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Mullein

Maggie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:18:04 GMT

This morning, riding to work, I noticed a couple mullein plants with their soft furry pretty leaves....they always come up in the same place, which makes me wonder if they are perennials or if they propagate by roots? Or do they just drop their seeds there and stay because they like it?

They are growing on an old railroad track among the black greasy gravel and such. I love when they send up their spike! I had heard that the pioneers and early settlers had dipped them in tallow and used them as candles!

I have used the dried mullein leaves in tea for a sore throat and cough...very soothing for the lungs. Have also seen the dried leaves (with dried coltsfoot leaves) in smoking mixtures......

Such a wonderous plant!!!

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Ambrosia Society Membership

rawkcuf — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:33:53 GMT

http://members.ambrosiasociety.org

It includes a Public Forum and a Members' Area.

Membership Details can be found here:

http://www.ambrosiasociety.org/join.html

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Horse tails

sylviebones — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:41:21 GMT

I have just been told that horse tails are edible. There are so many around my place it would be oh so convenient to be able to munch on em. Does anyone know about it.. benifets and dangers?

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Canada's Police State Bill C51 Camouflaged as a Health Bill

Daniel J — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:14:02 GMT

Canada's Police State Bill C51 Camouflaged as a Health Bill

On April 8th 2008 The Health Minister of Canada introduced a totally unnecessary bill, that is quickly being forced through Parliament to attack the Natural health products and services industry on behalf of big Pharma. The public is being deceived and not informed of the police state provisions written into this bill.

read it here
http://www.mychurch.org/blog/185640/Canadas-Police-State-Bill-C51-Camouflaged-as-a-Health-Bill

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Another question about Tenessee herbs/plants

stacia69 — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:12:42 GMT

So I found what I thought was as wild strawberry, but when it matured it was in fact round, more pinkish than red, has a soft body but seeds still on the outside, spongey interior with clear juice that is watery and vaguely sweet.
What is it?

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nerves in feet hurt when student goes up on balls of heels

Indigo — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:47:33 GMT

This may be a little off topic... but wondering if anyone has any insight.....I teach BellyDance and this came up yesterday:
Yesterday in class.... My class and I were working on a move on the balls of our feet..... This is in my advanced class and I do warm peeps up and part of warm ups usually include either yoga balancing or a little ballet ..... I like to dance on the balls of my feet and want my students to be comfortable....
Anyhoo One of my students mentioned the nerves in her feet hurt when she is on the balls..... And I am wondering if anyone may have any advice at all....
She is very overweight and does have some health issues tho not too bad but just wanted to give that in....
All I could think was to recommend to her simply practicing becoming used to being on the balls of her feet and really work to engage her core / posture...... However she did mention the nerves in her feet hurt.... Any ideas out there

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want to distill some mint and lavender?

SunDancer — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:23:05 GMT

I've got a huge trashbag of freshly harvested mint. The lavender will be ready in about 3 weeks.

Is anyone interested in making essential oils? Has a distiller and wants to split the harvest?

The best massage oil I've ever had was from these ingredients and homemade.

I think it would be fun to do this not only for the oil, but just learning to do something new and interesting.

I can do this during the week or a weekend before Memorial day. I have a super sweet place to do this with lots of wildlife around.... Just like going camping.... except I live here!

PM me for details.

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Harvesting Nettles

Luscious — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:18:14 GMT

Hello!

We have a nice patch of Nettles in our garden bed, and I would like to know the best way, and time to harvest them. I believe they are good for pollen allergies. The patch is about 12 inches tall. thank you, and be well.

Torria

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Country cures website

bobs — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:07:47 GMT

It's run by the British Natural History Museum so they should know what they're talking about. It's worth a look:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/plants-fungi/country-cures/other.html

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wild calamus

Ananda — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:42:33 GMT

hi i live in ithaca ny and need to know when the best time to collect calamus root would be

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Edible/Medicinal Ginger? Which type?

StrongAngel — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:32:03 GMT

hi,

We have acres of wild ginger in our back yard. I know there are different types of ginger. Are they all edible/medicinal? or is it a certain type?

If it is only a certain type, do you know how to tell which one it is?

Thanks! We love ginger and would love to make use of that which has been so freely given to us.

Nora

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gunky throat

Calvaleigh — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:43:40 GMT

So, I woke up this morning with a spontaneously gunky sort of possibly post-nasal-drippy type throat. I'm not sure whether it's a result of allergies or whether I have a cold, but does anyone have suggestions for making it go away FASTER?

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Europe's Ancient "Magic" Plants: New Drug Sources?

LdyEthrl — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:10:05 GMT

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0121_040121_medicinalplants.html

-Amanda L.

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Spring Greens

Maggie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:22:35 GMT

Now that the little green things are coming up in my yard, I like to add them to my salads. Here are some of the things I add. (Do you have any thing else you like to put into Spring salads?)

wild onions/garlic
sorrel (looks like little arrowheads, and taste like sour lemon)
baby dandelion greens
violet flowers
baby watercress/peppergrass/mustard

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Wild animals use medicinal plants to stay well

cindy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:50:16 GMT

HI , Im new to this tribe and wondered whether members have any experience of watching wild animals use medicinal herbs. I first described this phenomenon known as zoopharmacognosy in my book WILD HEALTH (establishing animal self-medication for the fime) and am hopting to update the material some time soon. If you have any interesting observations, do let me know. The fact that animals use medicinal herbs to help themselves stay well is a bit of a threat to the big pharmas for some reason...maybe because it means we are not so reliant on their products either.
Cindy Engel (England)

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Homemade Shaving Cream?

MacMorrighan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:50 GMT

Hey guys, I just bought and planted some lavender from Provence, France, today (I chickened out of growing it from seed!). Anyway, when it's ready to harvest in a couple months, I'd like to infuse it in order to make some use of it. Hence, because my brother's birthday is in June, as is Father's Day, I would love to make both he and my dad some lavender shaving cream this June! Anyone got any shaving cream formulas that the men in your lives seem to especially love?! ;o)

Take Care,
Wade

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Marc Emery has Time 2 Spare!

