/diy/ - Do It Yourself

That's it. I'm gonna go enjoy my new hobby and not bother you guys with this ever again.

Good morning everyone.

Thanks to the people defending me. I deal with this stuff in person almost every week, since my sisters boyfriend is a doctor and doesn't believe in anything that isn't written in his books or told by a professor.

And yes, herbal medicine is a matter of opinion. But that doesn't mean it won't work for headaches, minor wounds, skin irritation and other minor stuff. HOWEVER, any student of phytology should never recommend it instead of synthetic medicine. You can offer it and let people decide for themselves if they want to use it or not. On top of that, a student of phytology should never claim that it is better than synthetic medicine.

But again, that's just an opinion of mine. You can argue against it if you want to keep on hating. But there's a sentence I like to live by that I think you should consider:
"If you like it, compliment it. If you don't, keep your mouth shut or you might end up hurting people. But if it's directly against your moral principles and general humanity, fight against it with all your might."

>>106676
Reasons I'd rather use herbal medicine than synthetic:
>I know what I'm putting in my mouth/on my skin
>It's free and open source
>It isn't distributed by people who make money off other peoples sickness

Reasons I'd rather use synthetic medicine than herbal:
>if I have a serious illness or wound that needs proper treatment
>if a plant to cure a minor illness can't be found
>I'm at work and can't find willow bark

Also, by your logic, books shouldn't be used and we should only read on Kindles and laptops, because, you know, compared to computers and the like, books are incredibly outdated. Even though they offer the same.

Whoo, an actual pharmacist in my thread!

Question: Can powdered herbs meant for topical use be added to a finished cold cream and thereby transfer the effect?

>>106483
If there's no harm to it, why not? And if it turns out that you had something you didn't know that was cured by the plant, it'd be better.

>>106452
You're too adapted to your synthetic medicine, my friend.

Basically what they do is to take the useful stuff from plants like these and separate them so people like you can take a pill and be sure it only heal what you want it to and nothing else.

>learn blacksmithing
>get cheap iron and steel
>make rough custom knives for good prices
>earn money

"Plantago species have been used since prehistoric times as herbal remedies. The herb is astringent, anti-toxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine, as well as demulcent, expectorant, styptic and diuretic. Externally, a poultice of the leaves is useful for insect bites, poison-ivy rashes, minor sores, and boils. In folklore it is even claimed to be able to cure snakebite. Internally, it is used for coughs and bronchitis, as a tea, tincture, or syrup."

This plant is literally EVERYWHERE where I live. Holy shit.

Good morning everyone.

Found a recipe for a cold cream yesterday that have been around since the ancient Greeks.

25g of beeswax
100g of almond oil (replace with oil of choice)

75g of rosewater (replace with water solution of choice)

Melt the wax and oil over low heat (max. 70 degrees Celsius) while heating the water (max. 80 degrees Celsius) Remove both pots from the stove and mix the 2 substances together almost drop by drop while stirring it good. Keep stirring while it cools till it's shiny and creamy. This'll take about 10-20 minutes. Now you can add herb oils and/or tinctures to the cream.

NEVER rapidly cool a cream, since it will cause it to not mix.

This is Solidago virgaurea. Harvest the flowers and leaves, dry them, mortar and pestle them, and apply to wounds. It will aid the healing.

It's also fairly common everywhere with a temperate climate, as far as I know. Just don't harvest from roadsides, as plants there will contain a lot of heavy metals such as lead from the exhaust fumes.

>quit smoking
>start running
>become an apprentice blacksmith

I'm sure everything will escalate from there.

>>105986
You know how your mom (pun not intended) gave you chamomile tea with honey when you were sick as a kid? There's a reason for that, and that's because chamomile is antiseptic and somewhat sedating, while honey is antiseptic and antibacterial.

It's basically to take these effects from the plants, concentrate it, and use it where it can help. Remember, we humans have used plants as medicine for thousands of years. A caveman couldn't just pop an aspirin. Instead, he could drink a cup with pulverized Willow bark, and his headache would go away for some hours. So yeah, like real medicine, though it might not work as well or as fast, and you can't cure everything with plants.

And yeah, you can. And define "cool". If you mean the kind of "hirh hirh teenage cool lol" stuff, then it would be stuff I''m not allowed to talk about on this board, and which I due to moral reasons never would tell anyone to make.

I hope that answered your question.

*jizz*

>>105925
That's pretty ideal. Nice.

>>105915
Curing a cold in 2 days by drinking chamomile tea with honey. No other synthetic drug had done the same to me. That made me think and research. I found out that there's a scientific reason behind it, and that there's a fuckton of plants with medical benefits that are ignored by the general population. I find that disturbing.

Aw, that's sweet.

Wish I could help. Have a bump instead.

I theorize that it might be easier to gather the herbs for the different mixtures and keep them as a dried powder, ready to be mixed with water, oil or alcohol. This way you might be able to preserve it better, and it might take up less space.

Please, allow me to bring my homeforged knife with a Wood Anemone extract covering its blade directly to your face.

>>105842
Yep, I also mailed you back.

>>105834
A quick google revealed some spots. I'm heading to town tomorrow anyway, so I'll ask around and follow your advice. Thanks.

>>105824
I certainly did.

>>105816
GMT+1

>>105811
Ouch, that's some shipping. Might be worth it if bought in large quantities. And nice, security guard sounds like an interesting job.

And I rarely use anything else than email and 4chan to keep in contact with people. One of the reasons I'm finding this interesting is because I like the good old ways of doing things. But sure, post your email and I'll write. :)

>>105804
Also: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottles-Empty-Single-Size-50ml/dp/B004FTFXKY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1325
094696&sr=8-3