Herbal Medicine for Preppers: Willow and Palmetto

[00:00:00] Hey y'all, welcome to this week's show. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and hopefully aren't out shopping on Black Friday. I absolutely hate crowded stores and shopping on such things as that, but hey, if that's your thing, go for it. But speaking of which, you know, I'd much rather just stay home and eat the turkey and let everybody else go out while I wipe out the leftovers, basically.

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[00:03:58] And also, you know, I'm a wood carver.

[00:04:00] I carve wooden spoons and bowls and such.

[00:04:02] And a very limited availability.

[00:04:04] I mean, it takes me a couple of days to carve a piece, you know.

[00:04:07] Because I do it by hand with knives.

[00:04:09] And, I mean, it really can be very difficult and time-consuming.

[00:04:14] That site is Judson Carroll Woodcraft.

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[00:04:28] Just posted a beautiful set of wild cherry cooking spoons that I just finished carving yesterday.

[00:04:34] That's brand new on the site.

[00:04:35] You'll be some of the first people to actually hear about this when this podcast goes out this afternoon.

[00:04:39] And those, you know, old-fashioned quality handmade heirloom pieces that are really very collectible.

[00:04:47] And like I said, I can do about maybe two in a week.

[00:04:53] So they're very limited availability and very reasonable prices.

[00:04:58] I mean, you know, I know some professional spoon carvers and bowl carvers that will charge hundreds of dollars for a spoon.

[00:05:06] Yeah, I don't do that.

[00:05:07] But about $25 is my average price or $50 for $2, you know, when I do a set.

[00:05:12] So remember that for your Christmas gifts as well, you know.

[00:05:16] That would be good for anybody in your life.

[00:05:18] This is not a machine-made product.

[00:05:21] I literally go out and cut the tree down, usually a storm-damaged tree.

[00:05:26] Cut it up.

[00:05:27] Take a hand saw and, well, chop it into what you call blanks.

[00:05:33] You know, chop the log into workable pieces with an axe.

[00:05:35] Take a hand saw and do a little cutting.

[00:05:38] And then rough it out with an axe.

[00:05:40] And then the rest is all done with a knife, a spoon knife, which allows me to scoop out the bowl.

[00:05:45] And usually a small gouge just for detail work.

[00:05:49] So, yeah, I really do things the hard, old-fashioned way.

[00:05:52] And then oil them with walnut oil, which is a nice neutral oil.

[00:05:55] And people love them.

[00:05:57] I mean, the last set I posted on Monday sold within 30 minutes.

[00:06:03] I'm not kidding you.

[00:06:04] I posted a set of cherry cooking spoons, almost identical to the set I posted today.

[00:06:09] And they sold within 30 minutes of hitting the website.

[00:06:13] So, yeah, there is quite a bit of demand.

[00:06:15] But check it out.

[00:06:16] I got a really nice salt bowl on there that I'm sure anybody would like to have.

[00:06:19] And some spoons and spatulas and all kinds of neat stuff.

[00:06:23] So, now let's get on with the show.

[00:06:25] We're actually getting two trees today.

[00:06:28] One's really big and the other's really short.

[00:06:30] So, we'll start with a short one.

[00:06:31] And it is sable palmetto or saw palmetto.

[00:06:34] You've probably heard about this if you've been around the past few years.

[00:06:38] It actually, well, it doesn't grow in North Carolina.

[00:06:42] It grows, you start seeing when you get down around Beaufort, South Carolina.

[00:06:48] And very much around Savannah, Georgia.

[00:06:51] All over the place around Savannah, Georgia.

[00:06:54] And just a small palm tree, essentially.

[00:06:58] It's called the cabbage palmetto.

[00:07:00] And it's actually the state tree of South Carolina.

[00:07:03] It will grow in some areas of North Carolina.

[00:07:06] Usually someone's planted it there.

[00:07:08] You know, it's more like an ornamental.

[00:07:10] But it grows wild.

[00:07:11] I mean, if you're driving down 95,

[00:07:13] you get between Beaufort and, say, Guyton, Georgia or Savannah.

[00:07:17] And you're going to start seeing these just wild little cabbage palmettos.

[00:07:21] Just side of the road.

[00:07:23] Historically, it's been used for food.

[00:07:25] Plants for a Future says medicinal use of the cabbage palmetto.

[00:07:29] The berries or seeds have been used in the treatment of grass sickness,

[00:07:33] low fever, headaches, and weight loss.

[00:07:35] And that's the cabbage palmetto.

[00:07:37] That's, let me see, that's sable.

[00:07:40] I can't remember which sable is that.

[00:07:43] But anyway, it's relative.

[00:07:45] The salt palmetto is the one that's been studied for processing inflammation.

[00:07:49] Seems they are pretty much interchangeable.

[00:07:51] But I cannot swear to that.

[00:07:53] These sables are actually sable Etonia scrub palmetto,

[00:07:58] sable Mexicana, Mexican palmetto,

[00:08:04] bush palmetto,

[00:08:06] and sable palmetto,

[00:08:07] cabbage palmetto.

[00:08:09] So we just have to look into which of those.

[00:08:12] The salt palmetto and the cabbage palmetto are basically cousins.

[00:08:16] And we need to research that one a little bit more.

[00:08:19] So now we'll get to the big one.

[00:08:21] It's salix,

[00:08:22] which is willow or osier.

[00:08:25] Big family, 62 varieties of salix used in herbal medicine.

[00:08:32] They're mostly willows,

[00:08:33] but there's also what you call osiers.

[00:08:38] And sometimes the poplar is used somewhat interchangeably.

[00:08:43] I'm not going to get into the specific virtues of all 62 trees,

[00:08:47] but only one variety of salix is actually native in my region.

[00:08:51] It's black willow, salix nigra.

[00:08:53] But it's naturalized.

[00:08:55] People brought them in and planted them.

[00:08:57] White willow, gray willow,

[00:09:00] or olive leaf willow.

[00:09:01] That's a very pretty one, actually.

[00:09:03] Weeping willow,

[00:09:04] which is actually salix babylonica.

[00:09:07] The weeping willow actually comes from Babylon originally.

[00:09:12] Salix caprao, goat willow,

[00:09:14] and gray willow,

[00:09:15] and laurel willow or bay willow.

[00:09:18] And willows are a very pretty tree,

[00:09:20] often planted ornamentally,

[00:09:23] widely used in herbal medicine.

[00:09:25] I mean, one of the most important plants in herbal medicine.

[00:09:28] And if you were talking with most herbalists,

[00:09:30] about the only tree,

[00:09:32] the willows,

[00:09:34] osier, poplar,

[00:09:36] and to some extent,

[00:09:38] birch,

[00:09:38] to some extent,

[00:09:40] they would really be familiar with.

[00:09:42] A lot of herbalists don't really deal with trees a whole lot,

[00:09:45] which I think is kind of weird.

[00:09:46] They just don't teach that really much in herb school.

[00:09:49] I mean,

[00:09:49] I think trees are among the most potent herbal medicines.

[00:09:53] And I know they are.

[00:09:54] And so easy to identify

[00:09:56] and so abundant

[00:09:57] that to me,

[00:09:57] that's where you want to start teaching herbal medicine.

[00:10:00] I mean,

[00:10:00] why have somebody start memorizing

[00:10:02] two or three hundred little herbaceous plants

[00:10:05] that can be very difficult to identify,

[00:10:07] right?

[00:10:08] In the wild.

