Wild SHEPHERD'S PURSE (Stops Bleeding)

Stop-Bleeding-Fast-With-This-Wild-Basic-Weed; "Shepherds-Purse." Don't confuse the name of Purslane, not the same. I use to make sure when taking friends on herbal walks they knew the differences along with their medical properties. See: Making anti bacterial bandages.

Check your yard for this beautiful tall, scraggly plant towering a good foot and a half above the other weeds scattering our overgrown yard. I crouched down to get a closer look and immediately noticed the heart shaped pods growing along the lanky stem– I’d recognize them anywhere.
 It was Shepherd’s Purse! I have attempted to grow it from seed in the past without luck, so I was thrilled to find it thriving wild all over our lawn. The more I looked, the more Shepherd’s Purse plants I discovered around our home.
What was so exciting about discovering this “weed” in my yard is that not only is it edible and delicious, it also has medicinal properties as well. We’ll delve into that more in a moment.

Identifying Shepherd’s Purse

Would you be able to pick out the Shepherd’s Purse from among these common weeds?
There are several hints to look for when identifying Shepherd’s Purse:
1. The plants will typically grow anywhere from 3 inches tall to 1 1/2 feet.
2. The deeply lobed rosette of leaves resemble dandelion, with symmetrical leaves spreading flat on the ground.
3. A long, slender stem grows from the middle of the rosette with heart shaped seed pods growing along the length of it. (The heart shaped pods are a dead giveaway that it’s Shepherd’s Purse.)
4. When in bloom, you will notice small, white, tightly shaped flowers at the top of the stem.
5. It’s an annual herb. Although it may self-sow, don’t expect to find it growing in the same place the following year. However, the seeds remain viable for up to 20 years, so there’s a good chance you’ll find Shepherd’s Purse growing again at some point if you allowed the plant to go to seed.
6. Shepherd’s Purse grows all across the United States and in many other countries. It can be found from Spring through Winter.
I apologize for not having more photos to help you identify this plant. Hopefully I’ll find some more Shepherd’s Purse growing this year and I can update this article with up-close shots to help you with proper identification. If you’re interested in learning more there are tons of photos you can find online. Here’s a good article to read with lots of information and a few more photos to check out.

A Useful Weed

Shepherd’s Purse has many interesting uses. It is enjoyed in culinary dishes in many cultures around the world. It’s also prized for its medicinal qualities. A few of my favorite uses include:

• Eat it- fresh or cooked. The leaves can be eaten straight off the plant or added to sandwiches, salads, and soups; fresh or cooked. The stalk can be stir-fried, or eaten raw. The flowers can be eaten raw. The seeds can be stir-fried and used as a peppery seasoning. The roots can be used fresh or dried as a substitute for ginger or candied in syrup. (Source: Linda Runyon’s Essential Wild Food Survival Guide)

Personally, I enjoy picking the flowers and seed pods off the plant and eating them fresh.

• Quickly stop bleeding. Shepherd’s Purse is high in Vit. K, vegetable protein, potassium, calcium, beta-carotene and minerals. It has been used for centuries to stop bleeding internally and externally. For a quick field application, make a poultice by crushing up fresh or dried leaves to apply to a bleeding wound. An herbal tea can also be made to ease internal bleeding. Shepherd’s Purse tincture is often used by midwives to stop excessive bleeding after giving birth. (I actually took two droppersful of an alcohol tincture of Shepherd’s Purse after giving birth to help control the bleeding, per my midwife’s instructions, and can attest to its effectiveness.) Take it orally to treat internal bleeding.

Warnings: Avoid the herb during pregnancy, except during labor because it stimulates uterine contractions.
I’ll give you a little personal story. My youngest daughter… she’s five… she has always had a problem with nose bleeds. If she gets bumped on the nose playing, or falls and hits her nose, it immediately begins to gush blood. I mean more than a steady drip. The flow of blood is constant… and it’s scary! I keep cotton nose plugs on hand (you know, the kind for sports injuries) specifically for her nose bleeds, but she usually soaks through a handful of them before the bleeding stops.
When I found Shepherd’s Purse growing wild in our yard, I took advantage of the opportunity to do an experiment to see just how well it actually works. Using all of the aerial parts, I made a tincture to try on my daughter. I used glycerin as the base instead of alcohol so that it would be safe to put in her nose.
Several weeks later, my daughter was supposed to be in bed sleeping, but instead was fooling around and fell off the bed, hitting her nose on the wall. I heard her screams from across the house, and ran to see what was wrong. She stood in her bedroom doorway, blood dripping all down her shirt and puddles on the carpet at her feet. I whisked her off to the bathroom and gathered my supplies– nose plugs, a pack of ice, and that Shepherd’s Purse tincture.
I dipped the first nose plug into the infused glycerin tincture, and stuck it into the bleeding nostril. I placed the bag of ice on the bridge of her nose, and had her lean over the bathroom sink. I waited for the blood to fill the plug as it usually does almost immediately, but the blood had stopped soaking through. I wondered if the glycerin was preventing the cotton from absorbing blood, so I pulled the plug out with a new one ready in hand to quickly replace the first. But when I pulled that first plug out we were both astonished to discover that the bleeding had completely stopped. It was amazing! Never in her life has her nose stopped bleeding so quickly. I was flooded with relief, and she was thrilled that it was over.
I’ve had more times than I can count over the past year to use this Shepherd’s Purse tincture, and the results have always been consistent and immediate. It will forever have a place in my medicine cabinet.