Casper Leitch — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:27:22 GMT

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Forest Folk Fest

Dances with self — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:30:17 GMT

Just a reminder that Forest Folk is less than a moth away. This year is shaping up to be incredible so dont miss out.

Check out the web site if you have not seen what going on or the tribe if you prefer.
Pass the word along !

Peace,
Chris

www.forestfolkfest.com
http://tribes.tribe.net/forestfolk

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Improper "Big Pharma" Influence in Medicine is VERIFIED!

elvenpath — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:16 GMT

Improper "Big Pharma" Influence in Medicine is VERIFIED!

This is a BIG step in the right direction for health care in the USA! It has been no secret, but no one was talking about it since the monetary benefits that many doctors are receiving from these companies made this unlikely. I mean - if you were the type to only care about money (which is why many become doctors in the first place), wouldn't you want a free trip to Cancun by putting other people on basically unproven and even harmful chemical substances?

Catherine D. De Angelis, MD, MPH and Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA have submitted this timely (and likely unwelcome) article into the April 16, 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), entitled "Impugning the Integrity of Medical Science - the Adverse Effects of Industry Influence."

What is even more awesome is that this was broadcast on the same day on the morning edition of Talk Radio's "Paul Harvey" show, so this information has come to the attention of many Americans today!

I am happy to see that some doctors do in fact have some integrity. This may also be an opening for safer alternative methods to be approved by the AMA for doctors to use and not feel like they will have their medical licensing taken away if they recommend a proven herbal remedy (as an example) instead of the new designer drugs of the day. I hope this allows them the courage to step forward now that the door has been opened!

We can help by showing this to our medical providers (if you have those) this article, and telling them about this, they can maybe take additional steps as doctors to become more able to practice alternative and natural techniques without risking their careers. Also, tell your friends in any way you can, so that they can demand alternative therapies be implemented or they will go elsewhere now that this article ought to free up other practitioners to use these methods. This also provides some validation for Alternative practitioners who have known about these dangers all along. Health care freedom (and responsibility) is up to all of us - please spread the message!

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/15/1833 (download in case they remove!)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/282/17/1609

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Pancreatitis and energy

Inocentz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:58:15 GMT

I have had 4 really bad pancreatitis attacks that have put me in a hospital bed for a week at a time. I am only 22. oddly enough I had an attack when i was 16, 18, 20, 22. hmmm... Doctors do not know the cause. There have been many tests done and still no answers. It was not caused by alcoholism, gall stones, getting hit in the abdomen, and everything else that seems to cause it. I have also had kidney stones. I am very concerned that I have had so many problems with my gastrointestinal tract and I'm so young. I have cut back on fat and really don't ever drink much alcohol which can upset the pancreas a lot but had not seemed to help. Doctors told me that I am also anemic and have me on iron supplements, I noticed a slight change in my energy levels but I'm still feeling very lethargic.

Does anyone have any advice to help me get my body back in balance? I don't like all these pharmaceutical drugs doctors are so quick to shove down my throat.

Thank you tons!
Peace and love

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eye pain

Nadia — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:21 GMT

does anybody know anything to make sore eyes less sore? they've eben getting so painful after i've been sight reading music for an hour or studying. i have an appointment to get my eyes check for glasses on thursday, but they still hurt now!

any suggestions?

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Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality

rawkcuf — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:26:44 GMT

Donald E. Teeter's book, "Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality" is now available in E-book format for free download at the Ambrosia Society's website. Please feel free to download it, make copies for your friends, and pass the word along. If you really dig the book and would like to help support The Ambrosia Society you can make a donation or just drop us a line and say thanks.

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"The Ambrosia Society founding members have been called to teach the secrets of the Sacrament to the world and to gather together a brotherhood of those who wish to serve the Sacrament. Eventually we hope to have Sacred groves to produce our own A m and our own Vineyards for The Sacred Wine, bakeries to grow and process the Living Bread, and Ambrosia Houses serving the Sacrament in every land. " - Donald E. Teeter

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Schedule of East Coast Wild Plant Walks, etc...

jessiowl — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:13:19 GMT

Hello Friends...

Frank Cook, www.plantsandhealers.com is going to be doing lots of amazing walks this spring on the east coast. If you are around the area we would love to see you...

