tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25990701521540895322024-03-05T11:42:22.924-05:00When Weeds WhisperI Listen. I am rose, student and apprentice to all things good and green. I am an alchemist, herbalist and Medicine womyn. I seek the ancient wisdom and sacred Medicine. I am a keeper of the Earth. I Am. Peace.rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-76758802589550161252020-05-19T08:33:00.003-04:002020-05-19T08:33:32.551-04:00Dandelion Citrus Jelly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was gonna make dandelion marmalade, but opted for a fresh challenge of making a jelly minus any commercial pectin. The process I used followed - more or less - the process for making <a href="http://lavieduchateau.com/dandelionjam-cramaillotte" target="_blank">this Cramaillotte</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It all started with Mr. Spouse harvesting a small bucket of dandelion blooms. Many hands - even just four - make light work!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">I sat on the deck, under the umbrella, in meditation, separating the "petals" (florets) from the sepals, doing my best to get as little green as possible.</span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">This, in case you're wondering, is the same beginning step for making dandelion mead or wine (which we see in our future).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">We ended up with about a quart of gently packed dandelion "petals."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I chopped up a very ripe organic grapefruit and a half a lemon to add to the pot, because that's what I had, and then added water to cover, which was about a quart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I strained and squeezed as much juice as possible from the simmered brew, ending up with about 3 cups of liquid. So I returned the strained juice to the pan with 3 cups of sugar (equal parts by volume), and ended up simmering it another 50 minutes 'til it reached a thick thread stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Then it all got ladled into sterilized, hot jelly jars, and capped with hot lids. I used the ::gasp:: European method of flipping the hot jars until they cooled and sealed, a process frowned upon my our USDA (which advocates the wasteful hot water bath, even for wee batches like this. Americans love waste.).</span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">So we ended up 3+ cups of jelly, to make these four jars, plus another not quite full for the frig.</span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">It's quite lovely, a b</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">it of spring sunshine in a jar </span> and I owe my success to the spirit of my mother-in-law who I invited to join me in the kitchen, because she was the jelly-maker of jelly-makers. ::nods::</span></div>
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-5109926560203087592020-04-14T19:07:00.004-04:002020-04-14T19:09:03.452-04:00Mid April Vernal Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It <span style="color: #262626;">was a sweet day. I was able to make eye contact with several folks, one to two at at a time, for short snippets, at extra safe distance. And I am grateful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #262626;">At home, time in the gardens and greenhouse nourished me in ways that really can’t be expressed with mere words. </span><span style="color: #262626;">A walk through the gardens and wild spaces (which overlap) delighted me with...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> ...<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">chickweed...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">...<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saint Joan’s wort...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">...<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">perpetual spinach...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">...<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nigella...</span></span><br />
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We - meaning Mr. Spouse Boy, along with the dog, the chickens, and wildlife with whom we're blessed to share space - are making time, as we do every turn of the wheel, to wander and awaken with wonder. And this spring's awakenings are especially welcomed, despite the lackluster winter, and because of our shared COVID-19 challenges. Not to mention personal challenges that we all have to work through. Right? And so, because of and despite of, we gather the Medicine of the rooted life emerging around us...</div>
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Yarrow: Even deep wounds can heal.</div>
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Trillium: Sacred patience for the long haul.</div>
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Heal All: Make Medicine in the world.</div>
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Tusilago: Fuck the fear and breathe easy.</div>
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Butterbur: What Tusilago said.</div>
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Saint Joan's wort: Chill.</div>
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Wild salad pickin's: EnJOY what you've got. Share what you can.</div>
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Amid my own personal challenges...<br />
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Amid the challenges of the world we all share right now...<br />
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I am grateful for the emerging season of spring...<br />
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The eternal promise that it holds...<br />
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The beauty it expresses... </div>
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And the Good Medicine that it offers.</div>
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-53780383826873207592019-08-14T12:50:00.004-04:002019-11-22T06:06:19.109-05:00A Tea "For Every Goddess"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was called to mix up a little "For Every Goddess" tea blend this week ~ for a friend <i>and</i> for myself. A perfect blend for this full moon, methinks. And, quite frankly, anytime.<br /><br />This blend came to me around 1999, though in a much simpler form. It has evolved over the years to the blend pictured here that includes red raspberry leaf, hibiscus, red clover blossom, linden flower ‘n’ leaf, rose petals, lemon verbena, peppermint, ginger root, marshmallow leaf, goldenrod leaf, Bermuda grass, and much love.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've been making botanical Medicine sticks this week. Every year I make several for me, but this year I'm inspired to roll, and roll, and roll. I use them for smoke/smudge sticks with varied purposes, but mostly to invite energies into whatever space I'm creating. I also use them as altar pieces, to tuck into drawers and storage bins to protect the contents from moths and other vermin, and as healing wands. Or just to tuck here 'n' there because they smell so delicious. They have lots of Medicine share. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">These sticks pictured here are created with Thuja occidentalis (white cedar), Artemisia ludoviciana (prairie or sacred sage, and more), and Artemisia vulgaris (cronewort or mugwort), with one half including Achillea millefolium (yarrow), and the other half with two Monarda species (bee balm), all from our own little acre.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />Since the ol' Thuja, or white cedar, if you prefer, needs a trim, I'll be making more, with 17 set as gifts for a special clan of healers that gather twice a year in my corner of the world. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I may be inspired to make more, as the process is peaceful Medicine, and sacred creation. I'll wait for guidance from the plants. And if I do, and if they include A. vulgaris, they'll be made with mugwort from my friend Sherrie’s sacred patch. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />Yeah. I may be inspired. ::nods:: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Beautiful Monarda, beloved bee balm.<br /><br />It has hung to dry, and now it’s time to strip the leaves and flowers from the stems. Then it finds its way to be wrapped in a large cotton cloth, and then into the freezer it goes for two days. Once it returns to the air we share, it'll be finished in the dehydrator, just to be sure there's no lingering moisture, and lovingly placed in paper bags for bulk storing.<br /><br />This is the only plant with which I’ve ever had a challenge with vermin. So the extra step of freezing the dried plant matter for 48 hours or so ensures that any little critters or their eggs are killed - with a blessing - and that I end up with a quality, bug-free stash of bee balm to see me through winter.<br /><br />It is extra effort of grand worthiness. Even if I don’t deserve it, this plant most certainly does. ::nods::</span><br />
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Every day now there's something to be harvested. This morning I'll survey our little acre to see what will have my attention for harvest when I return from my creative time at the studio.<br />
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Already I know there will be more comfrey leaves to harvest for drying, and red clover blossoms. Yarrow buds, blossoms 'n' leaves will call to me, and most certainly more bee balm. The calendula is just starting to bloom, so more blossoms will be added to the infused oil jar. And Mr. Spouse Boy will likely harvest more Saint Joan's wort, though we're close to our fill for the year.<br />
