Very Well known and respected. One of his students was My teacher.
zoe
Garnet wrote:
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
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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 <pconve...@primus.ca>
To: Malcolm <s...@asis.com>; silver-list@eskimo.com
<silver-list@eskimo.com>
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
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