[Sca-cooks] herbal question

[Olwen the Odd]

Don't know about no herb stuff for this but Vicks makes a liquid to add to
the water.  That's basically camphor I guess.  Works well.  Make sure to
empty and wash out the thing between uses otherwise you get weird bactiria
and stuff growing in it.
Olwen

>Okay, so this isn't technically a cooking question; but it does sort
>of concern herbs - and since I don't have the address for an herbs
>list, and since y'all are knowledgeable, what the heck. . .
>
>I've gotten a steam inhaler for the occasional sinus-clearing thang?
>And I'm wondering if there are any essences of <herb> that would
>penetrate said sinuses better than just pure steam, that I could add to
>the water?
>
>(And the first person who suggests wasabi will be consigned to eating
>it for lunch. Only it. <grin>)
>
>Are there good sources out there that list which herbs and decoctions
>thereof are good for which imbalances of the humors? And how does
>one do a proper decoction, anyway? (Errr, no, not tea-type things. I'm
>looking for essences, I guess, the ones that are closer to alcohol than to
>simple herbs-steeped-in-water-for-eons. No, wait, not steeped in alcohol,
>although those would be spiff, but the ones that are pure essence, which
>means,
>I guess, proper distillation of Essence of <Whatever>. I think. Does anyone
>have the slightest idea of what I'm talking about? I sure don't, for once.)
>
>Questions. I have questions.
>
>Alban, sniffing away in Calontir
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