Re: Re: Question re Turp w Purslane n more

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Joyce is your " brown eyed " the same as our Cape daisy? It is

spreading so fast here - I would love it to be the same as Echinacea!! I

forgot about this one as it only grows in the lawn - more & more each year.

Jane

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Re: Question re Turp w Purslane n more

> Thanks for the link to her website and the springoff of all the info

> on Purslane. She also had good info on the stages of healing, which I've

> read before, but as one goes through things, it is good to be reminded.

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> As some others have pointed out, the 'net searches often turn up the

> Amaranthus also called pigweed and with many uses. A year or so ago, I

> found much Purslane in our yard, but this year it doesn't seem like it

> .. evidently it can easily be overcrowded by other weeds and grasses, so

> I imagine that's what's happened is our bumper crop of weeds crowded it

> out. Like Jane, I have plantain, dock, some limited thistle but lots of

> Lambs Quarters, Brown Eyed (which is purportedly as good as

> Echinacea), some Smartweed, all which I plan to use for some remedies &

> been using some in salads, and drying some for winter. I have used DMSO

> for extracts before to avoid the alchohol, although have used some.

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> The purslane sounds so good though, I may have to order some from her

> since I don't have any I can locate right now. That is the first plant

> I've seen identified with lithium listed as one of its properties. We

> have particular interest in that in our family for bipolar, as well as

> the use for congestive heart failure. Truthfully, I've only given

> passing thought to other herbs which might provide lithium. Now I'm

> wondering which other plants might and which might complement in an

> extract and what possible dosages ... or made up homepathically.

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> I " believe " in " shopping locally " for the weeds/herbs/ etc. used in our

> kitchens and remedials as much as possible, since every fancy " herb " or

> weed across the oceans probably has a counterpart here, and that is a

> matter of sharing info to live frugally but well, minimize trips to the

> docs, use of the legal but killer drugs, etc. , besides getting the

> results of plants adapted to the area, and thus hopefully our immune

> sys. adapting better to the local stressors of various types.

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> Which brings up another point .. has anyone had any experience with Lily

> of the Valley (can't remember the homepathic remedy name derived from

> it) for making remedies?

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> Thanks to Garnet for allowing us to have a free-ranging discussion for

> ALL the possibilities for healing which DMSO shares a part for those of

> us who use it for almost everything but fixing the kitchen sink. Since

> it is the liquid equivalent of duct tape for all-purpose uses, I am

> grateful to be able to freely explore!

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> Cheers to all ... Joyce Simmerman

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