AilmentsSs - What Grandma Knew - Herbal Remedies for Common Problems. Medicinal Herb Vaults. How to make your own apothecary, make a super simple linen spray, and feel like a wizard. As a little girl I mixed up shampoos and lotions in my laboratory, trying to improve on the toiletries we had.
I never came up with anything worth mentioning, but I did once get scolded for spilling my mom's shampoo all over the bathroom rug. A friend of mine told me about the "laboratory" she'd had at age 12, in which she created, among other things, the cure for AIDs. You probably won't cure any diseases with your apothecary, but you will scratch that youthful itch to create something useful out of ordinary ingredients. narfmore I'll get your mad scientist career started with a list of ingredients to start a home apothecary, with which you'll be able to make herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, eye pillows, and infused oils.