I just helped my mom pack to head back to Alaska. I packed her meds, I filled an entire Cabellas soft sided fish and tackle bag with all her meds, she even had some in her purse. I'm currently saving up for your class so I can get her off all that crap.
My wife's sweet mom came to live with us on 14 different meds. She could hardly walk around, was very confused, didn't know her brothers' names....etc. With the supervision of her doctor we got her off all but two of them. She went through drug withdrawals for several months and then, bingo, she was back. Her mind was bright, she was active, etc....Drugs can be great tools. But they can also be a travesty when prescriptions are piled on with no regard for what's already being taken and without regular assessment to see if they need to be discontinued or changed. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/
@@HomeGrownHerbalist My little mama was a polio survivor. She had bulbar bilaterally. One side to the waist, then it crossed and went down the other side of her body. She was never supposed to walk, but did that and had 4 kids to boot, me when she was nearly 40. Because she outlived most in her condition, western docs didn't know and didn't care how to treat her post polio, aging body. They piled on pain meds. At one point, she weighed 115#, and they had her on 10mg Percocet every 4 hours and a 72-hour fentanyl patch simultaneously. The poor woman was out of her mind and couldn't poop. No pain meds helped. It was in a medically legal marijuana state, and a doc finally prescribed cannabis. It was the only thing that helped her, and we tried it all. We got her off nearly everything. Pain screws up so many bodily functions! But finally, before she closed her eyes one last time (because a med she didn't want was forced), she could manage the pain and knew us. God bless you for taking care of your MIL and letting her see the bright colors again. That's how my mom described coming out of the drug stupors...like going from black and white to seeing bright spring and summer again. She is who helped me plant my first tomatoes, and I want to help others in her honor. We were never close, but I think perhaps I can honor her this way. Thank you again, and God bless.
You don't know me but YOU'RE my new herbal teacher. I'm so happy I found your videos! You are such a great teacher, love the wisdom, reverence and humor
I love learning that it can stimulate or restore hyaluronic acid! I have a lot of problems with connective tissue, joints…all that since chronic tick-borne disease (Lyme). I wondered if hyaluronic acid could help with joint fluidity and asked my chiropractor. He looked into it and, sure enough, studies had been done that showed it makes a difference at about 70+ mg a couple times a day.
lesta reiff, I do not know if it works for an insect sting but I would think using a tincture and crushing the flowers and applying to the area would also be helpful. I do know that plantain leaf helps draw out toxins and have used it on my bites. The sting subsides almost immediately and plantain grows everywhere.
Thank you for these short introductions to the course that I have already paid for. Before I can start my course, I must get my companion of 13 years settled in a permanent hospital care situation but right now the VA is taking care of him and so am I. Thank you from the heart of my bottom for taking my money and waiting for me for the whole rest of my life, unlike that other unfortunate woman whose husband got cancer who signed up for another school. Thank you thank you this little snippet was terrific. The clover one was very interesting, all the clover I’ve eaten over the years has helped me be as old as I am and I can hardly wait to get to a longer commentary I will get over to the library and sit down every day for 2 1/2 hours with you. Then I will get out to my raised beds that I have hired my snowplow man to build, and I will have the best old age summer I’ve ever had. I’m in Maine.
I'd love to take a year and just talk to you about all my conditions with you and find out what I could take that's natural instead of all this pharmacopeia. You are the most knowledgeable person I have seen. I simply love your knowledge and personality. I love that you can laugh at yourself too! Blessings to you and yours 🥰
You have convinced me. I'm starting with echinacea for my chronic sinusitis . (If dissolves venom, it has to dissolve the mucus) Thanks so much for the lecture.
Thanks for the info. I ordered the sting and venom kit over the weekend. Hopefully I'll never have to use it for snake bites, but living in the death-from-snake bite capital ( NC), it will be good to have on hand.
Wonderful news! I just collected about 15 young echinacea plants that went through their first summer up from seeds. They were being removed in favor of fall planting in a public garden. So I put them in my garden and trimmed them back after their last blooms died. I figure if I mulch them over winter, they may bloom next year, and after the 3rd year, I could divide the roots. Hopefully they'll provide blooms and roots for tinctures and herbal tea infusions.
@@cindyrobertson3798 Good point! But I'm a master gardener intern, and was trained by the ones who manage that garden. They use earth-friendly methods, great soil and compost, and only use sources who don't spray mulch. The garden leader saw me keep back the echinacea and smiled, impressed. I only wish I'd brought hand tools on another garden tour he led, because it had lots of camelia sinensis growing that was going to be pulled out. That's a fabulous tea plant! Oh, well. Next time I'll be ready.
How do you use these plants? Do you dry and make tea? A tincture? An oil infusion? Pulverize dried components and take in a capsule? Or do you make a syrup? I'm assuming you don't just eat the leaves and flowers...or do you?
I hope you are having success with the echinachea. It was one of my very first natural remedies to work with 20 years ago. The root is what I use...digging around a plant and removing a few choice roots. This allows the plant to continue growing. I make a decoction by cutting into half inch pieces and simmering for 15 minutes in filtered water or spring water. Then I freeze small amounts which I can remove anytime of the year as needed. Just warm it up and it's amazing. It's always good to drink for any cold or flu. I've used it safely as a compress on my eye for stys. Make poison ivy disappear within a couple of days. Calms a stinging nettle rash. When my son was small and quite sick..he said "mom..make me some of that root." I boiled water ..poured it over the snow and ice to get a piece of root to make him a medicine. He's a doctor now and we have so many more plants that we have learned to use. Echinachea to me is like Gold ❤🎉
I had some black-eyed Susans show up in a bed where I planted strawberries. The strawberries struggled a bit, but the black-eyed Susans flourished. They have come back every year, I am happy to say. We have echinacea growing, too, but it's not as prolific.
i was just watching your comfrey video, and left a question there... was hoping you was still making vids, as just recently found ya, not long ago any ways... so glad to see a new vid. thank you for these vids... some day hope to be able to afford the class, but till them binging on the vids
Love your videos, and your pleasant personality, please keep putting them out. May God bless you and yours! I have a friend who simmered the leaves of echinacea for a little bit until the water was near black- she used this on stubborn poison ivy that she was unable to get rid of for like 2 months. Using this strong echinacea leaf tea topically, made the poison ivy finally heal, and quickly!
