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Furniture Polish A few drops of olive oil on a dampened cloth. Use filtered water to dampen.
Insect Killer Boric acid powder (not borax). Throw liberal amounts behind stove, refrigerator, under carpets and in carpets. Since boric acid is white, you must be careful not to mistake it for sugar accidentally. Keep it far away from food and out of children's reach. Buy it at a farm supply or garden store (or see Sources). It will not kill ants.
Ant Repellent Spray 50% white distilled vinegar on counter tops, window sills and shelves and wipe, leaving residue. Start early in spring before they arrive, because it takes a few weeks to rid yourself of them once they are established. If you want immediate action, get some lemons, cut the yellow outer peel off and cover with grain alcohol in a tightly closed jar. Let stand at least one hour. Use 1 part of this concentrate with 9 parts water in a spray bottle. Mix only as much as you will use because the diluted form loses potency. Spray walls, floors, carpets wherever you see them. The lemon solution even leaves a shine on your counters. Use both vinegar and lemon approaches to rid yourself of ants. To treat the whole house, pour vinegar all around your foundation, close to the wall, using one gallon for every five feet. Expect to damage any foliage it touches. Reapply every six months. |
Furniture Polish A few drops of olive oil on a dampened cloth. Use filtered water to dampen.
Insect Killer Boric acid powder (not borax). Throw liberal amounts behind stove, refrigerator, under carpets and in carpets. Since boric acid is white, you must be careful not to mistake it for sugar accidentally. Keep it far away from food and out of children's reach. Buy it at a farm supply or garden store (or see Sources). It will not kill ants.
Ant Repellent Spray 50% white distilled vinegar on counter tops, window sills and shelves and wipe, leaving residue. Start early in spring before they arrive, because it takes a few weeks to rid yourself of them once they are established. If you want immediate action, get some lemons, cut the yellow outer peel off and cover with grain alcohol in a tightly closed jar. Let stand at least one hour. Use 1 part of this concentrate with 9 parts water in a spray bottle. Mix only as much as you will use because the diluted form loses potency. Spray walls, floors, carpets wherever you see them. The lemon solution even leaves a shine on your counters. Use both vinegar and lemon approaches to rid yourself of ants. To treat the whole house, pour vinegar all around your foundation, close to the wall, using one gallon for every five feet. Expect to damage any foliage it touches. Reapply every six months. 541 | ||
Flower and Foliage Spray Food-grade hydrogen peroxide. See instructions on bottle.
Moth Balls I found this recipe in an old recipe book. Mix the following and scatter in trunks and bags containing furs and woolens: ½ lb. each rosemary and mint, ¼ lb. each tansy and thyme, 2 tbs. powdered cloves.
Carpet Cleaner Whether you rent a machine or have a cleaning service, don’'t use the carpet shampoo they want to sell, even if they “"guarantee”" that it is all natural and safe. Instead add these to a bucket (about four gallons) of water and use it as the cleaning solution:
Wash water Rinse water 1/3 cup borax ¼ cup grain alcohol 2 tsp. boric acid ¼ cup white distilled vinegar or 4 tsp. citric acid
Borax does the cleaning; alcohol disinfects, boric acid leaves a pesticide residue, and the vinegar or citric acid give luster. If you are just making one pass on your carpet, use the borax, alcohol, and boric acid. Remember to test everything you use on an unnoticed piece of carpet first. |
Flower and Foliage Spray Food-grade hydrogen peroxide. See instructions on bottle.
Moth Balls I found this recipe in an old recipe book. Mix the following and scatter in trunks and bags containing furs and woolens: ½ lb. each rosemary and mint, ¼ lb. each tansy and thyme, 2 tbs. powdered cloves.
Carpet Cleaner Whether you rent a machine or have a cleaning service, don’'t use the carpet shampoo they want to sell, even if they “"guarantee”" that it is all natural and safe. Instead add these to a bucket (about four gallons) of water and use it as the cleaning solution:
Wash water Rinse water 1/3 cup borax ¼ cup grain alcohol 2 tsp. boric acid ¼ cup white distilled vinegar or 4 tsp. citric acid
Borax does the cleaning; alcohol disinfects, boric acid leaves a pesticide residue, and the vinegar or citric acid give luster. If you are just making one pass on your carpet, use the borax, alcohol, and boric acid. Remember to test everything you use on an unnoticed piece of carpet first. 542 | ||
Health Improvement Recipes
Black Walnut Hull Tincture This new recipe is four times as strong as the previous one, so it is called Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength.
