| Author | Content |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
November 14, 2007
03:59 AM Post #4191310
| Great read Shari .
If you live long enough ,
You will be famous one day . :o)
Cheers Kell |
jadajoy
Newport News, VA
(Zone 7b)
November 14, 2007
02:26 PM Post #4192573
| Shari
You must do part II and tell us about the people who have these wonderful medicinal recipes and how they make them. This was fascinating to me! Wish I was there!
Joyce |
ceeadsalaskazone3
Seward, AK
 November 14, 2007
02:51 PM Post #4192672
| Shari,
The same can be said of the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Northern Canada and Russia. Their knowledge of these remedies from local plants is being lost with the passing of each elder As an Aleut, whose recent ancestors have lost their land, culture, religion and language, snuffed out like a light, your article is particular poignant.
Carol |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
 November 14, 2007
04:22 PM Post #4193004
| Carol, I can feel your emotions. One of my favorite books was Island Of The Blue Dolphins. Ultimate sustainability of a single person. |
FlowrLady
Olive Branch, MS
(Zone 7b)
November 14, 2007
05:33 PM Post #4193297
| Shari, thanks for your articles. I have been enjoying them! |
ceeadsalaskazone3
Seward, AK
November 14, 2007
06:31 PM Post #4193466
| As we say in Alaska: "When the tide is out, the table is set." |
debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
November 14, 2007
09:44 PM Post #4194085
| Nice goin Shari!
DH (magnes) and I have been using herbal remedies for almost 20 years. I always thought they made more sense. The good Lord wouldn't set us here without any means to heal our own ailments. Usually right under our noses.
Besides that I really can't stand going to the Dr. office one bit.. I avoid it any way I can. On th other hand, I love our family dentist. He truly respects our natural standpoint.
~Morinda citrofolia is very effective! It healed up an old injury magnes had from a carwreck. great stuff! Kinda blerky tasting, but mixed with a little blueberry concentrate, not too shabby.
~We use Papaya to tenderize meats, it's the bomb used in a salt rub mixture on a brisket. It breaks down toughness in any meat.
We use the fresh state of the herbs if at all possible, and other sources for what we don't have growing.
I am glad you wrote the article to help us see that the old healing arts are like an endangered species.
Thank you!
debnes
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frostweed
Josephine, Arlington, TX
(Zone 8a)
November 15, 2007
12:47 AM Post #4194686
| Very nice article Shari, I believe in the power of healing herbs too.
Josephine. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
November 15, 2007
03:34 AM Post #4194884
| debnes_dfw_tx ,
| Quoted: | | ~We use Papaya to tenderize meats, it's the bomb used in a salt rub mixture on a brisket. It breaks down toughness in any meat. |
I spent ten years of my life at 'Cunnamulla'
We would always eat what we shot there .
One time we shot an Emus .
When we took it back to the Mess Tent Cook .
He placed an Axe head in the water with the Emus two Drum Sticks .
When the Axe Head was tender ,
The Cook would throw the Drum Sticks out and we would eat the Axe .
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
November 15, 2007
12:26 PM Post #4196020
| Ginger...Oh my friend, thanks for the laugh!
I'm on vacation, and just dropping by to quickly check d-mail. Will respond to you all later, but in the meantime, thank you for the kind words, and the interest. And keep spreading the word. Can't let this knowledge die!
Talk to you all soon!
Yokwe,
Shari |
debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
November 16, 2007
10:45 PM Post #4201931
| Rofl ginger!!
Funny story!!
debnes |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
November 19, 2007
08:17 PM Post #4211647
| Another good one, Shari! So glad an effort is being made there to preserve the knowledge of the ones who came before. We could all learn from that.
Kathleen |