I don't know what variety it is, but the most abundant medical in my Holler is Black Eyed Susan. You almost can't find a spot along the road where you can't touch one.
I'm not seeing any new content notifications! I'm glad this one came up and I'll go look after this to see if there's anything new! Great to see you again
Wow you always enlighten and educate us…thank you as always for taking time to share …school is beckoning to me …with hopes my family will pick up on the CHRISTMAS gift ideas I’m hinting about lol…stay blessed
Is the entire flower head on both the Black Eyed Susan and Echinacea usable in teas or just the petals from these flowers? I harvested some Echinacea this Summer 2022, but I took more of the leaves than petals not knowing the petals have more medicine than the leaves. Rookie error.... :)
I wish I had known about echinacea in regards to brown recluse bites. One bit me between 2 toes when I was sleeping and my toes looked like 2 beets. My foot doc prescribed some heavy duty antibiotic that about killed me. It worked but my toes still have a slight darker color and peel every so often.
I have tried to grow echinacea for three years unsuccessfully. This year I realized that it needs to be cold stratified But even then no luck. I have been unsuccessful to find it as a plant. I really want to grow it in our medicinal garden. Any advice? We're outside of Los Angeles California zone 9B.
Believe it or not-i bought a little cup with Echinacea seeds from the dollar store-it had maybe 5 seeds and 2 grew. This is the 2nd year. I lost 1 last winter that was in the ground and the 1 in a pot survived! Keep trying! It took forever for them to germinate. I live north of Seattle.
I read somewhere (sorry dont remember where) that seeds of Echinacea are the most potent part of the plant. I dont know if this is a true but it is a interesting thought to include seeds into our herbal preparatins.
I wanted to buy some from my logical garden centre, the thing is I'm.not sure of they've been sprayed with pesticides. I did try growing from seed but did not succeed. But I'm in UK and especially this year, the weather has been awful 😢
Wonderful information! How would I use my echinacea to make a face cream? The commercial companies put hydraulic acid in a lot of face creams but I'd like to make my own. I'm thinking I'd have to infuse some oil with it then use that oil to make the cream. Tks for any advice on this.
Perhaps a silly question, and I know I won't phrase it correcty...do plants raised for medicinal purposes benefit from being planted with certain others? Is there like a root party underground that can make some more potent? Do pollinators cross-contaminate for our good? Can the opposite be true? Is it such a small thing that it is negligible, or are neighbors important in my garden? I have planted medicinals for years, usually don't harvest because life happens and I get perfection paralysis. If that's a silly question, just smile and nod at the slow kid lol.
Do the white cone flowers have the same medicinal uses as the purple? I started harvesting my purple cones for a tincture but wasn’t sure if I can use the white to make echinacea.
@@Patters1677 color is chemistry. Medicine is chemistry. I like to stick to the original version rather than the line bred cultivars. There’s no telling what medicinal constituents were bred out of the plant to change the color that much.
Thank for all the fantastic info ! However, I do have one question - is it possible to use the flowers in a tincture, using either or both of the captioned plants? Look forward to a reply and definitely more videos....
Please tell me everything about the BLACK EYED SUSAN !! I’m researching and am reading that the BLACK EYED SUSAN FLOWERS ARE poisonous!!’?!! I have many plants this year and want to harvest for medicine. Please help me
I have a black-eyed Susan that has a center like the purple coneflower or echinacea and it has orange petals Will that work the same as the traditional black-eyed Susan or is this a hybrid?
Thank you for your valuable videos. Can you recommend an herbal tea for a cat with FIP and it is the wet version. Love learning from these videos especially when you comment on how to use it with your pet.
@@MFaith777 i use the tincture topically and internally. I combine it with some other good venom herbs. Have a look here for the formula i use. homegrownherbalist.net/search-results/?q=Venom
Dry the flower or root, grind it in a blender and then use it how you like. Make a tea, make a tincture, throw the powder in your morning smoothie... Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/
Thanks doc! Always valuable information! Anything for fire ant bite? I didn't know it bit me and didn't know not to scratch, so my toe got infected....can you advise?
GREAT information as always. QUESTION: Do you know if Echinacea will reduce the toxins from a bee or wasp bite? A neighbor of mine is very allergic and does not always care his epi pen when venturing onto my bee friendly property. Thank you for any information you can provide and God Bless you dear man.
Thank you. Do you think this would grow well in 5B zone with clay soil? I would have to help the clay soil - as I do with all things I play because clay soil is a bummer. :-)
Are the other echinacea, like pow wow berry and Sonoma , also good as a medicinal ?I have a lot of purple cone flower and black eyed Susan, but I have other areas of my garden where I really don’t want purple.
Hi Doc Jones! Love your knowledge and humor! I wanted to know your opinion on freeze drying medicinal herbs? Is this a good idea or will it lessen the medicinal content?
@Laura Thyme Thanks I have written these all down. I do think finally my cough is starting to get better. I still have bouts with it but I can wake up and feel like I don't have a cough now. I will give them all a try if I continue having persistant problems with the cough.