[00:10:09] Why not start with the trees in your own backyard?

[00:10:11] And then I go to the herbs that are in your spice cabinet.

[00:10:14] And then I start talking about

[00:10:16] some of the more,

[00:10:18] I guess,

[00:10:19] what you would consider mainstream herbs

[00:10:21] in modern medicine.

[00:10:22] To me,

[00:10:22] it's they're just going about it backwards.

[00:10:24] But that's my opinion.

[00:10:25] Um,

[00:10:26] but of course,

[00:10:27] salix,

[00:10:28] um,

[00:10:29] so named,

[00:10:30] uh,

[00:10:30] for salicylic acid,

[00:10:32] which is the base of aspirin.

[00:10:33] And it's been known far back.

[00:10:36] I mean,

[00:10:37] uh,

[00:10:37] you know,

[00:10:37] if you were a 90s kid,

[00:10:39] you may have seen Dr.

[00:10:40] Quinn Medicine Woman

[00:10:41] and they did a whole episode

[00:10:43] about where she learned about

[00:10:44] how to use willow bark

[00:10:45] from the,

[00:10:46] uh,

[00:10:47] uh,

[00:10:47] whatever tribe,

[00:10:48] Native American tribe

[00:10:49] there was there.

[00:10:50] I can't remember.

[00:10:51] Were they Sue,

[00:10:52] Comanche?

[00:10:52] I don't remember.

[00:10:53] Had to be Sue.

[00:10:54] anyway,

[00:10:55] Navajo?

[00:10:56] I can't even remember

[00:10:57] where the show was filmed.

[00:10:58] It's been so long.

[00:10:58] But anyway,

[00:10:59] um,

[00:11:00] and she was saying,

[00:11:01] oh,

[00:11:01] this,

[00:11:01] you know,

[00:11:01] this amazing plant

[00:11:02] I learned from the Indians

[00:11:04] reduces pain

[00:11:05] and inflammation.

[00:11:06] That was a load of crap.

[00:11:09] those,

[00:11:09] those properties of willow

[00:11:11] have been documented

[00:11:13] at least as far back

[00:11:14] as ancient Greek medicine.

[00:11:16] And considering that

[00:11:17] the most commonly used one

[00:11:19] came out of Babylon,

[00:11:21] um,

[00:11:21] um,

[00:11:22] we can assume,

[00:11:23] and I do believe

[00:11:24] it's actually documented

[00:11:25] in the,

[00:11:27] oh,

[00:11:27] not the Ebers Papyrus,

[00:11:29] uh,

[00:11:29] the cuneiform tablets

[00:11:31] from ancient Sumeria,

[00:11:32] if I remember correctly.

[00:11:34] Ancient Sumeria

[00:11:34] was like the predecessor

[00:11:35] to Babylon.

[00:11:37] They were using,

[00:11:38] they knew about aspirin,

[00:11:40] essentially,

[00:11:40] not the synthetic pill form

[00:11:42] that bear,

[00:11:43] uh,

[00:11:43] the bear company,

[00:11:44] um,

[00:11:45] invented around 1900,

[00:11:47] 1820,

[00:11:47] but the aspirin properties

[00:11:50] of willow

[00:11:50] have been documented

[00:11:51] as far back

[00:11:52] as herbal medicine goes.

[00:11:54] And that's,

[00:11:55] we're talking something

[00:11:56] like 6,000 years

[00:11:57] to the,

[00:11:57] um,

[00:11:58] ancient Sumeria,

[00:11:59] maybe even a little longer,

[00:12:00] you know,

[00:12:01] so,

[00:12:02] you know,

[00:12:02] uh,

[00:12:03] more PC crap

[00:12:04] on television

[00:12:04] was all Dr. Quinn was.

[00:12:08] Though I have to admit,

[00:12:09] I did dress like Sully

[00:12:11] for a while.

[00:12:11] I thought that was

[00:12:12] pretty cool.

[00:12:15] and learn to throw

[00:12:16] a tomahawk.

[00:12:17] Always a good thing

[00:12:18] to know how to do.

[00:12:19] Anyway,

[00:12:20] the,

[00:12:21] uh,

[00:12:21] Greeks called

[00:12:22] Willow Aitia,

[00:12:24] which used to be

[00:12:25] actually a fairly common name.

[00:12:26] My grandmother,

[00:12:27] um,

[00:12:28] very briefly employed

[00:12:30] a maid named Aitia

[00:12:31] after one of her pregnancies.

[00:12:33] She had bad kidneys.

[00:12:34] She was really weakened.

[00:12:35] And,

[00:12:36] uh,

[00:12:37] that lasted as long

[00:12:38] and that lasted

[00:12:39] until she saw Aitia

[00:12:41] spitting tobacco juice

[00:12:42] in the kitchen sink.

[00:12:43] And that was the end of that.

[00:12:45] So,

[00:12:46] Aitia is a tree

[00:12:48] known to all

[00:12:49] whose fruit,

[00:12:50] leaves,

[00:12:50] and bark are,

[00:12:51] and juice are stringent.

[00:12:52] This is from

[00:12:53] Dios Corides.

[00:12:54] The leaves pounded

[00:12:55] into small pieces

[00:12:56] and taken in a drink

[00:12:57] with a little pepper

[00:12:58] and wine

[00:12:58] do help those troubled

[00:13:00] with painful

[00:13:02] intestinal obstruction.

[00:13:03] That was known as

[00:13:04] Iliaca Pasio.

[00:13:06] Pasio,

[00:13:07] you may recognize

[00:13:08] from the Passion of Christ.

[00:13:09] That means the suffering

[00:13:10] of Christ.

[00:13:11] And,

[00:13:12] uh,

[00:13:12] Iliaca Pasio

[00:13:13] would essentially mean,

[00:13:15] um,

[00:13:18] suffering pain

[00:13:18] in the ilium.

[00:13:20] Taken by themselves

[00:13:20] with water,

[00:13:21] they can cause

[00:13:22] inconception.

[00:13:24] Um,

[00:13:25] the fruit taken,

[00:13:26] uh,

[00:13:27] as a drink,

[00:13:28] and that's,

[00:13:28] that was believed.

[00:13:30] It's not actually

[00:13:30] a use of birth control,

[00:13:32] but anyway,

[00:13:33] uh,

[00:13:33] that was just,

[00:13:34] uh,

[00:13:34] believed at the time.

[00:13:35] The fruit taken in,

[00:13:36] in fact,

[00:13:37] increasing circulation

[00:13:38] might make it work

[00:13:39] the opposite way.

[00:13:40] Uh,

[00:13:41] the fruit taken in drink

[00:13:42] is a good,

[00:13:43] is good for those

[00:13:44] who spit blood

[00:13:45] and the bark

[00:13:46] does the same.

[00:13:47] Burnt and steeped

[00:13:48] in vinegar,

[00:13:48] it takes away calluses

[00:13:49] and corns

[00:13:50] rubbed on them.

[00:13:51] The juice from the leaves

[00:13:52] and bark,

[00:13:53] uh,

[00:13:54] added with rosacean,

[00:13:55] that's,

[00:13:55] rose,

[00:13:56] essentially,

[00:13:57] in a cup of,

[00:13:58] um,

[00:13:59] pomegranate juice,

[00:14:01] helps soar in the ears

[00:14:03] and a decoction of them

[00:14:04] is an excellent warm pack

[00:14:06] for gout.

