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Of course you need to know every ingredient of a tea, but you also need to know every ingredient in topical and smoking blends too.

No decent herbalist or medicine maker is ever going to keep information like that from you. Not only should they list ingredients, but they should talk about the proportions of each in the blend freely.   Like, I get not wanting to basically give away a recipe, but if you have any confidence in your ability to source and blend products of a higher quality than the average untrained person, then it should be no problem. 

If it’s going IN or ON your body, you need to know everything that’s in it. 

This includes things like anointing oils! you might think think ‘oh its just for magical purposes, not medicinal, so it doesn’t matter.’ WRONG! it’s still going on your body, just as it would if you were using it medicinally. 

It’s like the difference between ‘medical’ and ‘recreational’ cannabis…there is none. recreational cannabis has all the same medicinal effects weather you’re purposefully using it for that or not. Just like all herbs have a medicinal effect weather you’re using them for that purpose or not.

and then speak with an actual herbalist to make sure it’s a good product for you.  Knowing what’s in it doesn’t do much good if you have no clue what any of it means, or how the ingredients might interact with each other, your body, and other medicines.

i feel like theres no reason not to keep ratios proprietary? i wholeheartedly agree otherwise tho

Each year, archaeologist Carol Colaninno guides undergraduates through a consequential choice: Where should they go to field school? Every budding U.S. archaeologist must attend one to learn hands-on skills such as excavation, and to have any hope of landing a job or entering grad school for archaeology.

The undergrads can choose from hundreds of field schools, many in remote areas. But Colaninno, who teaches at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, knows from former students and information passed privately among others in her whisper network that some field schools have a reputation for faculty who sexually harass with impunity. Many schools are also famed for heavy drinking.

When women don’t feel safe at conferences because of predatory behaviors, it’s more than just a field school problem.

When women have secret “no go” dig lists for site supervisors to not shovel bum for, it’s more than just a field school problem.