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Post by steev on Sept 10, 2015 1:59:29 GMT -5
Bourbon is good for many ills, though liable to promote many others. Them corn squeezin's can gitcha.
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 10, 2015 6:58:32 GMT -5
Lol, I actually made the tincture for my brother from a half pint of Old Fitz. Our uncle had told us about the 'whiskey' tincture and how it had worked for him. Odds are he used homemade corn liquor to drop the chunks of root in.
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Post by RpR on Sept 22, 2015 11:42:54 GMT -5
Does Oxalis and Purselane have any medicinal value?
I could pick bushels of it.
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Post by steev on Sept 22, 2015 12:16:54 GMT -5
Purslane is good cooked greens and has a high omegs-3 content, for a plant.
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 22, 2015 20:44:23 GMT -5
RpR Besides being high in Omega 3, purslane has one of the highest contents of magnesium found in a plant, something like 2%. Magnesium helps strengthen bones, muscles, connective tissue. Purslane is used for cardiac arrhythmia, migraine, insulin production, boosting the immune system, gum disease, and psoriasis. Wood Sorrel (Oxalis) has a lemony taste, and I add it in small quantities to salads and soups. I've read you can make a lemonade like tea out of the dried leaf. It's high in vitamin C. Medicinally it's used to stimulate appetite, soothe an upset stomach, and as a blood purifier for cancer patients. However, it's also very high in oxalic acid and potassium and shouldn't be eaten by people with RA, kidney disease or gout.
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Post by blueadzuki on Sept 25, 2015 11:02:20 GMT -5
You probably already have it (since it grows everywhere in this country) but if you don't and want it, I have some False Solomon's Seal (both a rhizome and a berry cluster) I harvested from the edge of our property for you. Like true Solomon's seal, rhizome is an astringent or styptic (which ever means "can be uses to stop bleeding". Berries are supposedly edible and probably have a lot of anitoxidants (that deep red color usually means something like that in wild berries.)
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 25, 2015 14:59:23 GMT -5
blueadzuki: I'll look for it next time I get to a riparian area... Here's what non-irrigated land tends to look like around here.
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 26, 2015 8:59:45 GMT -5
Sort of like here. We're only slightly more green, at least when it does rain.
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Post by steev on Sept 27, 2015 22:50:38 GMT -5
Both of you have places that look greener than mine, these days.
BTW, purslane also appears to be the only significant plant-source of vitamin B-12.
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Post by cletus on Oct 4, 2015 18:30:39 GMT -5
The Chinese pharmacopeia has a lot of cold hardy species and with increasing demand as more people go to acupuncturists. Scutellaria baicalensis is a nice ornamental with wonderful medicinal power. Houttuynia is also ornamental and powerfully anti infective. Schizandra and siberian ginseng are a great tonics and also very hardy. I once heard someone say every plant is medicinal in its own way to a certain degree, whether its marketable is a different question.
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Post by mskrieger on Oct 21, 2015 15:12:20 GMT -5
An herb that used to be extremely popular in the US until the introduction of aspirin is boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupatorium_perfoliatum). Used to be in the official US pharmacopoeia, though not anymore. The aerial parts are dried to destroy tremerol (toxic substance) and then used as a tea to treat colds and flu. Germany still recognizes it in its pharmacopoeia as an effective immune stimulant to fight colds and flu. The tea is really bitter. Native to the US. I just grew it for the first time in my sandy loam soil. Flourished all summer (irrigated, because we had very little rain) and attracted enormous numbers of pollinators and wasps. A praying mantis hung out there for a while because the pickings were so good. Every night we'd see her contentedly munching on a bee or wasp she'd just caught.
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Post by mskrieger on Oct 21, 2015 15:15:29 GMT -5
OK, so I just checked on water requirements for E. perfoliatum--whenever I see it wild around here, it's growing in low, wet areas. Wikipedia confirms this. So if you grew it in Utah, I'd suggest planting it in a drainage/irrigation ditch or similar.
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Post by cletus on Oct 21, 2015 15:46:20 GMT -5
I saw a praying mantis too on my boneset this year. First year I've grown it, haven't tried the tea yet.
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Post by mountaindweller on Nov 23, 2015 20:54:51 GMT -5
cletus this schizandra.. I tried it various times from seed and nothing came up - which trick did you use? BTW there is an awesome book 'the chinese medical herb farm" it contains instructions how to grow all these chinese plants.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Nov 24, 2015 4:57:01 GMT -5
I should really look into this a bit more myself. Mullein is probably the one i use the most, although i should note that never from plant parts harvested myself. Although it's one of my favorite dry-area plants and there is one growing in the alley behind my house. (i suspect it was planted by me from mullein seeds i collected out in the wild areas nearby and spread there purposely to encourage mullein to grow there a few years ago.
But i also have access to yellow Yarrow, thyme, sage, mint, and catnip. ...wondering what other herbs or medicinal plants that might be at my disposal and whether i should put them to more use. I've been thinking of trying to make my own squash ravioli with sage sauce.... mmmm...
maybe put some of these to good use as winter teas. I think Mullen and Yarrow make particular use for sore throats.
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