[00:14:06] Now that would be very good,

[00:14:08] actually.

[00:14:08] The rose,

[00:14:09] uh,

[00:14:09] has some antiseptic qualities,

[00:14:11] it has some anti-inflammatory properties,

[00:14:12] it's very soothing.

[00:14:14] Of course,

[00:14:15] the,

[00:14:15] uh,

[00:14:15] pomegranate juice,

[00:14:17] strongly antioxidant,

[00:14:18] astringent,

[00:14:20] and,

[00:14:20] um,

[00:14:21] it helps bring down inflammation.

[00:14:22] So,

[00:14:22] you know,

[00:14:23] you're putting that together

[00:14:23] with,

[00:14:24] uh,

[00:14:25] essentially an aspirin type product

[00:14:27] and you can see that

[00:14:28] why that would be extremely,

[00:14:30] uh,

[00:14:30] effective

[00:14:30] and also

[00:14:31] probably good to sip on too

[00:14:33] if you use rose water

[00:14:34] to make a,

[00:14:35] a nice little,

[00:14:36] uh,

[00:14:37] uh,

[00:14:37] beverage on a hot day,

[00:14:38] I would say.

[00:14:39] It also cleans away the scurr

[00:14:40] for eczema,

[00:14:42] a juice,

[00:14:43] and that's still to this day.

[00:14:44] Uh,

[00:14:45] you basically have,

[00:14:46] when you look at,

[00:14:47] uh,

[00:14:48] products on the shelf

[00:14:49] in stores

[00:14:49] for dandruff

[00:14:50] or,

[00:14:50] uh,

[00:14:51] eczema,

[00:14:52] um,

[00:14:53] some of them are going to use

[00:14:54] coal tar

[00:14:54] like,

[00:14:55] uh,

[00:14:55] tea gel,

[00:14:55] uh,

[00:14:56] but are the,

[00:14:57] most of the other ones

[00:14:57] are going to be,

[00:14:59] uh,

[00:14:59] aspirin based.

[00:15:00] The aspirin in those

[00:15:02] dandruff shampoos

[00:15:03] and for eczema,

[00:15:04] uh,

[00:15:05] ointments and creams

[00:15:06] actually does reduce

[00:15:07] the inflammation of the skin

[00:15:09] and,

[00:15:09] and the eczema.

[00:15:10] So,

[00:15:11] um,

[00:15:12] yeah,

[00:15:12] this has been done forever.

[00:15:13] Uh,

[00:15:13] a juice taken from it

[00:15:14] at the time

[00:15:15] of its flowering,

[00:15:16] uh,

[00:15:16] the bark being cut,

[00:15:17] um,

[00:15:18] for the juices found

[00:15:20] coalesced with the end.

[00:15:21] In other words,

[00:15:22] we're talking to a thin sap,

[00:15:23] has the ability

[00:15:24] to clean away things

[00:15:25] that darken the pupils.

[00:15:27] another very old use

[00:15:28] was,

[00:15:28] yes,

[00:15:29] using that sap

[00:15:30] in the eyes.

[00:15:31] Um,

[00:15:32] so now St. Hildegard,

[00:15:34] um,

[00:15:35] so Hildegard von Bingen

[00:15:37] really did not approve

[00:15:38] of willow.

[00:15:39] Oddly enough,

[00:15:40] she said,

[00:15:41] the willow is cold

[00:15:42] and it designates vices

[00:15:44] since it seems

[00:15:45] to be beautiful.

[00:15:46] It is not useful

[00:15:48] for people

[00:15:48] except in external use

[00:15:50] and is not good

[00:15:50] for medicine.

[00:15:51] Its fruit and juice

[00:15:52] is bitter

[00:15:53] and not good

[00:15:54] for human juice,

[00:15:55] uh,

[00:15:56] use.

[00:15:56] If one wishes

[00:15:57] to eat it,

[00:15:58] it stirs up

[00:15:59] melancholy in him

[00:16:00] and makes him bitter

[00:16:02] inside

[00:16:02] and diminishes

[00:16:03] his health

[00:16:03] and happiness.

[00:16:05] I have no idea

[00:16:06] why she wrote that

[00:16:07] and why she thought that,

[00:16:08] but,

[00:16:08] um,

[00:16:09] I mean,

[00:16:09] I just saw a historian

[00:16:10] doing a program

[00:16:11] on her the other day

[00:16:12] talking about

[00:16:13] one of her,

[00:16:14] uh,

[00:16:15] um,

[00:16:16] sort of an herbal remedy.

[00:16:18] It was actually a cookie

[00:16:18] she made out of spices

[00:16:19] which was good

[00:16:20] for melancholy

[00:16:21] and depression

[00:16:22] and also helped

[00:16:23] with concentration

[00:16:24] and,

[00:16:25] um,

[00:16:25] actually could be

[00:16:26] sort of a useful

[00:16:26] cure for ADD

[00:16:27] because it was

[00:16:28] especially good

[00:16:28] for helping children

[00:16:29] with their studies,

[00:16:30] she said.

[00:16:31] Um,

[00:16:31] he went on and on

[00:16:32] about how she had

[00:16:33] learned Greek medicine

[00:16:34] and her medicine

[00:16:35] was so influenced

[00:16:36] by,

[00:16:37] you know,

[00:16:37] Dioscorides

[00:16:38] and Galen

[00:16:39] and Hippocrates

[00:16:39] and all this guy.

[00:16:40] Total utter bull.

[00:16:42] Uh,

[00:16:42] it wasn't

[00:16:43] and this is one

[00:16:44] of those

[00:16:44] very clear examples

[00:16:46] where what she wrote

[00:16:47] was absolutely

[00:16:48] opposite

[00:16:49] of what was

[00:16:50] in the Greek

[00:16:51] medical writing

[00:16:52] and,

[00:16:53] um,

[00:16:53] she said

[00:16:54] she was taught

[00:16:54] by the voice

[00:16:55] of the living light.

[00:16:56] In other words,

[00:16:57] she learned

[00:16:58] herbal medicine

[00:16:59] from God

[00:16:59] and angels

[00:17:00] through visions.

[00:17:01] Uh,

[00:17:01] visions that have

[00:17:02] been approved

[00:17:02] by the church

[00:17:03] and she's one

[00:17:03] of the few female

[00:17:04] doctors

[00:17:05] of the Catholic church.

[00:17:06] That's a really

[00:17:07] big deal

[00:17:08] that's not just

[00:17:08] considered a saint

[00:17:10] but one of the

[00:17:10] greatest teachers

[00:17:12] and writers.

[00:17:13] She wrote,

[00:17:13] uh,

[00:17:14] several books

[00:17:15] on,

[00:17:15] um,

[00:17:16] theology

[00:17:16] and doctrine

[00:17:17] and all of it

[00:17:18] was revealed

[00:17:18] through visions

[00:17:19] because she was,

[00:17:21] um,

[00:17:22] very sickly

[00:17:23] as a child,

[00:17:24] often blind

[00:17:25] and,

[00:17:26] um,

[00:17:27] bedridden

[00:17:28] and didn't get

[00:17:29] the education

[00:17:30] that a lot

[00:17:30] of the other nuns

[00:17:31] got.

[00:17:31] She could barely

[00:17:32] write,

[00:17:33] uh,

[00:17:33] could barely

[00:17:34] read

[00:17:34] and yet

[00:17:35] she's,

[00:17:36] uh,

[00:17:37] wrote,

[00:17:38] a play,

[00:17:39] uh,

[00:17:40] uh,

[00:17:40] what they call

[00:17:40] a morality play.