How To Make A Shepherd’s Purse Tincture

A tincture is a very concentrated liquid extract of herbs, and is an effective way to take herbal medicine internally. You can take a dropperful or two straight from the bottle, but if the strong flavor is offensive you may also add the drops to a warm drink and take it that way as well.
Tinctures are usually made by infusing an herb in a strong alcohol base. However, for more sensitive people, especially children, you can choose to use glycerin or apple cider vinegar instead of alcohol. The latter options won’t be as strong medicinally as the former, but they are a good alternative and still work well.
Preserving Shepherd’s Purse in a tincture is a great way to capture the medicinal properties of the plant at the peak of harvest and enables you to reap its medicinal benefits year-round. Prepared tinctures are a quick and effective way to get an application immediately– as opposed to a tea which requires time to steep and cool.
For this particular herb, fresh plants are better than dried. Dried Shepherd’s Purse loses its potency rapidly. Some herbs must be dried before using in a tincture, but not in this case.

You’ll Need:

• Fresh Shepherd’s Purse stalks, seed pods, and flowers. (The dried herb can be used if fresh isn’t an option.)
• 80-100 proof alcohol (vodka, gin, brandy, rum); vegetable glycerine, or apple cider vinegar

First, gather a bunch of fresh stalks. Instead of uprooting an entire plant, cut the stalks off a couple of inches from ground level.
Chop up all of the aerial parts (stalks, pods, flowers).
Fill a glass container, such as a pint sized mason jar, with the fresh, chopped herbs.
Pour enough alcohol, glycerin, or apple cider vinegar into the jar to completely cover the herbs. Screw on an airtight lid.
Place the jar out of direct sunlight. Allow the herbs to infuse for 4-6 weeks before straining off. Store in a dark place, or in a tinted glass bottle.
The tincture will be good for one year, after which you’ll need to replace it with a fresh batch.
For more information regarding usage and dosage amounts, here is a great article to check out. It’s definitely an interesting herb, and a useful one to be able to identify in the wild.
If you found this article on Shepherd’s Purse interesting, you might also enjoy reading about another edible and medicinal plant: Lamb’s Ear. Don’t forget to check out the Herbal Medic Class Sam Coffman recently taught as well.

Have you ever used Shepherd’s Purse to stop bleeding?

Disclaimer: None of the information in this article is intended to constitute medical advice or treatment. For development of individual health issue treatments, it is advised that any person first consult a qualified health care provider. It is advised that he or she remain under the doctor’s supervision throughout any major health issues.

The author/owner of this website is not a licensed medical practitioner of any kind, is not providing medical advice and assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

The statements in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information contained within this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

About Kendra Lynne the author:

I'm a homeschooling, homesteading mama of four, doing everything I can to help my family live more self-sufficiently on our one country acre here in the Bible Belt South.  I've been sharing about it all on my website, New Life on a Homestead, and am excited to bring the preparedness aspect of this lifestyle to all of you here as well! Be sure to check out my *NEW* Canning DVD: At Home Canning For Beginners and Beyond


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Garlic; An Antifungal and Medicines

This soup has more than 50 cloves of garlic, onions, thyme and lemon will destroy almost any virus that enters its path including colds, flu and even noro virus.

Garlic is being hailed for its powers to halt viruses in their tracks. (strong formula)

It has gained its reputation as a virus buster thanks to one of its chemical constituents, allicin.

A recent and significant finding from Washington State University shows that garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting disease causing bacteria commonly responsible for food borne illness.

When the garlic is crushed, alliin becomes allicin. Research shows that allicin helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure and also helps prevents blood clots. Garlic can also reduce the risk of developing atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Compounds in this familiar bulb kill many organisms, including bacteria and viruses that cause earaches, flu and colds. Research indicates that garlic is also effective against digestive ailments and diarrhea. What’s more, further studies suggest that this common and familiar herb may help prevent the onset of cancers.

‘This chemical has been known for a long time for its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal powers,’ says Helen Bond, a Derbyshire-based consultant dietitian and spokeswoman for the British Dietetic Association.

