When I've talked to people who grew up eating the stuff they've said nevermind taste etc for the berries, leave the berries for the birds and animals so it spreads
It's so effing stupid how colonial imperialism genocide crap and corporate siloing of knowledge killed off so much of this kind of knowledge. Plenty of people would've known this at some point I'm sure and it would be the kind of thing now that's more easily googleable. But no we get advertising nonsense fake knowledge slush Internet infinite war profit hell world.
Suffering from depression and pain from the fibromyalgia, I'd been thinking about trying this one, but I'm in the UK, and so Much is Banned from being imported!! Anyone in the UK who's managed to obtain this?!(Where from and results?!) TIA. Andréa and Critters. ...XxX...
I have some clover in and around my yard but it's too close to the street. I heard that it and dandelion absorb the fumes from gas cars. The plants are supposed to be so many feet away.
Jesse, so we are to assume that because of your reaction, it did not make you happy? I would have liked to know if it did what it is said to do. No happiness after your throat irritation cleared?
I made tea with the fresh pick flowers and it was both delicious and made me feel good. Also dried some flowers out and made tea and it too was good and made me feel good. This is the first video I've seen about making tea from the bark. I think I'll take your word and just avoid that.
My brother and I are so allergic to this tree as well as other trees with flowers and pollen that our parents had to cut this beautiful tree down so we could breath with the windows open--no air conditioning in those days! Although the Creator provided this planet with all sorts of medicinal plants, trees and herbs, it's best to go slow or not at all because no 2 bodies react the same to something in the wild or even prescribed by your doctor! I personally am highly allergic to chemicals and chemicals are both natural and man-made!
If you are having an allergic reaction, I would recommend that you stay away from it. Food allergies are not totally understood, but they can be extremely dangerous. I enjoy your channel.
good to know. could just be a slight allergy , we all have them to varying degrees. folks should always approach these things with awareness and common sense ✌️💚
I recently found this tree and was so excited to try it. I’ve only done flowers rinsed once and put in cold water- after about half hour the water smelled amazing!! Slight floral taste. Havnt been using it enough to tell a difference… BUT the day I started using it I was REALLY upset. I had three fresh flowers I just sniffed my 45 min drive to a friends house lol. I think it took the edge off. Maybe placebo effect?? Not sure. Also stuck fresh flowers in some local honey… THAT tastes amazing!!
I suspect that those who list pokeweed as a "deadly plant" are taking historical cases into their analysis. Before gastric lavage ("stomach pumping"), the use of activated charcoal and so on, there was no way to get the toxins back out of the system. We just had to let the body do the best it could (vomiting, diarrhea, etc.) - and that didn't remove the offending plant matter as fully. Additionally, it was much harder to get to a hospital with any sort of speed. If one goes back to the early parts of the Industrial Age, pokeweed poisoning was a lot more severe and, in some cases, more fatal. Nowadays, though (as with your study of the last few decades), pokeweed toxicity isn't nearly the threat it once was.
Every tea or herbal medicine have always been dried never seen any body drink wet bark u should let living bark relax and dry it self to sleep if that sounds weird 🤷♂️
Absolutely not. I don't trust hardly anything in the form of wild, herbal, medicinal flora. Nature is a toxic monster. I do have to wonder though, who the first person was who decided to chew on a thorny branch? Crap shoot- could've killed them or...made their mouth numb, at least temporarily. I also notice that nature often has two very similar looking plants growing in the wild along side each other. One makes a nice salad, the other makes for an agonizing death. Good thinking nature. 🧐😠
We recently tried it. We made a tea with the fresh flowers and had no problem. We also made a tincture with 151 proof alcohol. That's pretty rough but I think it's more the stupid proof alcohol that was recommended in the video we watched about it. So far nothing negative.
Calling this mimosa may be common but it is going to cause confusion, as can be seen from this comment section. There is enough confusion with the Acacia that is now a Vachellia and is commonly called mimosa. Mimosa is a separate genus and it would be nice to use the distinctive name Albizzia for this one. Or Silk Tree.
Chinese medicine distinguishes who should and who should not take certain herbs because of their current health disposition. You may find similarities in other ways with your friend who also reacted. The Chinese recognize no one herb fits all, and even factor in synergies of particular herbs which, by themselves, are fine could become toxic when taken together. For this particular herb, it is meant for people with a blockage in the liver. For you, who may not be dealing with any such liver issues may send circulation in that organ into overdrive, thus causing a reaction.
Thank you so much for letting us know about your experience. I live in Georgia and had stopped taking pain meds for almost a year now. I am seriously considering trying mimosa but now I will be very cautious.
According to "[Chemical constituents from ethyl acetate extract of flower of Albizia julibrissin]" there are a few aldehydes, so I wonder... Does cilantro taste like soap or ginger taste like perfume to you? I have the aldehyde sensitivity gene and plenty of these trees around... I'll try this hypothesis next time I see one
I love ginger and cilantro; does this suggest that Albizia would not be an issue for me? There are a fair number of these trees in my neighborhood. I've often spent time gazing at them due to their superficial similarity to more notorious acacia and mimosa.
Big patch of these in the yard before I had to move. Big juicy pink flowered ones. Ate so much as a kid. Called them juicies. Was fortunately able to take some with me.
I'd be curious to see an NMR of the compounds in the plant. Should be able to get a good idea of what's going on when you know the constituent compounds.
A good rule of thumb when trying ANY new substance is to try only a little bit before committing to having a full serving. You never know if you can have a negative reaction to any wild edible. When I tried this mimosa tea the first time, I tried a very small sip and waited for any negative reaction. Luckily, nothing bad for me.🎉