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Plus I'll be looking for and harvesting other buds, blooms and blossoms, as floral Medicine has been calling to me this year. I have a collection of June blossoms, and am now working on collecting July floral Medicine. I'm not sure (though I have a guess or two) how this Medicine will evolve 'n' make manifest, but I'm confident that the call is worthy, and that the voices of the botanicals will sing their song to me ~ when the chorus is ready.<br />
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Of all the lessons that the plants have taught me, one key is that we can't rule or force them in any way. Not for their growth, bounty, beauty, their utility, Medicine, stories... their gifts, whispers, songs... their mystery...<br />
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I follow their lead, as they are more wise than I - or any two-legged - shall ever be.<br />
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-80804848071645264552019-06-10T11:11:00.000-04:002019-06-13T08:00:33.496-04:00Every Day There is Something<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Every day there is something in life to plant. </span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Every day there is something in life to receive. </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><br />Every day there is something in life to give.<br /><br />~ A lesson from the plant realm.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><br /><br />Peace. <span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf8/3/16/1f54a.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🕊</span></span></span></span>rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-64354855589814792902019-06-06T08:38:00.001-04:002019-06-06T08:38:17.584-04:00The Drying Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I wait for the morning to dry up so that I may harvest and prepare more for the drying room. Soon it will be akin to a jungle, or so I conjure</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">. :)</span></div>
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-57556129643589694842019-06-05T09:44:00.001-04:002019-06-05T09:46:40.260-04:00Our Keepers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Wild flowers are powerful and vital Medicine. </span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">For us, sure, but more so for our keepers, the pollinators, and Nona Gaia herself. </span><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><br style="color: #1c1e21;" /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">It's a damning shame that most of us mow them down before they're ever able to offer their full expression. </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><br /><br />Of what are we afraid?<br />Who's lead are we following?<br />Is scarcity our altar?<br /><br />Askin' for a friend.</span></span><br />
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It's a cold, cold day in January. I have seed packets to organize into a calendar of action, and some to get started, but I thought I'd catch up on vinegar (and other) infusions that got pushed to the back of the priorities shelf. What you see here is the plant matter marc of our local Solidago sp. (goldenrod) left from an infusion made on a sunny August day. Beautiful, isn't it?<br />
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Before you ask how to make such a thing, let me say that my spouse made this batch by filling a quart canning jar with flowering tops, filling to cover with organic, living apple cider vinegar, screwing on a lid and labeling the jar. Then it was placed on shelf, out of direct sunlight, where it's been given a gentle, loving shake every so often. At the risk of sounding incorrect, I'm inspired to say that it's so easy a spouse can do it. Because it is. Another reason this - herbalism - is The People's Medicine: It belongs to all of us. All. In any event...<br />
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Normally I'd strain this infusion after 6-8 weeks, but this had been macerating some 5 months, and it's a lovely yellow, with gorgeous, golden pollen that settles to the bottom of the jar, and while I've made this before, I don't remember it being quite so bitter as this batch. Whoa. The sip I took woke up parts of me that have been resting since... well... summer!<br />
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One of the things I love about this infused vinegar is enJOYing it in deep winter as the daylight is lengthening in the coeur of cold winter; that time of year that, in southern New England, we know spring is on the way, yet winter's roots are still sunk deep. To me, this mirrors the Medicine that was harvested in summer, as daylight was waning in the heart of hot summer. Know what I mean? No wonder it warms and wakes my late-January cockles, right?<br />
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I'll likely add this to water to drink as a delicious bitter beverage through these winter days leading toward spring. I may combine it with the Rumex crispus radix (yellow/curly dock root) infused vinegar, which I blend with other botanicals into a personal mineral 'n' vitamin supplement.<br />
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Whatever I do with it, I will honor and offer gratitude for the generous and reciprocal Medicine of Nature.<br />
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<br />rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-51507959602143269202018-12-04T07:48:00.003-05:002018-12-04T08:10:27.290-05:00Warming Winter Elderberry Syrup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I make elderberry syrup for our little household, I pretty much make it different every time. Sometimes I add rose hips, citrus peel, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, dried apple or other fruit, or something else, or some combination of botanicals. The one constant ingredient, other than - in this case - elderberries, is love. Always love.<br />
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Yet, as many botanical variations there may be, the process is simple. Simple in that it is an infused simple syrup. Simple syrup is a basic kitchen skill, and one that I've always thought that everyone had. I've come to understand - reluctantly, I confess - that basic kitchen skills have faded in the disempowering mists of corporate food indoctrination. And if you know me at all, I will fight to counter this, and I will do my best to bring back that which is being forgotten. And that includes making a simple syrup, from which medicinal syrups may be made manifest.<br />
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Anyone can do this. And I'm delighted to see more and more folks making it for themselves for the very first time, and my prayer is that their initiatory experience delights them so much that their curiosity and sense of play and experimentation lead to more (and more) Medicine making, and a renaissance in basic survival skills, AKA: kitchen skills. ::nods::</div>
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So I share with a basic recipe that I share in my wellness studio, in the hopes that it inspires at least one more curiosity seeker to make this delicious and immune-stimulating 'n' supporting syrup for themselves. And then be inspired from there. Here goes:</div>
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the botanicals in a lidded pot and cover with 4 cups of cool water. Place over
moderate heat to bring to a gentle boil. Turn down the flame to a gentle simmer, covered, for about an
hour or two. Strain and compost the plant matter. Measure your fluid and return
it to the pot. For every cup of fluid add a cup of sugar, bring to the boil,
stirring, to ensure the sugar is dissolved without scorching. Turn off the heat,
cover and let cool before bottling and labeling. This syrup will keep in cold storage (AKA: the refrigerator) for months.<br />
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At the first tingle, tickle, sign of symptom, take a delicious and generous spoonful every couple of hours. You can take it as is, or sweeten a glass of water, or cup of tea, or in any way that inspires you in the moment. </span></div>
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everyday Wellness Food, as you would any syrup ~ on pancakes, over (or under)
desserts, to sweeten water, yogurt, smoothies, teas and other beverages. I
sometimes “spike” mine with a fitting cough-relief tincture to take when
symptoms make manifest. Whatever you do, enJOY and be well by Nature!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i>“Let Food be
the Medicine, and Medicine be thy Food.” </i><i>~words
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One of the things I love about making elderberry syrup from the dried berries throughout autumn and winter is the seasonal magic that this amazing plant conjures within me. I recall the greening of the plant and sprouting of its leaves - and suckers - in spring. I recall the formation and evolution of green bud to creamy-white blossom, and eventually the dark, midnight blue berries. I recall the modest majesty of this royal plant, and the beauty and blessings it offers to our little acre and all life that visits there. It conjures warm, sunny days in the dead of winter. <i>That's</i> magic. <i>That's</i> Medicine.<br />