Schedule for Gatherings in April and May East Coast

I am really lucky to have Jessika Towle(jessikaht@msn.com) assisting this spring teachingtime. If you have questions about the schedule belowplease don’t hesitate to contact her or me. New opportunities and changes will be posted on mywebsite—check in occasionally: www.plantsandhealers.com. Generally speaking, I seekright-livelihood through donation so please give whatyou can and receive what you need. Hope to see youhelping make one or more of these circles meaningful. Look forward to reconnecting with family and friends this spring! Frank
Georgia *April 26-28—Connect with the Plant World Retreatoutside Atlanta 10 am Sat through 2 pm Mon contactJudi Wagner 770-591-3630 Tennessee April 29-30 Plants and People Retreat atMoonShadow near Chatanooga. Contact their website:www.svionline.org for more information. Our time together will be an opportunity to deepenyour sacred connection to the plant kingdom throughneo-shamanic practice, wild plant walks andgathering, and plant processing. Join us as wecelebrate the wondrous connections between plants andpeople. NorthCarolina May 1—6-9 pm Introduction to Holistic Science at theAppalachian School of Holistic Herbalism in Asheville This talk will introduce you to three areas of knowingthe world: Gaia Theory, Goethean Studies andPost-Newtonian Physics. Also, we will look at threeexamples of how Holistic Science can be applied to theworld—Transition Culture, Sustainable Design and Post-Modern Development. Come expand your mind and enlivenyour intuition. Directions to the school can be found by calling 828-350-1221 or visiting www.herbsheal.com. Bring awild/homemade snack to share if you can. Donationsappreciated. May 2-4 Spring Herbal Retreat Hot Springs at the Sunnybank Retreat Center Few places on earth surpass the beauty of the southernAppalachians in the springtime. I will be assistingthe world famous storyteller and naturalist DougElliott as we venture each day out into the wild toexplore its wonders. Then relax into the comforts ofthe 130 year old Sunnybank Inn, vegetarian gourmetmeals, and the healing warm springs near by. Hope tosee you there! Contact Elmer for details 828-622-7206 . May 8— Permaculture, Goethe andHot Cross Buns: themystery of science in everyday life Pearson Gardens Asheville 2:00-6:00 Community Potluck at 6:30 Turtle and I hope that you will join us as wetravel through the mental landscape of pondering ourexistence here in Gaia. We will explore thepermaculture designs and flora of Pearson Gardens,make bread and share in a phenomenological study ofnature in the spirit of Goethe’s approach. Come be apart of it the synergy!Donations appreciated. Call Turtle at 828-273-8151 tolet us know your coming. May 9-11 Lake Eden Arts Festival Black Mountain I have been going to this land for festivals andcommemoration of the Black Mountain College over thelast 18 years. This year I will facilitate a plantspirit medicine circle on Saturday night and give atalk on Plant Allies Sunday morning. Contact www.theleaf.com for more information. May 13 Living the Green Path around Asheville Information TBA May 16 Plant walks in Charlotte City Walk- Meet at the Smelly Cat Coffee Shop, 514East 36th St. Charlotte, NC 28205 9am - 11am Woods Walk-Meet at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, 2900Rocky River Rd. Charlotte, NC 282131pm - 3pm Suggested Donation: 25$ ($35 for both) contact – Adam at makalotieno@yahoo.com May 17 Weed Walk and Transition Talk at Pickard’sMountain Chapel Hill 10:00-12:00 Weed Walk followed by a Potluck6:00 Talk on Transition Culture-Life afterPeak Oil Contact Megan at pickardsmountain@gmail.com for moredetails. Virginia May 21 Plant Walk at Morning Light Sanctuary2:00-5:00 outside Roanoke Contact Robert atfootes@prodigy.net May 22 Green Local Food and Permaculture near Roanoke 3:00 –5:00 pm Plant Walk 6:00- 7:00 pm Local and Foraged Food Meal 7:30- 9:00 pm Discussion Circle andPC ResourceSharing Call Pamela at 540-345-3405 for more information May 23 Plant Walk near Nelson 10:00-2:00 Come join us out in the woods for a memorable timewith the plants. Contact Kevin at 434–906-8375 orkevinbanning_42@riseup.net Pennsylvania May 25- Plant Walk 11-2 in Philadelphia Contact David Siller at dsiller@yahoo.com for info. New Jersey May 26-Genesis Farm Wild Foods and Medicines Walk 10am-2 pm Contact them at 908-362-6735 , or through theirwebsite for more details:www.genesisfarm.org/wildfood08.htm May 29 Transition Culture Talk 7:00 Hosted by Ridgeand Valley Sustainable Living Network Contact PaulKlemm: paul_klemm@yahoo.com. Come to this talk onlife after peak oil. For more information ontransition culture visit transitionculture.org Maryland May 30 Healthy Living in the 21st Century:Herbs,Fermentation and Gaia 6:30-8:30 at the GreenEarth Goods Clarksburg MD Come and hear a talk on the benefits of healthyliving with herbs and fermentation. There will be ademo on how to make Kim Chi and Kombucha. Donationsare appreciated. Let us know you are coming contactNiki at info@greenearthgoods.net or 301-916-2035 May 31 James Duke’s Medicine Garden in Fulton10:00-2:00 We will walk together with Jim andexperience the magic of his medicinal plant andwoodland gardens. Bring a lunch and something toshare. Wild snacks and drinks provided. $35 suggesteddonation. Contact me to let us know you are coming.

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Plant identification and how to get into eating wild plants?

somethingtoteachme — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:10:42 GMT

Is there something like a search engine where you can enter descriptions of a plant and come up with matches or pictures?
What are some guides/books/sites or whatever you would recommend to someone who wants to find out more about edible/medicinal wild plants?

Thank you!
Have a great day!

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Elderberry flower syrup, how to make it?

Elizabeth Fiend — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:17:21 GMT

I'm looking for a recipe to make my own elderberry flower syrup. anyone ever make it, or know where i can score a recipe?
thanx in advance!
lov,e
Elizabeth Fiend
Writer / Host BiG TeA PaRtY
It's cooking, crafts and anarchy!
Visit our web site: www.bigteaparty.com

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Aloe vs. fruit flies

Roy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:51:28 GMT

I just brought home a beautiful aloe plant and put it in good light on my front porch.
For the last couple of days gnats or tiny fruit flies have been going to town on it.
They don't attack any of my other houseplants and there is no standing compost around.
I want to make a trap for them.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!!!!!

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hypothyroid

virgofireyogini — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:22:54 GMT

Any herbal suggestions to stimulate thyroid function?

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Herbal Lymphatic Cleanse...

enjoyholistichealing — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:57:35 GMT

Hello All... I need a good lymphatic cleanse. It's usually easy for me to do this with a tea infusion. Can you suggest any herbs that would support this? I'm looking for something really strong to drink couple times a day.

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Looking for kind herb seeds

Leilea — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:26:42 GMT

Aloha I'm looking for a strong kind herb strand to try planting this spring in Hawaii. Any one have that they want to share? Contact me and we can discuss the exchange? Blessings (((*leilea*)))

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Good TCM References?

juLiaMcN — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:16:07 GMT

Hey guys,

I am interested in learning more about Cordyceps and other elements used in traditional chinese medicine. Can anyone recommend some good books to read more about what's used and how the elements are used for healing?

Thanks,
julia

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plants of the Sierra Nevada

Steveflanagan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:51:22 GMT

for those interested in Plants and herbs of the Sierra Nevada
http://tribes.tribe.net/sierraherbalist

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about toothbrush

COOKIE MONSTER!!! — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:18:45 GMT

which natural soft toothbrush do you recommend me my friend?

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Coltsfoot coming up? has anyone found Coltsfoot?

Johnny G — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:52:38 GMT

i have been looking every spring for this plant without any results besides empty handed...i know that the flower comes up first then the leaves and sometimes comes up even before all the snow is gone...but i still cant seem to locate it...

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Dandelion.. Medicinal Uses

gypsistar — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:07:43 GMT

Medicinal Action and Uses---Diuretic, tonic and slightly aperient. It is a general stimulant to the system, but especially to the urinary organs, and is chiefly used in kidney and liver disorders.