The problem of testing or making this up in some kind of formula is that pharmaceutical companies are not interested in running huge, expensive trials — as they would with promising new drug compounds — because there is nothing in garlic that they can patent, package and sell at a profit.

This soup has lots of sulfur compounds or natural penicillin (anti biotic)

Garlic Soup Recipe

Serves 4

26 garlic cloves (unpeeled)

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) organic butter (grass fed)

1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder

1/2 cup fresh ginger

2 1/4 cups sliced onions

1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

26 garlic cloves, peeled

1/2 cup coconut milk

3 1/2 cups organic vegetable broth

4 lemon wedges

Preheat oven to 350F. Place 26 garlic cloves in small glass baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and toss to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake until garlic is golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes. Cool. Squeeze garlic between fingertips to release cloves. Transfer cloves to small bowl.

Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, thyme, ginger and cayenne powder and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 26 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes. Add vegetable broth; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add coconut milk and bring to simmer. Season with sea salt and pepper for flavour.

Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.

Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

If garlic were found to be a wonder drug, consumers could simply buy it in the supermarket for 30p a bulb or grow their own in the garden.

Nevertheless, garlic has a long and proud tradition as a medicine. The Ancient Egyptians recommended it for 22 ailments. In a papyrus dated 1500 BC, the labourers who built the pyramids ate it to increase their stamina and keep them healthy.

The Ancient Greeks advocated garlic for everything from curing infections, and lung and blood disorders to healing insect bites and even treating leprosy.

HISTORY: The Romans fed it to soldiers and sailors to improve their endurance. Dioscorides, the personal physician to Emperor Nero, wrote a five-volume treatise extolling its virtues.

One of the most interesting of the recent findings is that garlic increases the overall antioxidant levels of the body. Scientifically known as Allium sativa, garlic has been famous throughout history for its ability to fight off viruses and bacteria. Louis Pasteur noted in 1858 that bacteria died when they were doused with garlic. From the Middle Ages on, garlic has been used to treat wounds, being ground or sliced and applied directly to wounds to inhibit the spread of infection. The Russians refer to garlic as Russian penicillin.

More recently, researchers have unearthed evidence to show garlic may help us to stay hale and hearty in a number of ways.

Last June, nutrition scientists at the University of Florida found eating garlic can boost the number of T-cells in the bloodstream. These play a vital role in strengthening our immune systems and fighting viruses.

And pharmacologists at the University of California found that allicin — the active ingredient in garlic that contributes to bad breath — is an infection-killer.

Allicin also makes our blood vessels dilate, improving blood flow and helping to tackle cardiovascular problems such as high cholesterol.

An Australian study of 80 patients published last week in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that diets high in garlic may reduce high blood pressure.

In 2007, dentists in Brazil found that gargling with garlic water (made by steeping crushed garlic cloves in warm, but not boiling, water) can kill the germs that cause tooth decay and gum disease.

But they hit a snag: the volunteers refused to continue the experiment, complaining that the garlic gargle made them feel sick. Looking at the garlic soup recipe certainly made me feel queasy. Still, it gave me an excuse to use up my ample supply of garlic.

Though last year’s awful weather caused crop failures on my allotment, I enjoyed a bumper harvest of garlic.

Among its many other virtues, garlic kills slugs and snails. Researchers from the University of Newcastle believe it contains oils that may cripple the nervous systems of these slimy creatures.

There are two schools of thought as to the best way of preparing garlic to make the most of its medicinal qualities.

Argentinian investigators found it releases its allicin-type compounds when you bake the cloves, while scientists at South Carolina Medical University believe peeling garlic and letting it sit uncovered for 15 minutes produces the highest levels of compounds to fight infection.

So you can simply peel half of the garlic cloves and roast the other half with the kitchen door tightly closed (to stop the pong permeating throughout the house).

After an hour-and-a-quarter’s industrious soup-making, sprinkle lemon juice over a bowl of steaming, grey gloop and tuck in.

The heady aroma certainly revs up the appetite and the first spoonful does not disappoint. Delicious as it is, however, one large bowl of home-made soup is a more than ample meal.

As for the soup’s cold-preventing powers, only time will tell. Regular bowlfuls may very well keep me free of winter ailments, thanks to the virus-killing compounds they contain.

Or it could just be that my nuclear-strength garlic breath will keep everyone who is infectious far out of sneezing range for months to come.

I use the old macerated garlic, honey and ACV stored in  a mason jar going all the time. I can't seem to buy a good product that doesn't ruin the allicin, Allium sativa. Don't trust the over the counter formulas they may not work as well nor as economically done. My formula works and last a long time.

The recipe can be modified if you don't have all the ingredients. The coconut is a anti fungal and will coat/protect the stomach as will the ginger. Keep ginger on hand for stomach problems.

http://worldtruth.tv/the-one-diet-that-can-cure-most-disease

Why is it Good to Eat Garlic on an Empty Stomach

Many people have found that garlic can actually relieve the symptoms of hypertension. It not only regulates the circulation, it also prevents various heart problems and stimulates the proper function of your liver and bladder.

