Comments on: Pokeweed: an herb for all things pokey. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:31:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Doug M http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-2/#comment-167170 Doug M Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:03:08 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-167170 As a child i spent more time in the hospital in a croup tent then i did at home, until one day when i was about 2 andhaving an "episode", and Mom was getting me ready to go to the ER. but My grandmother and one of her old friends happened to be at the house. She told Mom she didnt need any doctor asked my Dad to go get her some poke berries from the barn yard. Mom was furious thinking Grandma, her old friend and Dad were poisioning me. She left the house, the old woman made some sort Of jam looking stuff i am told and gave me one level teaspoon. i am told i licked the spoon clean, and about 2 hours or so later I began coughing harder than i had ever coughed before, began coughing up dark brownish black "chunks" as my mom described, and was never back in the hospital again. Poke berries saved me from a life of Lung problems. We have no idea how she prepared it but it worked. As a child i spent more time in the hospital in a croup tent then i did at home, until one day when i was about 2 andhaving an “episode”, and Mom was getting me ready to go to the ER. but My grandmother and one of her old friends happened to be at the house. She told Mom she didnt need any doctor asked my Dad to go get her some poke berries from the barn yard. Mom was furious thinking Grandma, her old friend and Dad were poisioning me. She left the house, the old woman made some sort Of jam looking stuff i am told and gave me one level teaspoon. i am told i licked the spoon clean, and about 2 hours or so later I began coughing harder than i had ever coughed before, began coughing up dark brownish black “chunks” as my mom described, and was never back in the hospital again. Poke berries saved me from a life of Lung problems. We have no idea how she prepared it but it worked.

]]> By: Steve http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-167008 Steve Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:21 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-167008 I don't have any pokeweed growing where I live, but it seems like something worth growing. I don’t have any pokeweed growing where I live, but it seems like something worth growing.

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]]> By: DogMa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-161607 DogMa Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:43:11 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-161607 The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~Thomas Edison He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician. ~Chinese Proverb Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food. ~Hippocrates OK, I'm done. Now back to POKEWEED in general! I'm hoping I can make my own tincture soon. Thank you for all the great information everyone and for the lovely website as well. Aloha! The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~Thomas Edison

He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician. ~Chinese Proverb

Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food. ~Hippocrates

OK, I’m done. Now back to POKEWEED in general! I’m hoping I can make my own tincture soon. Thank you for all the great information everyone and for the lovely website as well. Aloha!

]]> By: DogMa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-161606 DogMa Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:40:45 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-161606 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them. ~Ecclesiasticus 38:4 Pokeweed is a lovely option but not a cure in and of itself. You still have to honor your body in all regards. The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them. ~Ecclesiasticus 38:4 Pokeweed is a lovely option but not a cure in and of itself. You still have to honor your body in all regards.

]]> By: DogMa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-161605 DogMa Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:39:44 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-161605 Diet and exercise are critical. Look up the Gerson Institute - or Gerson Diet. It is very extreme but it gives you an idea of what you need to be doing to heal your body. Our food is so fake, polluted, over processed and a lot is genetically modified. In your condition, diet is the best thing you can do. Go organic at the very least. Your body in in a constant state of inflammation due to the "disease" but you can stop that. You need a full nutritional assault on your system for a constant period of time. Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food. ~Hippocrates When diet is wrong medicine is of no use. When diet is correct medicine is of no need. ~Ayurvedic Proverb Diet and exercise are critical. Look up the Gerson Institute – or Gerson Diet. It is very extreme but it gives you an idea of what you need to be doing to heal your body. Our food is so fake, polluted, over processed and a lot is genetically modified. In your condition, diet is the best thing you can do. Go organic at the very least. Your body in in a constant state of inflammation due to the “disease” but you can stop that. You need a full nutritional assault on your system for a constant period of time.

Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food. ~Hippocrates

When diet is wrong medicine is of no use.
When diet is correct medicine is of no need.
~Ayurvedic Proverb

]]> By: DogMa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-161604 DogMa Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:35:06 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-161604 For Jaide- there is NO magic pill. For Jaide- there is NO magic pill.

]]> By: DogMa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-161603 DogMa Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:33:37 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-161603 I am in Hawaii and when I look up Pokeweed here, it is called "Phytolacca octandra " not Phytolacca americana. Is it the same plant? I'd hate to be using a sister plant that didn't have the same properties. I've seen them growing in the mountains here and as the stories go, we were always told not to eat the poisonous berries. I am in Hawaii and when I look up Pokeweed here, it is called “Phytolacca octandra ” not Phytolacca americana. Is it the same plant? I’d hate to be using a sister plant that didn’t have the same properties. I’ve seen them growing in the mountains here and as the stories go, we were always told not to eat the poisonous berries.

]]> By: Harold http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-158908 Harold Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:28:12 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-158908 I found this recipe in a notebok that belonged to my great-uncle in East TN. The notes in it date to the 1940's. "Half-gallon ripe pokeberries, put in gal. jar, completely filling jar with cold water and 1 cup sugar. Set away, let work good. Strain out 1 qt of juice, add 1 qt whiskey. Take 1 tablespoon full before meals." Any idea what this remedy may be intended for? Thanks. I found this recipe in a notebok that belonged to my great-uncle in East TN. The notes in it date to the 1940’s. “Half-gallon ripe pokeberries, put in gal. jar, completely filling jar with cold water and 1 cup sugar. Set away, let work good. Strain out 1 qt of juice, add 1 qt whiskey. Take 1 tablespoon full before meals.”
Any idea what this remedy may be intended for? Thanks.

]]> By: Jenessa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/comment-page-1/#comment-157235 Jenessa Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:13:42 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/07/31/pokeweed-an-herb-for-all-things-pokey/#comment-157235 Thank you in advance for your help. I live in Utah where pokeweed doesn't seem to grow. I am looking for someone who would have dried pokeberries for sale in several pound quantities. My intention is to use them for dye. Any ideas? :-) Thank you in advance for your help. I live in Utah where pokeweed doesn’t seem to grow. I am looking for someone who would have dried pokeberries for sale in several pound quantities. My intention is to use them for dye. Any ideas? :-)

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