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i have learned to rely more so on what Nature has to offer when it comes to some ailments. I believe that is the purpose for herbs, plants, etc., to heal us, among other things
I took my grandson to the National Zoo, Saturday, and somewhere near the pandas I happened to see a little nature study sign about the Rosy Periwinkle. They mention the fact that researchers looking at it in the 1950s for a possible diabetes cure discovered the chemical that is still the main treatment for childhood leukemia. And with this chemical the survival rate with that form of cancer has gone up from 5% to 85%. It has several other medical uses, too.
http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T487061.html
I myself use honey, apple cider vinegar and some very warm water to drink and it usually breaks up my cold faster than the store bought stuff.
Also, mom ate clay for minerals, she said that it tasted good…they didn’t have any vitamins so it makes sense to me. I am going to get her to walk with me in the woods to start looking for plants and roots that she and my dad used when they were a child. I’ll keep you posted!
The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor
Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines.
The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner.
It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.
Richard Foreman
Jas. W. Mahoney
308, 5 p.
Asheville, NC
Edney & Dedman
1849
Call number VC615 M21c (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Online Here:http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/foreman/foreman.html
My mom showed to me “POKE weed” and said that it tastes something like a cross between spinach and swiss-chard. Has anyone else heard of this before?
I have heard of poke weed, but, never thought about eating it. The poke weed I know of has a purple berry that the birds love. Some people say it’s poisonous to eat..so do a lot of research before you consume it.
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/poke.html
Ed Yancey has mentioned poke sallet recently. I’ve heard from other sources that (young) poke greens should be “parbroiled” in bacon grease. Anyway, not a fresh green salad, like lettuce. Here’s Ed’s message:
http://www.saponitown.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25539 (see message number 11)
There’s a song with the chorus, “Poke sallet Annie, gator got your grannie.”
I haven’t eaten it, actually — have dug up some plants, to discourage the birdies from decorating my vehicles, etc. It grows to be taller than I am, and by then it has a pretty tough stalk — easy to break, but hard to get rid of. I’m watching a couple of little poke plants in my yard this year. By the time it has the purple berries (actually, before it even has green ones) it does get poisonous.
This is the plant that makes great yellow dye from the roots and from the berries a redish purple friends of mine have used it many times and it’s a part of Louisiana’s Choctaw herbal traditions.
Many folks eat but I have not and it doesn’t grow this far north , not that I have ever seen but there are wild greens here aswell, but it will be berry picking time soon, saskatoons, choke cherries etc.
Felicia Cegelski wrote: I myself use honey, apple cider vinegar and some very warm water to drink and it usually breaks up my cold faster than the store bought stuff.
Also, mom ate clay for minerals, she said that it tasted good…they didn’t have any vitamins so it makes sense to me. I am going to get her to walk with me in the woods to start looking for plants and roots that she and my dad used when they were a child. I’ll keep you posted!
Thank you. Sorry it took me a minute to get back to you. I too, am doing some research on herbs. Whatever I find I will also share.
Have a Blessed Day.
Hi,
My mamaw used to make it. She would use only the young leaves telling me the older leaves were bitter. Her way was to pour off the water after it boiled saying the first water was poison. She continued to tell that a lot of people ate it during the depression for survival but she just like it similar to any other green with corn bread.
Janette
Poke Salad?????
I have eaten it as far back as I can remember. It can be prepared in different manners, Pick the young leaves and par boil them, drain the water off to get rid of the bitter taste, put back on with fresh water and boil again when done drain and put in skillett and scramble some eggs in it , very good. Also take the young or tender stalks and peel them, not hard to do, chop them up and batter as if you were cooking okra and fry , very delicious, also stalks, young can be peeled and pickled. I love it any way it is prepared.. Also I have always heard the berries were poisnous but have not seen any birds dead from eating them and also had a neighbor who would pick the berries and make pies out of them, her kids would have a purple mouth for a couple day after eating the pie but none ever died or became sick from it.
Aubrey G Cole
Ken and I actually saw some poke salad growing at the Fort. And several more native plants like Lamb’s quarters….and we found some periwinkle on the path to the river.
You guy’s are right about honey , You can take local honey with a little of the cone and this will clear up sinuses also from allergies . It can also be use for cold medicine mixed with a little real fresh lemon juice . Fatback is a good drawer of splinters and glass etc… we might get stuck in us ; And another remedy that my grandfather use on cut to stop the bleeding was soot from the fire place mixed with cobweb’s . This is just a few I do remember , OOP’S!!!! I almost forgot about the sasafras tree bark and root’s it was use for alot of stomach disorder’s .
Your Friend
Wind/Dancer
As much as I love flax seed in yogurt, cereal, and salad…I have not heard of this use, until I visisted my family in WV. My cousin got something in her eye and it would not quit stinging, she was told to put a flax seed in her eye…to her amazment it relieved the pain immediately?? Sounds strange, but if it works…I have no doubts of the healthful properties of Flax.:)
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