Honey Pills

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There are, indeed, many ways to make honey pills or balls.

 

Here are a couple more suggestions:

 

After making a sticky pill, roll it in powdered Long Gu to coat it,

if calcium would be useful to the patient. This was partly the

function of Cinnabar, and one must admit the red color is a bit more

striking than the grey/white of Long Gu, but for some reason,

patients are often reluctant to eat mercury... <G>

 

Also, for larger balls, a confectionary effect can be gained by

rolling them in roasted sesame seeds. It's not medicine, it's candy!

 

One of my favorite tonic snacks is as follows

 

1 part ground sesame seeds

1 part ground flax seeds

1 part rehmannia powder

Enough honey to make it the right consistency

Roll marble-golfball sized pills in roasted sesame seeds.

 

EFAs, Kidney Tonics, Flaxatives, honey... Yum!

 

--Kevin

 

PS My Taiwan-based partner sent me a list of various grinders. One

w/ 5.4 " x3.3 " grinding space would be $200 plus shipping (still

checking on shipping). If you'd like more info, e-mail me

(Kevin). I'll have a catalogue with pictures and more

data made up soon. [Todd--I hope it's OK to provide information

like this on the list... If I missed a previous request to not

mention products/prices, please repost or let me know.]