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Techniques for Preparation and Use of Medicinal Herbs II

Liniment, these are prepared on the basis of fatty components with medicinal elements of consistency liquid or semi-liquid.
Its main feature is that they are for external use.
Maceration, a technique is to stop lying plants for a long period of time in a solvent such as water, wine or alcohol.
Dust in this preparation the herbs are ground, crushed and finally pulverized. Aims to facilitate ingestion.
Dye, is set aside for a few days powdered herbs in alcohol or wine, which is then filtered.
Triaca, is perhaps the most famous compound of antiquity, was used in both the disease and to prolong life and says that everyone knew his famous medical preparation. More than a technique or a specific remedy, he was given this name several who possessed great healing powers.
Ointment; these are preparations like liniments are made with fatty elements medicinal elements, but in this case is solid consistency.
Its main feature is that they are for external use.
Fresh juice, depending on the part of the plant you want to get the juice is ground to form a slurry, which is filtered through a sieve.
How to make a herbal extract
We have many medicinal herbs that are helpful to cure diseases, ease pain or as a complement to other treatments.
But it is important to know how each should be administered to achieve the desired effects. There are several ways in which we consume them according to the characteristics of each plant.
Many plants whose therapeutic substances are highly soluble in water can be taken as infusions, thus ensuring the most effective. But others need to go through a process of maceration to extract the best of them. An extract or tincture of herbs is sometimes the only way that a plant has medicinal effects but many people do not know how to make a herbal extract thinking that this is a complicated chemical process when it is actually very simple.
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Herbs

Nature gives us a tremendous amount of plants and shrubs. Many of them have medicinal properties. Typically, the medicinal herbs that you can find in your immediate vicinity and that these herbs are suited to your illness or complaint. Here goes the saying “what gets you far” definitely not. In your immediate vicinity you can find everything. I treat here are some very famous and powerful medicinal herbs.
Take a look in the section “from the roadside, there are fun and interesting plants that you bathe in the pan or cosmetic use.
Note: Always a doctor or therapist in the diagnosis. Also remember that each person is unique and reacts differently. Start therefore with a low dose. Does not the drug, reduce the first dose (sounds weird but it generally works). Never use the same long grass, while about one step after another. The herbal female can not take responsibility for any injury caused by improper use of herbs or the wrong use of herbs. If you are not sure whether you have the right herb for you, consult an expert.
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