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## **This is the INDEX for the complete ONLINE Version of Where There Is No Doctor by Hesperian Foundation.**

'***WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR'***

**Complete Online Version**

**Last Revision Sunday, March 04, 2018**

**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

**Front Matter: Cover, How to Use This Book, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents**

**Introduction and Brown Pages: Words to the village health worker**

**1.  Home cures and popular beliefs**

**2.  Sicknesses that are often confused**

**3.  How to examine a sick person**

**4.  How to take care of a sick person**

**5.  Healing without medicines**

**6.  Right and wrong uses of modern medicines**

**7.  Antibiotics: what they are and how to use them**

**8.  How to measure and give medicine**

**9.  Instructions and precautions for injections**

**10.  First aid**

**11.  Nutrition: what to eat to be healthy**

**12.  Prevention: how to avoid many sicknesses**

**13.  Some very common sicknesses**

'**14.  Serious illnesses that need special medical attention'**

**15.  Skin problems**

**16.  The eyes**

**17.  The teeth, gums, and mouth**

**18.  The urinary system and the genitals**

**19.  Information for mothers and midwives**

**20.  Family planning – having the number of children you want**

**21.  Health and sicknesses of children**

**22.  Health and sicknesses of older people**

**23.  The medicine kit**

**The green pages: The uses, dosage, and precautions for medicines**

**Additional Information**

**Vocabulary**

**Addresses for teaching materials**

**Volume Index**

**Dosage Blanks and Patient Reports**

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SWSBM Website

**South West School of Botanical medicine Website**

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When I first moved here to Arizona in 1996, we had a well established school of Herbal Medicine in Bisbee, Arizona, run by famous Author and Herbalist Michael Moore who passed away in 2009.   I was fortunate enough to know him and visited the school many times.

The school website is lovingly maintained by former students and friends and has a HUGE ARCHIVE of books and materials you can click on and read or download FREE.. scroll down the page.

Here is the LINK and there is much you may not  know so please free to ask me any questions about the contents on the site.

**http://www.swsbm.com/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html**
FORAGING FOR FOOD... 1-15-18

MORE OLD TIMEY STUFF

FORAGING FOR FOOD... 1-15-18

When I was small on our farm my family foraged a lot for wild foods to supplement the table.

We liked dandelions in the yard.. we dug them and cooked them into greens and we walked the pastures and gathered wild milkweed, just the top sprigs on the one without the red vein in the leaf. We picked wild raspberries and blackberries and blueberries and currents. We had crab-apples, they made the best jelly, and we gathered chokecherries, small wild clustered cherries that made a great jelly too.

We had wild butternuts, hard to crack but inside resembled walnuts. They are covered with a sticky husk that made them nasty to harvest. I was taught to watch the squirrels carefully and not frighten them to see where they found the nuts, and then mark the tree with a colorful piece of hay twine.

We gathered Pine cones to harvest pine nuts.. I am amazed to see them selling as high as $12/lb now. Here is how to harvest them...

(Pine nuts are ready to harvest about 10 days before the green cone begins to open. The cones are dried in a burlap bag in the sun for 20 days, to speed up the process of drying and opening. The cones are then smashed (as a way to quickly release the seeds) and the seeds are separated by hand from the cone fragments.Mar 10, 2014)

Back in the days of the early 1950s it was quite possible to subsist on a farm like ours of around 100 acres. taxes were low and we had no mortgage or utility bills. We grew, made, harvested and sold enough different things to make our annual budget and in winter we mostly hunkered-down.

I have been posting OLD TIMEY STORIES in the group BUT NOW they are in a FILE called MORE OLD TIMEY STUFF in sequence. I am adding more stories to the bottom and will continue. Hope you ENJOY them.

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01. Basic Equipment You Should Have and some are Optional

## There are 3 Parts to the whole Course and each requires some items and supplies. Here are the Three Parts and a summary under each category.

**Part 1: Basic Western Herbalism**

First consult each course. A lot of what is required and what you need is listed in the first link. 00 How To Use The Course. There you will also find the Textbook you need.

Herbalism is a lot like Cooking and indeed the two are inter-related. So much of the equipment you need is already in your kitchen. each Herbal Lesson also tells any special items you need besides the herbs etc. to do the practical Hands-On.

**Part 2: Examinations and First Aid**

First consult each course. A lot of what is required and what you need is listed in the first link. 00 How To Use The Course.

The Lesson is in two Parts. The first part is the assigned reading. The ASSIGNMENT and list of MINIMUM and Expanded Equipment is in Part 2

**Part : Basic Homeopathy**
FAMEAL-Famine Chow

FAMEAL: Famine Chow

Ohhhhh   we have something we feed starving refugees called FAMMEAL which is also a corn bean mix with more additives.  Here's the recipe.

FAMEAL: Famine Chow is a good way to introduce storage foods into your diet.

This is a slang word for WSB or CSB (Wheat-Soy-Blend or Corn-Soy-Blend) used by NGOs in their feeding programs. Most Americans have never heard of (much less tried) this stuff. This is the same gruel fed to starving people in Africa and elsewhere. The only word that describes it is "foody". It's delicious. You can eat it as a thin paste or thicken it up and make dumplings or bread out of it. You can add it to soups and casseroles or even make cookies out of it. Best of all, it's healthy and cheap and made of storage foods. The NGOs buy it pre-made in big dog-food bags so they can just add water. The pre-made mix is extrusion cooked so it's easier to work with under primitive conditions. You are not going to find this stuff at your grocery store but here is how you can make your own:

50% (by volume) Corn meal or wheat meal. (I prefer meal to flour, but both work)
30% (by volume) Bean meal. Any kind..even soy. I use lentils because the are easy to grind.
10% (by volume) Oil. Any cooking oil works.
10% (by volume) Sugar or honey or syrup if you prefer.
Add salt to taste. You can also add vitamins by grinding a tablet with the mix.
(With multi-vitamin supplement, this is a fairly well balanced diet).

