Comments on: Dandelion week: anatomy of the lion’s tooth. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-3996 Kiva Rose Mon, 14 May 2007 02:55:31 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-3996 How lovely, what a nice way of presenting the plant! Do you consider the root to also be diuretic/heat clearing/bile stimulating? It seems so bitter and cool as to not purely be a nourishing herb to me... what's your take on that? How lovely, what a nice way of presenting the plant!

Do you consider the root to also be diuretic/heat clearing/bile stimulating? It seems so bitter and cool as to not purely be a nourishing herb to me… what’s your take on that?

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4015 crabappleherbs Mon, 14 May 2007 15:50:54 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4015 Hi Kiva. Yes, definitely. In this post I was intending to emphasize the differences between the parts of the plant. There's also a lot of overlap. So, everything I said in the last post ("the bite of the lion's tooth") applies to all parts of the plant, and within that, each part has its different affinities. Does that make sense? Hi Kiva. Yes, definitely. In this post I was intending to emphasize the differences between the parts of the plant. There’s also a lot of overlap. So, everything I said in the last post (”the bite of the lion’s tooth”) applies to all parts of the plant, and within that, each part has its different affinities. Does that make sense?

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4042 Kiva Rose Tue, 15 May 2007 17:09:45 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4042 Certainly, my curiosity comes from me trying to understand North American "tonic" herbs as opposed to TCM tonic herbs and sort out how the nourishment works in each case. I like the way you have you comments box now, so easy to do... makes me really wish I'd started my blog on wordpress rather than blogspot.... Certainly, my curiosity comes from me trying to understand North American “tonic” herbs as opposed to TCM tonic herbs and sort out how the nourishment works in each case.

I like the way you have you comments box now, so easy to do… makes me really wish I’d started my blog on wordpress rather than blogspot….

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4083 crabappleherbs Sun, 20 May 2007 03:38:20 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4083 Right. I definitely don't think dandelion is a nourishing and tonic herb for every constitution. But in the context of its heat clearing and deobstruent properties, the root is nourishing and tonic. Right. I definitely don’t think dandelion is a nourishing and tonic herb for every constitution. But in the context of its heat clearing and deobstruent properties, the root is nourishing and tonic.

]]> By: Jan S. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4106 Jan S. Tue, 22 May 2007 14:25:43 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4106 At the risk of asking a question the answer to which may be obvious to the more herbally learned- What is the process used to make the tinctures? At the risk of asking a question the answer to which may be obvious to the more herbally learned- What is the process used to make the tinctures?

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4115 crabappleherbs Tue, 22 May 2007 22:33:02 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/05/12/dandelion-week-anatomy-of-the-lions-tooth/#comment-4115 Henriette has a good post on making tinctures <a href="http://www.henriettesherbal.com/blog/?p=188" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I would start with the simplers method—no need to worry about weights and measures at first. Just get the feel of it. (95% grain alcohol is available in Vermont, but you have to fill out a form saying you're not going to drink it, then wait a couple of weeks while it's on order. If you can't get it, just use the strongest vodka you can find.) Henriette has a good post on making tinctures here. I would start with the simplers method—no need to worry about weights and measures at first. Just get the feel of it. (95% grain alcohol is available in Vermont, but you have to fill out a form saying you’re not going to drink it, then wait a couple of weeks while it’s on order. If you can’t get it, just use the strongest vodka you can find.)

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