Your largest enamel or ceramic (not stainless steel, not aluminum) cooking pot, preferably at least 10 quarts Black walnuts, in the hull, each one still at least 50% green, enough to fill the pot to the top Grain alcohol, about 50% strength, enough to cover the walnuts ½ tsp. vitamin C Plastic wrap or cellophane Glass jars or bottles
The black walnut tree produces large green balls in fall. The walnut is inside, but we will use the whole ball, uncracked, since the active ingredient is in the green outer hull. Rinse the walnuts carefully, put them in the pot, and cover with the alcohol. Sprinkle on half the vitamin C. Seal with plastic wrap and cover. Let sit for three days. Pour into glass jars or bottles, discarding walnuts, and divide the remaining vitamin C amongst the jars. If the glass jar has a metal lid, first put plastic wrap over the top before screwing on the lid. Potency is strong for several years if unopened, even if it darkens.
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Health Improvement Recipes
Black Walnut Hull Tincture This new recipe is four times as strong as the previous one, so it is called Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength.
Your largest enamel or ceramic (not stainless steel, not aluminum) cooking pot, preferably at least 10 quarts Black walnuts, in the hull, each one still at least 50% green, enough to fill the pot to the top Grain alcohol, about 50% strength, enough to cover the walnuts ½ tsp. vitamin C Plastic wrap or cellophane Glass jars or bottles
The black walnut tree produces large green balls in fall. The walnut is inside, but we will use the whole ball, uncracked, since the active ingredient is in the green outer hull. Rinse the walnuts carefully, put them in the pot, and cover with the alcohol. Sprinkle on half the vitamin C. Seal with plastic wrap and cover. Let sit for three days. Pour into glass jars or bottles, discarding walnuts, and divide the remaining vitamin C amongst the jars. If the glass jar has a metal lid, first put plastic wrap over the top before screwing on the lid. Potency is strong for several years if unopened, even if it darkens.
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When preparing the walnuts, rinse only with cold tap water. You may need to use a brush on areas with dirt. If you are not going to use all of them in this batch, you may freeze them in a resealable plastic bag. Simply refrigerating them does not keep them from turning black and useless. The pot of soaking walnuts should not be refrigerated. Nor does the final tincture need any refrigeration. Exposure to air does cause the tincture to darken and lose potency. To reduce air exposure, fill the pot as much as possible, without touching the plastic wrap, while still keeping a snug fitting lid. Even more importantly, the glass jars or bottles you use to store your tincture should have as little air space as possible, without touching the plastic wrap on top. A large jar should be divided into smaller ones when you are ready to use it. The idea is not to have partial jars, with a lot of air space, sitting for longer than a month or so. There are several ways to make a 50% grain alcohol solution. Some states have Everclear,TM 95% alcohol. Mix this half and half with water. Other states have Everclear that is 76.5% alcohol. Mix this three parts Everclear to one part water. Yet another method is to buy vodka that is 100 proof. This is already 50% alcohol. Remember, never use any kind of purchased water to make tincture.
Black Walnut Hull Tincture (Regular Strength) This is the potency I used originally. It is included here in case you prefer it or wish to treat a pet. The Extra Strength recipe is four times as potent as the original recipe, so it must be diluted in quarters. (Similarly, if you have a lot of the Regular Strength left and want to use it in place of Extra Strength, simply take four times as much.) |
When preparing the walnuts, rinse only with cold tap water. You may need to use a brush on areas with dirt. If you are not going to use all of them in this batch, you may freeze them in a resealable plastic bag. Simply refrigerating them does not keep them from turning black and useless. The pot of soaking walnuts should not be refrigerated. Nor does the final tincture need any refrigeration. Exposure to air does cause the tincture to darken and lose potency. To reduce air exposure, fill the pot as much as possible, without touching the plastic wrap, while still keeping a snug fitting lid. Even more importantly, the glass jars or bottles you use to store your tincture should have as little air space as possible, without touching the plastic wrap on top. A large jar should be divided into smaller ones when you are ready to use it. The idea is not to have partial jars, with a lot of air space, sitting for longer than a month or so. There are several ways to make a 50% grain alcohol solution. Some states have Everclear,TM 95% alcohol. Mix this half and half with water. Other states have Everclear that is 76.5% alcohol. Mix this three parts Everclear to one part water. Yet another method is to buy vodka that is 100 proof. This is already 50% alcohol. Remember, never use any kind of purchased water to make tincture.