To cook it (it will be a powder) mix it slowly (it clumps) with boiling water (three cups of water per cup of meal). Turn off the heat and cover it and allow it to cook for 10 minutes. If you add the powder to the water and then try to heat it, it burns to the bottom of the pot, but a microwave oven works great for cooking the wet mixture. Or, use the powder just like flour for baking. It makes an awesome bean bread. It also makes a wonderful cake mix if you add more sugar and other flavorings. You can vary the amounts of everything, including water to suit your own tastes.

Try it. You may find that you really like it. It's fairly tasty, filling and satisfying. My friend's kids ate an awful lot of fameal muffins while they were growing up. They freeze well and make a good quick breakfast food if you are in a hurry.

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Signing time forever season 8

8th season is here

## episode

1. here i go and i eat and i grow may 2 2029
2. come eat and die may 2 2029
3. groove time may 2 2029
4. groove with me and you may 3 2030
5. magic word silly pizza and abc may 3 2030
6. friendship day may 3 2030
7. Potty time may 4 2031
8. Helping Out  may 4 2031
9. move and hop may 4 2031
10. hi Layla may 5 2032
11. class trip to japan may 5 2032
12. are you sick may 5 2032
13. let be friends may 5 2032
Herbal Lesson 16

## **Herbal Syrups and Oral Medicines**

Daniel Blankley - Thursday, December 14, 2017

This Lesson Concentrates on Oral Medicines to be taken mostly for the Mouth and Throat
Most of these remedies are either Syrups or Lozenges. SYRUPS coat and hold the medicinal qualities in contact with the throat, while Lozenges dissolve slowly in the mouth and coat the throat each time one swallows. In both remedies, vapors from the medicine enter the Bronchi and lungs each time you breathe.

EVERYONE HAS TAKEN Cough Syrups or used a Cough Drop many times so there is no need to explain how to take them. The following several HOW-TO VIDEOS will show you several ways to make OLD TIME Cough Syrups and Lozenges yourself.

**How To Make Elderberry Syrup**

**How To make THYME Herbal Cough Syrup**

**Pioneer and Covered Wagon Train Cough Syrup**

**How To Make Herbal Lozenges**

TOOTHACHE

Most of us are familiar with the commercial mouth pain product OraJel I like the Maximum Strength OraJel in my kit because it is useful for other topical relief besides dental (numbing cuts when suturing etc.). You may not have OraJel on hand or simply want a natural alternative. Here some Natural Remedies for Toothache.

**OIL OF CLOVES For Toothache**

**How To Make Clove Oil at Home - SIMPLY & EASILY**

**Top 10 Remedies For Toothache Also see the website HERE**
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IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO PRACTICE 1-13-18

**IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO PRACTICE... 1-13-18**

I WANTED TO BE ECLECTIC so I decided to become a Naturopathic Doctor. Most NDs do a variety of Modalities (therapies) and some develop their own.. (and a few in the past were really quack things).

I wanted to mostly do Herbal Medicine and Homeopathy to complement the conventional field medicine I was doing in developing countries where I also wanted to be able to prescribe some things and practice some general medicine.

The problem was many countries did not license either Herbalists or Homeopaths as practicing physicians and becoming a MD or Osteopath was much longer and more demanding. In many jurisdictions a ND is almost an Osteopath and can do minor surgery, obstetrics, and prescribe regular pharmaceuticals in addition to practicing natural medicine. In short we are similar to a Physicians Assistant who also does Natural Medicine.

I was already a medical Lab Tech and an Emergency Room Tech so I had the clinical pathology background to start with. becoming a Naturopathic Doctor worked for me. There are some locations where they will not license Naturopaths, but even in America 16 or more states will, and 5 Canadian provinces do.

While the Course I offer here will not qualify you, it will let you get your 'feet wet' so to speak. If you want to really become a licensed practitioner, you may be able to challenge some courses and become a ND in shorter time. In the U.S. Bastyr is the best available to become an ND and qualifies you for state license in Washington State, Arizona and about 14 other states.

Anyone with questions can message or email me off group.

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HERBS WHAT? 1-13-18

**HERBS WHAT?  1-13-18**
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By now you have probably noticed a wide discrepancy about what an HERB is.

ORIGINALLY an Herb was the green stalks, leaves, flowers and seeds of annual green growing plants. This influence probably came from Sacred Texts. Both Hebrew Scrolls and the Christian Bible describes Herbs this way in the first book right after the story of creation. The Jews didn't invent this, they were scattered for years and much of their knowledge came from ancient Egypt, Babylonia, Chaldea and Persia. Do you know that Father Abraham was not a Jew? He was Chaldean from the ancient city of UR and both Arabs and Jews consider him to be their Patriarch

Wikipedia uses this definition:

In general use, herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring food, in medicine, or as fragrances. Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs from spices. Herbs refer to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), while spices are usually dried and produced from other parts of the plant, including seeds, berries, bark, roots and fruits.

Older Traditional Herbals would not include Onions or Garlic as Herbs while modern Herbals do. Turmeric and Ginger are not in some older herbals but appear in newer ones.

