On a recent trip to Morocco (my first trip there and my first trip out of the country in nearly five years), I got to see how an intact culture deals with health issues.
Drugs, no.
Plants, yes.
One of the plants that is treasured in Morocco and elsewhere is one many of us think of as just a culinary herb.
Wrong. It is a very potent healer. (And when … Read more
We’re continuing our exploration of Aegean herb culture.
Here’s a surprising modern validation of one of the “tall tales” of the Odyssey involving “magic” plants.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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Have you ever been to an herb festival?
Me neither, but they are not uncommon in Italy, Turkey, and I imagine other parts of the world.
This one is in the Alacati district of Cesme on the Aegean coast of Turkey.
It’s held in early spring and the whole town gets involved. The market associated with … Read more
A primer on what’s true and not true about mushrooms.
Medicinal Mushrooms
Fly Agaric
The Misunderstood Magic Mushroom
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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Turmeric, part of the culinary and medical legacy of India, has taken the world by storm in recent years.
But are people using it correctly?
Predictably, once the merchandisers got involved, they were not.
Luckily, preparing turmeric correctly to get its full benefit (vs buying it in capsule form) is not complicated.
NOTE: If you are taking Pharma products that thin your blood, please research the risk of these drugs. … Read more
A public service video from Adam Haritan’s excellent Learn Your Land website.
Adama really knows his mushrooms and he talks about the reliability of commercially sold “wild” mushrooms.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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This might be the last time you hear from me for a while.
There is a ton of life- changing information on the Plant Wisdom site.
I have put some of our “greatest hits” together on one page.
I hope you will take advantage of it and share it widely with people who need it now.
One thing we can always count on are the plants. We just have to … Read more
McMaster University is located in Hamilton, Ontario, an industrialized city on the shores of Lake Ontario, south of Toronto.
This is a description of the program there that Elder Bertha Skye is part of.
The Indigenous Students Health Sciences (ISHS) office is solely dedicated to providing services and supports for the academic success and wellbeing of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis students in the Faculty of Health Sciences at … Read more
The Threefold nature of plants and reading the Book of Nature
A fascinating conversation with Dr. Thomas Cowan.
We found this video here:
https://www.gardensall.com/specialty-crops/
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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Hericium erinaceus is also known as “Lion’s Mane.”
In Asia, there’s a long tradition (thousands of years) of using mushrooms for healing.
Since no one can make billions from them, you’re unlikely to see 100 commercials about them every night on TV so we have to figure it out on our own.
Mushrooms as medicine – Paul Stamets
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