Garlic is also efficient in treating stomach problems, such as diarrhea. Some people even claim that garlic is an amazing remedy for nerve problems, but only when it is consumed on an empty stomach.

http://worldtruth.tv/see-what-happens-when-you-eat-garlic-on-an-empty-stomach

Scientists have conducted many studies and the results showed that when you consume garlic before you eat or drink anything will only increases its power, making it an extremely strong natural antibiotic. Why is it more effective when you it eat before the breakfast? The bacteria are overexposed, so they can not defend against its power.

Why is it Good to Eat Garlic on an Empty Stomach

Garlic efficient in treating stomach problems, such as diarrhea however some people even claim that garlic is an amazing remedy for nerve problems, but only when it is consumed on an empty stomach.
http://foodbod.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/roasted-tomato-and-garlic-sauce-flavour-overload/; A nice simple recipe with fresh tomatoes

http://naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/garlic-soup-100x-stronger-best-antibiotics-market-2/&;(many many will copy this recipe with variations so - do your own.

ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE: Secrets of Herbal Medicine in Curaçao (1080p)

History: ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE: Secrets of Herbal Medicine in Curaçao (1080p) Açıklama For more documentaires of any kind, you can subscribe to my channel PLANET X nibiru This educational video, a healer and a guide who cures illness and sickness, known as Dinah Veeris (an Herbalist) preserves common &; traditional medicinal plants &; seeds on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean. Some species grow also in South America. As early as 1980 she began a great botanical and herbal garden where she grows and uses over 300 native different species of wild medicinal plants, some are for sale, others are given from her long list. An herb is a plant or part used for its medical, scent, flavor, or therapeutic properties. In herbal medicines are one type of dietary supplement. They are sold as tablets, capsules, powders, teas, extracts, and fresh or dried plants. People use herbal medicines use them to maintain or improve health symptoms, without using questionable pharmaceutical drugs. Other, particularly in ancient times. To learn &; study more information on herbalism (herboristería,Травничество,herboristeri­­e,Kräuterkunde ), go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbalism
Where we been may give us a new direction to ancient healings arts

Ron Finley’ Presents How to Bring Back Yard Gardening.

Yes, in America, the land of the free, in some city's you cannot grow eatable plants, or have a garden. I've reported on this before in my blog Rooster Politics. It hard for me to believe we've gotten so greedy. That's what the gamblers who control and participated in Wall Street market have done and will to any economy. We need organic produce for good health. They don't want neither. Chemicals are big money too. More folks because we have to as well vegetarianism (health) are moving into fruits and vegetables. So what will the government control next You guess it; the gardener.

Design your own Foods

Ron’s has a wonderful sense of humor and passionate stance on healthy eating have made him a well-known guerilla gardening hero. He fought the law, and he won. He describes himself as “a renegade gangster provocateur game-changing gardener.” A TED talk he gave in 2013 has been watched by over 2 million people, and as a fashion designer Ron appreciates beauty. “For me, the whole urban gardening thing is about art,” Ron says. “I want everyone to be able to design their own life.”


https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg Give this man a change to teach us more.
http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/04/go-to-home-grown-food-summit-2015.html
Get more ideas from the Food Summit too.

Go to: Home Grown Food Summit 2015

I'm a prepper, your a prepper come an be prepper too. She is on You tube with lots of helpful ideas on seeds and storage of foods. https://youtu.be/8V6XzP6AXAk Join gardening projects in your area. If you grow a garden on lawn areas use areas where it has sun and not sprayed with chemical there.


You might be surprised on the latest studies on Churches and which one has the longest lived members :(115) http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2015/February/Secrets-to-Longevity-Revealed-in-Denominations-Lifestyle/



I have pinterest views on storages and being a prepper too.
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/preppers/
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/water/

She has excellent advice on making a storing your own seeds for your area

https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/canning-and-storage-of-foods-for-winter/

OR, MAKE THEM FOR YOUR seasonal problem area.
The seed markets don't want you to have these
kind of seeds, that have the reproductive life
in them, that kill fungus. These seeds you
can keep the best of them and plant next year.
You got the answer why? Monsanto and, others,
have no control and  this corp.can't make money.
http://orgcns.org/1NJFQSJ ‪#‎Gardening‬ ‪#‎Organic

........The Black bears, City Councils, and complaints from locals were all forces that might have deterred an average person from creating the dream of more local food. But not Stephanie Syson. And if Stephanie can do it... hopefully you'll be inspired too. Check out this interview and see the local spunk that is going on in the fun community of Basalt, CO. Stephanie offers practical advice on how you too can create a seed library, a food forest, a community garden and more involved community members growing food in your town. 

