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Autumn Soup

Autumn Soup
   
A tribute to the season, with the produce of autumn, bursting with flavor, color, and warmth. 
Butternut squash can be used instead of cheese pumpkin.

Saute 4 medium onions, thinly sliced in 4 tablespoons pure olive oil and a teaspoonful of salt on a medium heat, stirring frequently, until the onions are translucent and soft.
Add 4 apples, cored and cut into pieces and continue to cook, stirring often.
Meanwhile remove the seeds, pith, and most of the skin from 2 baked cheese pumpkins (or squash).
Add the flesh of the pumpkins to the pan, along with 2 tablespoons of astragalus powder. Stir well.
Slowly add 1 gallon water and 1 ounce wakame (seaweed) cut very small.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for one hour.
Blend into a smooth, thick soup.
Add up to 4 tablespoons of raw sugar if needed to brighten the taste.

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Top Ten Worst Diet and Healthcare Choices - Number 5

Top Ten Worst Diet and Healthcare Choices & Ten Better Choices
Number 5:  

Functional medicine “considers the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle. . . . The unique genetic makeup of each patient . . . along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.” “Functional medicine uses the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribes combinations of drug and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, and stress-management techniques.”

While this sounds great, even a little like the Wise Woman approach, it isn’t. After talking with people who practice and use functional medicine, I believe it to be the latest incarnation of the Heroic Tradition. Functional medical practitioners tend to find toxins and parasites. This allows them to prescribe an “individual” program of detoxification, complete with juice fasts, raw food, cleanses, and supplements. Herbs are not used to nourish but as faux drugs and food is seen as potentially dangerous. The ideas behind functional medicine can do grave damage to the human being; they are based on mis-assumptions and outright lies. ....

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Comfrey infusions

Hello, I had a question on the comfrey infusion on your site, I was getting ready to mix a quart up, planning a quart a day for a month to help treat my bone issue, but noticed that 1 oz per weight of comfrey powder was about 1/3-1/2 cup, is that how much we are to drink per day?
just checking as that is alot

Thank you,
Marcella

 

Hi Marcella,

You will want to be sure that you are using cut comfrey leaves, not powder nor roots…. It is 1 oz by weight per each quart and yes, that is a lot of herb to water ratio.
This is what you need to be sure you are getting the full potential of vitamins, minerals, etc.
This is what differentiates it from an herbal tea.
If you haven’t done so, you might want to look over Susun’s website that focuses on infusions:
http://nourishingherbalinfusions.com/

blessings,
Kim
Wise Woman Team

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Eczema

Eczema

Susun answers a question about Eczema on blogtalkradio. She explains what eczema is, and gives possible mental reasons and physical reasons. She suggests plaintain oil and comfrey soaps..
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