Opium for the Masses: Harvesting Nature's Best Pain Medication
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932595465 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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this is a good book. This is not a chemistry book so Depending upon what you're expecting, this is a good book. This is not a chemistry book so if you're looking for detailed explanations of how to turn raw opium into it's more refined alkaloids, look elsewhere. The book does explain how to milk the the opium from the bulb and other ways to extract it. If you're an info and history buff, as I am, you'll enjoy it. Lots on the historical uses and users. Some of the pasts users may surprise you, many will not. Fairly short, very easy to read.. Knowledge is Power - and there is Knowledge Here David Alderwind Nelson Its sort of a catch 22. The title caught my attention and I am into natural medicine options. Pain relief is something that is regulated and we average citizens only access to those things is through an expensive medical industry that that nobody can afford unless they have health insurance and often medications are also expensive and over priced.This book has a lot of history regarding creating natural pain methods that have been used prior to your rights and freedoms being legislated away that human beings have enjoyed since before recorded history.We have to keep in mind all the laws and reg. "An outstanding resource!" according to Amazon Customer. I found this book to be an excellent resource and read! I purchased the 'kindle' version and highly recomend it to anyone intersted in poppies and the different products derived from this genuine panacea. On this subject, it is likely, the only book an opium enthusiast needs. A 'must have' part of ones personal library!
somniferum."—Martha Stewart Living"Regarded as 'God's own medicine,' preparations of opium were as common in the Victorian medicine cabinet as aspirin is in ours. Michael Pollan wrote a lengthy feature ("Opium, made easy") about Jim Hogshire in Harper’s Magazine, amazed that the common plant, P. As late as 1915, pamphlets issued by the U.S. Well into this century, Russian, Greek, and Arab immigrants in America have used poppy-head tea as a mild sedative and a remedy for headaches, muscle pain, cough, and diarrhea. What Hogshire has done is to excavate this vernacular knowledge and then publish it to the world—in how-to form, with recipes."— Michael PollanFirst published fifteen years ago, Opium for the Masses instantly became a national phenomenon. During the Civil War, gardeners in the South were encouraged to plant opium for the war effort, in order to ensure a supply of painkillers for the Confederate Army. "Contrary to general belief, there is no federal law against growing P. Department of Agriculture were still mentioning opium poppies as a good cash crop for northern farmers. somniferum, or opium poppies, which grows wild in many states and is availa