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yes I meant 30 ml per litre!

annette

Iron Tonic Recipe

To: ukherbal-list

Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

Sometime ago someone put an iron tonic recipe up using munza apricots and

molasses. I am sure I kept a copy but now a patient has asked for help I of

course can't find it!!

Can anyone supply it?

many thanks in advance Dore

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Many thanks Max

I've had this recipe for years, but have probably lost it

because................ I have to blushingly confess that I have never

made the time to make it up. (probably some of the time I spent

complaining about the cost of Floradix could have been utilised ;-)

This year's resolution is JFDI, so I think i will!!

Re Iron though, one thing I recommend everybody does, if they don't

already, is eat as many fresh young nettles in Spring as you

reasonably can! Delicious! I use tte de Bairicli Levy's

recipe, and will post it when they spring up .

I was once threatened with iron pills during pregnancy, refused,

went home, ate nettles nightly, returned in a week for retesting, to

be told my iron levels were " a bit high " One week, after a childhood

of mild anaemia...... Herbs are soooo cool.

Sally Owen

> This is probably it:

> Ingredients:

>

> 1Kg unsulphured dried apricots

> 1Kg molasses

> 3 Litres red Wine

> 5ml/Litre tinctures of Ginger, Gentian, Saw Palmetto, Yellow Dock,

> Damiana, Nettle tops.

> 0.5ml/Litre tincture of Capsicum (optional)

> Method:

> Cover the apricots with water and simmer for 6 hours. Add molasses

> and simmer for a further 2 hours. Cool, and liquidise in a blender.

> Add red wine, stir for 5 -10 minutes until pourable. Add the

> tinctures. 1 Kg apricots makes about 4 Litres tonic. Bottle it up in

> 500ml airtight bottles and keep refrigerated once opened.

> Dosage:

> 5 - 10 ml 3 times a day. 30ml per day is said to provide 2mg of

> absorbable iron.

>

> It's delicious, of course

>

>

>

>

>

> Subject: Iron Tonic Recipe

> To: ukherbal-list

> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Sometime ago someone put an iron tonic recipe up using munza

> apricots and molasses. I am sure I kept a copy but now a patient has

> asked for help I of course can't find it!!

>

> Can anyone supply it?

>

> many thanks in advance Dore

>

>

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I was taught it at the Bristol training clinic by Sue Hawkey and Sue

Redfern, but I got the impression it was passed on, rather than

created? Juliia Green might know perhaps? ?

Maybe it was a NIMH/ School of Herbal Medicine(became Phytotherapy)

recipe?

atb

Sally Owen MNIMH

> I'd like to put this recipe into print in " The Herbalist " and share

> it with

> others - does anyone know who I should credit it to please

> thanks

>

>

>

>

>>

>>

>> Many thanks Max

>>

>> I've had this recipe for years, but have probably lost it

>> because................

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>> This is probably it:

>>> Ingredients:

>>>

>>> 1Kg unsulphured dried apricots

>>> 1Kg molasses

>>> 3 Litres red Wine

>>> 5ml/Litre tinctures of Ginger, Gentian, Saw Palmetto, Yellow Dock,

>>> Damiana, Nettle tops.

>>> 0.5ml/Litre tincture of Capsicum (optional)

>>> Method:

>>> Cover the apricots with water and simmer for 6 hours. Add molasses

>>> and simmer for a further 2 hours. Cool, and liquidise in a blender.

>>> Add red wine, stir for 5 -10 minutes until pourable. Add the

>>> tinctures. 1 Kg apricots makes about 4 Litres tonic. Bottle it up in

>>> 500ml airtight bottles and keep refrigerated once opened.

>>> Dosage:

>>> 5 - 10 ml 3 times a day. 30ml per day is said to provide 2mg of

>>> absorbable iron.

>>>

>>> It's delicious, of course

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Subject: Iron Tonic Recipe

>>> To: ukherbal-list

>>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>>

>> .

>>

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>

>

>

> --

> Herbert

> Herbalist and allergy therapist

> 15 Queens St

> Spooner Row

> Norfolk NR18 9JU

> 01953 603056

> www.christineherbert.co.uk

>

>

>

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I got the recipe from this list when Alison Morton posted it but she

couldn't remember who had passed it onto her.

>

>

> I was taught it at the Bristol training clinic by Sue Hawkey and Sue

> Redfern, but I got the impression it was passed on, rather than

> created? Juliia Green might know perhaps? ?

>

> Maybe it was a NIMH/ School of Herbal Medicine(became Phytotherapy)

> recipe?

>

> atb

>

> Sally Owen MNIMH

>

>

>

> > I'd like to put this recipe into print in " The Herbalist " and share

> > it with

> > others - does anyone know who I should credit it to please

> > thanks

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> Many thanks Max

> >>

> >> I've had this recipe for years, but have probably lost it

> >> because................

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>> This is probably it:

> >>> Ingredients:

> >>>

> >>> 1Kg unsulphured dried apricots

> >>> 1Kg molasses

> >>> 3 Litres red Wine

> >>> 5ml/Litre tinctures of Ginger, Gentian, Saw Palmetto, Yellow Dock,

> >>> Damiana, Nettle tops.