[00:17:42] Much of the church

[00:17:43] music,

[00:17:44] the Gregorian

[00:17:44] chants

[00:17:45] from the,

[00:17:46] uh,

[00:17:46] middle ages,

[00:17:47] we're talking

[00:17:47] around 1100 A.D.

[00:17:52] two books

[00:17:52] on herbal medicine

[00:17:53] that are like

[00:17:54] light years

[00:17:55] beyond their time

[00:17:55] and,

[00:17:56] I mean,

[00:17:57] books about

[00:17:59] heaven and the

[00:17:59] universe

[00:18:00] and,

[00:18:00] uh,

[00:18:01] all that

[00:18:02] that were

[00:18:04] revolutionary

[00:18:05] and this is

[00:18:06] someone with

[00:18:06] very little

[00:18:07] formal education

[00:18:08] so,

[00:18:09] you know,

[00:18:10] whatever,

[00:18:10] uh,

[00:18:11] these modern

[00:18:12] historians

[00:18:12] that keep

[00:18:13] wanting to

[00:18:13] discount,

[00:18:14] um,

[00:18:17] her work

[00:18:18] as being

[00:18:19] derivative

[00:18:20] have no idea

[00:18:21] what they're

[00:18:21] talking about.

[00:18:22] If they

[00:18:23] studied a little

[00:18:23] bit more

[00:18:24] about herbal

[00:18:24] medicine

[00:18:25] and then

[00:18:25] compared it

[00:18:26] to what

[00:18:26] she wrote,

[00:18:28] they'd know

[00:18:29] that it

[00:18:29] was a,

[00:18:29] you know,

[00:18:30] use similar

[00:18:31] words like,

[00:18:32] uh,

[00:18:33] what would

[00:18:33] say,

[00:18:33] willow's

[00:18:34] cold

[00:18:35] and stirs

[00:18:36] up melancholy.

[00:18:37] Well,

[00:18:37] that's,

[00:18:37] you know,

[00:18:37] that is sort

[00:18:38] of the humor

[00:18:38] system of

[00:18:39] Greek and

[00:18:40] Roman medicine

[00:18:40] but those

[00:18:41] words would

[00:18:41] have been

[00:18:41] common at

[00:18:42] the time.

[00:18:43] It doesn't

[00:18:43] mean she

[00:18:44] learned them

[00:18:44] from books

[00:18:45] written by

[00:18:46] Dioscorides

[00:18:46] because probably

[00:18:47] she couldn't

[00:18:48] even read

[00:18:48] them.

[00:18:49] Um,

[00:18:49] she dictated

[00:18:50] her books

[00:18:50] to those

[00:18:51] who wrote

[00:18:52] down her

[00:18:52] words.

[00:18:53] And,

[00:18:54] very interestingly,

[00:18:55] she recorded

[00:18:56] the language

[00:18:57] of the angels.

[00:18:58] People say

[00:18:59] she invented

[00:18:59] her own

[00:19:00] language.

[00:19:00] Well,

[00:19:00] no,

[00:19:01] she actually

[00:19:01] recorded

[00:19:01] the language

[00:19:02] she heard

[00:19:03] the angels

[00:19:03] speaking.

[00:19:05] And,

[00:19:05] uh,

[00:19:05] that's very

[00:19:06] interesting.

[00:19:07] You could,

[00:19:07] you could spend

[00:19:08] a lifetime

[00:19:08] studying her

[00:19:09] works and

[00:19:10] still not

[00:19:10] understand them.

[00:19:11] But,

[00:19:12] considering in

[00:19:12] about 1100 A.D.,

[00:19:13] she was

[00:19:14] describing

[00:19:14] cancer,

[00:19:15] she was

[00:19:15] describing

[00:19:17] viruses,

[00:19:18] she was

[00:19:18] describing

[00:19:20] things that

[00:19:21] scientists

[00:19:22] hundreds of

[00:19:23] years later

[00:19:24] would be able

[00:19:24] to see under

[00:19:25] a microscope.

[00:19:27] And,

[00:19:27] she was

[00:19:27] describing them

[00:19:28] in her own

[00:19:29] language in

[00:19:30] about 1100 A.D.

[00:19:32] because she'd

[00:19:32] seen them in

[00:19:32] visions.

[00:19:34] And,

[00:19:34] I think it's

[00:19:35] amazing.

[00:19:35] Anyway,

[00:19:37] um,

[00:19:37] just,

[00:19:38] just absolutely

[00:19:39] amazing.

[00:19:39] If you're

[00:19:39] interested in

[00:19:40] more information

[00:19:41] on that,

[00:19:41] you can get

[00:19:42] my Christian

[00:19:42] History of

[00:19:43] Herbal Medicine.

[00:19:43] It's one of

[00:19:44] my,

[00:19:44] um,

[00:19:44] most controversial

[00:19:45] and best-selling

[00:19:46] books because

[00:19:47] all the New

[00:19:47] Age,

[00:19:48] uh,

[00:19:48] witchy types,

[00:19:50] um,

[00:19:51] hate it.

[00:19:51] And,

[00:19:52] they give me

[00:19:52] bad reviews

[00:19:52] on,

[00:19:53] um,

[00:19:54] on Amazon.

[00:19:55] And,

[00:19:55] then there's

[00:19:55] also,

[00:19:56] uh,

[00:19:56] you have

[00:19:57] some Protestants

[00:19:58] who are

[00:19:58] very opposed

[00:19:59] to Catholicism,

[00:20:01] really bigoted

[00:20:02] toward Catholicism,

[00:20:03] and anything

[00:20:04] written,

[00:20:05] um,

[00:20:06] that quotes

[00:20:07] from old

[00:20:08] Catholic documents

[00:20:09] uh,

[00:20:10] they deny

[00:20:10] and call it

[00:20:12] witchcrafted,

[00:20:12] essentially.

[00:20:13] You know,

[00:20:13] they don't want

[00:20:14] to admit

[00:20:14] that,

[00:20:15] uh,

[00:20:15] Catholics

[00:20:16] were,

[00:20:17] had any

[00:20:17] influence

[00:20:18] in culture

[00:20:19] and Christianity

[00:20:19] over the last

[00:20:20] 2,000 years.

[00:20:21] So,

[00:20:22] I do actually

[00:20:22] get a lot

[00:20:23] of bad

[00:20:23] reviews on

[00:20:24] that book,

[00:20:24] and then I

[00:20:25] get a lot

[00:20:25] of good

[00:20:25] reviews on

[00:20:26] the book

[00:20:26] saying it's

[00:20:26] one of the

[00:20:27] best books

[00:20:27] on herbal

[00:20:28] medicine

[00:20:28] in history

[00:20:29] and so,

[00:20:30] you know,

[00:20:30] should be

[00:20:31] in every

[00:20:31] Christian

[00:20:31] home.

[00:20:32] So,

[00:20:33] you know,

[00:20:33] you get it

[00:20:34] from both

[00:20:34] sides.