Black Walnut Hull Tincture (Regular Strength) This is the potency I used originally. It is included here in case you prefer it or wish to treat a pet. The Extra Strength recipe is four times as potent as the original recipe, so it must be diluted in quarters. (Similarly, if you have a lot of the Regular Strength left and want to use it in place of Extra Strength, simply take four times as much.) 544 | ||
Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength Grain Alcohol, about 10%
Mix one part extra strength tincture with three parts of the 10% alcohol. Store in glass containers same as described above. There are several ways to make a 10% grain alcohol solution. Some states have Everclear,TM 95% alcohol. Mix this one part Everclear to nine parts water. Other states have Everclear that is 76.5% alcohol. Mix this one part Everclear to seven parts water. Yet another method is to buy vodka that is 100 proof (50% alcohol) and mix one part vodka with four parts water.
Black Walnut Hull Extract (Water Based) Because you do not know how commercially available extracts were made, and may not be able to test for solvent pollution, it is wisest to make it yourself! This recipe is intended for alcoholic persons: cover the green balls in the 10 quart (non-metal) pot with cold tap water. Heat to boiling, covered. Turn off heat. When cool, add vitamin C, cover with plastic wrap, and the lid. Let stand for 1 day. It will be darker than the tincture. Do not dilute. Pour into freezable containers. Refrigerate what you will use in two days and freeze the rest. Add vitamin C after thawing or during refrigeration (¼ tsp. per quart). For use: in programs calling for Extra Strength Black Walnut Hull Tincture use four times as much of this water based recipe (8 tsp. instead of 2 tsp. Extra Strength).
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Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength Grain Alcohol, about 10%
Mix one part extra strength tincture with three parts of the 10% alcohol. Store in glass containers same as described above. There are several ways to make a 10% grain alcohol solution. Some states have Everclear,TM 95% alcohol. Mix this one part Everclear to nine parts water. Other states have Everclear that is 76.5% alcohol. Mix this one part Everclear to seven parts water. Yet another method is to buy vodka that is 100 proof (50% alcohol) and mix one part vodka with four parts water.
Black Walnut Hull Extract (Water Based) Because you do not know how commercially available extracts were made, and may not be able to test for solvent pollution, it is wisest to make it yourself! This recipe is intended for alcoholic persons: cover the green balls in the 10 quart (non-metal) pot with cold tap water. Heat to boiling, covered. Turn off heat. When cool, add vitamin C, cover with plastic wrap, and the lid. Let stand for 1 day. It will be darker than the tincture. Do not dilute. Pour into freezable containers. Refrigerate what you will use in two days and freeze the rest. Add vitamin C after thawing or during refrigeration (¼ tsp. per quart). For use: in programs calling for Extra Strength Black Walnut Hull Tincture use four times as much of this water based recipe (8 tsp. instead of 2 tsp. Extra Strength).
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Quassia recipe Add 1/8 cup quassia chips to 3 cups water. Simmer 20-30 minutes. Pour off 1/8 cup now and drink it fresh. Refrigerate remainder. Drink 1/8 cup 4 times/day, until a total of ½ cup of chips is consumed. Flavor with spices.
Emmenagogue (Menstrual Period Inducer) Here are four herbs that can each bring on your period. They can be started anytime but the most-effective time is before your next calculated period time (count days as if you never missed a period).
1 oz sassafras bark 1 oz rue (cut) 1 oz marjoram herb 1 oz blue cohosh root 4½ cups boiling water Add the herbs to the boiling water and turn down to simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Do not boil. Strain and refrigerate in sterile glass jar. Pour one cup for yourself in the morning. Let warm to room temperature, and sip between meals, making it last until supper.