Dandelion is not only official but is used in many patent medicines. Not being poisonous, quite big doses of its preparations may be taken. Its beneficial action is best obtained when combined with other agents.

The tincture made from the tops may be taken in doses of 10 to 15 drops in a spoonful of water, three times daily.

It is said that its use for liver complaints was assigned to the plant largely on the doctrine of signatures, because of its bright yellow flowers of a bilious hue.

In the hepatic complaints of persons long resident in warm climates, Dandelion is said to afford very marked relief. A broth of Dandelion roots, sliced and stewed in boiling water with some leaves of Sorrel and the yolk of an egg, taken daily for some months, has been known to cure seemingly intractable cases of chronic liver congestion.

A strong decoction is found serviceable in stone and gravel: the decoction may be made by boiling 1 pint of the sliced root in 20 parts of water for 15 minutes, straining this when cold and sweetening with brown sugar or honey. A small teacupful may be taken once or twice a day.

Dandelion is used as a bitter tonic in atonic dyspepsia, and as a mild laxative in habitual constipation. When the stomach is irritated and where active treatment would be injurious, the decoction or extract of Dandelion administered three or four times a day, will often prove a valuable remedy. It has a good effect in increasing the appetite and promoting digestion.

Dandelion combined with other active remedies has been used in cases of dropsy and for induration of the liver, and also on the Continent for phthisis and some cutaneous diseases. A decoction of 2 OZ. of the herb or root in 1 quart of water, boiled down to a pint, is taken in doses of one wineglassful every three hours for scurvy, scrofula, eczema and all eruptions on the surface of the body.

Preparations and Dosages---Fluid extract, B.P., 1/2 to 2 drachms. Solid extract, B.P. 5 to 15 grains. Juice, B.P., 1 to 2 drachms. Leontodin, 2 to 4 grains.

---Dandelion Tea---
Infuse 1 OZ. of Dandelion in a pint of boiling water for 10 minutes; decant, sweeten with honey, and drink several glasses in the course of the day. The use of this tea is efficacious in bilious affections, and is also much approved of in the treatment of dropsy.

Or take 2 OZ. of freshly-sliced Dandelion root, and boil in 2 pints of water until it comes to 1 pint; then add 1 OZ. of compound tincture of Horseradish. Dose, from 2 to 4 OZ. Use in a sluggish state of the liver.

Or 1 OZ. Dandelion root, 1 OZ. Black Horehound herb, 1/2 OZ. Sweet Flag root, 1/4 OZ. Mountain Flax. Simmer the whole in 3 pints of water down to 1 1/2 pint, strain and take a wineglassful after meals for biliousness and dizziness.

---For Gall Stones---
1 OZ. Dandelion root, 1 OZ. Parsley root, 1 OZ. Balm herb, 1/2 OZ. Ginger root, 1/2 OZ. Liquorice root. Place in 2 quarts of water and gently simmer down to 1 quart, strain and take a wineglassful every two hours.

For a young child suffering from jaundice: 1 OZ. Dandelion root, 1/2 oz. Ginger root, 1/2 oz. Caraway seed, 1/2 oz. Cinnamon bark, 1/4 oz. Senna leaves. Gently boil in 3 pints of water down to 1 1/2 pint, strain, dissolve 1/2 lb. sugar in hot liquid, bring to a boil again, skim all impurities that come to the surface when clear, put on one side to cool, and give frequently in teaspoonful doses.

---A Liver and Kidney Mixture---
1 OZ. Broom tops, 1/2 oz. Juniper berries, 1/2 oz. Dandelion root, 1 1/2 pint water. Boil in gredients for 10 minutes, then strain and adda small quantity of cayenne. Dose, 1 tablespoonful, three times a day.

---A Medicine for Piles---
1 OZ. Long-leaved Plantain, 1 OZ. Dandelion root, 1/2 oz. Polypody root, 1 OZ. Shepherd's Purse. Add 3 pints of water, boil down to half the quantity, strain, and add 1 OZ. of tincture of Rhubarb. Dose, a wineglassful three times a day. Celandine ointment to be applied at same time.

In Derbyshire, the juice of the stalk is applied to remove warts

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Codex Alimentarius - Control of all Food globally by 2009

mystica — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:36:47 GMT

Codex Alimentarius” means “food rules” in Latin. The organization was born in 1962 when the UN established the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) as a “Trade Commission”. It was created to regulate, and thus control, every aspect of how food and nutritional supplements are produced and sold to the consumer. It is solely about trade and the profits of multi-national corporations.

The more natural health products people use, the fewer drugs they use. Millions are turning to natural health. Big Pharma fears this as it would diminish profits. Codex is designed to protect Big Pharma profits by eliminating natural health products and treatments. Health food stores and wellness companies would be hit hard.

Codex is unscientific because it classifies nutrients as toxins and uses “Risk Assessment” to set ultra low so-called “safe upper limits” for them. Risk Assessment is a branch of Toxicology, the science for assessing toxins. The proper science for assessing nutrients is Biochemistry. Codex does not use Biochemistry.

Codex is based on the Napoleonic Code, dating back to Bonaparte. Under this code, anything not explicitly permitted is automatically forbidden. Under Common Law (our system), something does not have to be explicitly permitted to be legal. The tyrannical Napoleonic Code allows the banning of natural health options by default.

Codex will go into global effect on December 31, 2009, unless we, the People, take action and avert it. Right now, we are like a frog boiled slowly, the heat raised gradually so we won’t jump out of the water. The media is used to make us believe that Codex is about “consumer protection”. Part of the media strategy is to tarnish the image of natural health options, through for-hire studies.

One-time defenders of supplements and nutritional products, such as the National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) and Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), have fallen prey to new pharmaceutical members and are spreading disinformation saying that Codex is “consumer protection”. Their boards used to be run by health freedom fighters.

The U.S. has a powerful legal tool for health freedom: the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), passed in 1994 after massive grass-roots action. DSHEA scientifically classifies nutritional supplements as food and prevents dosage restrictions; Codex unscientifically classifies them as toxins and sets ultra-low doses. The VMG violates U.S. law because it violates DSHEA. We must unite to protect DSHEA, our best legal defense against Codex.

