How to Make and Use Herbal Preparations

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Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Now that you’re equipped with some fantastic suggestions on plants to grow for herbal purposes in the garden, learn how Dr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen likes to create his herbal preparations, including definitions on common types of recipes. Connect with Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, Ph.D.: Mr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, chief herbalist and chemist for Medicine Man Plant Co. Medicine Man Plant Co Foraging Texas Medicina Man Plant Co on Facebook Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back everyone.
0:14.5	This is our final episode for now with Dr. Mark Maryweather Vorderbrugan, who is the
0:18.8	chief herbalist and chemist for medicine man, Planned Company, more about that later
0:24.0	at the end of today's show.
0:25.4	But you know, first mark, we've gone through quite a journey this week on first of all
0:29.4	sort of laying out, as you call it, the game board, the immune system, and the different
0:33.0	things that we can do to enhance its performance against all sorts of invaders, right?
0:39.4	And so we've talked elderberry, echinacea, garlic, turmeric, and self-heal, or heal-all,
0:44.1	or prunella vulgaris.
0:45.9	But the question, and we did give a little bit of this at the end of each of those episodes,
0:49.8	but how do we make and use an herbal preparation?
0:53.7	Could we maybe define some of those common terms that someone might hear and really not
0:58.0	know what they are?
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	Excellent question.
1:01.0	Before we start that, let's remind people that plants have a cell wall, a hard rigid structure,
1:08.5	and all those things you want are inside that cell wall.
1:12.7	If you just take a fresh green plant and drop it, say, in hot water, hoping to extract
1:17.9	the medicinal compounds, you're not going to get much because they can't pass through
1:21.4	that cell wall.
1:23.2	But if you take plants, especially herbs, cut them, and let them just air dry, hang dry
1:29.2	for two, three weeks, the last thing they do is they trigger an enzyme whose purpose
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