Alex Williams
Chicago, IL
Founder of First Curve Apothecary and Greenspell. Alex loves to craft personalized herbal formulas for his clients while supporting them in cultivating rituals of deep embodiment.
The Name of Your Herb
Different Approaches for Drafting Plant Monographs
Getting Started with your Materia Medica
What is a Materia Medica?
A Study in Complexity
Previous: Introduction to Materia Medica
Complex Systems Theory & Complexity Thinking offers a shift in perspective from viewing things as
Introduction to Materia Medica
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It’s hard to express the joy that I experience in working with plants. I imagine
Herbal Medicine Making
Herbal Salves
Salves hold infused oils in a relatively fixed form for ease of carrying and application. You will be using a
Recipes
Switchel Recipe
🍯General Guidelines for Making Oxymels
Ingredients:
Serves 4
* 1 cup ginger (~125 g), with skin, roughly chopped
* 25 g aromatic
Recipes
Peach, Blueberry, & Mint Oxymel
🍯General Guidelines for Making Oxymels
Peach, Blueberry, & Mint Oxymel Recipe:
* 1/4 cup - Peach, roughly chopped
* 1/4
Herbal Medicine Making
Shrubs, Switchels, & Oxymels
Shrubs, Switchels, and Oxymels are all preparations that combine the virtues of vinegar with sugar to create a delightful and
Herbal Medicine Making
Herbal Elixirs
Herbal Elixirs are essentially tinctures with honey added. The simple addition of honey both makes the tincture more palatable and
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Herbal Honeys & Electuaries
Honey is the oldest easily accessible natural sugar. Human use of honey is depicted in stone age tablets 8000 years
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Nasal Washes & Eyewashes
Full writeup coming soon... for now I will direct you to jim mcdonald for guidance in this category:
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Steam Inhalations
Steam inhalations are wildly underutilized preparations, especially in the colder months when respiratory ailments arise with the weather changes. Steam
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Herbal Syrups
Herbal syrups combine the power of infusions with sugar for a more palatable medicine.
How to prepare an Herbal Syrup:
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Compresses
A compress is a piece of cloth soaked in an herbal infusion and applied to the skin.
Start with a
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Herbal Baths
Hear me out here... what if... just what if... you infused yourself in tea? While I wouldn’t recommend drinking
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