Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Materia Medica Lesson 8-6: Levisticum ligusticum, lovage, ohsa del campo

 Good expectorant.

LEVISTICUM OFFICINALE (Lovage, Osha del Campo) Same as below

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI (Osha, Chuchupate, Mountain Lovage) ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol], 20-60 drops up to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-6 ounces, as needed. STATUS : W/LA


WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP

White Pine Bark (or Balsam Root) ................3 oz.

Wild Cherry Bark ..................3 oz.

Spikenard Root ......................1/2 ounce

Poplar Buds ... .......................1/2 ounce

Blood Root..... .......................1/4 ounce

Percolate with 50% alcohol until you have reached 16 ounces. Add 12 ounces of simple syrup OR add 8 ounces of honey and 4 ounces of glycerin


OSHA COUGH SYRUP

Osha Tincture .......................1 part

White Pine Compound...........4 parts

Mix well and PARTY UP!


WINTER SOLTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP

Wild Cherry Bark ..................4 ounces

White Pine Bark.....................3 ounces

Osha Root ...... .......................3 ounces

Elecampane Root...................3 ounces

Balsam Root .. .......................2 ounces

Sweet Root..... .......................2 ounces

Licorice Root . .......................2 ounces

Percolation I: 50% alcohol, 30 oz. Percolation II: 25% alcohol, open ended. Evaporate Perc II down to 10 ounces, add to Perc I (40 ounces total.) Add 20 ounces of Monarda Honey, and 10 ounces glycerin.


MONARDA HONEY

Fresh Monarda Flowers stuffed tightly into a mason jar, Honey added, and topped off several times (until bubbles work completely out and flowers are saturated and covered), kept around for a month or two, pressed out.


CIRCULATORY STIMULANT Prickly

Ash Bark ...................3 parts

Ginger............ .......................2 parts

Inmortal Root. .......................2 parts

Osha Root ...... .......................2 parts

Capsicum ....... .......................1 part

Tincture 60%, 1:4 20-40 drops, 4X a day 30 drops before meals as a bitter tonic, 30 drops before retiring.


IMMUNE STIMULANT #1

Echinacea Root......................4 parts

Red Root........ .......................3 parts

Osha Root ...... .......................2 parts

Myrrh Gum.... .......................2 parts

Ocotillo .......... .......................2 parts

Stillingia ........ .......................1 part

Aristolochia ... .......................1 part

Baptisia .......... .......................1 part

Arnica ............ .......................1 part

Capsicum ....... .......................1 part

Mix from the seperate tinctures. Use 30-60 drops in 2 to 4 ounces of hot water every 3 hours during acute infections in adrenalin stress folks or those with a tendency to cold hands and feet and who seldom break a sweat when sick. Best taken in hot water. Bon apetit!


IMMUNE STIMULANT #2

Echinacea....... .......................4 parts

Red Root........ .......................2 parts

Osha ............... .......................2 parts

Yerba Mansa.. .......................2 parts

Calendula ....... .......................2 parts

Capsicum ....... .......................1 part

Thuja plicata .. .......................1 part

Mix from the tinctures. Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 to 4 times a day. Used to stimulate resistance to short-term infections in the immune-competant who sweat easily, tend to a mesomorph somatotype, anabolic and "yangy".


EGO CAPSULES

Echinacea Root......................2 parts

Garlic ............. .......................2 parts

Osha Root ...... .......................2 parts

Cayenne ......... .......................1 part

2-4 capsules as needed for colds, flu, various viral junk


Here is the link to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Course

https://www.swsbm.com/school/

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