.com/issues/9_4/03_article.html
http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/the-chaga-natures-medicinal-mushroom/
http://www.sunfood.com/buy/1/34/Chaga-Extract-Mushroom-Science-90-veg-caps-Wild-Crafted-1433.aspx
http://www.raysahelian.com/chaga.html
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5349~gid~~source~gallerydefault.asp
http://mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomchaga.html
http://www.mushroomharvest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36_39&products_id=161
<http://www.mushroomharvest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36_39&products_id=161>
http://www.optimallyorganic.com/Chaga.htm?gclid=CLv4nZPSmZ0CFZJM5Qodhlg_3A
http://www.premiumchaga.com/index.html
http://www.chagatrade.ru/
http://www.mychaga.com/default.aspx
http://www.mitobi.com/chaga.html
Blessings,
Peter
--
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]
Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected]
The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down...
List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
