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Views of the past; Plants for Food and Medicine
"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Landon > wrote:
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>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:19:05 -0500, Omelet >
>> wrote:
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>> >In article >,
>> > Landon > wrote:
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>> >> Well, since then, I've graduated to the "Natural Medicines
>> >> Comprehensive Database" (ISBN 0-9676136-4-7) which lists over one
>> >> thousand natural medicines within it's 2,300 pages. My copy was given
>> >> to me by my Doctor at the Mayo clinic in 2000, but the most recent
>> >> issue of it is available at $60 for the 2010 version.
>> >>
>> >> All I can say about the book is that it's one of the most fantastic
>> >> books I've ever seen. I've looked up everything Namey told me about
>> >> and she was correct on every single one of the plants.
>> >>
>> >> I thought you all might be interested in both Namey's story and this
>> >> book.
>> >
>> >Neat stuff, thanks!
>>
>> I guess it won't break a whole bunch of copyrights if I quote one
>> plant in part. Most have a half page or more of data, so pick any
>> plant you wish and I'll tell you the brief of what this book says
>> about that plant as food and/or medicine.
>>
>> The book is addictive. When I pick it up and start reading, I can't
>> stop.
>>
>> Go ahead Omelet, what plant has always made you curious about it's
>> real properties as a medication?
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> Entheogens.
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