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Now go. Make some magic. Make some Medicine. Make some syrup. And be well by Nature. ::nods::<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Cacoa Chai Ashwagandha Balls. ::nods:: They're s</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">o Good, and so Good for ya. </span></span><br />
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cups nut butter or tahini<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">My beloved Hypericum
perforatum is </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">a member of the </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Hypericaceae
</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">family</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">, of the Hypericum genus. <br />
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A native to Europe and Asia, she now grows throughout the northern hemisphere
where seasons and rainfall have a relationship pattern. Think of our spring to
autumn rains. Hypericum takes roots in meadows/lawns, along hedgerows, and on high,
dry, sunny hilltops. She seems to make her home in most sunny locations that
are less traveled (I rarely see here along roadways, or common paths). She
begins her blooming as summer takes root, and her blooms (and flowering tops)
are harvested throughout the summer months. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The size of the plant is influenced by its environment (soil quality,
compactness, sun exposure and the like). She is a creeping perennial that can
grow to upward of 3 feet high (and higher), though she tends to droop as the
season evolves. Her stems are erect, somewhat woody, branching at the upper
section, with opposite, oblong leaves measuring about </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt;">⅓</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> to 1 inch, with
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be toxic to grazing animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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above and eikon meaning an image, a picture. This botanical name reflects the
history of the plant being hung over religious icons during the Christian Saint
John’s day with intentions of protection. In all likelihood, this practice is
much older. But rest assured, she is protective!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Parts used</span></u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">: Buds, flowering tops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Harvest</span></u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">: Budding and flowering tops,
typically July to September in my part of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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astringent, resinous. The fresh flower is often described as acrid, though I
enjoy nibbling a few fresh buds and flowers every year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Anodyne, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, nervine (relaxing), </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">trophorestorative
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the nervous system - whether the function is in excess or deficient). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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application and dosage should always be considered with pregnancy and
breastfeeding. You’ll likely run across writings that warn of photosensitivity,
which is not without merit… if you’re munching on it in a pasture with other
grazing animals, or ingesting it in dry, powdered, capsulated form. Using this
plant in the traditional ways (tea, tincture, infused oil) has not, in my
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might also come across information warning you that it interferes with monoamine
oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), once-popular antidepressant medications… or that it
is an MAOI, complete with the dangerous side effects of the once-popular meds.
It is not an MAOI, and while the fantasy-theory persists, it has long been
disproven. Henriette Kres shares on her website that the constituent “</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Hypericin
does show some MAO-inhibition in vitro at</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">very</span></i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">high
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the efficacy of other pharmaceuticals, but have not read anything that
convinces me of this. Of course, until such time that the pharmaceutical
industry can tell me how their drugs interact with all their other drugs (<u>and</u>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">I read an article, years back, by Susun Weed in Sage Woman magazine of how she used it to prevent muscle soreness after excessive physical exertion. Since then, I’ve employed the tincture after such activity, internally (and topically), especially after the first major snowfall of winter (I shovel) and during the first garden tasks in spring (after a lazy winter hibernation). My results with this application never cease to dazzle me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">The Remington and Wood, 1918, The US Dispensary shares, “</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Among the complaints for which it was used were</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>hysteria, mania, intermittent fever, dysentery, gravel, hemorrhages, pectoral complaints, worms</i></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">, and </span><i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">jaundice</span></i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">; but it was, perhaps, most highly esteemed as a remedy in</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>wounds</i> </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>bruises</i></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">, for which it was employed both internally and externally.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Hypericum perforatum also promotes healthy tissue growth.<br /><br />So, you can see why this botanical is a fixture in my Medicine bag.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small;">Boericke, 1901: Materia Medica</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="http://www.henriettes-herb.com/">Henriette Kress</a></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small;">Remington and Woods, 1918, The Dispensary</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small;">Rosalee de la Forêt (notes from writings, workshops)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small;">Susun Weed (various books, writings, videos, lectures)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: x-small;">and various notes from experience, workshops and classes</span></span></div>
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-28742211614575982492017-05-17T05:59:00.002-04:002023-05-07T06:27:38.673-04:00Meet & Dance with Taraxicum officinalis – Dandelion<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #141823; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Do you see what I see? The land
of my dominion!<br />
Just one gentle, passing breeze,<br />
Or even just a random sneeze<br />
Can lift me up and carry me as on an eagle’s pinion.<br />
And scattered into many parts, I go where’er I’m cast<br />
And put down deep and lasting roots, wherever land is grassed.<br />
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Do you know what I know? My life is never-ending!<br />
My own seeds number millions -<br />
Each one produces billions!<br />
Pity all poor gardeners’ vain efforts at lawn tending!<br />
Bitter poisons, mowers’ blades, all you have used to fight me -<br />
Could never yank this lion’s tooth, so go ahead and bite me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Taraxicum genus is one of our North American natives, also home throughout
temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. This ubiquitous beauty is so well
known that it needs little botanical description. The genus is described as a herbaceous, tap-rooted perennial plant of many species that adapt to the
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We know this plant most readily by its golden-yellow composite <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flower head</i>, which is made up of many tiny
flowers (florets). These happy flower heads open in day and close at night, a
pattern I relate to breath.<br />
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The flower heads are born singly on the leafless scape (the
hollow-tube-like-stem), that exudes a milky white latex that we all recognize. <br />
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And who hasn’t dug a dandelion root? The typical tap root, sometimes splitting,
from which a basal rosette of simple, lobed leaves, growing 2 to more than 10
inches in length, gives birth to one or more scapes which, in turn, give birth to the flower
heads that mature into spherical seed heads called blowballs.<br />
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You may already know that the common name, dandelion, is born of the French
common name, dent de lion, which means tooth of the lion. Why? Observe the