The pharmaceutical industry works through irresponsible/corrupt politicians to do their bidding. The path to institute Codex in America is to “influence” Congress to pass laws friendly to drugs and unfriendly to nutritional supplements, so that slowly everyone comes to believe that nutrients are “dangerous”, and drugs are “proper medicine”. Susan Davis (D, CA) and other politicians are helping Big Pharma by supporting bills designed to destroy DSHEA.

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has two committees which impact nutrition.

One of them, the “Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses” (CCNFSDU), is chaired by Dr. Rolf Grossklaus, a physician who believes that nutrition has no role in health. This is the “top-guy” for Codex nutritional policy, and he has stated that “nutrition is not relevant to health”.

As unbelievable as it may sound, Dr. Grossklaus actually declared nutrients to be toxins in 1994 and instituted the use of toxicology (Risk Assessment) to prevent nutrients from having any impact on humans who take supplements! It is worth mentioning that Dr. Grossklaus happens to own the Risk Assessment company advising CCNFSDU and Codex on this issue. This company makes money when its toxicology services are used for the “assessment” of nutrients. Here in the U.S. we call that a “conflict of interest”.

Codex is made up of thousands of standards and guidelines. One of them, the Vitamin and Mineral Guideline (VMG), is designed to permit only ultra low doses of vitamins and minerals (and make clinically effective nutrients illegal). How can the VMG restrict dosages of vitamins and minerals? By using Risk Assessment (toxicology) to assess nutrients.

While Risk Assessment is a legitimate science (it is a branch of toxicology), it is the wrong science for assessing nutrients! In fact, in this context, it is actually junk science. Biochemistry, the science of life processes, is the correct science for assessing nutrients. Codex Alimentarius treats nutrients as toxins, which is literally insane.

Nutrients are not toxins - they are essential for life!!

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=155

Start saving Seeds!!!

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Spring Tonic

Maggie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:45:41 GMT

What's your recipe for a good "Spring Tonic"???

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St Johns Wart/ Pregnancy/ Anxiety/Bipolar

Freyaphrodite — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:28:19 GMT

Does anyone know anything about treating anxiety/depression durring pregnancy. I have a friend who is 7 + months prego. is diagnosed with Bipolar but can't take anything while she is pregnant. she was told to take atavan for anxiety but is not comfortable doing so... it makes her worry... so she asked me about St. Johns Wart.... I don't know much about this herb.... any information would be helpful!
Thanks Inanna

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Bill Small talks Tall Jive when he takes Time 4 Hemp!

Casper Leitch — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:36:00 GMT

And it's free to download at http://www.Time4Hemp.com

The Tall brothers are the legendary reefer-jazz band based in Vancouver. They are Bill and Thomas Small, actual brothers who grew up in south-western Ontario in a musically-gifted farm family of six.

When Bill Small began dealing with ulcers years ago, he turned to the use of marijuana to help with a cure and moved to Vancouver and helped launch the British Columbia Compassion Club Society, initially operating out of his apartment. This organization provides low-cost, high quality organic medicinal marijuana to anyone with a doctor’s prescription. Still strong after over 10 years, the club now services more than 4000 members and has assisted another 2500 sadly departed. Bill talked about this and much more when he sat down and took Time 4 Hemp.

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False Turkey tail mushroom?

Sentience — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:01:01 GMT

Does it have any medicinal properties? Also, how can you easily tell it from Turkey Tail.

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Entheogenic New Album "Flight Of The Urubus'' IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED

entheogenic — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:01:02 GMT

After much waiting & many promised release dates for all you dearest Fans - It's now ready for sale online:

www.entheogenic.net

[will be available from iTunes very soon]

It will be worth all that waiting........

Love & Light to all

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Good News on the Codex Front / GMO issues

Phoenix_Fire_Nectar — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:49:21 GMT

[The reason I am re-posting this here is that Codex Alimentarius is a real threat to anyone using supplements or natural medicinal plants, because it reclassifies them from the current "Nutritional Supplements" into the new category of "DRUGS" that must be regulated, controlled, etc.. Codex will severely restrict strength & distribution and increase prices. Big Pharma can't wait, but here's some allied support from the anti-GMO front]

Good News on the Codex Front
(This post is an excerpt from the Natural Solutions Foundation newsletter 3.3.08 To learn about the dangerous threat of Codex, see "Codex Alimentarius Summarized in 7 Points" www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

One of the most successful battle fronts in Codex is the adamant determination of much of the rest of the world NOT to allow either any GM food (like Benin, for example) or unlabeld GM food (like Norway, Switzerland, the EU, Japan, Russia and many other countries. The US has been fighting to impose its anti-consumer policies of forbidding any labeling of GM foods because consumers reject it if they know they are eating genetically modified "Franken Foods". So when the African nations laid the ground work for inactivating the mine field the US was setting for them in the wording of a document it was proposing, things were looking quite hopeful, at least on that front.

After the meeting was over we went to Benin, a country with a moratorium on GM foods. We brought advanced technology to see if it would increase the crop yield, increase the nutrient density and decrease the water use in that dry and hungry country as part of the Natural Solutions Foundation's effort to reclaim healthy, sustainable food production. This is part of our International Decade of Nutrition. Of course, we were working with government people as well as private ones to make this happen.

The head of the Beninese food safety and security program is a remarkable veterinarian trained in human nutrition in the US. He has a limited staff but a huge commitment to protecting his country's food. He asked if we could provide information in French giving him reasons that his position opposing GM foods makes scientific sense (which Benin will need to follow the Codex Two Step Process on GM issues) and I said, "Yes!" That's why we started the Natural Solutions Foundation GM Files.
Here are the links to the GM Files I have compiled so far, starting with Dr. Mae Wan Ho's excellent summary:

Making the World GM Free and Sustainable
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

Fundamental Weaknesses in the GM Concept
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

GM, Fish Oil, Protein and Brain Power for Kids
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

Russian Studies Show Rats Fed GM Feed Fail to Thrive, are Infertile
www.healthfreedomusa.org/wp-ad...st.php

GM Contamination Set to Worsen: London Guardian
www.healthfreedomusa.org/wp-ad...st.php

Another Extinction: Public Land Grant Colleges
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

New Zealand Scientists Urge PM to Show Sanity re: GMOs
www.healthfreedomusa.org/wp-ad...st.php

Seeds of Destruction
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

This is a big (and very important) project with huge potential impact and your help is both needed and most welcome! If you can do the research to supply documents that we can add to the GM files in electronic format (or if you can translate these documents into French), please write to Kathy Greene, my assistant, akathy.greene@usa.net to volunteer your help. Just put "GM Files" in the subject line and let her know if you are interested in research or translation (or perhaps both!)

