Re: All right, time for the what's your favorite 3 plants question?

[Guest guest]

Let's see.......

Cayenne:

Circulation, pain relief/anti-infammatory, stop bleeding, just plain good;

Dandelion:

Detox, tonic, blood purifier, liver function, vit C;

Garlic:

Fight infection, antibiotic, immune system booster.

Peace, love, laughter

I love to ask others what their favorite 3 herbs are and why. Answers vary

widely and I find my own answers to change somewhat over time.

-COMFREY: I use this alot internally and externally. It helps maintain my

garden's soil fertility (awesome compost maker) and provides a backup source of

greens and high quality nutrients for times of economic disruption. It's a key

ingrediant in my healing salve.

-NETTLES: Heals by superior nutrition, another awesome compost additive, a high

protein green that is tastydelicious (without longterm consumption concerns like

comfrey has).

-OAT STRAW: Keeps people in the north afloat during the winter blues. Keeps me

feeling strong and " vital " .

Of course, intellectually I could choose a different mix, like

DANDELION

PLANTAIN

NETTLES

But then again, how many of us are into herbs for merely intellectualization ?

Or for world wide wandering:

GARLIC

CAYENNE

GINGER

Choosing just 3 is maddening. What about burdock? What about boneset? And

what about lobelia/cayenne/ boneset? Ha, many choices. So what 3 plants are at

the front of your herbal excitment?

[Guest guest]

Cayenne

Turmeric

Ginger

Onion

Garlic

Horseradish

Cattail shoots

Cattail pollen

Cattail tubers

I knew of an abandoned house with a backyard full of nettles. I'd like

to get back there and harvest.

Tons of burdock grows here. This will be my next project. I have some

in a pot outside my door, between the catnip and cayenne pots.

On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 18:47 +0000, prayerfulmantis wrote:

> I love to ask others what their favorite 3 herbs are and why. Answers vary

widely and I find my own answers to change somewhat over time.

> -COMFREY: I use this alot internally and externally. It helps maintain my

garden's soil fertility (awesome compost maker) and provides a backup source of

greens and high quality nutrients for times of economic disruption. It's a key

ingrediant in my healing salve.

> -NETTLES: Heals by superior nutrition, another awesome compost additive, a

high protein green that is tastydelicious (without longterm consumption concerns

like comfrey has).

> -OAT STRAW: Keeps people in the north afloat during the winter blues. Keeps

me feeling strong and " vital " .

>

> Of course, intellectually I could choose a different mix, like

> DANDELION

> PLANTAIN

> NETTLES

> But then again, how many of us are into herbs for merely intellectualization?

> Or for world wide wandering:

> GARLIC

> CAYENNE

> GINGER

> Choosing just 3 is maddening. What about burdock? What about boneset?

And what about lobelia/cayenne/boneset? Ha, many choices. So what 3 plants are

at the front of your herbal excitment?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hmmmm, the cattails are interesting. I know they have lots of food value, would

you care to elaborate?

Putting up the boneset today, and harvested some wild lobelia this morning, know

I'm thinking a bit ian/naturopathic:

BONESET

LOBELIA

CAYENNE

The Wise Woman traditionalist would look down on me for that, having effectors

that cause effects rather than wholesome nutritional herbs that build the body.

They have great teachings ( Weed anyone?) and I might have to go with the

NETTLES-DANDELION-PLANTAIN route.

Dang, 3 is tough. 5 a lot easier, 10 reasonable. I love springing this

question on other herbalists.

[Guest guest]

Cattails are good for absorbing and breaking down arsenic in the ground.

Bob and Gayla

Always Enough Ranch

Acampo, CA

Re: All right, time for the what's your

favorite 3 plants question?

> Hmmmm, the cattails are interesting.

[Guest guest]

Cattails are interesting. They grow in abundance and are easy to

identify. Good to know for survival situations. Just make sure it's

not sweet flag tubers you dig.

The young shoots are good eating.

The pollen makes a good flour substitute.

The tubers makes a good vegetable and is good for drawing infections out

of wounds.

On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 22:07 +0000, prayerfulmantis wrote:

> Hmmmm, the cattails are interesting. I know they have lots of food value,

would you care to elaborate?

> Putting up the boneset today, and harvested some wild lobelia this morning,

know I'm thinking a bit ian/naturopathic:

> BONESET

> LOBELIA

> CAYENNE

> The Wise Woman traditionalist would look down on me for that, having

effectors that cause effects rather than wholesome nutritional herbs that build

the body. They have great teachings ( Weed anyone?) and I might have to go

with the NETTLES-DANDELION-PLANTAIN route.

> Dang, 3 is tough. 5 a lot easier, 10 reasonable. I love springing this

question on other herbalists.

>

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[Guest guest]

garlic

cayenne

ginger

this is a tough question to only have 3. Good going!

Suzi

List Owner

health/

http://360./suziesgoats

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

[Guest guest]

I've been pondering the question too. But I'm going to have to say, as well:

garlic

ginger

cayenne

Shari