leaves… the flowers… the root… of what might they remind you?</span> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">Constituents</span></u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">: Fructose (richer in spring); sesquiterpene lactones; diterpenes, taraxacin; triperpens; sterols; carotenoids; xanthoxophylls; flavinoids; polysaccharides (inulin – among others – richer in autumn); potassium (up to 4.5% in aerial parts).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">The leaves are, to my way of thinking, first and foremost a Food. The leaf has a longtime tradition as a powerful diuretic, especially dried and brewed as tea. Unlike pharmaceutical diuretics, it’s rich in the potassium that is often lost as a result of its diuretic action, making it a synergistically harmonized Medicine, even when water retention or cardiac congestion is present. David Hoffman says, “overall, this herb is a most valuable general tonic and perhaps the best widely applicable diuretic and liver tonic.”<br /><br />Mark McDermott used tincture leaf tincture in formulas dealing with kidney and bladder stones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">Susun Weed suggests its use for minimizing bloating ad cerebral edema (in Ginkgo) that leads to irritability and mood swings, as well as for menstrual challenged of cramps, water retention, pelvic congestions and to balance feelings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />The root, with its hepatic and cholagogue actions, has a history for being a premier choice for inflammation of the liver and gallbladder. In general, it aids digestion by maximizing the flow of bile into the intestines. It is supportive to a congested liver that is burdened by hormones (HRT) or other drugs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">This plant holds a special place in my heart and around my little backyard farm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">In spring, I simply dig up the early dandies (usually from paths and garden beds where I prefer they not grow) and use the leaves fresh in salads and </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">sautées and roast the roots for a delicious decoction to enjoy throughout the year. In general, the leaves are sweetest in spring, and the roots in autumn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">Despite all the years that I’ve been leveraging this botanical for Food and for Medicine, I’m still inspired by her and learn new things every year. I’ve recently seen some herbalists using the flowers to make an infused oil for topical use. This is new to me, so I’m making a small batch of oil so I may experience it before setting out on research and conversations with my Green peers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Henriette Kress, </span><u style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Practical Herbs</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">As the gifts of Taraxicum sprout, blossom and bloom,
the gift of Food and Medicine continue. Here’s a few ideas to get your creative
juices flowing…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">Simmer the water, vinegar and salt together until
the salt is fully dissolved. Let cool. Pack your jar/s with the dandy buds add
the garlic and lemon zest (dividing evenly between jars, if you’re using
multiples). Pour in the warm liquid over the plant matter leaving about ½-inch
headspace, using a chopstick to remove air bubbles (and adding more liquid if
need be). Cover, label, and put in cold storage for several weeks before using
(alchemy happens!). Then… enjoy as you would any caper!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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juice for 20-30 minutes. Strain out the solids, measure the liquid and add an
equal amount of cane sugar, by volume, to the liquid, return to the simmer
until the sugar is dissolved. Bottle, label, refrigerate to increase shelf-life
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green powers. I often mix this and similar powders with onion, garlic, dried
tomato “waste” from puree-making to keep in a shaker jar for adding to foods
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">Henriette Kress suggests using the
white “milk” of the plant to create your own body art. The art isn’t visible
right away, but keep it dry, get a good night’s rest, and your brown tattoo
will be waiting for you when you wake, and will last a few days (unless you
wash it off).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: small;">A little Madness in the Spring</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: small;">Who ponders this tremendous scene –</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: small;">This whole Experiment of Green –</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet <b>Stellaria media <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: large;">Chickweed </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Charming Stellaria media<i>, the common star</i>,
is another non-native botanical – introduced from Europe – that has made itself
quite comfortable <i>and</i> welcomed in North America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s also made itself at home
throughout Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9pt;">But
calling this plant “it” doesn’t resonate with me, so I’m shifting that up here…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">My experience with this little plant is that her
seeds germinate in late winter, she flourishes, flowers, and goes to seed in
spring, well before summer is even in our thoughts. In summer, when so many
other botanicals are busy flourishing, chickweed is rarely seen. Yet, when
those other plants mature and begin their waning, chickweed returns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Maude Grieve describes chickweed like this:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">“The stem is procumbent and weak, much
branched, often reaching a considerable length, trailing on the ground, juicy,
pale green and slightly swollen at the joints. Chickweed is readily
distinguished from the plants of the same genus by the line of hairs that runs
up the stem on one side only, which when it reaches a pair of leaves is
continued on the opposite side. The leaves are succulent, egg-shaped, about 1/2
inch long and 1/4 inch broad, with a short point, pale green and quite smooth,
with flat stalks below, but stalkless above. They are placed on the stem in
pairs. The small white star-like flowers are situated singly in the axils of
the upper leaves. Their petals are narrow and deeply cleft, not longer than the
sepals. They open about nine o'clock in the morning and are said to remain open
just twelve hours in bright weather, but rain prevents them expanding, and
after a heavy shower they become pendent instead of having their faces turned
up towards the sun, though in the course of a few days rise again. The flowers
are already in bloom in March and continue till late in the autumn. The seeds
are contained in a little capsule fitted with teeth which close up in wet
weather, but when ripe are open and the seeds are shaken out by each movement
of the plant in the breeze this being one of the examples of the agency of the
wind in the dispersal of seeds, which is to be seen in similar form in the
capsules of poppy, henbane, campion and many other common plants.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">The Chickweed is also an instance of what is
termed the 'Sleep of Plants,' for every night the leaves approach each other,
so that their upper surfaces fold over the tender buds of the new shoots, and
the uppermost pair but one of the leaves at the end of the stalk are furnished
with longer leafstalks than the others, so that they can close upon the
terminating pair and protect the tip of the shoot.”</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">The vernal darling, chickweed, creates a creeping yet matting groundcover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">As
a backyard farmer, I do my best to harvest this little wild one before my
chickens do, to use in spring salads, soups (a simple chickweed ‘n’ miso
with Egyptian onion being a early spring ritual), and the occasional pesto. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">If
you are blessed to know someone with a cow field, request their permission to
forage there, for I have discovered the most robust chickweed (among other
botanicals) growing in such places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these parts two “chickweeds” are common, the Stellaria media (cool and smooth)
that we’re addressing here as well as Cerastium fontanum (warmer and fuzzy).<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Harvest</span></u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">: Aerial parts. Spring and autumn
(or whenever you discover the fresh, vibrant growth of this little contrary
plant). The leaves, stems, flowers and seeds are all used as Food and Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Nutrients: Chlorophyll, minerals (calcium, copper, iron,
magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc), vitamins (A –
from carotenes, B vitamins – folic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, C) and
others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yet another mineral-rich Food, and its saponins help us to absorb and use those
nutrients. <br />
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Saponin-rich chickweed also supports the breakdown (and ultimate elimination)
of unwanted matter like catarrh, digestive mucus, bacteria, and even fat cells.
It’s also supportive in dissolving cysts (with an apparent affinity for ovarian
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consistent use of FPM tincture (1 dropper full, 2-3 times a day) over time (up
to 16-monts) to dissolve ovarian cysts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Chickweed has a long tradition of use
for cooling, soothing and whisking away many an infection and inflammation.