To learn more about the Basalt Food Garden: https://www.facebook.com/BasaltFoodGa...

To learn more about Growing Your Own Groceries visit: http://www.GrowYourOwnGroceries.org.

Note that Marjory will personally respond to comments posted on the blog site at http://www.GrowYourOwnGroceries.org - she gets some in here, but the response is way faster on the blog site.. And yes, Marjory does want to hear from you!........


I follow her on my social media's and on my FB
Make your kids a job. How to sell grow and sell plants https://youtu.be/_S7Ghj5TPr8


THIS MAN: I admire. He has been stopped by the city to grow editable plants i.e. view all his videos. Give him a reason to live, and teach... https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/05/are-you-ready-for-your-famine.html
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What Is Hemp and Its Benefits

I like hemp and think it should be legal in all states, but not for smoking. Smoking is smoking and bad for the lungs. I've used the oil and seeds, but, cut back on the protein powder because it too much protein for the kidneys or liver to handle. Their must be a balance in, even, plant foods. However, you don't need to use the 3 scoops i.e. simply cut back on the dosage.




Eye: (If the autonomic nerve wreath in the iris is white or shows up it's time to use the calming Hemp, not the other.) see. post on iridology posts. (the star white star burst is the electric system of the body, nervous system or autonomic nerve wreath, which is not suppose to show up at all. It does indicate a major problem. (Hemp is indicated for an herb to use)


Note the differences in Hemp oil's. I buy mine from different sources. Its too much money for my budget. Vitacoast, Swanson vitamin and Amazon all have good prices and one is no shipping charges or, taxes.

http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/babyfood-homemade-wo-chemicals.html
 The drug corporations will probable try and control this? It's easily gown but they will try and outlaw it as in most states. (11 states it is legal) This will be controlled as was comfrey plant and MA hung which these pharma's as they know will and can cure.

I added this in because the herbal Hemp as it is good in all ADD/ADHD kids, or nerve, brain disorders. Check it out. ( It's organic oil is also good for this disorder. )



When you change your diet and try to lose weight by reducing the food you eat, you'll probably experience sugar cravings. You might find yourself at the grocery store in the middle of the night looking for Snickers bars and bags of M&Ms, unable to resist the lure of something sweet.
We'd like to share how you can fight against those sugar cravings by using hemp protein.

Regulate Your Blood Glucose

One of the reasons why you start to crave sugar when you're on a diet is because your blood sugar isn't steady, and diet foods aren't satisfying. Eating meals filled with simple carbohydrates and sugar leaves your body wanting more too soon. Simple carbohydrates that don't provide lasting energy make it hard to resist sitting down for another bite.
Hemp seed food products offer a healthy dose of dietary fiber, which helps regulate blood glucose. When your glucose levels remain steady, you experience fewer crashes and aren't as likely to crave sugar to fill that void.

Stay Full with Hemp Protein

When you eat sweets, your body releases endorphins, which make you feel happy, but which also mean you want more sugar when those endorphins fade. How do you keep from experiencing sugar cravings after meals?
By including hemp seed protein in your healthy recipes!
Boosting your protein intake with hemp food products helps keep you full and reduces your body's urge to go pick up another snack. Ever get some take-out food and fill yourself to the brim only to feel hungry an hour later like you haven't eaten in days?
That's your body telling you it didn't get enough healthy nutrients and that a sugar craving probably isn't too far behind. The healthy plant-based protein in hemp helps keep you full so you can avoid those late-night trips to the cupboard to grab a cookie.









Hemp seeds also feature an incredible number of valuable minerals and nutrients. Linoleic acid for brain health, manganese for bone health, and zinc for metabolism support are just a few of the terrific components of hemp protein.
Want to reduce sugar cravings and enjoy a more effective, healthy diet? Try adding hemp seeds to your meals and enjoy long-lasting satisfaction after every meal.
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ADD or ADHD (do not block fat)
Some of the fat blockers work? I've used them they are in this blog. B U T you can't over due because the brain needs fat. A temporary fix when needed. Coconut oil works best.


*(1) Buy this book or books on ADHD or ADD. They have divided this into seven types. I have always suffered with this myself
HEALING ADD AT HOME (BOOK) IN 30 DAYS
by DANIEL G. AND TANA AMEN  (He know the brain) Boost dopamine, Kava i.e same as bi polar, OCD and (see) depression; never mind the labels Dr use. It's the brain is the real target and issues. NO stimulants use calm herbs for an over stimulation of the brain. The key is to get the body in balance foods, vitamin and minerals.
Not so much meat as he suggests, but good oils is essential Strange my post on ADD is missing? Why?
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Christopher Boucher

A pioneer of the modern U.S. hemp industry, Christopher Boucher will detail the history of hemp, including how, in 1938, it was declared to be "America's first billion-dollar crop" and then immediately disappeared from the radar thanks to the efforts of the petroleum industry. He talks about the bio-active compounds naturally found in both marijuana and hemp, which researchers have shown to have very therapeutic effects upon the human body.

