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Herbal Wisdom:  Save Your Peach Pits, Ladies!  |
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mrs. graham
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marqueta
Shelley
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 Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 09:50:57 AM
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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
~Marqueta
"Organic farmers are in touch with their roots!"
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 1:15:37 PM
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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
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 8:52:43 PM
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Marqueta:
That is very interesting to know. Thanks for the post.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 12:36:28 PM
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Thanks Marqueta! I love to learn natural cures and stuff.
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 2:50:48 PM
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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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mrs. graham
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Marqueta
Shelley
ID
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Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 08:27:20 AM
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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,
"Organic farmers are in touch with their roots!"
My blog http://sweetefelicity.blogspot.com/ |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 3:19:15 PM
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It is very interestting that 2 poisons mixed together can make a cure, to me that would be a little scary.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
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Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 04:52:22 AM
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| Teresa Sue...didn't know you could use cherry pits like that? |
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2009 : 8:28:54 PM
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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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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 04:47:47 AM
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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.
Denise
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mrs. graham
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Marqueta
Shelley
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Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 08:40:39 AM
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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!
"Organic farmers are in touch with their roots!"
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 8:23:31 PM
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Mrs. Graham, I just noticed that you are from Shelley, not too far from me.
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barnagainkristin
True Blue Farmgirl
465 Posts
Kristin
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 13 2009 : 8:17:10 PM
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Victoria,
Thanks for the alcohol pad idea. I will have to remember that.
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
340 Posts
Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
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