O/T Chimpanzees Treat Medical Conditions by Ingesting Certain Plants

[Guest guest]

Hi all

 

I found this interesting article in the news and thought some of y'all

might be interested in this sort of thing since it involves a sort

of " herbal medicine " being practiced by our closest relatives.

 

http://tinyurl.com/2tn6tk

 

Patty

[Guest guest]

So do horses. The Harry Hoxsey formula that

helped quite a few people with Cancer was

supposedly based on observing the herbs that

horses ate to heal themselves.

 

My friend Maggie's stallion cured his bronchitis

one spring by eating all her Lungwort.

( AKA Boys and Girls, or Youth and Old Age).

And here I had never taken it seriously as a herb.

I should have known that it did not earn the name

Pulmonaria Officinalis just for its pretty flowers.

 

And on top of that, it grows like a weed, transplants

easily and sells well, even when it is not in bloom!

 

Ien in the Kootenays, dreaming of next

year's garden

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Patty, thanks so much for posting this!

I just clicked on the link and read it.

Awesome article. Great material for blog

and newsletter.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

 

 

[Guest guest]

Just a reminder that horses will also eat ragweed and kill themselves.

So observation of what animals use is only a rough guide as many

creatures poison themselves eating dangerous herbs. This sounds a bit

like the utter hogwash that so called " animal aromatherapists " use to

justify using essential oils that they do not have the first clue

about as to the safety issues between species.

 

Martin Watt

 

, " Ieneke van Houten "

<ienvan wrote:

>

> So do horses. The Harry Hoxsey formula that

> helped quite a few people with Cancer was

> supposedly based on observing the herbs that

> horses ate to heal themselves.

>

> My friend Maggie's stallion cured his bronchitis

> one spring by eating all her Lungwort.

> ( AKA Boys and Girls, or Youth and Old Age).

> And here I had never taken it seriously as a herb.

> I should have known that it did not earn the name

> Pulmonaria Officinalis just for its pretty flowers.

>

> And on top of that, it grows like a weed, transplants

> easily and sells well, even when it is not in bloom!

>

> Ien in the Kootenays, dreaming of next

> year's garden

> http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

>

>

>