If you already know about the dangers of eating (and growing) GM foods, please pass these data on to others. In case you think that GM foods are tested for safety by the FDA (they are not) or are not part of your food supply (they are found in 60-80% if all US prepared foods unless you eat an all organic diet), please take some time to read these GM Files. The good news is that more and more people at home and abroad are "getting it" about GM foods and don't want to be part of the largest experiment in human history - without benefit of informed consent or insurance.

Good News In Action

The Natural Solutions Foundation is about solutions. Our solutions are natural so they work! And part of our solutions are the action steps that we provide for you to let legislators know what you want (health freedom to make your own health choices) and what you do not want (including compulsory screening, drugging and vaccination.

Here are some good news statistics: 129,101 people support our right to know how nutrients and supplements can benefit us and support Ron Paul's bill HR 2117, the Health Freedom Protection Act which not only guarantees free speech but forces the FDA to allow scientifically based information instead of prohibiting that information as they do now. Click here (salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/56...n.jsp ) to join nearly 139,000 people in urging their Congresspeople to become co-sponsors of this important law.

Another bit of good news: we've finally got the amazing Songhai video posted on the Natural Solutions YouTube Channel. You must see this demonstration of Fr. Godfrey's completely sustainable, beyond organic, natural solutions to integrated farming communities! Go to: youtube.com/naturalsolutions and scroll down to "Videos" to see what can be done to produce food properly, Fr. Godfrey is going to work with us to set us the sustainable zero emissions system in the Santa Clara Project (see below for more on that project).

588,832 people used our website to tell the FDA its CAM Guidance, allowing the FDA to declare nutrients "untested drugs" if they were used for health benefits was unacceptable. Recently the FDA forced two companies to stop making and marketing products for diabetics made from cherry juice because the products turned cherry juice into an untested drug by stating the health benefit derived from using it. More action is clearly needed: half a million voices were not enough to counter Big Pharma. Five million would be more like it. That means you need to get your circle of influence activated. Ask them to go to www.HealthFreedomUSA.org and subscribe to the free Health Freedom eAlerts (www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php ) and get involved in protecting their health and their freedom before there is nothing left to protect.

HEALTH FREEDOM INFORMATION YOU NEED

Make Sure You Receive
Health Freedom eAlerts
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY

SHARE!
Tell Your Friends About www.HealthFreedomUSA.org

ORGANIZE!
Join us in the fight to protect health freedom
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

SIGN CITIZEN'S PETITION
Ask the U.S. government to change its policy on Codex Alimentarius
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

CONTRIBUTE!
Make a contribution and help raise funds for the health freedom fight
www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php

VOTE!
Register to vote in the US
www.credomobile.com/registertovote/

More than just talk...Our Solutions are Natural So They Work!

Yours in health and freedom,

Dr. Rima
Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org

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A post to Name some good Herbs and thier benefits

Killa Cham — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:18:59 GMT

as well as links to info

1) I'll start with Sutherlandia
* enhancing well-being
* immune support
* longevity
* stress, depression and anxiety
* wasting from cancer, TB, and AIDS
* quality-of-life tonic for cancers, HIV/AIDS and TB
* appetite stimulant in wasted patients, but not in healthy people.
* influenza
* Chronic Fatigues Syndrome, ME Syndrome and Yuppie Flu
* viral hepatitis
* asthma and bronchitis
* type 2 diabetes
* mild to moderate hypertension
* rheumatoid arthritis
* peptic ulcer, gastritis, and reflux oesophagitis
* hot flashes and irritability in menopause

www.sutherlandia.org

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Dr. Tim Leary, Elvy Musikka and Los Marijuanos take Time 4 Hemp!

Casper Leitch — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:51:30 GMT

Three great free downloads can be found at http://www.Time4Hemp.com

Time 4 Hemp TODAY - Elvy Musikka is one of only four living Federal IND patients who is receiving medical marijuana from the United States Federal Government. She was granted access to legal marijuana because of eye problems that include glaucoma. After hearing the remarkable interview we did with Deborah Busemeyer, the Communications Director for the New Mexico Department of Health, Elvy made it a point to take some Time 4 Hemp.

Music artists featured in this segment are:
Elvy Musikka
The Individuals
Lynnette Shaw
Angeline
John Denver

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DIY Medicine tribe

Sentience — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:01:02 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/diymedicine

Please check it out if you have any interest in natural health/medicine and self care. First aid and traveler health tips included.

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New 19 superfruit juice blend!

Natural — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:53:29 GMT

There is a powerful new whole food supplement on the market that is making a big splash here in CA. The most super ingredient in the blend is the Brazillian Acai berry. The rest of the blend is a balance of different fruits from around te globe. All the ingredients are 100% organic or wild. I have been taking it ever since I found out about it and I am very excited to share it with others. You can not find this product in your local health food store. It is available only through direct sale from the manufacturer or a licenced distributer such as myself. You can check it out for yourself at: thegreatproduct.com/naturalnash

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lots of Flowers... &.. mysterious NewT^Ri*TioUs... ness ;)

Amit — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:31:29 GMT

I love flowers and i feel they love us back..
it's spring soon here in Israel and i wish 2 experiment with edible flowers that i can plant in my garden...
Any ideas? maybe with references towards websites with pictures and discriptions?
Also interesting and important to explore are superfood plants, that we can plant and share daily straight from the earth garden...

(: THANK YOU UNIVERSE! :)

Amit

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organic vs. non-organic teas

Chopper22 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:13:55 GMT

This has probably been discussed here ad nauseam but there are so many posts here. I was wondering if there were any "TEA" tribes. I'm curious about research studies on organic vs. non-organic teas.