[00:20:35] Uh,

[00:20:35] anyway,

[00:20:36] we'll get

[00:20:36] into Gerard

[00:20:37] writing in the

[00:20:37] 1400s,

[00:20:39] the leaves

[00:20:39] and bark

[00:20:40] of withy

[00:20:41] or willows,

[00:20:42] that's actually

[00:20:42] old English

[00:20:43] for willow

[00:20:43] is with,

[00:20:44] and some

[00:20:45] people still

[00:20:45] call it that,

[00:20:46] do stay

[00:20:46] the spitting

[00:20:47] of the

[00:20:47] blood

[00:20:47] and other

[00:20:48] fluxes

[00:20:48] of blood

[00:20:49] whatsoever

[00:20:52] in man

[00:20:53] or woman

[00:20:53] if the

[00:20:54] said leaves

[00:20:55] and bark

[00:20:56] be boiled

[00:20:56] in wine

[00:20:57] and drunk.

[00:20:58] The green

[00:20:59] bowels

[00:21:00] with the

[00:21:00] leaves

[00:21:01] may be

[00:21:01] very well

[00:21:02] brought

[00:21:03] into chambers

[00:21:03] and set

[00:21:04] about the

[00:21:05] beds

[00:21:06] of those

[00:21:07] that be

[00:21:07] sick

[00:21:07] with fevers

[00:21:08] for they

[00:21:08] do mightily

[00:21:09] cool the

[00:21:10] heat of

[00:21:10] the air.

[00:21:11] Very true.

[00:21:12] In fact,

[00:21:12] my grandfather

[00:21:12] planted

[00:21:13] willows

[00:21:15] by the

[00:21:16] corners

[00:21:16] of the

[00:21:17] porch

[00:21:17] and then

[00:21:17] taller

[00:21:18] like magnolias

[00:21:19] and pecans

[00:21:19] over them

[00:21:20] and what

[00:21:21] that would

[00:21:21] do,

[00:21:21] the willow

[00:21:22] actually

[00:21:24] pulls

[00:21:24] moisture up

[00:21:25] from the

[00:21:25] ground

[00:21:25] and this,

[00:21:26] you know,

[00:21:26] we were in

[00:21:26] a swampy

[00:21:27] area essentially

[00:21:28] and the

[00:21:29] weeping

[00:21:29] willow

[00:21:30] will drip

[00:21:30] it

[00:21:30] from the

[00:21:31] fronds

[00:21:31] so others

[00:21:32] get just,

[00:21:32] you know,

[00:21:33] a little more

[00:21:33] moist in

[00:21:34] that area

[00:21:34] and that

[00:21:36] creates almost

[00:21:37] a natural

[00:21:38] air conditioning

[00:21:38] especially if

[00:21:39] you have

[00:21:39] that substory

[00:21:40] of trees

[00:21:42] so you've

[00:21:42] got,

[00:21:42] you know,

[00:21:43] shade here

[00:21:43] and heat

[00:21:44] here

[00:21:44] and the

[00:21:45] air moves

[00:21:46] through those

[00:21:47] willow fronds

[00:21:48] they will,

[00:21:49] it's a natural

[00:21:49] air conditioning

[00:21:50] and you could

[00:21:51] sit on the

[00:21:51] back porch

[00:21:51] and it would

[00:21:52] be,

[00:21:52] you know,

[00:21:53] 10 degrees

[00:21:53] cooler

[00:21:53] than if you

[00:21:54] walked out

[00:21:55] into the

[00:21:55] rest of

[00:21:56] the yard

[00:21:56] and,

[00:21:56] you know,

[00:21:57] he was

[00:21:57] brilliant

[00:21:57] that's all

[00:21:58] I can tell

[00:21:58] you.

[00:22:00] The

[00:22:00] bark

[00:22:01] hath-like

[00:22:02] virtues

[00:22:02] Deascordes

[00:22:03] writeth

[00:22:04] that this

[00:22:05] being burnt

[00:22:06] to ashes

[00:22:06] and steeped

[00:22:07] in vinegar

[00:22:07] takes away

[00:22:08] the corns

[00:22:09] and other

[00:22:09] risings of

[00:22:10] the feet

[00:22:10] and toes.

[00:22:12] Diverse,

[00:22:13] saith Galen,

[00:22:14] do slit

[00:22:15] the bark

[00:22:16] whilst the

[00:22:17] withy is

[00:22:18] flowering

[00:22:18] and gather

[00:22:19] a certain

[00:22:20] juice which

[00:22:20] they use

[00:22:21] to take away

[00:22:22] things that

[00:22:23] hinder the

[00:22:23] sight

[00:22:23] and this

[00:22:24] is when

[00:22:25] they are

[00:22:25] constrained

[00:22:25] to use

[00:22:26] a cleansing

[00:22:27] medicine

[00:22:27] of thin

[00:22:28] and subtle

[00:22:30] parts.

[00:22:31] Gosh,

[00:22:31] that old

[00:22:32] Elizabethan

[00:22:33] English

[00:22:33] can make

[00:22:34] you tongue

[00:22:34] tied.

[00:22:35] About 100

[00:22:36] years later,

[00:22:36] Culpepper,

[00:22:37] in his

[00:22:38] unique fashion,

[00:22:39] said the

[00:22:39] moon owns

[00:22:40] it.

[00:22:40] He was

[00:22:40] always,

[00:22:41] you know,

[00:22:41] he was

[00:22:42] very into

[00:22:42] astrology

[00:22:43] and I

[00:22:43] just kind

[00:22:44] of ignore

[00:22:44] that part.

[00:22:46] He says,

[00:22:47] both the

[00:22:47] leaves

[00:22:48] and the

[00:22:48] seed

[00:22:48] are used

[00:22:49] to staunch

[00:22:50] the bleeding

[00:22:50] of wounds

[00:22:51] of the

[00:22:51] mouth and

[00:22:51] nose,

[00:22:52] the spitting

[00:22:52] of blood

[00:22:53] and other

[00:22:53] fluxes of

[00:22:54] blood of

[00:22:54] man and

[00:22:55] woman,

[00:22:55] and to

[00:22:55] stay

[00:22:56] vomiting

[00:22:56] and provocation

[00:22:58] thereunto.

[00:22:59] If the

[00:22:59] decoction

[00:22:59] of them

[00:23:00] be drank

[00:23:00] in wine,

[00:23:01] that was

[00:23:01] the preferred

[00:23:02] way to

[00:23:02] use it,

[00:23:03] steep your

[00:23:03] willow

[00:23:04] in wine.

[00:23:05] It also

[00:23:05] helps to

[00:23:06] stay thin,

[00:23:07] hot,

[00:23:08] sharp,

[00:23:08] salt

[00:23:08] distillations

[00:23:09] from the

[00:23:10] head upon

[00:23:11] the lung,

[00:23:12] causing a

[00:23:12] consumption.

[00:23:14] So basically

[00:23:15] he's saying

[00:23:15] it was good

[00:23:15] for tuberculosis

[00:23:16] and we'd

[00:23:17] already heard

[00:23:17] it helps

[00:23:17] those that

[00:23:18] spit blood.

[00:23:19] The leaves

[00:23:20] bruised with

[00:23:21] some pepper

[00:23:21] drank in

[00:23:22] wine help

[00:23:23] much with

[00:23:23] wind colic,

[00:23:24] that means

[00:23:24] gas in other

[00:23:25] words.

[00:23:26] The leaves

[00:23:27] bruised and

[00:23:27] boiled in

[00:23:28] wine and

[00:23:28] drank stays

[00:23:29] the heat of

[00:23:30] lust in

[00:23:30] man or

[00:23:31] woman.

[00:23:31] I guess

[00:23:32] that's that

[00:23:33] cooling effect

[00:23:33] again that

[00:23:34] St. Hildegard

[00:23:35] talked about.

