PEP Natural Medicine - Straw Badge

Please post approval requests here for the Straw badge in the Natural Medicine aspect.

Hello everyone!  As I'm the first to complete the Straw Badge, I thought I would post here for others to use as a reference:

I completed the requirements for the Sand Badge in Natural Medicine under the original rules(journal, 1 harvest(dry & store), and 5 other concoctions).  I then completed the requirements for the Straw Badge Posted Apr 11, 2022, in the Natural Medicine Badge Thread.

You can check out my PEP2 Adventure Log or my personal profile.  The list is long so I've not copied it here but instead listed the quantities of straw BBs completed and those that were also completed at the sand level:

10 Quinn BBs
13 Harvest, Dry, & Store + 1 @ sand
8 Infusions (water) + 1 @ sand
4 Decoctions + 1 @ sand
3 Vinegar Infusions + 1 @ sand
5 Tinctures
5 Salves +1 @ sand
3 Syrups + 1 @ sand
7 Oil Infusions
3 Poultices

Hi! I'm hoping to do most or all of PEP 2 this year and I was wondering about the '40 items from sand list' part. It seems like a lot of work to submit all 40 herbal preparation projects in separate threads - would it be acceptable to collect them in a public access google doc and then submit that once you're done, as long as your pictures/descriptions still meet the requirements?

Finn Torrey wrote:Hi! I'm hoping to do most or all of PEP 2 this year and I was wondering about the '40 items from sand list' part. It seems like a lot of work to submit all 40 herbal preparation projects in separate threads - would it be acceptable to collect them in a public access google doc and then submit that once you're done, as long as your pictures/descriptions still meet the requirements?

So glad you have set a goal.  You can do as you describe but to receive PEP badges and badge bits you MUST submit them one by one on the appropriate thread.

Hello, Dear Staff Members!

Here are the 10 bbs I did from the Quinn list:
1. Bee sting: https://permies.com/wiki/167454/pep-natural-medicine/Bee-Wasp-Insect-Sting-Bite#1478186
2. Sunburn: https://permies.com/wiki/167457/pep-natural-medicine/Burn-PEP-BB-medicine-straw#2481553
3. Indigestion: https://permies.com/wiki/167496/pep-natural-medicine/Stomachache-Indigestion-PEP-BB-medicine#2543949
4. Cut https://permies.com/wiki/167463/pep-natural-medicine/Cut-PEP-BB-medicine-straw#2709794
5. Abrasion https://permies.com/wiki/167450/pep-natural-medicine/Abrasion-PEP-BB-medicine-straw#2709702
6. Constipation https://permies.com/wiki/167461/pep-natural-medicine/Constipation-PEP-BB-medicine-straw#2709310
7. Sore Throat https://permies.com/wiki/167492/pep-natural-medicine/Sore-Throat-PEP-BB-medicine#2835007
8. Joint Pain https://permies.com/wiki/167453/pep-natural-medicine/Arthritis-Joint-Pain-PEP-BB#2832084
9.  Headache https://permies.com/wiki/167474/pep-natural-medicine/Headache-Migraine-PEP-BB-medicine#2845561
10.  PMS https://permies.com/wiki/167484/pep-natural-medicine/PMS-PEP-BB-medicine-straw#2845536

Then I have finished multiple bbs from each category:
Dry: 21 BBs
Infusion: 8 BBs
Decoctions: 5 BBs
Tinctures: 4 BBs
Vinegar Infusions: 4 BBs
Oil Infusions: 6 BBs
Syrups: 4 BBs
Salves: 5 BBs
Poultices: 4 BBs

To see which ones specifically, please visit my BB submission page: https://permies.com/forums/meritBB/bb/333175
Thank you for helping me be certified! :D

Is there anything on the Quinn list that would apply to helping someone get rid of a scar? I have a calendula salve that I am going to help a friend with.

This is my first STRAW level badge submission!

I completed 42 NEW BBs (two more than required) from the sand badge (minimum of 10 from harvest, dry, and store list and 3 from each of the 8 remaining categories)

Harvest, Dry, and Store list:
1. Dry burdock root for a tea, infusion, or decoction
2. Dry enough horsetail for a tea, infusion, or decoction
3. Dry lemon balm for a tea, infusion or decoction
4. Dry mullein leaf for a tea, infusion or decoction
5. Dry enough oregano leaf for a tea, infusion, or decoction
6. Dry peppermint for a tea, infusion or decoction
7. Dry red clover for a tea, infusion or decoction
8. Dry rose hips/blossoms/petals for a tea, infusion or decoction
9. Dry enough culinary sage leaf for a tea, infusion, or decoction
10. Dry enough thyme leaf to make a tea, infusion, or decoction
11. Dry enough uva ursi (kinnikinnik) leaf for tea/infusion/decoction
12. Dry hops for a tea, infusion, or decoction
13. PEP BB medicine.sand.drystingingnettle
14. Dry enough dandelion root for a tea, infusion, or decoction
15. Dry chamomile blossom for a tea, infusion or decoction
16. Dry lavender blossom for a tea, infusion or decoction
17. Harvest, Dry and Store Rosemary
Vinegar Infusion:
1. Make Culinary sage leaf infused vinegar
2. Make rosemary infused vinegar
3. Make Lemon balm infused vinegar
Oil Infusion:
1. Make a Plantain leaf infused oil
2. Make a Yarrow leaf or blossom infused oil
3. Make a mullein leaf infused oil BB
Salve:
1. Make a yarrow leaf or blossom salve
2. Make a Plantain leaf salve
3. Make a calendula flower salve
Tincture:
1. Make a ginger root tincture
2. Make a uva ursi leaf tincture
3. Make a stinging nettle leaf tincture
4. Make a rosemary tincture
Poultice:
1. Make a Comfrey Leaf Poultice
2. Make a Plantain Leaf Poultice
3. Make a Mullein Leaf Poultice
Syrup:
1. Make a burdock root syrup or gummies
2. Make a thyme syrup or gummies
3. Make rosehip syrup or gummies
Infusion:
1. Make an infusion of thyme leaf
2. Create an infusion of horsetail
3. Create an infusion of lemon balm leaf
Decoction:
1. Make a thyme decoction
2. Make a burdock root decoction
3. Make a stinging nettle leaf decoction

Quinn’s list – at least 5 times my concoctions were part of the solution
1. Help with Vomiting
2. Help with Constipation – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
3. Help with Bee/Wasp/Insect Sting Or Bite  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
4. Help with Rash  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
5. Help with Sunburn  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
6. Help with Toothache
7. Help with Cold/Flu  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
8. Help with Sore Throat  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution
9. Help with Sprain
10. Help with Cut  – Made a concoction that was part of the solution

Joy Hancock wrote:Is there anything on the Quinn list that would apply to helping someone get rid of a scar? I have a calendula salve that I am going to help a friend with.

Not that I see, sorry