Over the years I’ve known of two folks who’ve praised its internal and external
use for calming their rosacea, though that result isn’t consistent with
everyone, but I’m still seeking folks to use it this way to see if we can spot
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">It has a long-time folk reputation for supporting
weight management. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">It’s considered to be supportive to the
lymphatic system, much like calendula, as a gentle lymph-mover, though I’ve
never used it in this way, perhaps because I generally have more calendula with
which I make tincture for this use. But, if I didn’t have calendula, I’d
certainly give this a go!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some hog's grease, the powder of Fenugreeke and Linseed, and a few roots of
Marsh Mallows, and stamped to the forme of Cataplasme or pultesse, taketh away
the swelling of the legs or any other part . . . in a word it comforteth,
digesteth, defendeth and suppurateth very notably.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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As I passed through my menopausal gate, my body simply wanted to be heavier.
For me, I’m confident that a need for grounding was involved here (that’s a
story for another time). But one of the folk-uses for this plant, as a
long-brew infusion (or tincture), is for supporting weight (specifically fat
cell) loss, and while I didn’t much care about this at the time, I may at some
point in the future, for chickweed has a tradition of use among the matriarchs
(or crones, if you prefer).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Finally, between her common name,
nutrients and actions, I tend to associate her with sacral chakra energies.
Culpepper associates her with the moon… and I <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">I appreciate chickweed worked into an
infused oil. I use it as is, or processed into a balm for all things itchy.
While my go-to for itchy situations is plantain, this is my number-two, and
I’ve known many moms over the years who swear by it for preventing and treating
diaper rash. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">I have blended chickweed oil with
calendula oil for itchy, rashes that manifest in those “places where the sun
don’t shine” (quoted words lovingly stolen from herbalist, Matthew Wood). While
calendula alone is most often sufficient for managing these dark, dank
challenges, the addition of chickweed (or plantain) oil really quiets the
symptom of itch and, in turn, supports the whole of the healing process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">The fresh plant makes a fine poultice
for wounds and infections. Susun Weed says that it’s a favored application for
managing pink eye in kids.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: large;">Dance with <b>Stellaria
media – </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="font-size: large;">Chickweed</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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to nurture a meaningful relationship with this lovely and generous little
botanical!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Spring Miso Soup. This is an annual tradition of
time. It’s usually my “first” Stellaria preparation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or braising medium.</span></div>
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Oh yeah. Along with other wild harvests. ::nods::<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Dehydrated– as out-of-season leaf additions to
foods, teas, as well as for powdering to use as a condiment and garnish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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topical treatments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Infused Oil – As is, for topical use, in balms and
soap making. Here’s <a href="http://learningherbs.com/newsletter/chickweed-salve/">a link to a balm recipe from Rosalee de</a></span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://learningherbs.com/newsletter/chickweed-salve/">la Forět</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> And remember, this is just one method
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Tincture – Fresh Plant Matter (FPM) is recommended
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tincture. So… play, experience and see what you discover.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">resources:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rosalee de la Foret<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Susun
Weed, </span><a href="http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Chickweed-A-Star.htm"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Chickweed Is a Star</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>John
Gerard’s Herbal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
Modern Herbal, by Mrs. Maude Grieve<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Culpepper’s
Complete Herbal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-45328789296382973632017-03-10T06:49:00.000-05:002017-06-28T06:53:01.007-04:00Meet Achillea millefolium – Yarrow<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">Welcome to our latest featured botanical: <b>Achillea millefolium – </b></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Yarrow<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">Yarrow</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">is a member of the </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">Asteraceae
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of the Achillea genus. <br />
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A native to Eurasia, it grows throughout the northern hemisphere, including
temperate regions of the Arctic. It takes root in meadows/lawns, open
woodlands, wastelands/roadsides and is
typically harvested throughout the summer as it blooms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The size of the plant is influenced by its environment (soil quality,
compactness, sun exposure and the like). Its overall height ranges from 8 to 39
inches. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">The</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";"> leaves are
furry and </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">grow spirally on the stem, and range from 2 to 8 inches
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Yarrow is drought resistant and has been used for maintaining
soil integrity, especially where erosion is a concern. It attracts “beneficial”
garden insects, including my beloved predatory wasps, ladybugs and hoverflies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";"><b>Parts used</b>: Aerial parts, flowers, leaves and stems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";"><b>Taste</b>: Bitter, pungent, acrid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";"><b>Energetics</b>: Cooling, toning/soothing, astringent/Cool, dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-size: 6.5pt;"><b>Actions</b>: </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral,</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-size: 6.5pt;"> AnAromatic,
astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, nutritive, repellent (pest), styptic,
tonic, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";"><b>Constituents</b>: Alkaloids, amino acids, bitters, coumarins, fatty acids, flavonoids, isovaleric
acid, nutrients (ascorbic acid, folic acid… calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, sulphur),
saponins, salicylic acid, sterols, sugars, tannins, volatile oils and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";"><b>Contraindications</b>:
Allergies (contact dermatitis); avoid/decrease consumption during pregnancy; Dizziness
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cardio/circulatory support – and more.<br />
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I’ve used yarrow to staunch bleeding of open cuts, especially punctured or
deep cuts, bloody nose, using the raw plant, powdered leaf, as well as tincture
(which stings, but I say you use what you have on hand). Yarrow is named for
Achilles, the Greek warrior who relied on the herb to staunch the wounds of his
soldiers on the battlefield, so there’s folklore to back up this particular
action of this particular botanical.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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long tradition of being used, as a warm tea, during times of cold and flu when
a fever is stuck and won’t break. A cup or two of the infusion, or hot water
with a squirt (like a teaspoon or less) of tincture taken several times a day can ease the
discomforts of colds and flu by encouraging sweating. I find it blends nicely
with boneset (</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">Eupatorium</span></i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> sp.) during times of flu. Henriette Kress suggests
inhaling the steam when respiration is involved (and then drink it). I love
this idea, for the fragrance of yarrow is comforting and healing, and
steams are one of my GoTo Medicine practices.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Women have used yarrow during their moon cycles to help ease menstrual
cramps and regulate menstrual flow, by ingesting infusion or tincture for a few
days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yarrow has a long history of supporting the digestive system. As a
bitter it can certainly kick-up saliva and digestive enzymes. I consider it one
– of the many – fine digestive tonics.<br />
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Its astringency makes it a great option for treating hemorrhoids, externally
and internally. When a “wet or weepy condition” presents itself, I often think:
Yarrow!<br />
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that it makes white blood cells more ‘trigger-happy.’” <br />
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A tincture of yarrow makes a fine bug spray, deterring mayflies, mosquitoes,
and even ticks. I’ve blended it with catnip and other tinctures, but find it,
all on its own, to be delightfully effective. Sure, you have to reapply it, especially
when starting its use, but I swear the impact is cumulative, for I seem to need
less and less as the season wears on, <i>as well as each year</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">I love it, diluted, as a mouth rinse. It’s one of the many astringent
herbals I reach for as a swish for dental care and health. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’ve made infused oils and balms to support joint and muscle discomfort, and while
