How To Make A Potion With Herb Powders? Options

I recently aquired 2 ounces (each) of St. John's Wort, Passionflower, Skullcap, and Valerian, in powder form.

I assume that it's safe to just pour in a couple grams or so, but how would one specifically brew a potion with herb powder, as opposed to dried herbs?
Like, step by step.

Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/horse.gif)

With all due respect, I've read through this four times and can't make anything intelligible out of it.

lolololololol

nevermind, how bout just a 'told you so' to someone and i'll leave it at that

edit: double dammit! - ok, i'll say this: don't overdose yourself because you don't know how much effectiveness is in the powdered herb versus the dried leaf that some recipe you found somewhere called for - if it were me, which it isn't but what the hell -in for a penny in for a pound as they say - i'd work with a tiny smidgen of each herb individually over a good long time to determine my physical reaction to each one, then begin combining them to check for interactions, then craft my potion based on that work - no recipes, no measures, no chance of a screwup that could end you up hospitalized or dead - herbs are drugs not spices, and if you screw it up, its not like you ruined a cake or pie, you ruined you, and there may not be a cure - be just be very sure of what you eat before you poison yourself or worse - a liver is a terrible thing to waste

This post has been edited by esoterica: May 2 2010, 08:20 PM

lolololololol

nevermind, how bout just a 'told you so' to someone and i'll leave it at that

edit: double dammit! - ok, i'll say this: don't overdose yourself because you don't know how much effectiveness is in the powdered herb versus the dried leaf that some recipe you found somewhere called for - if it were me, which it isn't but what the hell -in for a penny in for a pound as they say - i'd work with a tiny smidgen of each herb individually over a good long time to determine my physical reaction to each one, then begin combining them to check for interactions, then craft my potion based on that work - no recipes, no measures, no chance of a screwup that could end you up hospitalized or dead - herbs are drugs not spices, and if you screw it up, its not like you ruined a cake or pie, you ruined you, and there may not be a cure - be just be very sure of what you eat before you poison yourself or worse - a liver is a terrible thing to waste

Much better, thanks!

My main concern was whether or not it was safe to ingest them directly (with liquid, obviously).

So your suggestion is to test a tiny, tiny, tiny bit at a time until I find the sweet spot, and then write my own recipes accordingly?
Sounds logical. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/book.gif)