TODAY Herbalism has expanded into "Botanical Medicine" and includes Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, nuts, bark, fruit and tree gums. Myrrh (the hardened gum of a Mediterranean bush) is included in many newer Herbals.

In making the lists of herbs for the course, I found several which are not listed in 'The Modern Herbal' on-line, because M. Grieve considered them vegetables and not Herbs.

TODAY we have a class of medicine called 'Phyto-Pharmacology' and anything derived from plants and trees and even aquatic plants is considered 'fair game'; So if it is a plant 'feel free' to call it an HERB.

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Examinations and First Aid Index

**00 How To Use This Course (Read First)**

This Course depends heavily on the book **"Where There is No Doctor"** by
hesperian.org. This has become the standard for International
Volunteers, The peace Corps, and is endorsed by The World Health
Organization.

You Really Should buy the paper copy, but if you cannot afford it or until your paper copy comes we provide The Complete Version Online under References. **Hesperian permits readers to save the PDF chapters in a folder on your computer.**

#### First Aid

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Individual assignments will send you to other chapters of the book and I offer additional articles and information of my own relating to working in the third world.

## L**ESSON OUTLINE OF THIS COURSE**

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**EXAMINATIONS**

01. Basic Equipment You Should Have and some are Optional

**02. Assembling a Medical Kit**

**02. Assembling a Medical Kit Part 2**

**03. Your First Examination**

**04. Making a Patient Chart**

**05. Taking the Vital Signs**

**06. Examining the Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat**

**07. Examining the Torso**

**08. Examining the Limbs**

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**FIRST AID**

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**PRESCRIBING AND INITIAL TREATMENT**

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Daniel's Articles

## **Articles by Founder Daniel Blankley**

Some of these are shore replies to Facebook Questions nor shortposts I made to other groups which are worth including here.

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**NEWEST AT THE TOP**

**HERBS WHATZAT?** 9-20-2018

Eastern Verses Western Herbalism 9-18-2018

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Introduction about Alternative Medicine in General

ACUPRESSURE 1-12-18

AROMATHERAPY 2-23-18

Balms, Ointments, Creams & Salves

BASIC COLLOIDAL SILVER GENERATOR 12-20-17

BLACK SEED OIL  What The Heck?

COLLOIDAL  What The Heck? 1-13-18

DANGEROUS OLD CURES 12-19-17

Fatty Acids and Rancidity 12-28-17

FIRST LET ME SAY I HAVE NO WISH TO OFFEND (about Cupping)

GALL IN THE BIBLE

Health Benefits of Arrowroot Powder 12-26-17

HERBS WHAT?  1-13-18

HOMEOBOTANICAL MEDICINE IN A NUTSHELL

HOMEOPATHY IN AMERICA

I HAVE BEEN ORDERING BULK HERBS

I POSTED OVER IN OFF GRID 12-26-17

IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO PRACTICE 1-13-18

LIST OF SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY

PROPER HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES 12-12-17

There are many organizations 12-28-17

Top 50 Healing Herbs To Start Growing Now

Trusty People & Organizations

VACCINATIONS 11-6-17

VACCINATIONS 2-27-18

VITALISM Answering a Question about TENS Machines

VITALISM.. the big stumbling block 1-17-18

WHY THE DOUBT AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 12-12-17

WHY HOMEOPATHY DOESN'T WORK

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Old Timey Stories

Last year I began writing a series of 'Old Timey Stories' about growing up in the early 1950's and started posting them to Facebook.where they were well received on several group sites. I am no longer on Facebook so I am posting the collection in a folder on here. I hope you will enjoy them.

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#### The Following are Excerpts from my book I am putting together, "MORE OLD TIMEY STUFF". Each story will be a chapter. As you read you will notice some names, places and dates are slightly inconsistent, because these were written off the top of my head without consulting what I had previously written \*smile\* Yes I am going to fix the bugs in the final book.

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## Growing Up in the Good 'Ol Days

I have tried to list them in a somewhat proper sequence of events, rather than when I wrote them.

All Old Timey houses had one 12-12-17

Castles had Dungeons, We Had a CELLAR 12-13-17

Weapons of a Warrior 12-13-17

The Deserted Island 12-13-17

The Great Northern Goat Debacle 12-14-17

The Flexible-Flyer 12-20-17

Old Sam and Me 12-29-17

Gettin' to School 12-29-17

A Boy, A Beagle, and A BOAR 01-03-18

MUSKRAT RAMBLE or Mother and The Muskrat 1-15-18

Makin' Homemade Booze 1-21-18

January Thaw - Excerpt from my book 1-26-18

The Crazy Christmas Tree 12-18-17

The Canine Cold War 1-26-18

The Marathon 1-26-18

Meet Me At The Fair 1-31-18

The Expedition 1-31-19

A BIG Reunion  2-2-18

One Heck of a 'NIGHT 2-8-18

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**OTHER ESSAYS**

FLANNEL SHEETS 12-10-17

I LOVE LONG UNDERWEAR 12-12-17

Christmas Mysteries of Childhood 12-22-17

FAMEAL-Famine Chow

FORAGING FOR FOOD... 1-15-18

Homemade Christmas Ornaments 12-20-17

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Silver

**Silver** is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin *argentum*, derived from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ*: "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
ABOUT ME

This Page is Under Construction

   I am Daniel Blankley, and i have been a Volunteer Missionary, Teacher, Health Worker and project designer, and I'm currently living in the USA.  I have lived and volunteered in 11 countries so far since 1980.  I was born on a farm in Rural America in 1952 and raised in poor conditions as a child, so i have always been comfortable working among third world conditions.