effective, it’s not my GoTo. It does work nicely to dispel “stuck” blood
externally, and in this way I do consider it my local arnica. I’ve also added
it to my breast massage balms to enhance blood flow, and Susun Weed indicates
just that in her book “Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“chaw.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The dried stems were apparently used to throw the I Ching. My spouse and I have
used them for playing pick-up-sticks on those long summer evenings when kicking
back time kicks in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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me, yarrow represents the “straight and narrow” behaviors that support and
benefit a wild dream, a grand vision, goal or desired outcome. The spirit of
yarrow has supported me through life challenges where I required behavior and
action of unbending dedication and focus. In this way, I often say that yarrow
helps to center and ground our grandest of dreams. Julia Graves alludes to this
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Usual Applications<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Addition to green powder (leaves or
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Infused oil<br />
Balms, ointments, lotions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Potpourri (simmered and dried)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Poultice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Steam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bug repellent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Spiritual
healing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">sources:</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">wikipedia.org for the botany bits</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">The
language of Plants by Julia Graves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Breast
Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way by Susun Weed</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">The
Practical Herbalist, v. 1 & 2 by Henriette Kress</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 10pt;">and
various notes from experience, my own and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Welcome to another opportunity to meet and dance with the botanical world! This time we're meeting and dancing with sweet red clover, Trifolium pratense... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;">Trifolium is a
genus of clover. Trifolium pratense is a species of clover, commonly called red
clover. It's native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia and is a
perennial that has naturalized throughout North America and in many regions
around the globe. And I am grateful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as a nitrogen fixer, making nitrogen in the <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">atmosphere </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "american typewriter";">biologically
available in the soil to nourish and sustain the soil and other plants. Over the years, as we've given up the mower for the scythe, we manage our "lawn" more like a meadow, and as a result we have so much more diversity on our little care, including Trifolium (and so many other plants, pollinators and birds!).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><b>Harvest</b>: Tops in flower, new blooms. Leaves from the young plants before bud and bloom start their show. </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">Harvest the tops and you’ll get subsequent harvests – think
deadheading.</span></div>
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sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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promotes fertility, mild sedative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minerals, isoflavones, alkaloids, and more.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As a nutritional infusion: none.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Uses</b>: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I tend to think
of Trifolium as a beautiful food, loaded with </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">vitamins and minerals like B complex (Thiamine, B1,
Niacin), C, Calcium, Chromium, Magnesium, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium and
more. As a nutritional infusion it is widely considered safe for long-term use
with children, the aged and convalescing, pregnant and breast-feeding moms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It has a
tradition as a blood cleanser and has a history of being used to flush heavy
metals (IE: lead) and other toxins from the blood. I’m not sure about the heavy
metals, but I recall a gentleman carpenter who worked with treated wood. He was
young, robust, and in otherwise Good health, but began feeling tired and
noticed an inactive rash forming over his body. After a conversation, I
suggested only two things: That he commit to wearing heavy work gloves when
handling any treated wood, and drinking red clover infusion. Within a couple
weeks both the rash and the fatigue waned out of his awareness. To this day I
encourage anyone working with known toxins to drink red clover infusion <i>and</i>
engage their common sense. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Trifolium are often credited with its ability to improve many menopausal
“symptoms” as well support prostate health. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">It’s
considered an important menopausal herb, one that supports hormonal harmony,
eases flashing, enhances vaginal lubrication, memory, bone density and
flexibility, and general energy levels. It was during my own menopausal journey
that I nurtured relationship with this plant and made it a weekly ally.</span></div>
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a steadfast folk history for its use in treating cancer. It has been used to
treat cancerous ulcers and has associated research that suggests an affinity
with breast health, making it a favorable breast ally for prevention and treatment.
During my own breast challenge I engaged her Medicine in the form of nutritional
infusion, tincture and added it to many a favored tea blend. Not to mention
floral bouquets and blessing waters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Research indicates
that regular ingestion of the infusion softens breast lumps, has reversed
pre-cancerous and cancerous circumstances. It has been shown to play a role in
preventing breast cell receptors from absorbing cancer-causing estrogens (it
has constituents that mimic estrogen and connect to the receptor sites. It is
considered a safe and powerful anti-cancer herb and is even reputed to repair
damaged DNA, reversing pre-cancers and in situ cancers. Susun Weed considers it
protective to the uterus (esp. during tamoxifen trmt - L HRT for
hormone-positive cancers & many post-menopausal breast cancers).<br />
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“</span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";">Red
clover. Everything you hoped soy would be with none of soy’s problems. Red
clover has ten times more phytoestrogens than soy in a much safer formulation.
It’s the world’s leading anti-cancer and cancer-preventing herb. Do watch
however if you’re in menopause because it’s also a fertility promoter, and if
you don’t wanna have a surprise baby be a little careful with the red clover,
and especially be careful with Oatstraw.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">” ~ Susun Weed</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It
alkalinizes blood, protects the liver and lungs and can ease constipation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been credited with lowering blood cholesterol levels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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makes a nice breast massage oil that can help in shrinking lumps, countering
cancer, as well as a support to the lymphatic system in reabsorbing and
processing “waste” cells. It’s a sound addition to internal and external breast
treatments – for wellness or treatment.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">Dance with <b>Trifolium pratense – </b></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";">Red Clover</span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Red Clover
Lemonade <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2 T honey (or to taste)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quart jar. Pour to cover with boiling water, cap and allow to steep and cool at
least four hours. Strain.<br />
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Squeeze the juice of 1 to 2 lemons (limes are quite tasty, too). Blend in the
honey and add to the red clover infusion. Served over ice (or not) in a stemmed
glass with a wedge of lemon and enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">1 </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">¼ </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">cups whole wheat pastry flour (pastry flour
makes this bread more tender. If you can’t get whole wheat pastry flour, use a
mix of half all-purpose and half whole wheat flours)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">½ cup red clover blossom florets (stripped off of the tough
bases/cores)</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">½ tsp salt</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2 tsp caraway or anise seeds (optional)</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2/3 cup buttermilk</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">¼ cup melted butter, plus one more tablespoon reserved for
brushing on finished loaf</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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(including the fresh or dried red clover blossom florets) together in a large
bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.</span></div>
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Don’t stir too much though—it’s okay if there is still a little dry flour here
and there, and for this dough lumpy is good. You want the dough to still be
somewhat soft and sticky, but coherent enough that you can shape it into a
loaf. If the dough seems too goopy, add more flour a little at a time. I
sometimes need to add as much as 1/3 c. additional flour. Some cracks on
top are okay and actually make the finished loaf more attractive in a rustic
way. Scrape the dough out onto your baking sheet. Shape it into a disk
approximately five to six inches in diameter. Bake 25-35 minutes until golden. While
still hot, brush with remaining tablespoon of butter. Let cool on a rack.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Weigh out one ounce of red clover.