Bowel Program Bacteria are always at the root of bowel problems, such as pain, bloating and gassiness. They can not be killed by zapping, because the high frequency current does not penetrate the bowel contents. Although most bowel bacteria are beneficial, the ones that are not, like Salmonellas and Shigellas, are extremely detrimental because they have the ability to invade the rest of your body and colonize a trauma site or weakened organ. |
Quassia recipe Add 1/8 cup quassia chips to 3 cups water. Simmer 20-30 minutes. Pour off 1/8 cup now and drink it fresh. Refrigerate remainder. Drink 1/8 cup 4 times/day, until a total of ½ cup of chips is consumed. Flavor with spices.
Emmenagogue (Menstrual Period Inducer) Here are four herbs that can each bring on your period. They can be started anytime but the most-effective time is before your next calculated period time (count days as if you never missed a period).
1 oz sassafras bark 1 oz rue (cut) 1 oz marjoram herb 1 oz blue cohosh root 4½ cups boiling water Add the herbs to the boiling water and turn down to simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Do not boil. Strain and refrigerate in sterile glass jar. Pour one cup for yourself in the morning. Let warm to room temperature, and sip between meals, making it last until supper.
Bowel Program Bacteria are always at the root of bowel problems, such as pain, bloating and gassiness. They can not be killed by zapping, because the high frequency current does not penetrate the bowel contents. Although most bowel bacteria are beneficial, the ones that are not, like Salmonellas and Shigellas, are extremely detrimental because they have the ability to invade the rest of your body and colonize a trauma site or weakened organ. 546 | ||
These same bacteria colonize a cancer tumor and delay healing after the malignancy is stopped.
Another reason bowel bacteria are so hard to eradicate is that we are constantly reinfecting ourselves by keeping a reservoir on our hands and under our fingernails. • So the first thing to do is improve sanitation. For a serious problem, use 50% grain alcohol (100 proof vodka) in a spray bottle at the bathroom sink. Sterilize your hands after bathroom use and before meals. • Secondly use turmeric (2 capsules 3 times a day, this is the common spice) which I find helps against Shigella, as well as E. coli. Expect orange colored stool. • Third use fennel (1 capsule 3 times a day). • Fourth use digestive enzyme tablets with meals as directed on the bottle. (But only as long as necessary, because these frequently harbor molds.) • Fifth use a single 2 tsp. dose of Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength. Add it to a ½ glass of water and sip over a 15 minute period. Stay seated until any side effect from the alcohol wears off. • Sixth take Cascara sagrada capsules if constipated (start with one capsule a day, use up to maximum on label). Remember to drink a cup of hot water upon rising in the morning. This will begin to regulate your elimination.
It can take all six to get rid of a bad Shigella problem in a week. Afterward, you must continue to eat only sterile dairy products. Note that the Kidney Cleanse is often effective with bowel problems. Try it also. You will know you succeeded when your tummy is flat, there is not a single gurgle, and your mood improves! |
These same bacteria colonize a cancer tumor and delay healing after the malignancy is stopped.
Another reason bowel bacteria are so hard to eradicate is that we are constantly reinfecting ourselves by keeping a reservoir on our hands and under our fingernails. • So the first thing to do is improve sanitation. For a serious problem, use 50% grain alcohol (100 proof vodka) in a spray bottle at the bathroom sink. Sterilize your hands after bathroom use and before meals. • Secondly use turmeric (2 capsules 3 times a day, this is the common spice) which I find helps against Shigella, as well as E. coli. Expect orange colored stool. • Third use fennel (1 capsule 3 times a day). • Fourth use digestive enzyme tablets with meals as directed on the bottle. (But only as long as necessary, because these frequently harbor molds.) • Fifth use a single 2 tsp. dose of Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength. Add it to a ½ glass of water and sip over a 15 minute period. Stay seated until any side effect from the alcohol wears off. • Sixth take Cascara sagrada capsules if constipated (start with one capsule a day, use up to maximum on label). Remember to drink a cup of hot water upon rising in the morning. This will begin to regulate your elimination.
