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| mrs. graham |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 09:50:57 AM
I've just learned that peach pits are powerful medicine for nausea, heat sickness, etc. For a tincture, you just save them after pitting peaches, and when you have a quart or so, put them in a jar and pour grain alcohol over them, shaking daily for a couple of weeks. Here is the original article: http://bearmedicineherbals.com/?p=523
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| Wildcrafter |
Posted - Sep 14 2009 : 06:33:25 AM
I've always known alcohol to pull out only the medicine from a plant. Vinegar pulls out the nutrients of a plant.
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| barnagainkristin |
Posted - Sep 13 2009 : 8:17:10 PM
Victoria,
Thanks for the alcohol pad idea. I will have to remember that.
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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 8:23:31 PM
Mrs. Graham, I just noticed that you are from Shelley, not too far from me.
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| mrs. graham |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 08:40:39 AM
No need to panic about poisoning, ladies, unless you drink half a bottle of the stuff!  I'd be hard-pressed to think of many foods that did NOT contain a little poison (Think of potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants with their solanine, and rhubarb with oxalic acid.). Mother Nature usually buffers poisonous compounds so that we can use them, but in moderation, of course.
If the prussic acid in peach pits worries you, you can always use the leaves and twigs, too. I've been drinking peach leaf tea and taking the tincture to help get over a bad head cold, and have experienced a definite calming, peaceful effect.
Have a blessed day!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 04:47:47 AM
Apple seeds contain a small amount of cyanide too. I have never heard of using peach pits this way. interesting.
God is good....all the time.
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| EastTXFarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 8:28:54 PM
Ladies I have not heard of using the pits for nausea but I do know that peach seeds actually contain Cyanide. In most cases it is not enough to cause harm but soaked in grain alcohol may be different. An old trick we nurses use if a patient is nauseated and we are having a hard time getting in touch with the doctor an alcohol pad can be sniffed and it blocks the nausea receptors. It is a temporary relief but it does work.
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 04:52:22 AM
Teresa Sue...didn't know you could use cherry pits like that? |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 3:19:15 PM
It is very interestting that 2 poisons mixed together can make a cure, to me that would be a little scary.
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| mrs. graham |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 08:27:20 AM
Hopefully you won't be drinking that much alcohol at once! Usually a dose of tincture is a few drops. One thing to know about alcohol tinctures is that the alcohol is very unbalanced, being mineral deficient. This makes it "hungry", and when combined with the herbs it draws out the minerals from the plant and becomes more balanced, and less like alcohol.
Hope that helps,
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 2:50:48 PM
Won't that much grain alcohol make any body feel good for a while? And there states that you can not buy Grain Alcohol.
Diana
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 12:36:28 PM
Thanks Marqueta! I love to learn natural cures and stuff.
Maggie |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 8:52:43 PM
Marqueta:
That is very interesting to know. Thanks for the post.
Marly
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 1:15:37 PM
Interesting. I've been saving my cherry pits to use to put in a fabric bag and put my the wood stove to be warm, then put in your bed for toasty toes, lol.
Teresa Sue
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