After doing volunteer work in the Republic of Haiti, I became interested in West Africa.  I am now hoping to migrate to West Africa to work full time with with Groups in Ghana and Nigeria and nearby countries. I am a present Adviser to REJI and some other NGOs and have assisted with the development of several websites.

I am a Research Laboratory Technician, Teacher, Practicing Herbalist, and a Homeopathic and Naturopathic Doctor (ND). I am teaching Herbal and Homeopathic medicine online in a manner apart from religion and from a personal perspective not conflicting with most general religions or philosophical concepts.

I am frequently controversial. . I share knowledge and resources although I am  still learning my way around this site. feel free to friend me and ask me questions.

You can also Read More about me on my various WIKI pages and websites.

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Founders Essays

## **Articles by Founder Daniel Blankley**

 Introduction about Alternative Medicine in General

A Close Look at Therapeutic Touch

ACUPRESSURE 1-12-18

AROMATHERAPY 2-23-18

Balms, Ointments, Creams & Salves

BASIC COLLOIDAL SILVER GENERATOR 12-20-17

BLACK SEED OIL  What The Heck?

COLLOIDAL  What The Heck? 1-13-18

DANGEROUS OLD CURES 12-19-17

Fatty Acids and Rancidity 12-28-17

FIRST LET ME SAY I HAVE NO WISH TO OFFEND (about Cupping)

GALL IN THE BIBLE

Health Benefits of Arrowroot Powder 12-26-17

HERBS WHAT?  1-13-18

HOMEOBOTANICAL MEDICINE IN A NUTSHELL

HOMEOPATHY IN AMERICA

I HAVE BEEN ORDERING BULK HERBS

I POSTED OVER IN OFF GRID 12-26-17

IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO PRACTICE 1-13-18

LIST OF SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY

PROPER HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES 12-12-17

There are many organizations 12-28-17

Top 50 Healing Herbs To Start Growing Now

Trusty People & Organizations

VACCINATIONS 11-6-17

VACCINATIONS 2-27-18

VITALISM

Vitalism is the belief that...

VITALISM.. the big stumbling block 1-17-18

WHY THE DOUBT AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 12-12-17

WHY HOMEOPATHY DOESN'T WORK

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Herbal Lesson 20

## **Making Herbal Capsules**

Daniel Blankley - Tuesday, December 26, 2017

I sat at my kitchen table, with a pan of empty gelatin capsules. I had size OOO (the largest) so that I could manually fill them from a shallow dish of garlic powder one at a time  :O All I can say is I did get a bunch of capsules mostly full of garlic. It was a slow, inaccurate and tedious process! If any of you have ever tried to fill capsules by hand you know exactly what I mean!

Now capsules of powdered herb are the most common way people take herbals as supplements. If you are taking things like garlic or other herbs, or other substances like filling your own capsules with MSM for your joints.. a small capsule filling machine will pay for itself in no time! They also press down the contents so your capsules are guaranteed full every time. The one I suggest from Mountain Rose Herbs is a dandy with a spring ejection system and it does 25 capsules at a time.

The Capsule Machine is one of the best home encapsulating devices on the market. It automatically joins and ejects filled capsules, making it faster and easier to use than most encapsulation devices. The best part about this unit is that it comes with a free tamping device and allows you to quickly fill 24 capsules in less than 2 minutes. Dishwasher safe, made of strong ABS and Delrin plastic and guaranteed to last. This extremely useful device is convenient, reliable, fast, safe, clean, and economical.

Choose from a "0" or "00" capsule machine (THIS MAY BE A DRAWBACK if you want to fill the large OOO capsules)
Personally I use the CAP-EM-QUICK which is not spring ejection and a little slower to use but it does twice as many, 50 at a time, and has a wider range of capsule sizes. I am thinking to get the one from Mountain Rose because that spring ejection is a cool feature.

There are a number of machines on the market and these are only two choices.
I AM NOT going to describe how to fill capsules.. instructions vary and come with the machine you buy.

**THINGS YOU WILL NEED**

 Capsule Filling Machine

Empty Gelatin Capsules

**HANDS-ON VIDEOS**

**Cap-M-Quik Capsule Filling Machine**

**How to Make Herbal Capsules (Monterrey Bay Spice Company)**

**Capsule Filling Methods; which is Best?**

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They even make one able to do 400 at once but it is still a manual machine.

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GALL IN THE BIBLE

GALL IN THE BIBLE

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Gall

Gall [N] [S]

(1) Heb. mererah, meaning "bitterness" ( Job 16:13 ); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps ( 20:14 ), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25).

Heb. rosh. In Deuteronomy 32:33 and Job 20:16 it denotes the poison of serpents. In Hosea 10:4 the Hebrew word is rendered "hemlock." The original probably denotes some bitter, poisonous plant, most probably the poppy, which grows up quickly, and is therefore coupled with wormwood ( Deuteronomy 29:18 ; Jeremiah 9:15 ; Lamentations 3:19 ). Compare Jeremiah 8:14 ; 23:15 , "water of gall," Gesenius, "poppy juice;" others, "water of hemlock," "bitter water."

