MATERIA MEDICA    DRY PLANT Percolation Preferences

These are herbs that are BEST used as dry plant tinctures,
even though many other are APPROPRIATE as dry plant tinctures
Herbs such asCardamom, resinous gums and Chinese herbs, if tinctured,
are presumed to be dry...no choice

Actea  (all species)  Root   (Baneberry) 1:5, 80% alcohol
Aesculus (all species)  Bark and Fruit)  (Buckeyes) 1:5, 50% alcohol
Apocynum (all)  Root  (Dogbane, Canadian Hemp)  1:5, 50% alcohol
Arctostaphylos (all)  Leaf  (Uva Ursi, Manzanita) 1:5, 50% alcohol
Asclepias (all except tuberosa)  Root  1:5, 50% alcohol
Bursera  Gum  1:5, 80% alcohol
Capsicum (all)  Pods  (Cayenne)  1:5, 95% alcohol
Caulophyllum thalictroiides  Root   1:5, 60% alcohol
Chamaelirium  Root  (Helonias)  1:5, 50% alcohol
Cypripedium (all)  Root (Lady Slipper) 1:5, 60%. Warning: if you use this
       RARE plant, you MAY be reborn as a motion detector over the front 
       door at the Walmart in Espanola, NM
Datura (all) Leaf  1:10, 60% alcohol
Delphinium (all)  Seeds  1:5, 95% alcohol
Euonymus (all)  Bark (Wahoo, Burning Bush) 1:5, 60% alcohol
Guaiacum officinale   Wood  (Lignum Vitae)  1:5, 95% alcohol
Iris (all)  Root   (Blue Flag)  1:5, 80% alcohol
Juniperus (all) Berries  1:5, 75% alcohol
Larrea tridentata  Tops  (Chaparral)  1:5, 75% alcohol
Leptandra  Root  (Veronicastrum Culvers Root) 1:5, 65% alcohol
Panax (all, including American)  Root, etc.  (Ginseng)  1:5, 70% alcohol
Petroselinum  Root  (Parsley Root)  1:5, 60% alcohol
Piscidia  Bark  (Jamaica Dogwood)  1:5, 60% alcohol
Podophyllum  Root  (American Mandrake)  1:5, 95% alcohol 
Sanguinaria  Root  (Blood Root)  1:5, 60% alcohol
Sticta  Lichen  (Lungwort Moss)  1:5, 60% alcohol
Usnea  Lichen  (Usnea)  1:5, 50% alcohol
Veratrum (all)  Root   (False Hellebore)  1:10, 95% alcohol
Viscum album  Herb  (European Mistletoe)  1:5, 65% alcohol
Xanthoxylum  (all)  Berries, Bark   (Prickly Ash)  1:5,  65% alcohol

////////Michael Moore