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[Virginia H LaMasterStudent]

I’m a new student and farmer looking for a way to make all this info more accessible to my old brain. Is the a chart (excel spreadsheet type thing) that already exists that would tell the name of the herb and all of it’s “properties” For instance: Aloe Vera has cholagogue, demulcent,vulnerary, etc Basil has antidepressant, antispasmodic, is a circulatory stimulant, digestive, nerving, etc. Surely something like this already exists for at least the basic herbs??

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[PaigeStudent]

I find that books are best, they sometimes have charts.  Might you consider picking 10 that grow in your yard or in your kitchen and then work from there.   Some books talk about what the herb has an affinity to in the body.  Knowing a bit about how the body works is also very helpful.  Listening, reading, and using will help to make them part of your repertoire in time.

PMR

[Virginia H LaMasterStudentTopic Author]

<p style=”text-align: right;”>I ended up going back and reviewing the crazy herbologist lingo and listing the action categories across the top row of my spreadsheet. Then listing all the herbs I’m currently growing in the first column. I added any that doc Jones suggested that I’m not currently growing but do have in inventory. As a learning tool for me, and if I should die before I wake, somewhere that someone else in my family could pick up.  The best resources are right here with you all. Thank you for your response and encouragement :-)</p>

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[Virginia H LaMasterStudentTopic Author]

Found this….

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[DianaStudent]

I’ve been thinking the same thing.  I’m wondering if I could do an Excel sheet that allows you to click on a term like cholagogue and from there go to a page with that product.  I just haven’t figured it out yet, lol.

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[Virginia H LaMasterStudentTopic Author]

Happy to share what I’ve got so far. No links, but it’s a great idea!

V LaMaster

[Dolores KnightStudent]

I’ve started “old school” and have been making note cards that I can “file” in my recipe box which holds note cards. Very low tech. Couldn’t decide under which category to file them (symptoms, action category…), but have decided that a second set will include plant information for germination, propagation, harvesting… spreadsheets definitely would make everything easier to sort.
Dee

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

We are working on developing an astounding language-model AI search engine function just for our school that will allow students to search every document and every video in seconds. So you’ll be able to ask “What herbs does Doc say are good cholagogues” or “Make me an alphabetical list of herbs mentioned in this school and their actions” and it will spit out a list. Or you could ask “Wasn’t there a story about a cat with a bad foot in one of the lessons? Tell me that story” and it will tell you. I was playing with it the other day and asked it if I’d said anything funny in a particular video and it told me the jokes! It’s scary smart.

So I wouldn’t spend too much time making a chart until we get that on board so it can make it for you. :0)

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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[HGH I.T.Homestead Instructor]

PLEASE keep in mind that development of this feature hasn’t made any really progress yet and I’m only in the very basic beginning stages of conceiving the most fundamental theoretical components and have never developed with a LLM Before so be sure to temper your expectations on this feature.

It may be that I cannot safely roll out Chauncey for a very long time, and I cannot begin to hope that even after it is functional that it will be very effective or useful right away.

Machine learning models can be very useful after tens of billions of iterations, but it takes a very long time to get them there, if ever.

For now, the best-case scenario is if we all pretend Doc didn’t accidentally leak this way too early, and be very very surprised if I do actually manage to pull this off 😀

 

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[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

Yeah. I shouldn’t leak things. I’ll go take some mullein root. It’s good for incontinence…maybe it helps other leaky issues too. :0)

I was walking past Evan’s computer the other day and it was mumbling to itself…something like “I think, therefor I am” or something like that. Anyway I thought it was a good sign that it’s figuring all this out. :0)

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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[Virginia H LaMasterStudentTopic Author]

Holy Smokes! That sounds FANTASTIC!!

You and your crew are awesome

THANK YOU for doing what you do!!!!

/g.

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