Gr. chole ( Matthew 27:34 ), the LXX. translation of the Hebrew rosh in Psalms 69 ; 21 , which foretells our Lord's sufferings. The drink offered to our Lord was vinegar (made of light wine rendered acid, the common drink of Roman soldiers) "mingled with gall," or, according to ( Mark 15:23 ), "mingled with myrrh;" both expressions meaning the same thing, namely, that the vinegar was made bitter by the infusion of wormwood or some other bitter substance, usually given, according to a merciful custom, as an anodyne to those who were crucified, to render them insensible to pain. Our Lord, knowing this, refuses to drink it. He would take nothing to cloud his faculties or blunt the pain of dying. He chooses to suffer every element of woe in the bitter cup of agony given him by the Father ( John 18:11 ).
These dictionary topics are from
Basic Homeopathy 1-2

**Each of these topics consists of two Lessons; this is Lessons 1 and 2 of Basic Homeopathy.**

ASSIGNMENT

Please Read Pages 3 through 10 about **The History of Homeopathy**.

This is a condensed but accurate description of the development of Homeopathy. Some things are not mentioned in the book and I have written several articles about how Homeopathy has evolved differently in the West than in Eastern Countries, particularly India.

I will refer you to additional reading as we touch on the topics.

**FOR NOW be aware that after the Passing of Samuel Hahnemann, his followers and other homeopaths gradually deviated from hahnemann's precepts and Homeopathy took on a slightly different form in places around the World.** Homeopathy as viewed in North America is quite different from that practiced in India, the country which most strongly supports Homeopathy today.
Basic Homeopathy Index

**PART I: History, Principles and Prescribing**

**1 The History of Homeopathy  3
2 Principles and Concepts  11
3 Myths and Misapprehensions  17
4 Taking The Case  20
5 Prescribing  24**

**PART II: The Materia Medica and repertories**

**External Materia Medica and Repertory  31
Internal Materia Medica  38
Internal Repertory  165**

**PART III: Prescribing Guidelines and Follow-through**

**Stress as a Cause of Disease  201
Diseases You Can Treat Using This Book  203
Case-Taking Questionnaire and Symptoms Checklists  227
Repertorising Chart  230
Sample Cases  231**

**PART IV:  The Appendices**

**Glossary  247
First-Aid Kits  249**

**Index  250
Last Word  254**

**THIS IS A GREAT BOOK and I use it as a Totable Reference all the time.  It fits in My Bag and while concise it contains Materia Medica and Repertories for the top 100 remedies.**

It is designed as a Beginning Self Study Textbook and while good it makes a few preconceptions and thus lacks a few things.

**FIRST it presupposes one will only use commercial remedies from Homeopathic Suppliers**.  These are usually excellent but not always available and some cheaper companies do serial dilutions but do not include succussion between steps for proper potentizing

**SECOND no instruction is given for preparation of Homeopathic Remedies from scratch** which was the norm up until around 1920.  This involves taking original material, whether Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable; Preparing a Mother Tincture; Making Serial Dilutions and Succussing after each step to arrive at a desired Potency; Making Lactose Tablets from that Tincture.

**THIRD some modern practices have arisen which do not agree with the methods put forth by Dr, Samuel Hahnemann** which need to be addressed. This has given additional fuel against Homeopathy in the West which may result in Homeopathy being outlawed in America altogether

**FOURTH a new branch has arisen from New Zealand, which is excellent** called Homeobotanical Medicine based on only Plant Sourced materials.  I feel this is worth being introduced in this course.

**I WILL BE ADDING my own material to cover these four areas to better fill out this Basic Course.**  While not making one a Homeopathic Doctor, it will make you the equivalent of a Homeopathic Physician’s Assistant and able to handle many routine cases.

NEXT I will present the REVISED course outline which contains the above contents with my own material inserted throughout and noticeable by a different color.

Regards,

Daniel
Herbal Lesson 19

## **Making Lip Balm**

Daniel Blankley - Tuesday, December 26, 2017

**THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION**

Making Salves and Making Lip Balm are both continuations that use the results of your lesson 11 Herbal Infused Oils. In Lesson 11 you made Comfrey in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and you made Calendula in Sweet Almond Oil.
You have already taken your Herbal Oil with Comfrey and made a Salve in Lesson 12, and in this lesson we will continue farther.

You will now use the second one you made (Calendula in Sweet Almond Oil) to make Lip Balm.
I waited because this lesson and Making Capsules require purchasing the lip balm container (like ChapStick) from Mountain Rose Herbs or elsewhere on-line. These dispensors are also available in various quantities on eBay.
Some people simply pour the balm into small pocket size tins, and even commercial ones are available that come in the small tins. The thing that makes this lesson special is that it teaches you how to fill those nifty ‘chap-stick’ type containers. This is great if you want to start selling your own lip balms.

The video is self explanatory so lets get right to it!

**HANDS-ON PRACTICE WITH VIDEO**

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**

The Calendula infused Oil you made in Lesson 11

2 ounces of Beeswax  (to get Beeswax locally, I buy  Beeswax Hanukkah Candles  in WalMart and even supermarkets like Safeway).

**https://www.walmart.com/tp/hanukkah-candless**

Anise Seed essential oil (or any essential oil with a pleasant taste and aroma (many are sold in WalMart and even Family Dollar)

Lip Balm Tubes White The standard container for lip balms, this cylinder container features the screwing bottom which pushes the contents upwards. Containers contain roughly  .15 ounces of material.

