Menopause Metamorphosis

Weed Walk: Garlic Mustard

Weed Walk

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis)

Here are the pretty flowers of garlic mustard poking out of the sturdy goat-proof fence around my garden. If the goats don’t eat them, we will. The more of the flowers we pick and eat now, the fewer seeds there will be to sprout and grow next spring. Later, we will discuss what to do with seeds that do develop, for one can rarely eat every single flower. Garlic mustard blossoms taste good, and look great, in salads. We pinch off the entire top, flowers and flower buds, and toss it whole in salads.

The leaves of the flowering plants are smaller and tougher and more bitter now, so we leave them (or feed them to the rabbits) and start harvesting garlic mustard leaves from the first-year plants. They sprouted last month, and have grown big and tender without any tending on my part. All I have to do is harvest as many tasty, vitamin- and mineral-rich greens as I want to cook and put in my salads.

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Identifying wild plants in your backyard

Identifying wild plants in your backyard

Susun shows us plants we can find in our backyards, such as oxalis, echinacea, motherwort, yellow dock, wild carrot. Oxalis aka wood sorrel, which looks like clover. It is rich in vitamin c and is great to eat in salads.

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Calcium Supplements and Nourishing Herbal Infusions

Hi,

I am taking calcium citrate supplements--about 3 pills/day at 1,000 mg. per 5 pills.  How much calcium is in a quart of nettle infusion?  oatstraw?  red clover?  Is it possible to get too much calcium?  Should I drink less infusion or take less calcium?

Thanks...

Hello,

Enclosed is a link to mineral content on many common infusions.

http://medherb.com/Materia_Medica/The_Mineral_Content_of_Herbal_Decoctions_.htm

I have not heard of any issues with people taking both infusions and supplements but it is a bit like comparing apples to oranges. When you are taking infusions you are basically taking food. Of course, one can overdose on anything but having a cup or two of infusions each day is part of maintaining a well-balanced diet. In fact, Susun states that if one must take calcium, drink them down with a glass of infusion.

This way you are getting the magnesium to help your calcium work. The magnesium and calcium along with the other minerals and vitamins in infusions are working together as a synergistic whole and are easily absorbed by the body - unlike the calcium supplements. Of course, the Wise Woman Way is to build bones up without supplements, so almost always we would recommend reduction of pills and increasing infusions. 

If you wish to continue with the supplements, do make sure you use the calcium citrate as it is one of the forms that is easier for the body to assimilate and I would think very hard about ever going to any other methods such as Fosomax. Here are some recent postings at our weblogs:  

http://www.wisewomantradition.com/empoweringwomen/2010/09/fosamax-problems-continue.html

http://www.wisewomantradition.com/empoweringwomen/2010/09/fosamax-problems-continue.html

http://www.wisewomantradition.com/empoweringwomen/2010/09/if-youre-concerned-about-your-bones-get-hopping.html

blessings,

Kim

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Red Clover Blossom

Hi,

I am a menopausal woman, 52 years old and have begun making nourishing herbal infusions. I want to add red clover to my list of infusions for it's many benefits. Some places in the NEW Menopausal Years book when the herb is mentioned it says red clover blossoms and other times it only says red clover...when it doesn't say the blossoms, do I just use the herb (I am trying to decide what to order from Mountain Herb co)...

Thank very much!

Hello,

Whenever talking about red clover, we are talking about the blossoms - so that is what you would want to order.

You may also be interested in Susun's free online course, Nourishing Herbal Infusions. You have free access to lessons, MP3 lectures, classroom discussions with other participants and the ability to ask Susun questions. You can register via our bookshop here:

http://www.herbalmedicinehealing.com/store/item_view.asp?estore_itemid=1000456

blessings,

Kim

Wise Woman Team

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www.wisewomanuniversity.org

 

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