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GROWING PLANTS (TREES) INDOORS

Why not have edible plants instead of decorational ones for a change. Some will do well in windows or on patios etc. Be an in home gardener doesn't take much money. Every year I grow 3 herbs in my apt. for the smell alone. Most will come in and smell the aroma and ask about the nice smell or if I'm baking a cake. (Thyme, Rosemary, and Sage)
Many of us have limited space, but we can still enjoy fresh fruit. Although not all fruit trees thrive in containers for longer periods of time, you can grow any fruit tree in a container for a few years and then transplant it. Choose a dwarf variety, which is well suited to living in a container.

http://pinterest.com/ptsherm/edible-plants/  for more idea's

Some of the most popular dwarf citrus trees to grow in containers are:

Meyer lemon: First imported from China in 1908, it is believed to be a cross between a lemon and a mandarin. The fruit has a very sweet flavor and is less acidic than a true lemon.

Calamondin: Prized for its attractive shape and foliage, it produces fragrant flowers nearly year-round. It is grown primarily for aesthetics and less for actual, edible fruit.

Dwarf Kaffa lime tree: The rind of the fruit and the unique double-lobed, aromatic leaves are often used in cooking. They're s more variety's on the Internet and in the links listed below, including growing vegetable (herbs indoors.)

Master gardener Chris Dawson prefers mail orders, however, be sure to inspect the tree when it arrives to be sure the packing material is still moist and the roots are in good shape. As with any bare-root tree, make sure the roots never dry out before planting. To plant:

• Use any kind of container as long as it has drainage holes and is an adequate size for the tree - 10 to 16 inches in diameter.
• Fill the container with a light, well-drained potting mixture. Make a small mound in the center of pot and arrange the roots over the mound. Cover the roots with soil and tamp in lightly.
• Leave the stake in place to help the tree remain sturdy while the roots become established.
• Place in full sun, southern exposure.
• Water to keep the soil moist, but not soggy.
• Fertilize with a formula high in nitrogen with trace minerals.
  The one compromise with container fruit trees: They rarely bear as much fruit as their planted counterpart. On the plus side, the fruit usually appears a season or so ahead of trees planted in the garden.
  
• https://youtu.be/_S7Ghj5TPr8 how to grow plants for sale
  Author: Growing Fruit Trees in Container; Chris Dawson
  Another site for growing fruit tree in larger containers: http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/growing-fruit-in-containers/index.html (This site shows more varieties of trees and berries) and,
  http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/fruit-for-large-containers/pictures/index.html also,
  
  http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/tips-for-growing-vegetables-in-containers/pictures/index.html?ic1=obinsite
• Very good magazine on plants i.e.
  http://www.sunset.com/garden/flowers-plants/thyme-thymus-00400000018291/

MILK THISTLE; wild herbal, bitters

Milk Thistle Health Benefits (seeds) RE: Wild edible herb plant series
http://www.wildfoodandrecipes.co.uk/p/wild-food-seasonal-calender-wild-food.htm Link to the time of year each herb grows in the wild...Handy if you are a gather of wild herbs.

Active Ingredients: Bitters (cnicine, Benedictine), flavonoids, triterpines, phytosterols, lignaloes, tannins, mucilage, resin, vitamins (A, B3), minerals (potassium, calcium, magnesium, chromium selenium), essential oil. Blessed Thistle herb and flowers contain: bitter substances of the sesquiterpene lactone type, probably occurring in glycosidic form; the principal active ingredient (0.2-0.7%) of the properly prepared dried plant material is a bitter tasting compound called cnicin, a sesquiterpene lactone or germacranolide isolated as far back as 1837.
The seed contains lignan lactones, such as trachelogenin, that also contribute to the bitterness of the herb. Lignans are phytoestrogen precursors for the key mammalian lignans: enterolactone and enterodiol that are present in humans and animals.
The plant also contains: up to 0.3% essential oil which includes n-paraffin (C-9 - C-13), aromatic aldehydes (cinnamaldehyde, benzaldehyde, cuminaldehyde); phenylpropanes; benzoic acid); monoterpenes (citronellol, fenchone, p-cymene, citral, and others); and flavonoids.