**https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/catalog/containers/miscellaneous**

WalMart has them listed on their on-line source and they are also available on eBay and many other places

Here is your hands on Hands-On Video for Lesson 19

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Crash Bandicoot games in Nintendo (2002-2018)

## Spoofs:

* Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001) - NGC
* Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure/XS (2002) - GBA
* Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (2003) - GBA
* Crash Nitro Kart (2003) - GBA, NGC
* Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage/Fusion (2004) - GBA
* Crash Tag Team Racing (2005) - NGC
* Crash Boom Bang! (2006) - NDS
* Crash of the Titans (2007) - Wii, GBA, NDS
* Crash: Mind over Mutant (2008) - Wii, NDS
* Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017) - SWITCH

## Cancelled Spoofs:

* Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (2000) - GBC
* Crash TwinSanity (2004) - NGC
* Crash Tag Team Racing (2005) - NDS
* Crash Landed/I Am Crash Bandicoot (2010) - Wii, NDS
* Crash Team Racing (2010) - Wii
HOMEOPATHY IN AMERICA

**HOMEOPATHY IN AMERICA  2-23-18**

HOMEOPATHY IN AMERICA has Become Quite different from Traditional Homeopathy in a few specific ways, which has harmed Homeopathy.

FIRST the manufacture of homeopathic remedies by non-homeopaths, and those with a marginal knowledge of it, has caused most to think of Homeopathy as having remedies for specific diseases.  Having a Remedy contrary to a disease is ALLOPATHY and not Homeopathy. Sorry but the two do not mix!  The second biggest rule in Traditional Homeopathy is "WE TREAT THE HOST NOT THE DISEASE".

In the west, where people often know a diagnosis for their condition, people go in search for a cure for that disease.  Homeopathy sees MANY Allopathic diagnosis as symptoms rather than the cause of the disease.  EVEN CANCER is viewed as a symptom of a deeper underlying condition in the host.
DANGEROUS OLD CURES 12-19-17

**DANGEROUS OLD CURES 12-19-17**

Old Fashioned GUNPOWDER (black powder) is a compound of three substances, Charcoal, Sulfur, and Saltpeter (potassium Nitrate).  GUNPOWDER was also consumed internally as a medicinal, and used to cauterize wounds.

It was one of those OLD Non-Herbal Remedies and you may find it in old books.  MODERN SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER is not a medicinal and should not be used as a remedy.

Nitroglycerin is an ingredient in dynamite.. but you may have heard or seen in old movies people taking Nitroglycerin for their heart.  It has been replaced by safer and more reliable heart medicines.

TOXIC and very poisonous substances were common in many OTC health items. Mercurochrome applied to childhood cuts and scrapes contained Mercury as an active ingredient, so did Merthiolate (thiomersol).  Childrens medicines contained Codeine and Alcohol.

Herbalists regularly formulated remedies using Foxglove, the Nightshade family of herbs, Henbane, Hemlock, Peyote, certain Mushrooms, and Mistletoe.  We generally no longer use toxic herbs in Western Herbalism, because the therapeutic window is quite small. Therapeutic window means the range between the minimum dosage and an overdose is too slim to be safe.  Toxic substances are still used to make Homeopathic remedies, which are rendered safe through serial dilutions.

Curare is a toxic and paralyzing substance used in blow-gun darts in the Amazon.  It is now used as an ingredient in some Anesthesias.

TOXIC PLANTS now falls under a separate study called TOXICOLOGY.

GENERALLY, IN MY GROUPS, WE WILL NOT UTILIZE TOXIC HERBS IN THE PREPARATION OF REMEDIES., because the range between the necessary dosage and an overdose is too slim to be safe, making a risk of death a real consideration.
Homemade Christmas Ornaments 12-20-17

MORE OLD TIMEY STUFF

Homemade Christmas Ornaments 12-20-17

Years ago, even when I was a child, the Christmas tree was decorated in part by homemade ornaments. Doing it was one fun part of Christmas for us kids. If you never did this growing up, I'M SORRY :( Anyway it is never too late.

Even if you have an artificial tree, you can add some homemade things and enjoy an Old Fashioned Christmas or reminisce. Here are some we did that you can do.

String Popcorn (no butter on it). Use a large darning needle and strong button thread.

String whole fresh Cranberries the same way (you can get them in supermarkets now during the holidays).

Make Paper Snowflakes. We did them in school and put them on windows and trees and wherever here is a how-to link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1mmOTprHA4&pbjreload=10
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Make Paper chains of construction paper for garlands. When we were very poor we used strips from old magazines.. they looked colorful or even newspaper or brown paper sacks. they all look different when made into chains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JONehS8aHBA&pbjreload=10

Gingerbread or sugar cookies.. use man design or any shape.. Christmas cookie cutters. Pierce with heavy thread or string and hang them. Icing makes them different.

ALUMINUM Stars or other shape.. USE Aluminum Pie or baking pans for heavy aluminum. Trace a star, or paper snowflake on it with a sharpie marker and cut out.

HANG CANDY CANES

Hang baby socks from Family Dollar or WalMart .. Baby Mittens Too.

HAVE FUN, do with the kids, have an old fashioned less commercial Christmas!

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ACUPRESSURE 1-12-18

ACUPRESSURE ?

Have you ever pressed up on the bottom of your nose to stop sneezing? Then you have tried Acupressure.

Acupressure is an alternative medicine technique similar in principle to acupuncture but without needles. Instead pressure is applied with hands or an object (like a round bottom magic marker). It is based on the concept of life energy which flows through "meridians" in the body. In treatment, physical pressure is applied to acupuncture points with the aim of clearing blockages in these meridians. Pressure may be applied by hand, by elbow, or with various devices.

Some medical studies have suggested that acupressure may be effective at helping manage nausea and vomiting, for helping lower back pain, tension headaches, stomach ache, among other things.

