Make a decoction of echinacea root - PEP BB medicine.sand.decoction.echinacea

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create a decoction of echinacea root. Decoction is a method of extracting desired compounds from plant material by boiling/simmering the material.

Minimum requirements:
- Make a decoction
- Strain and store your decoction

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
- Echinacea root (either being harvested or just harvested)
- Making the decoction
- Finished decoction in its labeled jar

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Kena Landry

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posted 3 months ago

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I'm actually the first for this BB? I'm glad to say that the combination of this decoction, elderberry syrup, gochujang and a good night sleep apparently saved my husband from a cold. (He maintains that the gochujang is the most potent ingredient)

Weeding out some "volunteer" echinacea that escaped in the lemon balm bed