Here's my post from the Naturopathic Medicine tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/naturopathicmedicine/thread/ffbe5bfa-8c42-4b74-bab3-f8ef54db9e82

I would be careful buying tea (or anything) from China. Also be careful getting tea from Japan.

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Fennegreek or Fennigeek

Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:08:06 GMT

Anyone ever heard of an herb or medicinal that sounds something like that? I grows a ligh ferny looking stalk and makes cumin like seeds....I think I heard once that it is good for colds and such but have no idea how to use it. I planted some seeds a few years ago and it has been comming in stronger and stronger every year now.....Any suggestions on how to use it?

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Herbs to help stop smoking....

Parvati — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:52:46 GMT

Does anyone know any good herbs to help a person quit smoking???
What about for those intense cravings???

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Under Codex all nutrients and herbs are labelled as toxic and will be illegal.(as illegal as heroin) Canada is required to comply with codex by DEC.31 2009

Brittany — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:15:41 GMT

I am very concerned about Codex and the implications it can have on our Canadians rights and freedom. Under Codex all nutrients and herbs are labelled as toxic and will be illegal.(as illegal as heroin) Canada is required to comply with codex by DEC.31 2009 or the WTO which implements Codex will put up trade sanctions against Canada. We must not let Codex get implemented. We need to start sending letters and getting petitions signed NOW to stop Codexs standards from being implemented here in Canada and the rest of the world. I have added a Video which outlines what we must do to stop codex. Please Help and get the Canadian public to be aware of Codex and the horrible implications it could have on our lives.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5266884912495233634&q=health&total=122451&start=0num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Please watch this video it will inform you of exactly what Codex is and what it is trying to do and how we can fight it.

Again, we must stop this now before it's to late and our human rights to take nutritional supplements and herbs is taken away and our right to hormone free meat and milk and organic vegetables is taken away.

I need your help all Canadians need your help. Inform the Canadian Public about Codex and get the petitions started to stop them.

Sincerely,
Brittany

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The UberVault

kryntaal — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:43:17 GMT

Links, Links, Everywhere Links! Welcome to my humble attempt to create an information hub; a place where internet based sources of info, little known online shops, neato tribes, & the like can be easily shared for all to enjoy! Come on over & check it out!
The UberVault
http://tribes.tribe.net/megahub

Oh, by the way, I still maintain my original tribe, Rainbow Tribe, Kryn's Kitchen. It's a fun place for family & definitely worth lookin' at!
Rainbow Tribe, Kryn's Kitchen
http://tribes.tribe.net/cuzlifeisworthit

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Good Collection of Important Websites

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:10:56 GMT

Dear Friends,

I found this important website which has links to all daily use Important Websites.

http://ihome.rapidmile.com

I recommend you to put it as your HOME PAGE and take use of it daily.

Also feel free to forward to your friends

Regards,
Namrata

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fiddlehead ferns

aneesadesign — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:51:37 GMT

look here...
some yummy stuff
http://www.wild-harvest.com/

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croup

Danielle — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:40:38 GMT

Does anyone have experience with croup? How long is too long. I do have some trouble getting enough tea in kids to make difference quickly.. I'm not being consistent enough. Thyme and anise.... little bit of marshmallow black cherry syrup twice aday.

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Edible Mushrooms?

Sentience — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:09:42 GMT

Is there a tribe for edible mushrooms? Im thinking about starting one if there isnt one already.

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Marc Emery, Prince of Pot, takes Time 4 Hemp!

Casper Leitch — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:07:27 GMT

Marc Emery is called the 'Prince of Pot' and claims to have sold more marijuana seeds than anyone in the world. To date, no one has disputed that claim. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, he is the founder of Cannabis Culture magazien, and considered by the U.S. government to be the biggest drug kingpin in history.

Just days before embarking on his 16-city 'Farewell Tour Across Canada' (and a few short weeks before entering prision for a 10-year stay), Marc was nice enough to sit down and take Time 4 Hemp.

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Please be kind enough to share this information with everyone who you know would enjoy these free downloads.

Keep Strong!

Casper Leitch
Creator/Host: Time 4 Hemp
http://www.Time4Hemp.com

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anyone know the scoop on salmonberry leaves ?

seth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:02:33 GMT

this is my favorite berry leaf for tea; first to bloom around seattle. Ive allways assumed it was edible enough but cant find much info. Ive heard that too much rasberry leaf can can cause certain problems. It seems strange that theres no info regarding such a tasty tea leaf.

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New Tribe: Herbal Wisdom

Linda — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:01:24 GMT

Greetings,
I have started a new tribe: Herbal Wisdom. The intent of this tribe is to focus on promoting health and creating deep nourishment.

Herbs can be nourishing, stimulating and or poisonous depending on the plant, how it is prepared and what part of the plant one uses. I hope that we can focus on primarily the nourishing plants and their preparation. They create deep healing and often are all that is needed.

This is a difficult paradigm in our culture because we always want to fix something right away with stimulatiion. When sometimes all that is needed is a gentle touch, patience and rest.

I hope this tribe will provide support for exploration of deep nourishment and that we can encourage each other to make this enlivening shift.

I hope that some of you will feel inspried to join us in this exploration. Here is the link:

tribes.tribe.net/herbalwisdom

Blessings,
Linda

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new tribe

Thanos — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:49:09 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/warondrugs?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B828f04de-c699-43b4-b853-2b639fe34786%5D

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Gardening spaces in Des Moines?

MacMorrighan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:54:57 GMT

Hey guys, a while back I was watching an old ep. of "Will & Grace" where he was able tor ent an alottment of soil and land on which to Garden alongside others. So, the thought occurred to me: Is there some sort of a similar institution for us potential city-dwellers on the hard-streets of Des Moines? I enquired about this on another group, at one time, and was ask to contact some woman that somehow worked for the city, and she *never* responded to my query, unfortunately. Does anyone know if there is such a space for gardening for those that do not own a homne, but rent an apt.? After all, I'd like to grow a huge harden of medicinal plants, such as Echinacea spp. (that would not grow well in pots)! And, who might I contact to learn more in Des Moines, or if such a space is even extent?

Take Care,
Wade

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Favourite Herbal/Herbalist-Related Books?

