Fw: HERB - Herbal Hair Care Product Containers

Lana Swift wormtongues at mindspring.com
Fri Apr 14 08:17:00 PDT 2000


Cecille de Baskervyl here.....
I have been in the SCA for about 1 year now.  This is the first contest I have entered.
The contest I have entered is sponsored by the West Kingdom, Cynagua Principality, Herbalist Guild.  
 
The topic is "Medieval Shampoo, Hair Conditioners, e.t.c" , .

My entry is an herbal rinse.  I can not find specific documentation for this mixture, but I know these herbs were available and used as single herb hair care products during the Middle Ages. 

Also some of these herbs were probably known under different names during the Middle Ages.
Oooh, maybe I should try to find the Medieval names for these herbs....
 
OK, here is my entry (gee.... I hope my fellow competitors are not reading this too!)
 
Ambrosia for a Lady's Hair (this is what I call this mixture...hokey isn't it?)

6 parts Melissa
4parts Chamomile
1part Rosemary
1part Lemon Peel
3parts Calendula
4parts Roses
1part Sage
3parts Comfrey Leaf
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Hebs placed in a widemouth empty/clean mayonnaise jar.
Vinegar was then added to  about 1 inch above the level of the herbs.
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This mixture has been sitting in my kitchen window sill for about 3 weeks (cheese cloth held in place with rubberband as jar cover),.
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Next I strained this mixture and reserved the liquid.
To each cup of herbal vinegar I have added about 3/4 cup of Rosewater.
To this mixture I have added about 10 drops of Lavender Essential Oil. 
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My product thus far is sitting in a big glass jar while I figure out what correct vessel to put it into for the presentation.
 
Cecille
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gaylin Walli 
To: herbalist at ansteorra.org 
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: HERB - Herbal Hair Care Product Containers


Actually, a variety of ideas might have been used. I think that there
are pictures of general containers in the United States medical
archives (please let me look up the reference for you that I used
in a Kingdom A&S entry for something similar).

However, my guess based on the documents about herbal treatments
and things would be that they didn't always store them. Depending
on the ingredients and the purpose for which it was used, it may
or may not have been stored, often being created only on an as-needed
basis from ingredients on hand.

Could you tell us what you're entering? Perhaps when we knew that,
we could give you a better idea of the kind of container that might
be appropriate, if any. If you have only a little time and not enough
for comments from the list, consider using your pottery with a
simple cover of fabric tied with another bit of rag strip or string.
Those were *very* common covers for jars throughout our researched
time period.

Keep in touch,

Jasmine
Iasmin de Cordoba, gwalli at infoengine.com

>Dear Good Gentles.....Cecille de Baskervyl here....
>
>I am entering a Principality Herbal contest for period hair care 
>products.  I am not sure how to package my entry.....
>
>Can someone site me a reference or write me regarding what type of 
>containers were used for hair care products in the early to middle, 
>Middle Ages? 
>
>I am guessing probably small glazed crocks with lids, perhaps sealed 
>with wax. 
>
>Glass seems like it would have been very rare.
>
>Thanks, Cecille

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