Chinese royalty used prisoners to experiment on. Even thousands of years ago.. So, yes. Many died.
Chinese royalty used prisoners to experiment on. Even thousands of years ago.. So, yes. Many died.
Finding herbs with healing power has not started with humans, evolution has preferred life forms with a taste that makes them eat stuff that is good for their health. Just ask your cat why he eats grass sometimes.
Finding herbs with healing power has not started with humans, evolution has preferred life forms with a taste that makes them eat stuff that is good for their health. Just ask your cat why he eats grass sometimes.
Nah, they just watched what other animals were eating.
Nah, they just watched what other animals were eating.
I wonder about the person that discovered that Stinging Nettle is great for herbal tea provided you harvest it before the barbs harden.
I wonder about the person that discovered that Stinging Nettle is great for herbal tea provided you harvest it before the barbs harden.
Its not about the barbs hardening heat and water make them harmless. The only time harvest point matters is if the are being consumed raw.
Its not about the barbs hardening heat and water make them harmless. The only time harvest point matters is if the are being consumed raw.
Don't know if serious or wants me harmed. :|
Don't know if serious or wants me harmed. :|
Lol I'm serious. The harvesting is easier and less itchy if they are young, but it isn't because of the edibility. Nettle tea is liquid nutrition btw. Everyone should be drinking it. And chicory.
Lol I'm serious. The harvesting is easier and less itchy if they are young, but it isn't because of the edibility. Nettle tea is liquid nutrition btw. Everyone should be drinking it. And chicory.
Most poisonous plants can be consumed in tiny amounts to test their toxicity without any lasting harm. Only stupid people die from eating new plants.
Most poisonous plants can be consumed in tiny amounts to test their toxicity without any lasting harm. Only stupid people die from eating new plants.
We didn't start eating seasonings to make food taste good. We used them to keep us alive.
Black pepper is a lung Healer and helps with pneumonia. We started eating it because if you ate it you lived. Now we eat it because it tastes good on chicken.
Parsley is a kidney cleanser. We started eating it because if you at it you lived. Now we eat it because it tastes good on chicken.
We lose the "why" of knowledge over time. Witches were the herbalists and medicine men of their villages. St John's wort is great for a lot of topical and internal issues so witches would grow it. Most herbs are forest dwellers so the herbalist loved in the forest. St John's wort also kills other plants and is toxic to sheep and cows.
The farmer would teach his son "if you see the bright coming from the woods and killing the crops or sheep or cows its the witch woman". This meant he should tell the herbalist so they could come harvest and cull the st John's wort out of his land.
Well he tells his son. And he tells his son. And the why is lost. Only the rote repetitive learning of "its the witch" remains. And then we burn them at the stake.
We didn't start eating seasonings to make food taste good. We used them to keep us alive.
Black pepper is a lung Healer and helps with pneumonia. We started eating it because if you ate it you lived. Now we eat it because it tastes good on chicken.
Parsley is a kidney cleanser. We started eating it because if you at it you lived. Now we eat it because it tastes good on chicken.
We lose the "why" of knowledge over time. Witches were the herbalists and medicine men of their villages. St John's wort is great for a lot of topical and internal issues so witches would grow it. Most herbs are forest dwellers so the herbalist loved in the forest. St John's wort also kills other plants and is toxic to sheep and cows.
The farmer would teach his son "if you see the bright coming from the woods and killing the crops or sheep or cows its the witch woman". This meant he should tell the herbalist so they could come harvest and cull the st John's wort out of his land.
Well he tells his son. And he tells his son. And the why is lost. Only the rote repetitive learning of "its the witch" remains. And then we burn them at the stake.
There are old mushroom pickers, and there are bold mushroom pickers... but there are no old bold mushroom pickers.
There are old mushroom pickers, and there are bold mushroom pickers... but there are no old bold mushroom pickers.
Not true, you had to be bold to sneak into farms for shrooms in Texas, and I'm old af
Not true, you had to be bold to sneak into farms for shrooms in Texas, and I'm old af
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