Re%3A%20Parsnips

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I was in the hospital ER having one of my annual Christmas asthma attacks and

on the gurney next to me was a russian woman, quite a bit older than me. she

told me that when she was a girl she was hit on the bone over the eye with

shrapnel. The " doctor " came and boiled parsnip root and applied the water to the

wound and it healed with no scar. I could see where the damage was because

there was a dent in the brow bone but there was no scarring!

My 2 cents.

Georgia

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>

> I was in the hospital ER having one of my annual Christmas asthma

attacks and

> on the gurney next to me was a russian woman, quite a bit older than

me. she

> told me that when she was a girl she was hit on the bone over the

eye with

> shrapnel. The " doctor " came and boiled parsnip root and applied the

water to the

> wound and it healed with no scar. I could see where the damage was

because

> there was a dent in the brow bone but there was no scarring!

>

> My 2 cents.

>

> Georgia

>

I am finding out more and more good stuff about the humble and hardy

parsnip.

According to research entomologists Beth Norden and Suzanne Batra:

.... " males of the species Anthophora abrupta collect and carry plant

juices with the fine, black hairs above their mandibles, or jaws.

Norden first spotted this behavior on a land farm where these

common native bees were visiting a patch of parsnips. The males chewed

on the plants' leaves and stems, stopping frequently to push parsnip

perfume into their mustaches. Then they mixed the liquid with saliva

and rubbed it on other plants and a nearby car bumper, marking an

oval-shaped territory that attracted females. "

Ruth

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