Beneficial Qualities
Stimulation of digestion (digestive)
Cleansing of the blood (depurative)
Strengthening nerves (nervine)
Stimulating metabolism
*Antibiotic, antiviral properties
Cleansing the liver and kidneys
Stimulating the secretion of uric acid (diuretic)
Stimulating the secretion of gastric juices
Historically known to help aid acid indigestion (heartburn remedy)
Reduces flatulence (carminative)
Helps counteract diarrhea
Generally strengthening as a tonic
Bitter (stimulant, especially good for liver and ovaries)
Antiseptic
Expectorant
Promotes healing of wounds
Stimulates transpiration (sudorific)
Stimulates appetite
Induces the flow of mother's milk (galactogogue)
Stimulates menstruation (emmenagogue)
May induce vomiting, but only when used in high doses (emetic) Application:

Historically or traditionally known to support the body's function and physiology in:Lessening the severity of fever, colds
Reducing outbreaks of herpes, sores, boils, scabies
Vertigo, deafness
Liver and gall challenges
Depression and amnesia
Mild headaches
Digestive disorders, constipation, diarrhea
Loss of appetite, anorexia nervosa
Stomach and intestinal complaints, hemorrhoids
Reducing accumulation of phlegm in the lungs
Side Effects:
Persons who are allergic to daisy family plants [Family. Asteraceae] may experience allergy symptoms to Blessed Thistle. High doses (over 5 grams of the herb per cup of infusion) may cause vomiting and diarrhea. The therapeutic dose is safe.

Overview:
Blessed Thistle is a low growing annual plant, up to 40cm, with Thistle-like appearance. Through its bitter properties, Blessed Thistle increases the flow of gastric juices helping with dyspepsia, indigestion, and headaches associated with liver congestion. British and German Pharmacopoeias recognize that 'bitters', including Blessed Thistle, stimulate bile flow and cleanse the liver. In Europe, Blessed Thistle, as a "bitter vegetable drug" is considered to be a medicinal agent used to stimulate appetite, aid digestion, and promote health. Studies confirm that bitters increase gastric juice and bile acid secretions by increasing the flow of saliva through stimulation of specific receptors on the mucous membrane lining of the mouth.
Traditionally in most countries, including England, Germany, Russia, China, India, and Africa, 'bitters' are used to strengthen and tonify the body. Blessed Thistle extracts also have anti-bacterial activity. Research on Blessed Thistle herb has demonstrated antibiotic properties for: 1) cnicin, 2) the essential oil, and 3) the polyacetylenes contained in the herb. The essential oil has bacteriostatic action and may help against Staphylococcus aureus, S. faecalis, but not E. coli. Research on Blessed Thistle has demonstrated that cnicin has considerable activity for stimulating cellular regeneration, detoxification, and cleansing. Cnicin also has antinflammatory activity.
Blessed Thistle may be used to stimulate secretion of saliva, increase appetite, and even facilitate digestion or stimulate the flow of bile. It has been used as a component in alternative remedies, and has antibacterial and anti fungal activity. (seeds are best)


Milk thistle is medicinally priced for supporting healthy liver function.

The "weed" I’m going to focus on today is milk thistle, as this herb has a long history of safe and effective medicinal use dating back thousands of years. Dioscorides, a first century Greek physician, gave milk thistle the name Silybum marianum. Silybum relates to a number of edible thistles and marianum honors the symbolic associations to the Virgin Mary.

The main part of the plant used in modern day herbal medicine is the seeds. Good quality seeds are black and shiny. This particular plant, native to the Mediterranean, was brought to the United States by the early settlers as a food source and also used for liver health. Milk thistle is now found growing wild in most parts of the United States as the North American Indians used this herb.

Numerous, very well-designed clinical trials have validated the therapeutic efficacy of milk thistle in improving and supporting healthy liver function. The German equivalent of the FDA considers milk thistle seeds as an acceptable treatment for liver health.

If you are taking a pharmaceutical drug, drinking a little too much, or have been exposed to environmental toxins, you may just want to provide that poor, over-worked liver with a little nutritional support. Milk thistle is an excellent choice.

Health Benefits, Liver Disease, After the fall; God gave weeds to torment man, however theirs always the blessing too, toward healthful uses.

Wild Harvest Herbs grows, harvests and produces their own medicinal herbal products, many of which use the herbs grown on their certified Biodynamic® and Organic farm in Sandy, Oregon http://www.oregonswildharvest.com  (I like their biodynamic farming technique's.) I've lived in Oregon and like the lava soil and weather there to grow any crops.

The most common so-called weeds may just be what we all need to be eating on a daily basis to restore or to maintain health.

These plants grow and flourish on this earth not only to provide us with a source of food, but also as a means to heal our bodies. So the next time you see someone spraying an herbicide on dandelion, plantain, burdock or milk thistle, take a moment and think: Why are these plants so tough? Why do they keep coming back year after year? Why have these plants all been here for thousands of years? You can find these plants growing everywhere—even out of the cracks of cement on busy highways. The movement of the GMO spraying may interfer with this for our children and plants nutrients and there procreation may be altered.

