YUcca root—The Steroidal saponins in Yucca root could be considered as
an intestinal soap or cleanser and a wetting agent for intestinal flora. Yucca helps
form a protective coating on the intestinal walls. Yucca helps eliminate pathogenic
organisms including viruses and encourages growth of friendly bacteria and
eliminates intestinal mucus and the wastes on the intestinal lining. It has a high
content of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and copper. Saponins
have long been known to have strong antibiotic activity and stimulate the immune
system and reduce pains of all kinds.
HoW to taKe HerBs
Herb shots in a Glass:
Mix herbs together and store in the fridge. Many of the herbs (unless they
are very bitter pine bark or grape seed or hot like cayenne) can be taken in a shot
glass of water or apple juice once or twice a day. They can also be mixed into
fresh squeezed orange juice along with 1 Tablespoon Fresh-ground flaxseed. Keep
flaxseed airtight in the fridge also and grind about a weeks supply at once. The
flaxseed softens the pungent taste of the herbs. Try to get tree-ripened fruit if
possible for juice for they are less acidic in reaction. You can also add some ground
up papaya tablets to the herb mix to increase absorption.
capsulated:
Kelp and Alpha Lipoic Acid will need to be capsulated along with your
herbal mix because they are not very palatable. Note very bitter herbs like yarrow,
Rhodiola, Jiaogulan, Pine bark, Grape seed, Gentian and most extracts would be
best put in a mix to be capsulated in “large” 000 capsules from http://www.iherb.com
and http://www.beyondacenturyonline.com. Neem also is rather bitter although I still
manage to chug it down with juice when I add neem powder to my herb mix. For
capsules remember to buy herbs in powdered form if they cannot be ground in a
coffee grinder. Check out the locally grown wild herbs and someone who knows
about the herbs in your area. For kundalini you are looking for the adaptogens,
antioxidant, tonic herbs and herbs for the liver and nerves. Wildcraft what you
can and dry them and then grind them in a coffee grinder. Sieve the powder and
capsulate them yourself. Extract powders of many of these herbs can be obtained
from beyond-a-century. Many grocery stores have extensive bulk herb sections.
Store herb mixtures in the fridge.
http://richardalanmiller.com/ —I cannot recommend the herbalist, metaphysician
Richard Alan Miller’s books highly enough. His book on aphrodisiacs could be
used as a herbal handbook for alchemists, artists and visionaries: “The Magical
and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs.” Also for kundi-actives would benefit from his
book “The Modern Alchemist” and also one that is partly on the web called “ESP
Induction Through Forms of Self-Hypnosis.”
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/
http://www.herbalcom.com
http://www.swsbm.com/Maps/Maps.html —Herb distribution maps for the US