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» Red - Fantastic article... Traute, this is a fantastic article and so it "First Aid Naturally."I know they have been included in previous events, but please consider submitting them to the Nature's Treasures Event. They would be welcome additions to the "Nature's Healing Power," category. When I was a child, I grew up about a 30 minute walk from the Six Nations Reservation. My grandfather used to trade with the natives or give them a day's work. If we were working in the field with him a got stung by a bee, he always spit in the clay and applied it to the bite. It worked too. Thanks for sharing this most guarded secret with us. In southern Ontario, there is clay galore and if the boys get sunburned or stung by a bee, I know what to do. Thanks for rekindling my memory. -- posted by Red » biogardener - Guardian is right. About a month ago, I spent a long day at the home of a native woman, a well-respected elder and healer. She has a large property just east of the southern tip of Lake Manitoba. She had dedicated herself and her property to teaching women about spirituality and healing. We were a group of women of all races making hand drums for our resource center. We ended the evening with a sweatlodge and a feast which is a potluck dinner.The property was overrun with poison ivy. I thought that I would make sure that everyone would know what to do in case they took home the itchy blisters. To my surprise I found out that no one knew of this native remedy of wet clay, not even the native healer. Now I am even more amazed that this powerful secret was entrusted to me. Mind you, many aboriginals have no reaction to poison ivy. Several native forster children, mere toddlers, were running around all over the place and must surely have had contact with the plant, yet I saw no blisters on them. -- posted by biogardener » ArcticFox34 - Healing properties of clay I enjoy your articles and look forward to more. Being married into a native family has given me the opportunity to learn some things I would not have otherwise been privileged to. I always pray to use the knowledge with a "right" spirit.-- posted by ArcticFox34 » Linda_Wilson - Hooray for Wet Clay! Thanks for the wet clay advice. Living on the clay cliffs of Lake Superior, it's nice to know my garden nemesis has such value. I'll try to look kindlier upon the next clod stuck to my boot.-- posted by Linda_Wilson » biogardener - wasp bite Last night, I must have brought in a wasp along with some garden produce. I felt a painful sting on one finger and when I shook it, the wasp landed on the bed. I cut a strip of plastic from a bag, applied wet clay to it, wrapped it around my finger and covered all of it with several rounds of a wide masking tape. It makes the best bandages. Wasp stings are wicked, although not quite as bad as bumble bee stings. It took a good hour before the pain subsided. Then I kept the bandage on all night and am applying another one tonight, because I feel some itching, so there is some poison left in it. -- posted by biogardener » Tina_Coruth - Re: wasp bite In response to wasp bite posted by biogardener:Hi Traute, How wonderful that you have been entrusted with this knowledge! I wish we all had access to clay. Here in rocky New England, clay is not in abundance. I enjoyed this article - thank you! -- posted by Tina_Coruth » biogardener - Clay Clay will keep forever. Get a handful some from a potter or buy the smallest quantity available at a craft store, and you will have enough for the rest of your life. Dissolve a small piece at a time as you need it.Actually, clay is available in many places where you don't expect it. Talk to a geologist in your area and ask, or find a sharp cut somewhere, e.g. in a riverbed with steep banks. Observe if there are layers visible. If so, they would be sand alternating with clay. Take the clay and save it. -- posted by biogardener
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