It can take all six to get rid of a bad Shigella problem in a week. Afterward, you must continue to eat only sterile dairy products. Note that the Kidney Cleanse is often effective with bowel problems. Try it also. You will know you succeeded when your tummy is flat, there is not a single gurgle, and your mood improves! 547 | ||
Constipation Tea Constipation is often caused by E. coli and Salmonella from dairy foods, or from killing “"good”" bowel bacteria with antibiotics (killing a few by zapping actually restores good flora). Eat foods that restore the body's good bowel flora: vegetables, sterilized milk (the milk sugar is essential), lots of water. There are a lot of remedies for constipation, but many people enjoy this tea:
1 tbs. senna tea leaves ½ tsp. mint leaves
Boil for one minute in a quart of water, add a dash of vitamin C and brown sugar to taste. Sip through the day to avoid “"bellyache”". It can take years for the body's flora to “"right themselves”" after an antibiotic session, be patient.
Weight Reduction Here are two ancient herbal recipes for obesity. I have not personally determined their effectiveness.
Fucus 2 oz Fucus vesiculosus, cut (see Sources) 3 cups cold tap water Boil for 15 minutes, covered. Cool. Dose: ¼ cup four times a day on an empty stomach. After one week increase dose to ½ cup. You may add any flavoring desired. Watch the pot carefully as it comes to a boil. If it boils over, you will have a month of stove-cleaning to do. The odor of Fucus boiling is wretched. So is the taste. Maybe garlic (fresh) would improve it.
Fennel 1 oz fennel seed (crushed or powdered is fine) |
Constipation Tea Constipation is often caused by E. coli and Salmonella from dairy foods, or from killing “"good”" bowel bacteria with antibiotics (killing a few by zapping actually restores good flora). Eat foods that restore the body's good bowel flora: vegetables, sterilized milk (the milk sugar is essential), lots of water. There are a lot of remedies for constipation, but many people enjoy this tea:
1 tbs. senna tea leaves ½ tsp. mint leaves
Boil for one minute in a quart of water, add a dash of vitamin C and brown sugar to taste. Sip through the day to avoid “"bellyache”". It can take years for the body's flora to “"right themselves”" after an antibiotic session, be patient.
Weight Reduction Here are two ancient herbal recipes for obesity. I have not personally determined their effectiveness.
Fucus 2 oz Fucus vesiculosus, cut (see Sources) 3 cups cold tap water Boil for 15 minutes, covered. Cool. Dose: ¼ cup four times a day on an empty stomach. After one week increase dose to ½ cup. You may add any flavoring desired. Watch the pot carefully as it comes to a boil. If it boils over, you will have a month of stove-cleaning to do. The odor of Fucus boiling is wretched. So is the taste. Maybe garlic (fresh) would improve it.
Fennel 1 oz fennel seed (crushed or powdered is fine) 548 | ||
3 cups cold tap water
Boil water, pour over herb. Steep 30 minutes. Strain. Add 4 oz honey (optional). Drink one cup each day.
You could take them both together, along with the Bowel Program, to be more successful, but the best single weight reducer is the Liver Cleanse.
Kidney Cleanse ½ cup dried Hydrangea root ½ cup Gravel root ½ cup Marshmallow root 4 bunches of fresh parsley Goldenrod tincture (leave this out of the recipe if you are allergic to it) Ginger capsules Uva Ursi capsules Vegetable glycerin Black Cherry Concentrate, 8 oz Vitamin B6, 250 mg Magnesium oxide tablets, 300 mg
Measure ¼ cup of each root and set them to soak, together in 10 cups of cold tap water, using a non-metal container and a nonmetal lid (a dinner plate will do). After four hours (or overnight) add 8 oz. black cherry concentrate, heat to boiling and simmer for 20 minutes. Drink ¼ cup as soon as it is cool enough. Pour the rest through a bamboo strainer into a sterile pint jar (glass) and several freezable containers. Refrigerate the glass jar. Boil the fresh parsley, after rinsing, in 1 quart of water for 3 minutes. Drink ¼ cup when cool enough. Refrigerate a pint and freeze 1 pint. Throw away the parsley. Dose: each morning, pour together ¾ cup of the root mixture and ½ cup parsley water, filling a large mug. Add 20 drops of goldenrod tincture and 1 tbs. of glycerin. |
3 cups cold tap water
Boil water, pour over herb. Steep 30 minutes. Strain. Add 4 oz honey (optional). Drink one cup each day.