> >>> 0.5ml/Litre tincture of Capsicum (optional)

> >>> Method:

> >>> Cover the apricots with water and simmer for 6 hours. Add molasses

> >>> and simmer for a further 2 hours. Cool, and liquidise in a blender.

> >>> Add red wine, stir for 5 -10 minutes until pourable. Add the

> >>> tinctures. 1 Kg apricots makes about 4 Litres tonic. Bottle it up in

> >>> 500ml airtight bottles and keep refrigerated once opened.

> >>> Dosage:

> >>> 5 - 10 ml 3 times a day. 30ml per day is said to provide 2mg of

> >>> absorbable iron.

> >>>

> >>> It's delicious, of course

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Subject: Iron Tonic Recipe

> >>> To: ukherbal-list

> >>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>

> >>

> >>>

> >> .

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> > --

> > Herbert

> > Herbalist and allergy therapist

> > 15 Queens St

> > Spooner Row

> > Norfolk NR18 9JU

> > 01953 603056

> > www.christineherbert.co.uk

> >

> >

> >

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Hedley gave it to us as students in about 1987. Can anyone

take it back further?

Su

>I got the recipe from this list when Alison Morton posted it but she

>couldn't remember who had passed it onto her.

>

>

>

>

>

>>

>>

>> I was taught it at the Bristol training clinic by Sue Hawkey and Sue

>> Redfern, but I got the impression it was passed on, rather than

>> created? Juliia Green might know perhaps? ?

>>

>> Maybe it was a NIMH/ School of Herbal Medicine(became Phytotherapy)

>> recipe?

>>

>> atb

>>

>> Sally Owen MNIMH

>>

>>

>>

>> > I'd like to put this recipe into print in " The Herbalist " and share

>> > it with

>> > others - does anyone know who I should credit it to please

>> > thanks

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> Many thanks Max

>> >>

>> >> I've had this recipe for years, but have probably lost it

>> >> because................

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>> This is probably it:

>> >>> Ingredients:

>> >>>

>> >>> 1Kg unsulphured dried apricots

>> >>> 1Kg molasses

>> >>> 3 Litres red Wine

>> >>> 5ml/Litre tinctures of Ginger, Gentian, Saw Palmetto, Yellow Dock,

>> >>> Damiana, Nettle tops.

>> >>> 0.5ml/Litre tincture of Capsicum (optional)

>> >>> Method:

>> >>> Cover the apricots with water and simmer for 6 hours. Add molasses

>> >>> and simmer for a further 2 hours. Cool, and liquidise in a blender.

>> >>> Add red wine, stir for 5 -10 minutes until pourable. Add the

>> >>> tinctures. 1 Kg apricots makes about 4 Litres tonic. Bottle it up in

>> >>> 500ml airtight bottles and keep refrigerated once opened.

>> >>> Dosage:

>> >>> 5 - 10 ml 3 times a day. 30ml per day is said to provide 2mg of

>> >>> absorbable iron.

>> >>>

>> >>> It's delicious, of course

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>> Subject: Iron Tonic Recipe

>> >>> To: ukherbal-list

>> >>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>>

>> >> .

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > --

>> > Herbert

>> > Herbalist and allergy therapist

>> > 15 Queens St

>> > Spooner Row

>> > Norfolk NR18 9JU

>> > 01953 603056

>> > www.christineherbert.co.uk

>> >

>> >

>> >

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Mm, my memory predates that by a couple of years, and I'm not entirely

sure I didn't hear it mentioned when I studied with Fred Fletcher Hyde

in the 70's

Sally Owen

> Hedley gave it to us as students in about 1987. Can anyone

> take it back further?

>

> Su

>

>

>> I got the recipe from this list when Alison Morton posted it but she

>> couldn't remember who had passed it onto her.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>>

>>>

>>> I was taught it at the Bristol training clinic by Sue Hawkey and Sue

>>> Redfern, but I got the impression it was passed on, rather than

>>> created? Juliia Green might know perhaps? ?

>>>

>>> Maybe it was a NIMH/ School of Herbal Medicine(became Phytotherapy)

>>> recipe?

>>>

>>> atb

>>>

>>> Sally Owen MNIMH

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> I'd like to put this recipe into print in " The Herbalist " and share

>>>> it with

>>>> others - does anyone know who I should credit it to please

>>>> thanks

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Sally Owen

>>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Many thanks Max

>>>>>

>>>>> I've had this recipe for years, but have probably lost it

>>>>> because................

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> This is probably it:

>>>>>> Ingredients:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> 1Kg unsulphured dried apricots

>>>>>> 1Kg molasses

>>>>>> 3 Litres red Wine

>>>>>> 5ml/Litre tinctures of Ginger, Gentian, Saw Palmetto, Yellow

>>>>>> Dock,

>>>>>> Damiana, Nettle tops.

>>>>>> 0.5ml/Litre tincture of Capsicum (optional)

>>>>>> Method:

>>>>>> Cover the apricots with water and simmer for 6 hours. Add

>>>>>> molasses

>>>>>> and simmer for a further 2 hours. Cool, and liquidise in a

>>>>>> blender.

