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Here's my BB submission:
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Fresh from the tree.
Fresh from the tree.
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Should I dance a reel? (Strip the Willow... Geddit?!)
Should I dance a reel? (Strip the Willow... Geddit?!)
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Decocting...
Decocting...
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Decanted.
Decanted.
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Note: nice stripping, Jojo! I once heard the famous indigenous American, David Holladay, say concerning willow bark "just like we used to say about our own skins: "the redder, the better!" meaning that there are bits of some willows that are reddish. Those have stronger medicine, it is believed. But there is salicylic acid in them all

 
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Rebekah -- that's interesting!  And it's stuck in my memory now, which could come in handy at some point.
 
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Jennifer Richardson wrote: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 willow bark. Decoction is a method of extracting desired compounds from plant material by boiling/simmering the material.

Additional Information:
Mother Earth Living on Decoction
A Permie make a willow bark decoction

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):
  - Willow Bark (either being harvested or just harvested)
  - Making  the decoction
  - Finished decoction in its labeled jar

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Harvesting the willow bark
Harvesting the willow bark
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I simmered the willow bark for about 30 min
I simmered the willow bark for about 30 min
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Finished willow bark decoction
Finished willow bark decoction
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Note: I certify this BB complete.  Well done

 
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Harvested willow from the creek and made a decoction
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Harvested willow
Harvested willow
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Decocting
Decocting
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Straining
Straining
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Decoction
Decoction
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Note: Beautiful red color! 🤩

 
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I made a willow bark decoction from black willow bark and it's gorgeous.
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harvesting
harvesting
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making
making
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labeled jar
labeled jar
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so pretty
so pretty
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Note: I agree, beautiful color!

 
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I made a decoction out of some willow bark I gathered and dried for this BB.
I followed this recipe that I found through a quick internet search.

Here I am gathering the willow bark.



Here is the willow bark with water and the scale.



I weighed out 6g of dried bark for a cup of water.



I simmered it in water for 20 minutes.



Straining it out.



In its labelled jar. It didn't come out red but it tasted pretty potent. Is it supposed to be red?



Taking one dose. I was surprised how effective it turned out to be!

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