Self-heal is another way to get betulinic acid btw. I know there are some other actives in birch, but this is at least some overlap. Said to be a good anti-viral
This has become my favorite channel. Not only do you get some of the best information, you also get great little diddies now and then. Its like lumpy gravy, its all good. 😂 my dad (he's been gone 20yrs now) used to say that about lumpy mashed potatoes.
I believe in traditional medicines - we often for get that is where most of our modern ones came from - we just identified the active ingredients and found a way to manufacture them. Side note of little interest: Around here you can buy birch beer (pop like root beer) and it taste good.
I really enjoy the salve and other medicinal videos you do! I'm thinking a slow cooker would be a great way to infuse the oil without having to keep a stove going all night -- just the way you did with the saucepan, in a double-boil method -- and you can get small slow cookers at thrift stores for a few bucks. Since I have a gas stove, I really don't want an open flame to be unattended by keeping it lit all night!
I'm wondering from an arts & crafts point of view if you could process the leftover birch bark down to a mash then to a pulp and make some craft paper...
Birch water can be used as a emergency water source. The birch filters it. Supposedly it`s also good for hair. I`m really lacking in the medicinal knowledge part.
Yes but too much can be really bad for you. Like taking too much aspirin. The methyl salycillate (sp) is the active ingredient. Think reyes syndrome in children. Some people have died using commercial topical ointments with that ingredient by over doing it.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of old open cast mine sites that have a lot of birch trees growing, very thin soil. Wondering if you can enhance the salve by using tapped birch sap, instead of oil? Would that actually work?
I have not heard of using the sap in salves, however I have heard the the sap being used to enhance teas. What I heard was put the inner bark and birch buds in the sap and make a tea.
@@PreparednessVeteran I made a tea last night. Half a canteen cup of water, two pieces of birch bark with the orange inner bark about the size of a postage stamp, two strips of prickly ash bark about four inches long and a small cedar bought. Simmered about ten minutes. Tastes a little like strawberry. Good for wellness.
