This is way over the line!

[cckeiser]

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
― Benjamin Franklin

[Stever]

Fuck,man! dont you know that diabetes is to blame for almost everything?
At least thats what they tell my wife,when she sees the doctors for ANYTHING,even stuff related to when I see a doctor..oh,its that damn diabetes!AND,thats why your dog died-it was your diabetes!

I am a paranoid fucker..i think the cure for diabetes is there,but you wont ever see it,simply because its a MONEY-MAKING-MACHINE!
Interesting to note,also..my wife,the diabetic,is off all her meds,and insulin,and has never felt better.

[RighteousDude]

Fuck,man! dont you know that diabetes is to blame for almost everything?

Why am I always that last to know the really important shit? It's a conspiracy, I tell ya. It's probably that fucking Trilateral Commission. The bastards.

Prickly pear is good for controlling non-insulin-dependent diabetes, BTW.

[Boston Rockbury]

..Toni Preckwinkle...what the fuck kind of a name is that anyway?

Interesting names don't seem to be an obstacle to political success. One of India's top political dynasties is the 'Dikshit' family.

Sandeep Dikshit is married to the lovely Mona Dikshit. Think I'm making it up? I'm not.

[Boston Rockbury]

Prickly pear is good for controlling non-insulin-dependent diabetes, BTW.

I always use Goat's Rue  - Galega officinalis, plus some dietary and excercise changes. Very effective.

But maybe prickly pear is good too. We have a lot of it here, might try it on a couple of patients.

[Stever]

I am reading about native american herbal medicines now..holy shit..I get distracted,because there is just so,so much,so many things,so many plants..they knew so much..
my climate is not great for a lot of stuff,but I got a little Bearberry plant going...
The fruit is good in tea,good for digestion,and the leaves were used mixed with tobacco,as a smoking mixture..thats fucking interesting...

[Boston Rockbury]

I am reading about native american herbal medicines now..holy shit..I get distracted,because there is just so,so much,so many things,so many plants..they knew so much..
my climate is not great for a lot of stuff,but I got a little Bearberry plant going...
The fruit is good in tea,good for digestion,and the leaves were used mixed with tobacco,as a smoking mixture..thats fucking interesting...

Native Americans were great herbalists. European settlers learnt from them and developed a form of herbal medicine called 'physiomedicalism', which is what I studied.
Bearberry - very groovy plant. I'm growing some Echinacea at the moment to see if it works here in France. I have also managed to get a few precious seeds for Golden Seal which is an unbelievably groovy herb but has been wild-crafted to destruction in The States. If it grows it'll be a herbal gold-mine.

[Stever]

You know way more than I do,thats for sure!
Im slowly gathering decent books,and trying to learn all I can!

[RighteousDude]

I'm growing some Echinacea at the moment to see if it works here in France.

You should have no problem at all growing Ech there.

I have also managed to get a few precious seeds for Golden Seal which is an unbelievably groovy herb but has been wild-crafted to destruction in The States. If it grows it'll be a herbal gold-mine.

Good luck with that! It's picky about its environment, and those valuable roots develop slowly.

It's cool to know there's another herb nerd here in Dudeland.

[Boston Rockbury]

I'm growing some Echinacea at the moment to see if it works here in France.

You should have no problem at all growing Ech there.

I have also managed to get a few precious seeds for Golden Seal which is an unbelievably groovy herb but has been wild-crafted to destruction in The States. If it grows it'll be a herbal gold-mine.

Good luck with that! It's picky about its environment, and those valuable roots develop slowly.

It's cool to know there's another herb nerd here in Dudeland.

Thought I'd try the Golden Seal in the shade of green oaks on a friend's land. Not sure if I should plant it by the stream or in a dry spot. Any ideas?
Echinacea is doing okay but not a lot of gowth in first year. I'm trying both purpurea and angustifolia species. Got a feeling angustifolia might like the dry climate here.

[RighteousDude]

Thought I'd try the Golden Seal in the shade of green oaks on a friend's land. Not sure if I should plant it by the stream or in a dry spot. Any ideas?

All else being equal, nearer the stream would be better, just avoid ground that gets waterlogged. Golden Seal likes dewy mornings and RH of about 60% throughout the day, with light, even moisture in the root zone. So I've been told by a grower I spoke to whose land was wildcrafted to extinction before he bought it, and that was producing cultivated Golden Seal and American Ginseng as well as local poachers. I've not tried it myself -- it'd be a huge challenge here in the Rockies. My wife thinks I ought to go for it, but she's incredibly biased and overestimates my abilities.

Echinacea is doing okay but not a lot of gowth in first year. I'm trying both purpurea and angustifolia species. Got a feeling angustifolia might like the dry climate here.

I've had no trouble with purpurea here in a high, dry climate -- with good mulch coverage. The second year is when the growth really starts coming on.

We seem to have strayed off topic here... 

[Boston Rockbury]

Thought I'd try the Golden Seal in the shade of green oaks on a friend's land. Not sure if I should plant it by the stream or in a dry spot. Any ideas?

All else being equal, nearer the stream would be better, just avoid ground that gets waterlogged. Golden Seal likes dewy mornings and RH of about 60% throughout the day, with light, even moisture in the root zone. So I've been told by a grower I spoke to whose land was wildcrafted to extinction before he bought it, and that was producing cultivated Golden Seal and American Ginseng as well as local poachers. I've not tried it myself -- it'd be a huge challenge here in the Rockies. My wife thinks I ought to go for it, but she's incredibly biased and overestimates my abilities.

Echinacea is doing okay but not a lot of gowth in first year. I'm trying both purpurea and angustifolia species. Got a feeling angustifolia might like the dry climate here.

I've had no trouble with purpurea here in a high, dry climate -- with good mulch coverage. The second year is when the growth really starts coming on.

We seem to have strayed off topic here... 

If you are doing something commercially it would be worth looking at Baptisia tinctoria (Wild Indigo). Supply is short and it isn't that difficult to grow.
I have an acre of land up in the hills that I do nothing with. Starting to feel like I should plant it up.

I've used loads of Echinacea and back in England I sold around 800 litres of it a year (45% organic ethanol, whole, fresh plant tincture) but angustifolia is a better medicinal herb - I just couldn't afford it though.

yeah! What was the topic?

[Stever]

Ok,we got way off topic here,but this is really fucking interesting,man!

How about something on this here forum dedicated to herbalism for a limber mind and body?

[RighteousDude]

How about something on this here forum dedicated to herbalism for a limber mind and body?

http://www.swsbm.com/
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/
http://herbcraft.org/

Those oughta getcha started.

[Stever]

I think we need a whole new forum category!