alcohol and liquid extracts

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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:00:36 -0800

" Rod Le Blanc " <rodleblancdtcm

Re: Alcohol and liquid extracts

 

>First I want to caution you about using this method. Alcohol is VERY

volatile and using heat >and alcohol at the same time could be extremely

damaging to your physical form!

 

That being said I do use some form of this technique. I would like to ask

why you wouldn't use the entire amount of menstruum. Why only use a part of

the menstruum when applying heat to the preparation? I honestly don't

understand what EXACTLY you are doing since your description was a bit

vague, but it sounds to me as though you are putting medicinals in a jar

with some alcohol, then putting that jar in a water bath and applying heat.

Then you are adding more alcohol later, after the heating process. If this

is what you are doing the above cautions apply but go ahead and use all the

alcohol you want then heat it. AGAIN, BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DO NOT

RECOMMEND THIS METHOD OF PREPARATION, IT IS VERY

DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

>When I make an extraction of a formula, I usually soak and steam the

formula

>in a litre or two of the alcohol for a period of 30 - 45 minutes and then

>add it to the total quantity of 45% rice wine. Is this an adequate amount

of

>time and do you practise this method?

 

Many Thanks -Rod

 

 

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Thomas

 

The procedure used is the herbs and a litre of rice wine are placed in an

enamel steel pot with no lid which is placed in water being gently heated. I

wouldn't or haven't used the full menstrum because most of the formulas I

make would be too large like over 10 litres for this kind of process and the

heating process WOULD REALLY BE DANGEROUS. The smaller amount of herbs and

wine are then added to the larger amount of alcohol. Could you please tell

me what you mean by your using some form of this technique - which was the

gist of my original question?

 

Thanks

Rod

 

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> alcohol and liquid extracts

>Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:29:39 -0800

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> Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:00:36 -0800

> " Rod Le Blanc " <rodleblancdtcm

>Re: Alcohol and liquid extracts

>

> >First I want to caution you about using this method. Alcohol is VERY

>volatile and using heat >and alcohol at the same time could be extremely

>damaging to your physical form!

>

>That being said I do use some form of this technique. I would like to ask

>why you wouldn't use the entire amount of menstruum. Why only use a part of

>the menstruum when applying heat to the preparation? I honestly don't

>understand what EXACTLY you are doing since your description was a bit

>vague, but it sounds to me as though you are putting medicinals in a jar

>with some alcohol, then putting that jar in a water bath and applying heat.

>Then you are adding more alcohol later, after the heating process. If this

>is what you are doing the above cautions apply but go ahead and use all the

>alcohol you want then heat it. AGAIN, BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DO

>NOT

>RECOMMEND THIS METHOD OF PREPARATION, IT IS VERY

>DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> >When I make an extraction of a formula, I usually soak and steam the

>formula

> >in a litre or two of the alcohol for a period of 30 - 45 minutes and then

> >add it to the total quantity of 45% rice wine. Is this an adequate amount

>of

> >time and do you practise this method?

>

>Many Thanks -Rod

>

>

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