Hi Christine, I'm not sure where I made any mention about essential oils. However, am I to gather that your point is that Willow Bark is available as an essential oil that is stronger than a tea form?
-Ken Bagwell --- Christine Carleton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