Place it in a quart jar. Pour to cover with boiling water, cap and allow to
steep and cool at least four hours. Strain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Measure, by volume, your liquid, multiply by two and you’ll have your sugar
measure. Add the sugar to the infusion, heat gently until the sugar is
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bring to a boil, constantly stirring. Once a strong boil has been reached, add
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Add the young leaves
(harvested prior to flowering) to salads or soups. They may be cooked and
enjoyed as with any green, though with greater effort to collect enough to make
it worthy. Some folks grind the dried herb into powder to use in ways similar
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">As for the blossoms, simply pluck the
flower heads from fresh red clover to add to salads, soups, pancakes, muffins,
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'll be starting my day getting fired up with a shot of Fire Cider, and then straining some versions I started before the ground froze a couple months ago. I may make a bean soup and add a shot of it... and a salad with olive oil and Fire Cider. Oh my... so Good and Good for you!</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet <b>Avena sativa – </b></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oatstraw<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Avena
is a genus of some 30+ species, commonly called oats, which have been
cultivated for thousands of years for food for two <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> four leggeds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Parts used</b>: Aerial parts – dried stems and leaves,
flower bud (milky tops), seed (grain).</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Harvest</b>: Milky oats, oat straw, oats. Harvest the
tops and you’ll get subsequent harvests.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Actions</b>: Nutritive, nervine, relaxant (some say
sedative) - one that can enhance alertness (so it’s sometimes seen classified
as stimulant – because of its nutritional actions), emollient, demulcent, rejuvenative,
tonic (to the endocrine system, with an affinity to the adrenals, esp. in milky
form, and to the digestive system and the integumentary system). It is sometimes
noted as adaptogenic, <span style="color: black;">antidepressant, antispasmodic,
aphrodisiac, anti-tumor/cancer, diuretic, neurotonic. It’s credited with </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">reducing
cholesterol levels and so is considered supportive to circulatory functioning. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Composition</b>: Hollow stems, plugged at intervals
with leaf-bearing nodes. Leaves are usually alternate with parallel veins. The
leaves are often hardened with a form of silica making them stiff, rough, and
sometimes sharp, which discourages foraging and grazing. The flowers are most
often arranged in spikelets and are usually hermaphroditic (possessing male and
female components and self-pollinating), with the exception of maize, which is
anemophilous (wind pollinated). The fruit is called a caryopsis, meaning a
simple fruit, one that we call grain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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protein, flavinoids, saponins, alkaloids, and more. Rich in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">calcium and other
minerals and vitamins too.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Contraindications</b>: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">None, unless you
are allergic oats, celiac, sensitive to gluten. So far, both research and
experience demonstrate that gluten sensitivities aren’t triggered by using oat
straw on the skin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">With respect to gluten, Henriette
Kress says it best: “While oats doesn't by itself contain gluten,
"normal" oats usually contain minute amounts of glutenous grains.
This could be because of crop circulation (growing one grain after another
means that some of last years crop will grow this year as well), because of the
harvesters and grain storage not being completely cleaned between crops, or
because the mill doesn't take care to clean out all gluten-containing grains.
Whichever it is, gluten-sensitives do well to avoid "normal" oats.”</span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Some say Avena should be avoided during
pregnancy and while breast-feeding, though this seems counter intuitive and
intellectually contrary to me.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Medicinal use:</b> Rich in calcium, phosphorus, and
potassium and other nutrients, oats are good Food and Food is Good Medicine.
Oats offer respectable nutrition and help to nourish the debilitated nervous
system. As a nutritive herb, it is rich in silica, carotenes, and folic acid
and is a good source of antioxidants and chlorogenic (phenolic/protective) acids.
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contemporary herbalists, it has proven itself, time and again, as a reliable
ally for those who are exhausted and for convalescence. I’ve found it to be a
sound ally during times of mental/emotional/physical stress, especially when
tied to grief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Addiction, anxiety, depression, exhaustion, nervous
tension, stress and all similar conditions we understand and experience show how oats (as Food, water infusion, vinegar infusion, tincture
and talisman) act as a strengthening tonic for mind and heart (and then some). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oats are soothing & nourishing, used internally
and externally, helping to calm pain from damaged nerves and to nourish the
regeneration of damaged bones, lung, and muscles, and generally support healthy
tissue growth throughout the body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Nervous System: Avena is sometimes referred to as a
nerve tonic, though I find that the references to “nerve tonic” point not to
the physical aspect, but rather to the subtle associations of the nervous
system … such as insomnia, depression and anxiety. I’ve found it, in all its
forms, from tea to tincture, to subdue irritability and the resulting
behaviors. Know what I mean? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Renal System: Oats are credited with prevention of
scrofula, prevention of gravel and stones in the bladder and kidneys, clearing
to urinary congestion. This sings the song of Food as Medicine to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Integumentary & Skeletal Systems: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oats support and strengthen the bones
and tissues, including veins, strengthening their connective tissues &
increasing their flexibility. Avena is cooling and soothing to dry, itchy skin.