[00:23:37] Quite extinguishes

[00:23:38] it and if

[00:23:38] it be long

[00:23:40] used.

[00:23:41] The seed is

[00:23:42] also of the

[00:23:42] same effect,

[00:23:43] water that is

[00:23:44] gathered from

[00:23:45] willow and

[00:23:45] in flower,

[00:23:46] the bark

[00:23:46] being slit

[00:23:47] and a

[00:23:47] vessel fitting

[00:23:48] to receive

[00:23:48] it is very

[00:23:49] good for

[00:23:50] redness and

[00:23:50] dimness of

[00:23:51] sight or

[00:23:52] films that

[00:23:52] grow over

[00:23:53] the eyes and

[00:23:54] stay the

[00:23:54] rooms that

[00:23:55] fall into

[00:23:56] them.

[00:23:56] It's

[00:23:56] mucus

[00:23:57] essentially.

[00:23:58] Good to

[00:23:58] provoke

[00:23:58] urine if

[00:23:59] being stopped,

[00:24:00] it be drank.

[00:24:01] To clear

[00:24:02] the face and

[00:24:03] skin from

[00:24:03] spots and

[00:24:04] discolorings.

[00:24:05] Galen says

[00:24:06] the flowers

[00:24:07] have an

[00:24:07] admirable

[00:24:08] faculty in

[00:24:08] drying up

[00:24:09] humors.

[00:24:10] Being a

[00:24:10] medicine without

[00:24:11] any sharpness

[00:24:12] or corrosion,

[00:24:13] you may

[00:24:13] boil them

[00:24:14] in wine and

[00:24:15] drink as much

[00:24:16] as you like

[00:24:16] so long as

[00:24:17] you do not

[00:24:17] drink yourself

[00:24:18] drunk.

[00:24:19] And if you

[00:24:20] did, the

[00:24:20] aspirin in

[00:24:21] there would

[00:24:21] probably help

[00:24:21] with a

[00:24:21] hangover.

[00:24:22] The bark

[00:24:23] works the

[00:24:23] same effect

[00:24:24] if used

[00:24:24] in the

[00:24:25] same

[00:24:25] manner.

[00:24:50] He goes

[00:24:51] on for

[00:24:53] quite a

[00:24:54] bit

[00:24:54] actually.

[00:24:57] At this

[00:24:58] point in

[00:24:58] time, the

[00:25:01] quinine or

[00:25:02] Peruvian bark

[00:25:03] as he

[00:25:03] called it,

[00:25:04] was being

[00:25:05] used of

[00:25:06] course for

[00:25:06] malaria and

[00:25:08] other certain

[00:25:09] fevers of

[00:25:10] that style.

[00:25:11] We might

[00:25:12] use it for

[00:25:13] COVID or

[00:25:14] something.

[00:25:15] It was

[00:25:16] expensive and

[00:25:18] had to be

[00:25:19] imported.

[00:25:20] And

[00:25:20] Culpeper

[00:25:21] being English

[00:25:22] Protestant

[00:25:23] in the

[00:25:26] 1500s.

[00:25:27] He did

[00:25:27] not like it

[00:25:28] at all

[00:25:28] because it

[00:25:29] was also

[00:25:29] called the

[00:25:30] Jesuit

[00:25:30] bark because

[00:25:31] Jesuit

[00:25:31] monks had

[00:25:32] found it

[00:25:32] in Peru.

[00:25:34] He didn't

[00:25:34] like anything

[00:25:35] that had

[00:25:36] anything to do

[00:25:36] with being

[00:25:37] Catholic.

[00:25:37] That would

[00:25:38] be one.

[00:25:40] I would

[00:25:41] get him a

[00:25:41] book by

[00:25:42] say,

[00:25:42] Hilgert von

[00:25:43] Benjen.

[00:25:43] He would

[00:25:43] probably burn

[00:25:44] it just

[00:25:44] because she

[00:25:45] was Catholic.

[00:25:46] That's

[00:25:47] nothing new

[00:25:48] under the

[00:25:49] sun as they

[00:25:49] say.

[00:25:50] But he

[00:25:50] recommended

[00:25:51] using

[00:25:52] willow,

[00:25:53] salicin for

[00:25:54] fevers just

[00:25:55] as we would

[00:25:55] aspirin today.

[00:25:56] Of course,

[00:25:57] it's not as

[00:25:57] strong but

[00:25:58] very,

[00:25:58] very useful.

[00:25:59] Getting up to

[00:26:00] modern use,

[00:26:01] Miss Greve

[00:26:02] says,

[00:26:03] it's 1930s or

[00:26:04] so,

[00:26:05] of the black

[00:26:06] willow, the one

[00:26:07] that grows wild

[00:26:07] here, is an

[00:26:09] aphrodisiac.

[00:26:10] So, totally

[00:26:11] different than

[00:26:11] what Culpepper

[00:26:12] just said,

[00:26:12] right?

[00:26:13] And now it's

[00:26:13] only because

[00:26:14] it's not really

[00:26:15] an aphrodisiac.

[00:26:16] You know,

[00:26:16] aspirin thins

[00:26:17] the blood and

[00:26:18] increases circulation.

[00:26:20] So, that

[00:26:22] helps.

[00:26:23] The bark is

[00:26:24] also sedative

[00:26:25] and tonic.

[00:26:25] The bark has

[00:26:26] been prescribed

[00:26:27] in gonorrhea

[00:26:27] to relieve

[00:26:28] ovarian pain.

[00:26:29] A liquid

[00:26:30] extract is

[00:26:30] prepared and

[00:26:31] used in the

[00:26:32] mixture with

[00:26:32] other sedatives,

[00:26:33] largely used

[00:26:34] in the treatment

[00:26:34] of nocturnal

[00:26:35] emissions. Wet dreams,

[00:26:37] in other

[00:26:37] words.

[00:26:38] Not sure how

[00:26:39] why or if

[00:26:39] that works.

[00:26:41] white willow,

[00:26:42] salix alba.

[00:26:44] Topic?

[00:26:45] No, it is

[00:26:46] tonic, meaning

[00:26:46] it's good for

[00:26:47] the stomach.

[00:26:48] Antiperiodic,

[00:26:49] meaning it would

[00:26:49] help with

[00:26:50] excessive menstrual

[00:26:51] bleeding.

[00:26:53] And astringent,

[00:26:53] it is the

[00:26:55] astringent property

[00:26:56] because you've got

[00:26:56] to remember it

[00:26:56] increases circulation.

[00:26:58] So, yeah, that

[00:26:59] wouldn't be my

[00:27:00] go-to.

[00:27:00] I'd grab some

[00:27:01] shepherd's purse

[00:27:01] or something

[00:27:02] like that.

[00:27:03] It has been

[00:27:03] used in

[00:27:04] dyspepsia,

[00:27:05] connected with

[00:27:06] debility of the

[00:27:07] digestive organs

[00:27:08] and convalescence

[00:27:09] from acute

[00:27:09] diseases,

[00:27:10] in worms,

[00:27:11] in chronic

[00:27:11] diarrhea and

[00:27:12] dysentery.

[00:27:12] Its tonic and

[00:27:14] astringent combination

[00:27:15] renders it very

[00:27:16] useful.