>>>>>> Add red wine, stir for 5 -10 minutes until pourable. Add the

>>>>>> tinctures. 1 Kg apricots makes about 4 Litres tonic. Bottle it

>>>>>> up in

>>>>>> 500ml airtight bottles and keep refrigerated once opened.

>>>>>> Dosage:

>>>>>> 5 - 10 ml 3 times a day. 30ml per day is said to provide 2mg of

>>>>>> absorbable iron.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> It's delicious, of course

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Subject: Iron Tonic Recipe

>>>>>> To: ukherbal-list

>>>>>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>> .

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Herbert

>>>> Herbalist and allergy therapist

>>>> 15 Queens St

>>>> Spooner Row

>>>> Norfolk NR18 9JU

>>>> 01953 603056

>>>> www.christineherbert.co.uk

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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My first record of it is from a seminar with Anne Freeman (undated)

Sally Owen

> 99.9% sure this is a recipe from Hedley.

>

> Trudy

>

> -- Iron Tonic Recipe

>>> To: ukherbal-list

>>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>>

>> .

>>

>>

>>

>

> --

> Herbert

> Herbalist and allergy therapist

> 15 Queens St

> Spooner Row

> Norfolk NR18 9JU

> 01953 603056

> www.christineherbert.co.uk

>

>

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Yes please do post the recipe Sally.

This one is like a healthy Bubble and Squeak!

Nettle and Sweet potato mash

250g fresh spring nettle tops

500g sweet potato peeled and chopped

1 sliced red onion

200g green peas (cooked)

olive oil for frying

seasoning to taste

Pick and wash nettles. Boil potatoes until soft, chop smaller or crush but

leave seem texture so don't mash. Fry onion until soft in oil, add nettles and

stir fry until just wilted (minute or two) and add all other ingredients, season

and serve hot.

Dore

Iron Tonic Recipe

> To: ukherbal-list

> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Sometime ago someone put an iron tonic recipe up using munza

> apricots and molasses. I am sure I kept a copy but now a patient has

> asked for help I of course can't find it!!

>

> Can anyone supply it?

>

> many thanks in advance Dore

>

>

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  • 2 weeks later...

I remember getting this recipe from Church when I did some of my

clinical hors with him at his home,

that was in 1992 I think. He had the nettle and apricot recipe from Hedley

and Non Shaw,

who taught that to me before I started studying, so that must have been in 1990,

at an adult education workshop at the Ward Centre.

Church then added the tinctures to it.

Marilena.

To: ukherbal-list

From: sally@...

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:47:46 +0000

Subject: Re: Iron Tonic Recipe

My first record of it is from a seminar with Anne Freeman (undated)

Sally Owen

> 99.9% sure this is a recipe from Hedley.

>

> Trudy

>

> -- Iron Tonic Recipe

>>> To: ukherbal-list

>>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>>

>> .

>>

>>

>>

>

> --

> Herbert

> Herbalist and allergy therapist

> 15 Queens St

> Spooner Row

> Norfolk NR18 9JU

> 01953 603056

> www.christineherbert.co.uk

>

>

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Yes, its on the Herbarium

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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:19 PM

To: " herbalist mail " <ukherbal-list >

Subject: RE: Iron Tonic Recipe

>

> I remember getting this recipe from Church when I did some of my

> clinical hors with him at his home,

> that was in 1992 I think. He had the nettle and apricot recipe from Chris

> Hedley and Non Shaw,

> who taught that to me before I started studying, so that must have been in

> 1990, at an adult education workshop at the Ward Centre.

> Church then added the tinctures to it.

> Marilena.

>

>

>

> To: ukherbal-list

> From: sally@...

> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:47:46 +0000

> Subject: Re: Iron Tonic Recipe

>

>

>

>

>

>

> My first record of it is from a seminar with Anne Freeman (undated)

>

> Sally Owen

>

>

>

>> 99.9% sure this is a recipe from Hedley.

>>

>> Trudy

>>

>> -- Iron Tonic Recipe

>>>> To: ukherbal-list

>>>> Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 9:38

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>

>>> .

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>> --

>> Herbert

>> Herbalist and allergy therapist

>> 15 Queens St

>> Spooner Row

>> Norfolk NR18 9JU

>> 01953 603056

>> www.christineherbert.co.uk

>>

>>

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In my old notes it was always 'Janet Hicks' Iron Tonic' . The time I

spent with her doing some sort of clinic intensive (with Nicky

as well) , would have been about 1979, not much later. .

I have no idea where Janet got it from, but with a busy gynae

practice, and making a good range of medicines herself, she used it a

lot. And I have certainly had great results with it, and it is delicious!!.

Seems to me that old herbalists (with some notable exceptions, I must

say) did not attach 'ownership' to herbal recipes, much as artists in

many non-Western societies have had a tradition of not signing their

paintings. So this post is in the spirit of 'when's the earliest that

anyone can remember using this?' rather than 'whose is it?'.

Sue

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