Guest guest Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Todd et al. The other problem with alcohol extraction is that you get different chemical ingredients than with water decoction. If a prescription is supposed to be extracted with water, I don't think alcohol will do the job. So even if you measure and compare: sure yo could have 13 times more of an ingredient when extracted with alcohol; what about the rest? Maybe that particular ingredient cannot be extracted well with water but is readily taken out by alcohol; this explains the difference. Personally, I prefer sticking to the tried and tested; to me, this means water extracts, i.e., decoctions. Simon Becker -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----Von: Gesendet: Freitag, 21. März 2003 07:23An: Betreff: Re: Making alcohol extracts , "" > > > I question many of his stats, i.e. that alchol-water extraction is 13 > x more efficient cpmared to water extraction of bulk herbs; and this > is because (?) he uses 100grams of herbs per 21 days... I would like > to see more data...> Well, let's see about this. Steve, Emmanuel, is it possible thatalcohol extraction is 13X more efficient than water decoction. thissounds like biochemical nonsense to me. again, the ONLY way to provethis is by measuring marker ingredients. As soon as a company stepsup and does this, I'll buy it. till then, fuggedaboudit. such claimswithout data to back them up are literally outrageous.ToddChinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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