[00:27:18] In Irish

[00:27:19] herbal states,

[00:27:20] this is

[00:27:21] what,

[00:27:22] mid-1800s

[00:27:23] Ireland,

[00:27:23] a decoction of

[00:27:25] the leaves,

[00:27:25] bark,

[00:27:26] seeds,

[00:27:26] and flower

[00:27:26] and wine

[00:27:27] taken internally

[00:27:28] stops vomiting,

[00:27:29] the spitting of

[00:27:29] blood,

[00:27:30] excessive menstrual

[00:27:31] flow,

[00:27:31] and all other

[00:27:32] flows of blood.

[00:27:33] So, I guess in

[00:27:34] its natural form,

[00:27:35] the astringency

[00:27:38] outweighs the

[00:27:38] blood thinning

[00:27:40] property.

[00:27:40] That would make

[00:27:42] a lot of sense,

[00:27:42] especially if you're

[00:27:44] using the bark,

[00:27:45] which is going to

[00:27:46] be much more

[00:27:46] astringent.

[00:27:47] The ashes of the

[00:27:48] bark mixed with

[00:27:49] vinegar cause

[00:27:49] warts to fall off

[00:27:50] and soothes hard

[00:27:51] skin.

[00:27:52] The sap that

[00:27:53] flows from the

[00:27:53] bark is good

[00:27:54] for inflammations

[00:27:55] of the eye.

[00:27:57] Brother Aloysius,

[00:27:59] the protege of

[00:28:01] Father Nape,

[00:28:02] in the German

[00:28:02] tradition wrote,

[00:28:04] Before the

[00:28:05] flowering period

[00:28:05] in April,

[00:28:06] the bark of

[00:28:07] two or three

[00:28:07] year old branches

[00:28:08] should be gathered

[00:28:09] and left to dry.

[00:28:10] A decoction of

[00:28:11] this very bitter

[00:28:12] astringent can be

[00:28:12] fruitfully used

[00:28:13] for the treatment

[00:28:14] of fever.

[00:28:15] It is indeed

[00:28:16] one of the best

[00:28:17] febrifuge or

[00:28:18] fever remedies,

[00:28:19] especially for

[00:28:20] intermittent fever.

[00:28:21] It is highly

[00:28:22] recommended for

[00:28:22] blood spitting

[00:28:24] and is a very

[00:28:26] potent tonic.

[00:28:27] Boil three to

[00:28:28] four tablespoons

[00:28:29] in two cups of

[00:28:30] water until

[00:28:30] reduced by half.

[00:28:32] Add a little

[00:28:32] sugar or honey

[00:28:33] as it has a

[00:28:35] rather bitter

[00:28:36] taste.

[00:28:38] Take one

[00:28:38] tablespoon

[00:28:39] every two

[00:28:39] hours or one

[00:28:40] tablespoon every

[00:28:41] hour in the

[00:28:41] case of fever.

[00:28:42] It is a most

[00:28:43] efficacious remedy

[00:28:44] for heavy

[00:28:45] bleeding,

[00:28:46] also for

[00:28:47] chronic diarrhea,

[00:28:48] leukorrhea,

[00:28:48] excessive mucus,

[00:28:50] stomach cramps,

[00:28:51] nervous complaints,

[00:28:52] spleen and liver

[00:28:52] disorders,

[00:28:53] and for foul

[00:28:55] or mucus stomach.

[00:28:57] So, yeah,

[00:28:58] excellent.

[00:29:00] Father Kunzul

[00:29:01] wrote,

[00:29:02] old people

[00:29:03] whose legs are

[00:29:04] weak because of

[00:29:04] old age or

[00:29:05] because of an

[00:29:06] illness could

[00:29:06] strengthen their

[00:29:07] legs in frequent

[00:29:09] foot baths of

[00:29:10] boiled willow bark.

[00:29:11] Basket weavers

[00:29:12] sell the bark

[00:29:13] cheaply.

[00:29:14] Used to be true.

[00:29:16] Now there are a

[00:29:16] lot fewer

[00:29:17] traditional basket

[00:29:18] weavers.

[00:29:19] I myself am one.

[00:29:20] And, yeah,

[00:29:21] you do have to

[00:29:21] strip the bark

[00:29:22] and it's just

[00:29:23] sort of a byproduct.

[00:29:24] So, yeah,

[00:29:25] it used to be a

[00:29:25] lot more common.

[00:29:29] John Wittib,

[00:29:30] with whom I

[00:29:31] co-wrote the

[00:29:32] Herbs and Weeds

[00:29:32] of Father

[00:29:33] Johann Kunzul,

[00:29:34] another great

[00:29:34] book if you

[00:29:35] want to buy

[00:29:35] one of my books,

[00:29:36] said that

[00:29:37] willow bark

[00:29:38] together with

[00:29:38] meadowsweet is

[00:29:40] part of bare

[00:29:40] aspirin.

[00:29:41] Well, they

[00:29:42] synthesize the

[00:29:44] salicin out of

[00:29:45] it, but you

[00:29:45] know what she

[00:29:46] means.

[00:29:46] I am always

[00:29:47] careful to have

[00:29:48] enough willow bark

[00:29:49] and meadowsweet at

[00:29:49] home.

[00:29:50] It is my

[00:29:51] homemade aspirin.

[00:29:52] In the spring,

[00:29:53] just before the

[00:29:53] buds start opening,

[00:29:54] I cut two or

[00:29:55] three-year-old

[00:29:56] twig from a

[00:29:56] tree, from a

[00:29:57] willow.

[00:29:58] The twigs are

[00:29:58] thinner than the

[00:30:00] thickness of a

[00:30:00] finger.

[00:30:01] I peel the bark,

[00:30:02] cut it into

[00:30:02] one centimeter

[00:30:03] pieces, dry it

[00:30:04] well, and store it

[00:30:05] in tightly closed

[00:30:06] jars in a dark

[00:30:06] place.

[00:30:07] Whenever I have

[00:30:08] fever, flu,

[00:30:09] pains in joints

[00:30:10] or muscles or

[00:30:11] a headache, I

[00:30:11] make a decoction

[00:30:12] or infusion.

[00:30:14] That's exactly

[00:30:14] the way Brother

[00:30:15] Alwish has

[00:30:16] described it.

[00:30:17] It has a

[00:30:19] soothing effect

[00:30:23] and a

[00:30:24] quicker,

[00:30:25] oh, I should

[00:30:25] assume.

[00:30:27] She says,

[00:30:28] this is my

[00:30:29] way of getting

[00:30:29] rid of infections

[00:30:30] with fever

[00:30:31] without ruining

[00:30:31] my stomach.

[00:30:32] As you know,

[00:30:33] aspirin is hard

[00:30:34] on the stomach.

[00:30:36] Let's see,

[00:30:36] American use

[00:30:37] resources of

[00:30:38] the southern

[00:30:39] fields and

[00:30:39] forests.

[00:30:40] We're using

[00:30:41] the black

[00:30:42] willow.

[00:30:47] It was

[00:30:47] talking about

[00:30:48] so many,

[00:30:49] but it was

[00:30:50] one of the

[00:30:51] best substitutes

[00:30:52] for Peruvian

[00:30:52] bark or

[00:30:53] quinine.

[00:30:54] It says,

[00:30:54] this species

[00:30:55] is considered

[00:30:56] valuable to

[00:30:57] bark possessing

[00:30:58] some power

[00:30:58] as a

[00:30:59] purgative,

[00:31:00] anti-intermittent,

[00:31:01] and vermifuge.

