Re: growing only three and moving into curing and eating at the same time

[Guest guest]

Yes, some thought over the years has been put on what to eat

when the balloon goes up and the party of global consumerism

crashes. Actually, that's what got me interested in herbs in the

first place. After a while I figured out that people needed them

NOW and not in some unknown potential future. Many of my friends

and family are only a couple of paychecks away from being in a

survival situation themselves. As the health industry gets removed

further and further away from people's needs the greater the demand

grows for alternatives.

On the topic of curing and eating, I forgot to mention the

tradition of putting a sick person on a limited basic mush diet

until they get better. In Mexico it would be corn mush and further

north acorn mush. In India it would be kicharee (it's said 3 weeks

of a kicharee only diet would cure any disease) or in China congee

(boiled rice mush). Tierra has a good discussion on this in

his book, The Way of Herbs. The basic mush mix can be tweeked by

adding some medicinals to it.

This is a way underused modality of healing for me. It

connects in with the naturopathic eating principles well, I'm

thinking specifically of Dr.'s 3 day juicing cleanse and

his mucousless diet. Though not the same method the basic principle

is similiar, eat a simple diet and let the body clear itself out.

WARNING: If one is going to start experimenting with acorn

mush, one must learn how to use water to leach the excess tannins

out of the nut. Otherwise most acorns are way too bitter and hard

on the kidneys. It's a simple process but a necessary one.