Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Hello, Returning from a holiday in France with a French herbal by Dextreit, I started wondering why we don’t follow the dosages for infusions advocated in many herbals: 25 to 30 gr of plants for ½ litre of water. During my studies, finished, just a year ago, infusions have always been prescribed as 2 tsp per cup. No peculiarity of the School of Herbal Medicine, I suspect. So, does anybody actually prescribe the 25-30 gr dosage? Why don’t we follow the recommendations in books? Is it from experience? Waiting for your thoughts…. J-Christophe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 At 18:57 27/08/2003, you wrote: > > >Returning from a holiday in France with a French herbal by >Dextreit, I started wondering why we don’t follow the dosages for >infusions advocated in many herbals: 25 to 30 gr of plants for ½ litre >of water. During my studies, finished, just a year ago, infusions have >always been prescribed as 2 tsp per cup. No peculiarity of the School of >Herbal Medicine, I suspect. So, does anybody actually prescribe the >25-30 gr dosage? Why don’t we follow the recommendations in books? Is it >from experience? > > Dear J Christophe, It's probably experience. At that strength most herbal teas are undrinkable if not emetic. Personally I prefer dessertspoon measures, and I don't expect my patients to weigh their teas out, in metric or otherwise. Best regards, Krystyna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 It may be that the recommendation has got confused with quantities used to make decoctions. It's usually an oz to a pint and a half of boiling water boiled down to a pint so you would end up with appx. 30g/0.5litres. --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I thought I would actually try and see what it would taste like 25 gr of to ½ litre of water…. It did not have an emetic effect, but then I may not have drunk enough; after a couple of sips it all (bizarrely) disappeared down the plug hole!!! So, yes… not the tastiest of remedies. Still intrigued as to how such does got there in the first place. Possibly tinctures as mentioned by , but could it also relate to fresh plant matter? J-Christophe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Try 25gr of German chamomile, or better still, Roman chamomile, after which you may understand why homeopathy became so popular. All the best, Krystyna At 17:27 28/08/2003, you wrote: >I thought I would actually try and see what it would taste like 25 gr of > to ½ litre of water…. It did not have an emetic effect, but then >I may not have drunk enough; after a couple of sips it all (bizarrely) >disappeared down the plug hole!!! So, yes… not the tastiest of remedies. >Still intrigued as to how such does got there in the first place. >Possibly tinctures as mentioned by , but could it also relate >to fresh plant matter? > > > >J-Christophe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Krystyna, My little adventure with was quite sufficient!!!! j-Christophe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Jean-Christophe Brunet wrote: > I thought I would actually try and see what it would taste like 25 gr of > to 1/2 litre of water. It did not have an emetic effect, but then > I may not have drunk enough; after a couple of sips it all (bizarrely) > disappeared down the plug hole!!! So, yes - not the tastiest of remedies. > Still intrigued as to how such does got there in the first place. I think it goes back to some oz. confusion. 1 oz (by volume) is close to 1-2 tablespoons; 1 oz (by weight) ends up being a cupful (or more), if you use fluffy herbs instead of heavy roots. So use 1 oz dried herb (by volume) to 30 oz water and you have a nice tea .... and I do tell my clients to make 1 liter of tea a day, using 2-3 tablespoons of dried herb, letting steep for 5-10 minutes. The Chinese, of course, use kilograms of herb a day, boiling it forever - but that's TCM, not western herbalism. Oh yes, of course, in olden days they used mostly roots, barks, seeds, and other bits that could take long-term storage in dubious conditions. Leaf and flower could not take being in a burlap bag for years on end, so they weren't used all that much - or if they were, as with the eclectics, they were tinctured. And when your dried herb is root, bark and seed 1 oz (weight) is rather close to 1 oz (volume). Henriette -- Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Thanks Henriette for the info. It makes more sense looked at the dosages this way. So, I'll stick to the 2 tsp (or equivalent) per cup I suppose! J-Christophe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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