Grow your own Drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have been raiding nature’s larder for years and isolating ingredients to make high cost, patented, chemical drugs to cure our ails. My friend Florence who is 99 tells me that there is a plant for every ailment and James Wong agrees.
An ethno-botanist and gardener, James Wong explains, in the videos below, how many of the ingredients in commercially available drugs can be found in your garden or on a country walk. Cornflowers have been used for hundreds of years for eye ailments while almost every pain killer on the market contains something extracted from the common poppy. In these two videos he shows us how to prepare a marigold skin clearing acne gel, elderflower throat lozenges,eczema cream from wild violets. Wong also demonstrates preparation of Syrup of Figs for Constipation, Goji Berry Chicken Soup for Colds and Flu, Hops Pillow for Insomnia & Kiwi and Papaya Face Masks.
Another step on the road to self-sufficiency! It’s amazing how much good medicine is found in even every day plants. This is a great resource for Permaculturists looking for stacking functions.
Expect a visit from FDA, ASIO, CIA, DEA (some wing of government) :-( your’ve being anti-social by providing helpful information to the Great Unwashed. Also potentially stifling the otherwise lucrative revenue streams of Big Pharma companies. (BTW only half serious).