Read more on a great way to raise herbs/plants: http://www.oregonswildharvest.com/biodynamic_farm/biodynamic_history

You will need; tincture
¼ cup of Cinnamon
1/8 cup of Cloves Cloves (or Cardamon if you dislike Cloves)
¼ cup of Gentian
1/8 cup of Ginger
1/8 cup of Orange Peel
1/8 cup of Milk Thistle
1 bottle of Vodka (750 ml) (shorter shelf life use ACV)
  The scientific approach to making this is to extract each herb individually according to the correct alcohol/water mixture. However, for the sake of simplicity, here is a short-cut that will suffice:



Open bottle of vodka and remove one cup to make space for the herbs
Add the herbs to the vodka using a funnel
Replace the lid
Shake thoroughly for 1 minute
Allow to steep for at least 2 weeks- shake on a daily basis
After 2 weeks, you will notice that the vodka has changed color; Strain the herbs from the liquid and discard them
Return the liquid to the bottle
Cocktail time! Replace in any recipe using Angustora bitters, or create your own. Do your research too, this herb may have to be so old...Burdock does and ginsing i.e.http://oregonswildharvest.com/biodynamic_farm/biodynamic_history
 http://transitionalvgetarianrecipes.blogspot.com/
http://shermsrecipes2.blogspot.com/TEA/CONCOCTION: Milk Thistle plant with flowers. Genus Silybum Adans. Common names include Blessed Thistle, Holy Thistle, Marian Thistle, St-Mary's Thistle, and Variegated Thistle. Milk Thistle is a herbal remedy. Healing Herbal Teas: Holy Thistle - Blessed Thistle and other Therapeutic Healing Herbs for People and Animals
Plants are endowed with important nutrients and potent healing compounds. When you brew plants in water, the resulting beverage, herbal tea, is imbued with those constituents, carrying them into your body, where they are quickly absorbed. Teas are easy to prepare, inexpensive, nutrient rich, and delicious! Certain herbs such as blessed thistle commonly known as holy thistle have extraordinary therapeutic potential. Blessed thistle has been recorded as far back as the early sixteenth century for treating smallpox, fever, anorexia, dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, and flatulence.Milk thistle and holy/ blessed thistle are the same: Genus Silybum Adans. Common names include Blessed Thistle, Holy Thistle i.e (There seems to be some confusion.)
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SULFA IN BRAIN AREA OF IRIS (iridology 201)

Which do you want to take the Parma's drug sulfa that is their antibiotic for penicillin or an organic source in plants. Why not enjoy eating your medicine. One, as in this eye is storing in the body tissues, note the blue hue. and at noon in the brain; bad news for Alzheimer's i.e. The other is getting rid of this and other toxins, healing the body naturally.
How to detect sulfa-DRUG, CHEMICALS, of the iris...Especially when older; as seniors have taken in lots of chemical and/or drugs. This color shows a  lack of oxygen and moving into Alzheimer's, i.e This brown iris is actually blue and the brown is toxins. I haven't discussed the phenomenon before in my posts. (101) It is happening more today than ever before. Our foods are full of pollutants and we're take too many drugs. Here's how to get rid of them:
http://shermshappenins.blogspot.com/2012/03/word-of-wisdoms-mild-foods-plant-based.html

My daughter Sarah has greenish eyes. She's left home at 16 to live with her dad and then about 4 yrs. later married. Her and her husband has the best diet ever. However they fail in considering parasites and a iridology check of progress. It's all essential oils and that will not do the herbals alone.
 I've always told her -she needs to always take liver herbals. When this green got out of control happened more when she got mono. as lympths shown full bloom in the 7th zone.
That's major clues that the liver is over-loaded.  I'm sure she's still not clean out thoroughly, although the rosary no longer shows up in her circulatory system.
That green will give her major problems when she's older as it settles upon an organ when in reaches full bloom. (Also, the parasites are now feeding, multiplying and decaying an offending organ or tissue.)
 I'm taking time here, with sceptics viewer-readers who will doubt my integrity and thus all my work, to EXPLAIN and show how, (using one of the lost mysteries) to the oldest knowlegde to view within the iris, of how the body get diseases, where it lodges, and how it decays us to a painful life and early grave. It's not God fault...we all are in someway disobedient to the laws govern our tabernacles...
Old AGE" IS ACTUALLY AN SICKNESS (use to be consider a sin...history shows they knew what we don't know nor capable of acknowledging yet)  IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A WAY OF LIFE. MAN'S SINS MADE THIS SO TODAY http://roosterpolitics.blogspot.com/search/label/IRIDOLOGY%3A%20HEART

These are organic sulfa not the sulfaa drug which stores in the brain area.

If you don't understand this this is Iridology  201- go back and pick it up on other posts in . http://roosterspolitics.blogspot.com that has listed posts in this area  (it has many of these posts. This video goes into the color of the iris better than most


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