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The leaves and twigs are used by Native Americans to make a herbal tea used for a variety of conditions. Chaparral has also been shown to have high liver toxicity, and has led to kidney failure, and is not recommended for any use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or American Cancer Society. [97] [98] Laurus nobilis
Herbal distillates, also known as floral waters, hydrosols, hydrolates, herbal waters, and essential waters, [1] are aqueous products of hydrodistillation. They are colloidal suspensions of essential oils as well as water-soluble components obtained by steam distillation or hydrodistillation (a variant of steam distillation) from plants and herbs.
Hilda Leyel (née Wauton; 6 December 1880 – 15 April 1957), who wrote under the name Mrs. C. F. Leyel, was an expert on herbalism and founded the Society of Herbalists (later the Herb Society) [1] in England in 1927, as well as a chain of herbalist stores called the Culpeper House herb shops.
Everclear is an American brand name of a line of rectified spirit (also known as grain alcohol and neutral spirit) produced by the American company Luxco (formerly known as the David Sherman Corporation, and since 2021 a subsidiary of MGP Ingredients).
A tincture is typically an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol (ethyl alcohol). Solvent concentrations of 25–60% are common, but may run as high as 90%. [ 1 ] In chemistry , a tincture is a solution that has ethanol as its solvent.
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
The Grete Herball (The Great Herbal) is an Early Modern encyclopedia and the first illustrated herbal produced in English. It is preceded by Richard Banckes's unillustrated Herball ( 1525 ), which was the first printed English herbal ever produced. [ 1 ]
Every Woman’s Herbal (completed by his family after his death). ISBN 1-879436-10-8; Herb Syllabus (completed by his family after his death). ISBN 1-879436-05-1; Herbal Home Health Care. ISBN 1-879436-03-5; Just What is the Word of Wisdom. ISBN 1-879436-05-1; Newsletters (found in The Complete Writings of Dr. Christopher CD). ISBN 1-879436-25-6