MacMorrighan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:16:14 GMT

Hey guys, I thought I'd start a thread dealing with our favourite respective books about medicinal herbs and herbalism, and herbalists! Although, before I forget, a local Witch I know (who runs a very small store) has recommended a book to me by one Max Barlow. Was there ever any subsequent volumes published? I've never heard nor seen any, so I thought I'd ask.

That being said, here's my tentative list (which needs to be ammended one'a thgese days):

* Nicholas Culpeper's Herbal & Physician -- Nicholas Culpeper
* A Modern Herbal, Vol. I & Vol. II -- Mrs. M. Grieve
* The Herb Book -- Dr. John Lust, N.D.
* The Secret Life of Plants: A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man -- Peter Tompkins [A classic!]
* The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism -- David Hoffmann
* The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism -- Simon Y. Mills, M.A. M.N.I.M.H.
* Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine -- Barbara Griggs
* Back To Eden [Updated & Expanded] -- Jethro Kloss

An aquaintence recently recommended a lovely-sounding book to me called something, like, "The Village Herbalist"--it sounds great!

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are lambsquarters seeds considerd toxic?

seth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:51:35 GMT

im asking because some sources say one thing and some say another.

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essential oil of Jasmine, dangerous to touch?

chrisodell — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:35:22 GMT

I have been using essential oil of Jasmine for a nice air freshener of late, and I am wondering if I get some on my skin, should I wash it off fast? I know some essential oils are bad for you to touch right? I also noticed that the little plastic spoon that I was using to scoop the stuff started to melt from having oil on it all the time, creepy.

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conventional estrogen therapy alternative

Salomae — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:41:39 GMT

Hello All,

I am new here and I have a question, I hope someone here can help.
I have a friend (44) who has had a hysterectomy and is now taking a conventional hormone replacement...she'd love to know if there is an alternative to that using herbs. I know of womens' hormone regulating herbs like dong quai, black and blue cohosh, vitex and wild yam. Are these useful for someone who no longer has a uterus and how would use you take these herbs, as you probably should not take them in combination with the synthetic stuff.
I've heard of creams containing these herbs, are they really useful, can they be used along with the drugs and can they replace the use of drugs?
My friend is also allergic to perfumes and many lotions and creams.

If anyone here knows of some good products or information for this please let us know.

Thank you so much.

Brightest Blessings

Salomae

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edibility of siberian miners lettuce and orach

seth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:48:12 GMT

eaten raw, both of these plants give me a mild sore throat. Ive eaten just about every other wild edible in the puget sound area without a problem. according to the literature I should be good to go. any ideas? Seth

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A Question About Tinctures & Herbals

MacMorrighan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:06:54 GMT

Settle somethin' for me, would ya'? Now, common sense informs me that in order to extract the perfume from an herb of flower it must be fresh; but, is this 100% accurate across the board, or may the scent of an herb be extracted with alcohol as a tincture using a dried flower? And, if it is simply not possible to extract a scent from a flower with alcohol, I'd love to investigate the science behind scent in this regard.

Also, when making Tinctures for medicinal purposes--because drying an herb certainly alters its chemical structure--are any medicinal properties lost within herbs during this process, or not? And, if some herbs tend to loose most of their medicinal potency in their dried form, how does one (interested in the Path of the Wise Man/Cunning Man and Medicinal Herbalism as I am) which herbs do and do not? Is there any handy literature I ought to invest in to really keep up with this line of investigation?

Oh, and when tincturing a resin, should it be ground into a powder, or does is matter whether it's powdered or in a more whole, or "teared" and chunky form?

Oh, and speaking of medicinal herbalism, can anyone recommend any vastly well thought out books re: the use of some very popular medicinal herbs that also discuss using dried v. fresh herbs, because none of the books I own really discuss the use of fried herbs, unless when explaining that it may be used as a tea, rather than if dried herbs may be employed in some other form, such as in making a syrup, ointment, oil, vinegar, lozenges, et al. Heck, sometimes they aren't quite specific enough. For example: in my copy of John Lust's "The Herb Book", he doesn't explain which speacies of Echinacea is the medicinal one [he merely lists, as to others, "Echinacea spp."] when many variant species of plants really don't hold the same (or nearly as bountiful) medicinal virtues; nor do they explain what portion of many various medicinal plants are to be harvested and employed in the many types of medicinal herbalism: with re: the Echinacea, would it be the root, leaf, flower petals, or stiff seeds? This was sadly not mentioned, as I seem to recall... As a result, many herbals seem to be written as if everyone reading them has limitless access to masses of fresh herbs, when practically most generally have access to large quantities of dried herbs. Now, I would LOVE to grow huge quantities of fresh herbs and flowers for use in herbal medicines, but...when I move I will have no access to any sort of communal gardening land (living in a city), being that I've already checked into this (well, that is to say I've enquired of several people working for the city, and never recieved a single responce, which was weird).

Although, I still want to indepthy research the medicinal properties of plants, particularly the list given in Green's "The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook"! But, the books presently on my library only offer a very limited and *brief* monograph or excerpt for each herb listed; while, many aren't quite as focussed or as user-friendly as Lust's text, unfortunately. I, for one, want to know all of the uses for an herb, and the studies and history behind an herb being used as such. What chemicals cause these medicinal reactions? But, I recall reading an herbal written by an herbalist that wasn't as user-friendly as what I am looking for: while it gave the chemical compositions, it wasn't really very practical in scope: "Medical Herbalism", by David Hoffman; by contrast (albeit potentially lethal, 'cause...my momma' didn't raise no fool!) anthropologist Christian Ratsch's "The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants" was far more practical in scope.

For example, what I find fascinating (and what I would like to read more about) how an herb works for it's medicinally-listed properties. A while back I was chatting with a medicinal herbalist I know, and we were talking "shop", when she mentioned to me that pukeweed can be used to stop the smoking addiction, because it contains a chemical that latches onto the erve-receptors in our brains and does not allow the nicotine to take hold!

All my best,
Wade MacMorrighan

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Lycium andersonii (wolfberries)

Dave — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:37:38 GMT

Where is a good place to pick these wild in Arizona, Utah, southern California, New Mexico and when are they ripe? Any info will be well appreciated. Thank you.

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