For years I used a long-brew infusion to add to my baths (and to sip while
bathing) to manage my “winter skin” which was a significant challenge during my
corporate days, working in those horrid-dry “environmentally controlled”
buildings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s a nutritive addition to the diet as it is rich
in silica, which is necessary for building the outer layer of skin, hair and
finger/toenails. Oats, in all forms can harmonize hormones, protect adrenal
glands, support the thyroid, and improve the strength of veins. It’s also
credited with powers to increase the libido, as any notable nutrient-rich
Food/Medicine should! Oatstraw infusion can be an ally while taking the L Dexamethasone
(Decadron), use to counter the side effects from chemotherapy, which can cause
excessive energy followed by exhaustion. It’s supportive to many in easing hot
flashes, frazzled nerves and other menopause “symptoms” (infusion or tincture: 25
gtt. bid). Micheal Moore lists: Angina pectoris, as an adjunct for fear of
death, constant guarding against pain; Functional neurocirculatory disorders;
To prevent anxieties when insomnia is feared; General insomnia in sthenic
individuals; Narcolepsy; Menopause, with sense of pressure and pain in ovaries,
uterus, sacrum, bladder with nervousness and sense of confusion; or with
melancholia after hot flashes; Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), with easily
startled disposition, easy adrenergic discharge, jumpy; Appetite poor, nervous,
weak (with Trifolium); Hysteria with adrenergic-induced exhaustion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Chakra association</b>: I’ve not yet settled on a
single chakra, as oats – in <i>all</i> of its parts – seem so supportive to us
– in <i>all</i> of our parts – the whole body and being.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Culinary use</b>: Nutritional infusions, Nutritional
vinegars. All manner of cooking and baking. Oat straw as a Tisane/Tea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">resources:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">David
Hoffman, <u>Medical Herbalism</u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">David
Winston, davidwinston.org<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Guido
Masé, aradicle.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Henriette
Kress, Practical Herbs & henriettes-herb.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Michael Moore, swsbm.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Rosalee de la Foret, herbalremediesadvice.org</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Susun
Weed, multiple books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">A Modern Herbal, by Mrs. Maude Grieve</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Culpepper’s
Complete Herbal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Wikipedia – for some of the botany descriptions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Personal
notes from multiple sources<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter"; font-size: 11pt;">Personal
experience</span><br />
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oatmeal beverage<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">2 servings <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">¼ c oats (cracked or rolled)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">1 c water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">1 cinnamon stick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">1 clove (or more, to taste)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">2-4 T sugar (to taste)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">1 c milk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "american typewriter";">Combine the oats and the water in a pan, bring to a simmer, and adjust
the heat to gently simmer for at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add
the cinnamon, clove, sugar and milk, bring up to heat and gently simmer another
20 minutes. You want the oats to be silky-soft. <br />
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Remove from the heat and allow to cool, remove the cinnamon and clove, then
chill for (at least) a few hours. <br />
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In a blender, puree until smooth. Add water if too thick. Enjoy chilled, in a
fine, stemmed glass. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Nourishes
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A little something extra for sick young ones, nauseated moms, those recovering
from any gastro-intestinal problems, including surgery.<br />
1 c oats<br />
1 c water<br />
1 t lemon juice (or vinegar)<br />
1 t raw honey<br />
1 t water<br />
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand overnight. In the morning
add remaining ingredients.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mix well, strain
through a cloth. Take by the spoonful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";">Nourishing
Oatstraw Infusion</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";">I’d be remiss if I didn’t
mention the, from my perspective, most obvious dance… the nourishing oatstraw
infusion, brewed in the Wise Woman tradition.<br />
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1 ounce (by weight) of oatstraw<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";">1 quart of boiling water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";">Place your oatstraw in a quart
vessel (I use a canning jar or one of my French presses), pour the hot water
over the herb, give it a loving stir, lid it and let it steep 4-8 hours for a
mineral rich – and quite tasty – beverage. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black; font-family: "american typewriter";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "american typewriter";"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><i>And so much more. Trust your Knowing and sense of Play - have fun and be well by Nature!</i></span></span></div>
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Winsted, Connecticutrose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-48567284022666052852015-05-17T08:59:00.001-04:002015-05-17T08:59:12.208-04:00Weeding is Harvesting <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I was cleaning up a section of "garden" and harvested a respectable bucket of Taraxacum officinale radix, better known as dandelion root. Some folks call this activity "weeding." I call it harvesting.<br /><br />This morning I finished cleaning and preparing the roots for the oven, where they gently roast until they're nice and dry. I'll leave them in the cool oven until I return from the studio this afternoon when I'll double check them for dryness before packing them in jars for storage and enjoyment in the months and seasons ahead.<br /><br />How do I enjoy them? I give them a rough grind and simmer them in water, strain and sip and enJOY! You might like to add a bit of cane sugar or local honey, or a splash of local milk, but I like mine "straight up!" Not only is this mellow, bitter brew delicious, it supports and sustains my physical being as an ally to general digestion, to liver, gallbladder and then some. Of course the leaves are delightful in salad, cooked as a green and addition to springtime soups. And the petals, those beautiful, bright, sunshiny petals are notorious for brewing liquid sunshine (dandelion wine and mead), and I love adding them to my sourdough pancakes (and other baked goods)<br /><br />I harvest the root (and its other parts) from spring to autumn. I still have some dry roasted roots from last season, which delights me greatly!<br /><br />So remember: Weeding <i>can</i> be harvesting and harvests equate to abundance and abundance is... everywhere in Nature. Respect that. Deeply.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />rose<br /><a href="http://www.walkinthewoodsllc.com/">Walk in the Woods, LLC</a>rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-76965618990836244362015-05-09T08:36:00.001-04:002015-05-09T08:36:58.038-04:00A Springtime Wild Harvest Egg Drop Miso Soup <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the season for spring soups! For me, so many of our wild friends have so much nutrition and flavor to offer us, it would be shameful not to leverage, honor and appreciate their generous offerings!<br /><br />Last night I harvested some leaves of Rumex crispus (curly dock), Taraxacum officinalis (dandelion) and more tops from the patch of Urtica dioica (nettles) for an egg drop miso soup. I also snagged some alliums ~ chives and egyptian onions from the cultivated gardens.<br /><br />To me, this is "fast food." Fast food that is Good for you and virtually free! I chopped and simmered the wild greens for about thirty minutes in water salted with alaea sea salt, added the alliums and simmered another few minutes. I cracked two fresh-laid eggs, whisked them with some water, stirred them in, removed the soup from the heat and stirred in a tablespoon (or so) of mellow miso.<br /><br />Just one bowl of this soup with a side of spring salad greens was remarkably filling, not to mention delicious and nutrient rich!<br /><br />What are your favored wild harvested foods in this vernal season? We'd love to hear. Leave us a comment and let us know!<br /><br />Peace.<br />
<br />rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697387190111527024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599070152154089532.post-24914247757835589072015-05-09T06:46:00.005-04:002015-05-09T06:46:52.341-04:00Today's Bud Walk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today I return to <a href="http://whenweedswhisper.blogspot.com/2015/04/one-of-advantages-of-knowing-virtues-of.html">Allaria petiolata... garlic mustard, remember</a>? I've been harvesting more roots to macerate in vinegar. To me, this is a wonderful way to attempt to tame this wild (and generous) invasive. The infused vinegar often ends up in some version of fire cider I make in autumn, among other formulations and on its own.<br />
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I made a simple pesto with the greens (just finely chopped with a touch of sea salt) and froze it in tablespoon-sized dollops for the freezer. These will be good to add to all manner of cooking.<br />
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Already I see the bud stems forming on the second year plants and it won't be long before they explode into full bloom. At that point I often wander and pull up as many as I can (the stem seems to make them easier to grab and unroot) and pile them in the sun to dry well before composting. The plants that miss this culling will have their flowers leveraged and then their seeds. More on that in their season!<br />
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With that, I challenge you to venture out in search of Allaria to leverage as the food that she is!<br />
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rose<br />
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