You could take them both together, along with the Bowel Program, to be more successful, but the best single weight reducer is the Liver Cleanse.
Kidney Cleanse ½ cup dried Hydrangea root ½ cup Gravel root ½ cup Marshmallow root 4 bunches of fresh parsley Goldenrod tincture (leave this out of the recipe if you are allergic to it) Ginger capsules Uva Ursi capsules Vegetable glycerin Black Cherry Concentrate, 8 oz Vitamin B6, 250 mg Magnesium oxide tablets, 300 mg
Measure ¼ cup of each root and set them to soak, together in 10 cups of cold tap water, using a non-metal container and a nonmetal lid (a dinner plate will do). After four hours (or overnight) add 8 oz. black cherry concentrate, heat to boiling and simmer for 20 minutes. Drink ¼ cup as soon as it is cool enough. Pour the rest through a bamboo strainer into a sterile pint jar (glass) and several freezable containers. Refrigerate the glass jar. Boil the fresh parsley, after rinsing, in 1 quart of water for 3 minutes. Drink ¼ cup when cool enough. Refrigerate a pint and freeze 1 pint. Throw away the parsley. Dose: each morning, pour together ¾ cup of the root mixture and ½ cup parsley water, filling a large mug. Add 20 drops of goldenrod tincture and 1 tbs. of glycerin. 549 | ||
Drink this mixture in divided doses throughout the day. Keep cold. Do not drink it all at once or you will get a stomach ache and feel pressure in your bladder. If your stomach is very sensitive, start on half this dose. Save the roots after the first boiling, storing them in the freezer. After 13 days when your supply runs low, boil the same roots a second time, but add only 6 cups water and simmer only 10 minutes. This will last another 8 days, for a total of three weeks. You may cook the roots a third time if you wish, but the recipe gets less potent. If your problem is severe, only cook them twice. After three weeks, repeat with fresh herbs. You need to do the Kidney Cleanse for six weeks to get good results, longer for severe problems. Also take:
• Ginger capsules: one with each meal (3/day). • Uva Ursi capsules: one with breakfast and two with supper. • Vitamin B6 (250 mg): one a day. • Magnesium oxide (300 mg): one a day. Take these supplements just before your meal to avoid burping. Some notes on this recipe: this herbal tea, as well as the parsley, can easily spoil. Heat it to boiling every fourth day if it is being stored in the refrigerator; this resterilizes it. If you sterilize it in the morning you may take it to work without refrigerating it (use a glass container). When you order your herbs, be careful! Herb companies are not the same! These roots should have a strong fragrance. If the ones you buy are barely fragrant, they have lost their active ingredients; switch to a different supplier. Fresh roots can be used. Do not use powder. |
Drink this mixture in divided doses throughout the day. Keep cold. Do not drink it all at once or you will get a stomach ache and feel pressure in your bladder. If your stomach is very sensitive, start on half this dose. Save the roots after the first boiling, storing them in the freezer. After 13 days when your supply runs low, boil the same roots a second time, but add only 6 cups water and simmer only 10 minutes. This will last another 8 days, for a total of three weeks. You may cook the roots a third time if you wish, but the recipe gets less potent. If your problem is severe, only cook them twice. After three weeks, repeat with fresh herbs. You need to do the Kidney Cleanse for six weeks to get good results, longer for severe problems. Also take:
• Ginger capsules: one with each meal (3/day). • Uva Ursi capsules: one with breakfast and two with supper. • Vitamin B6 (250 mg): one a day. • Magnesium oxide (300 mg): one a day. Take these supplements just before your meal to avoid burping. Some notes on this recipe: this herbal tea, as well as the parsley, can easily spoil. Heat it to boiling every fourth day if it is being stored in the refrigerator; this resterilizes it. If you sterilize it in the morning you may take it to work without refrigerating it (use a glass container). When you order your herbs, be careful! Herb companies are not the same! These roots should have a strong fragrance. If the ones you buy are barely fragrant, they have lost their active ingredients; switch to a different supplier. Fresh roots can be used. Do not use powder. 550 |
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