Efficacy

A 2011 systematic review of acupressure's effectiveness at treating symptoms found that 35 out of 43 randomized controlled trials had concluded that acupressure was effective at treating certain symptoms.

A 2011 Cochrane review of four trials using acupuncture and nine studies using acupressure to control pain in childbirth concluded that "acupuncture or acupressure may help relieve pain during labour, but more research is needed". Another Cochrane Collaboration review found that massage provided some long-term benefit for low back pain, and stated: It seems that acupressure or pressure point massage techniques provide more relief than classic (Swedish) massage.

Many people have learned some acupressure points and use it to control motion sickness or pain. Some Basic Acupressure will be introduced in the COURSE group section on simple manipulation therapy.

My opinion is that Acupressure provides more accurate results than Reflexology so we offer introduction and comparisons in the Course group.
VACCINATIONS 2-27-18

**VACCINATIONS   2-28-18**

Okay.. this is something many NDs oppose..not me altogether.

Life is about common sense.. or should be.

I oppose unnecessary medical procedures of all kinds but do not discard them altogether.  In the 1950s and 1960s it was medically fashionable that doctors advised parents to have all children's tonsils out and appendix out and every boy to be circumcised to avoid a possible medical issues in future years.

I do not believe in unnecessary procedures for convenience sake.  I believe in vaccinations if they are life saving and maybe a once in the life thing.. like Polio or or Scarlet Fever or tetanus.  I travel out of the USA and so have to have the Yellow Fever shot, but I always get 2 or three others since I encountered illness for not doing so.

MY EXPERIENCE as well as everything I have read opposes vaccinations for most childhood diseases.  This started as a convenience so parents would not have to care for sick kiddies.  Children who go through measles, chickenpox and other childhood diseases have a better immune response than those who were vaccinated. I never get flu shots because they are always based on last years flu strain and are usually less than 50% effective this year.  Better to boost your immune system before the flu hits your area.  There are exceptions, the weak and infants and elderly may improve their chances with a flu shot because any defense is better than nothing.

In my practice I have always tried to find a balance and that is why I am Eclectic so that I can use the best parts of everything.

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Herbal Lesson 14

## **Herbal Poultices and Compresses**

Daniel Blankley - Thursday, December 14, 2017

**SO FAR YOU HAVE LEARNED to make Herbal Teas, Decoctions and Infusions in Water, Oil, Alcohol and Vinegar. REMEMBER infusions in Vinegar or Alcohol are called TINCTURES**

In this lesson we will learn some ways to Topically Apply these remedies to the Skin and other external body parts.
Aside from drinking Herbal Teas, Applications are the second most common use of herbal remedies. Lets REVIEW by looking back at Lesson 03 Types of Herbal Preparations... don’t worry I will post it here for you. Lets look at them in order.

**The Simplest is The FOMENTATION** In Applying a FOMENTATION, A cloth is wrung out of a hot infusion or decoction and applied to the affected area. This is usually not as effective as a poultice and it may be only applied for minutes or used to wipe or cleanse the injured part before bandaging with a Poultice.

**The Second Topical Application is The COMPRESS** Compresses are also used topically on wounded skin. Compresses are made by infusing or decocting fresh or dried herbs, soaking a cloth in the warm liquid extract, and then applying the wet cloth to the affected area for up to an hour. A typical application may be a compress on a child’s skinned knee, or bump on the head.

**A COMPRESS is removed immediately after the treatment while a POULTICE is generally left for a prolonged period or bound like a bandage. A BAND-AID is actually a miniature Poultace.**

**The Third Topical Application is The POULTICE** (there are two types) A Poultice is a moist hot herbal pack applied locally. If using fresh herbs crush and bruise it. The powdered herb maybe used also as in making a mustard plaster. Mix with pure water or other liquid to form a thick paste. Spread on a clean cloth and cover the affected area. Leave on for several hours. Always use a fresh poultice, never re-heat to use one over.

**THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO COMMON POULTICES**

**FRESH:** Crush the fresh herbs and mix with enough water to make a thick paste and apply to the affected area. Put cloth over the wound and change as it dries out. (Plastic may be used to hold moisture in)

**DRIED:** Mix herb with cornmeal, slippery elm, or flaxseed. Add enough boiling water to hold together. Spread on a clean cloth and cover the affected area. Cover and use plastic to hold in moisture.

A POULTICE was the most common type of application in ancient times for Puncture Wounds and Cuts or Lacerations. In the old western movies, it was a Poultice that was bound over the cowboy’s bullet wound in the shoulder, after which the pretty girl fed him chicken soup.

**YOU WILL NEED**

Ground Mustard 8oz

About 1/3 Cup All Purpose Flour

Cotton Dish Towel

Mixing bowl and a spoon

**HERE IS THE HANDS-ON VIDEO**

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PROPER HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES 12-12-17

WELL I AM THIS WAY WITH HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES. One is never sure how particular manufacturers are or whether the remedies are actually properly measured or even potentized. Then they are labeled in a manner often the same as 'Allopatic" remedies as a 'remedy for headache" as an example. There is NO Homeopathic remedy for any disease.. we treat (trigger) the host to heal itself, not kill the disease.

So I often make my own Homeopathic remedies at laboratory standards and keep the final dilution in liquid form and add to tablets as needed. Homeopathic tinctures at all dilutions store well in brown bottles for a long time. When stored I usually do another succussion before using out of the bottle again to coat pills.

