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CLEAVE to me on-ly wi-ith thy spi-ines.... - Page 2

© Barbara Hall

Y'KNOW....The more complex life becomes, the harder it is to even recommend the use of our healing plants. I'm not sure I want to KNOW the percentage of folks who are regularly on prescription meds, or even on non-prescription supplements. What a game of russian roullette to even suggest adding anything ELSE!! And yet how sad, for they can be such GOOD helpers, used wisely and briefly and added to some kind of sane nutrition that isn't overloading our systems with highly concentrated tablets and capsules. OH sigh......

People often ask me what VITAMINS I take every day. Answer: NONE. Uh, well, then, what HERBS do you take every day? Only Vitex Berry tincture and I don't even remember to take THAT every day. I use it with hopes of bringing my nearly 50 year old self through menopause in something resembling a graceful manner and so far.....it's doing a nice job.

How do I figure out WHAT I need when I DO need something? OK, come on out on this limb with me here, the view's really nice. Check out a SELF TESTING TECHNIQUE I learned a number of years ago from an herbalist/biochemist. I find it astonishingly accurate!

I would 'test' for Cleavers anytime my lymph glands feel congested from being overworked (whether your own immune system is clobbering some invader or an antibiotic is doing it for you - your lymph system has to deal with the debris).

So. It's nice to know Dear Cleavers is good for something other than hanging all over your OTHER plants!

Anybody got just a FAVORITE weed they'd like to know some USES for?? Post it in the discussion and I'll see what I can dig up.

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