I buy some remedies and, when I do, I only buy from certified Homeopathic pharmacies which have been inspected by Licensed Homeopathic Doctors.

There are 3 times when error can be introduced into a remedy.

First error can be introduced into a remedy in measuring. Pipettes or droppers are not all standard, delivering 20 drops to 1 milliliter. Some recipes tell you dump the bottle and 1 drop remains coating the inside. NOT TRUE. Anywhere from 1 to 20 drops may coat the inside walls of the bottle depending on its size. I use a calibrated chemistry titration device to do drops and manually count them into completely clean bottles each dilution. Yes it contaminates many bottles that way, which must be washed, so some do not bother.

Second error can be introduced into a remedy in Potentizing. Some tell you to shake the remedy (usually 40 times) but SHAKING IS NOT ENOUGH. It must be shaken with a CONCUSSION at the end of each shake stroke and each concussion should be as much the same as possible. When doing by hand we measure the distance of the stroke, usually 6 inches or sometimes 1 foot from the impact. Machines are more uniform which is why I made one.

Third error can be introduced into a remedy in storage and pill making. Store at room temperature in a dark place in amber bottles rather than blue which let certain wave lengths of light to pass through rather than just darken. When inactively stored a long time, I succuss the final bottle 40 strokes by hand to rejuvenate it before adding the requisite number of drops to the bottle of blank lactose pills.

CONCLUSION: The more carefully a Homeopathic Remedy is prepared the better it's chances of success. The amount of dilution is a self-protection against side effects, leaving the accuracy of the diagnosis (Repertizing) the final variable in a successful treatment.

There is YET ANOTHER variable that of 'Provings'. The above presupposes one is preparing from an already 'proven' substance from an approved Homeopathic Repertory, and not some arbitrary substance prepared in a Homeopathic manner. I will discuss that in another post because of frequent modern abuses and liberties taken regarding that step.

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Major Players/Characters

"Syn" is the main protagonist, a sabian shaman known as the "Synchronicity". He has a special spiritual connection with an ancient shaman [M].

Various Panthein high-priests will take center stage in various stories as antagonists.

[Si] is the super-intelligence controlled by the world council

[IAi] is the Interdimensional Alien Intelligence

[Gi] is the super-intelligence Pantheins have created and trying to infuse with [IAi]
Herbal Lesson 13

## **Herbal Tinctures and Extracts**

Daniel Blankley - Thursday, December 14, 2017

In the first Lessons you made teas and infusions in water to remove the medicinal constituents from the unwanted raw plant material, then you repeated it with an infusion in oil, which you turned into Salve.

Now we will discuss a cold infusion done in a mild acid (usually Vinegar) or in Alcohol of 80 proof (40%) or greater. Such an infusion in an acid or alcohol is called a TINCTURE.

There are three advantages to a Tincture. First a larger amount of medicinal constituents is dissolved in the liquid, second they are easier to apply or dispense, and finally they store a very long time up to 5 years in brown bottles.

**An EXTRACT** is usually the same as a Tincture but to which additional mechanical force such as blending, squeezing or pressing is applied, during the process, to get the maximum out of the raw material.

**HINT:** Extracts in the Spice and Cooking Aisle of the supermarket may ALSO be used as Medicinal Tinctures.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**

Valerian Root 8oz (because root is heavier and denser than fluffy flowers or leaves)

Vodka 40% or 80 Proof or greater. NOT Rubbing or Methyl Alcohol!

1 Wide Mouth Pint Canning Jar with lid and ring

Cheesecloth

The Video uses the “Folk Method” of measuring which works okay for home use, but a BETTER METHOD is consistent measuring.. Measure 1 level measuring cup of herbs into the jar and fill the jar to the 16 ounce line just below the lid. You should end up with 8 ounces of Tincture.

HERE IS THE HANDS-ON VIDEO.

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I LOVE LONG UNDERWEAR 12-12-1

MORE OLD TIMEY STUFF..December 12 at 6:08am 2017

I Live Without Central Heating so I LOVE LONG UNDERWEAR. I bet you never thought of them as a medical item.

When I was a boy on a rural farm we had no central heating. There was a wood burning cook stove in the kitchen and a wood burning "chunk stove" in the living room. The stove pipes passed up through the floor to warm a bedroom on each side upstairs.

There was no indoor plumbing not even a kitchen sink.. there was a "dry sink" in which you set 2 dishpans. We finally had cold water which continually ran in and filled a crock in a cast iron sink and which overflowed and ran down and out all the time.. it never froze. At first there was just a barrel at one side, out of which we dipped cold water and the right side of the wood stove had a 'reservoir' which was kept hot by the stove, and one used a 'dipper' to get water as needed.

IN THOSE DAYS Everyone wore long underwear in the winter. Men, Women, Boys and even Girls wore them. Mine were all one piece... "union suits" and you may hear the term "onesies" today. They were 100% wool and toasty warm even if you were wet, but boy they were itchy. :O They were made with a 'trap door' in the back bottom side to open and sit on the 'two holer' outhouse seat and you were glad you had them sitting out there when it was 22 below zero with winter wind whistling around the corners of the little shack.

TODAY Technology has even reached underwear and we have high tech Thermal Underwear. Boy they are nice! Super warm and do not itch and they are in 2 pieces now a top and long bottoms. I love them! If you happen to live on a rural homestead, I recommend you do as we did way back when, and everyone wear them. I remember my mother working in the kitchen in her dress with long-john leggings reaching to her ankles.

Here is a cool article about the entomology of the "Long John" and how they were named after some guy called "John"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long\_underwear

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