[00:31:02] It would

[00:31:03] help clean

[00:31:04] you out,

[00:31:04] help with

[00:31:05] malarial

[00:31:06] fevers,

[00:31:06] and get

[00:31:07] rid of

[00:31:07] worms.

[00:31:08] It also

[00:31:09] furnishes

[00:31:09] a principle

[00:31:10] called

[00:31:10] salicin

[00:31:10] from the

[00:31:11] results,

[00:31:12] and they're

[00:31:13] talking about

[00:31:13] how they

[00:31:14] were beginning

[00:31:14] to discover

[00:31:15] aspirin at

[00:31:16] the time.

[00:31:18] Skipping ahead,

[00:31:20] 1898,

[00:31:20] King's Medical

[00:31:21] Dispensatory

[00:31:22] said,

[00:31:22] willow bark

[00:31:23] is tonic,

[00:31:24] anti-periodic,

[00:31:25] and astringent

[00:31:25] bitter.

[00:31:26] It has

[00:31:26] been given

[00:31:26] in

[00:31:27] intermittent

[00:31:27] dyspepsia

[00:31:28] connected

[00:31:29] with the

[00:31:29] debility of

[00:31:30] the digestive

[00:31:30] organs,

[00:31:32] passive

[00:31:32] hemorrhages,

[00:31:33] chronic

[00:31:33] mucus

[00:31:33] discharges,

[00:31:34] and

[00:31:35] convalescence

[00:31:36] from acute

[00:31:37] diseases,

[00:31:38] and in

[00:31:39] worms.

[00:31:39] Although

[00:31:40] occasionally

[00:31:40] substituted

[00:31:41] for chinchona

[00:31:42] or quinine

[00:31:42] again,

[00:31:43] Peruvian

[00:31:43] bark,

[00:31:44] it is

[00:31:44] inferior

[00:31:45] in

[00:31:45] activity.

[00:31:46] In

[00:31:46] chronic

[00:31:46] diarrhea

[00:31:47] and

[00:31:47] dysentery,

[00:31:48] the tonic

[00:31:48] and astringent

[00:31:48] combination of

[00:31:49] the willow

[00:31:50] renders it

[00:31:50] very eligible.

[00:31:54] Modern

[00:31:54] Use Plants

[00:31:55] for Future

[00:31:55] says,

[00:31:56] of black

[00:31:56] willow,

[00:31:57] the bark

[00:31:57] is anodyne,

[00:31:58] anti-inflammatory,

[00:31:59] anti-periodic,

[00:32:00] antiseptic,

[00:32:01] astringent,

[00:32:02] diaphoretic,

[00:32:02] diuretic,

[00:32:03] febri-fuge,

[00:32:04] hypnotic,

[00:32:05] sedative,

[00:32:05] and tonic.

[00:32:06] Now,

[00:32:06] hypnotic means

[00:32:07] it helps

[00:32:07] you sleep.

[00:32:08] It doesn't

[00:32:08] mean it makes

[00:32:08] you hypnotized,

[00:32:09] but,

[00:32:10] you know,

[00:32:11] whatever.

[00:32:12] Bark

[00:32:13] is used

[00:32:13] interchangeably

[00:32:14] with salix

[00:32:15] alba,

[00:32:16] white

[00:32:16] willow,

[00:32:17] taking the

[00:32:17] treatment of

[00:32:18] rheumatism,

[00:32:18] arthritis,

[00:32:19] gout,

[00:32:19] inflammatory

[00:32:19] stages of

[00:32:20] autoimmune

[00:32:21] diseases,

[00:32:22] diarrhea,

[00:32:23] dysentery,

[00:32:24] fever,

[00:32:24] illnesses,

[00:32:25] neuralgia,

[00:32:25] headache.

[00:32:26] The bark

[00:32:26] can be used

[00:32:27] as a poultice

[00:32:27] on cuts and

[00:32:28] wounds,

[00:32:28] sprains,

[00:32:29] bruises,

[00:32:29] swelling,

[00:32:30] etc.

[00:32:31] And,

[00:32:31] the leaves

[00:32:33] are used

[00:32:34] in the

[00:32:34] treatment of

[00:32:34] minor fever,

[00:32:35] illnesses,

[00:32:36] and colic.

[00:32:37] And,

[00:32:39] let's see,

[00:32:40] Rodale's

[00:32:40] illustrated

[00:32:41] encyclopedia

[00:32:41] of herbs

[00:32:42] just says

[00:32:42] of willow

[00:32:43] bark in

[00:32:43] general.

[00:32:44] Used by

[00:32:44] herbalists

[00:32:45] is an

[00:32:45] anodyne,

[00:32:46] antipyretic,

[00:32:47] astringent,

[00:32:47] detergent,

[00:32:48] tonic,

[00:32:49] antiperiodic,

[00:32:50] and antiseptic.

[00:32:51] It is useful

[00:32:51] in headaches,

[00:32:52] neuralgia,

[00:32:53] hay fever,

[00:32:53] fever,

[00:32:54] pain,

[00:32:54] and inflammation

[00:32:55] of the joints

[00:32:55] like aspirin.

[00:32:58] Peterson

[00:32:59] Field Guide

[00:33:00] for central

[00:33:01] and eastern

[00:33:01] medicinal plants

[00:33:02] says of

[00:33:03] white willow,

[00:33:03] the bark

[00:33:04] of this

[00:33:04] willow,

[00:33:04] and other

[00:33:05] willows

[00:33:06] with very

[00:33:07] bitter and

[00:33:07] astringent

[00:33:08] barks has

[00:33:08] traditionally

[00:33:09] been used

[00:33:09] for diarrhea,

[00:33:10] fevers,

[00:33:11] pains,

[00:33:11] arthritis,

[00:33:12] rheumatism,

[00:33:13] poultice or

[00:33:13] wash used

[00:33:14] for corns,

[00:33:15] cuts,

[00:33:15] cancers,

[00:33:15] ulcers,

[00:33:17] poison ivy

[00:33:18] rash,

[00:33:18] etc.

[00:33:19] Salicylic

[00:33:19] acid derived

[00:33:20] from salicin

[00:33:21] found in

[00:33:21] the bark

[00:33:21] is the

[00:33:22] precursor

[00:33:22] to

[00:33:23] aspirin.

[00:33:24] Botania

[00:33:25] Day says

[00:33:25] willow is

[00:33:26] common in

[00:33:26] the wilderness

[00:33:27] and commonly

[00:33:28] known in

[00:33:28] wilderness

[00:33:28] medicine

[00:33:29] due to its

[00:33:29] aspirin-like

[00:33:30] qualities.

[00:33:31] It is used

[00:33:31] for headaches,

[00:33:32] fevers,

[00:33:32] hay fevers,

[00:33:33] neuralgia,

[00:33:33] inflammation

[00:33:34] of the

[00:33:34] joints.

[00:33:35] Some of

[00:33:35] the salicylic

[00:33:37] acid is

[00:33:38] excreted in

[00:33:38] urine making

[00:33:39] it useful as

[00:33:40] an analgesic

[00:33:41] to the

[00:33:41] urethra and

[00:33:42] bladder.

[00:33:42] good for

[00:33:45] urinary pain

[00:33:46] and such.

[00:33:49] We will

[00:33:50] end here.

[00:33:50] We will

[00:33:50] end with

[00:33:51] the

[00:33:51] physician's

[00:33:52] desk

[00:33:53] reference

[00:33:53] for

[00:33:53] herbal

[00:33:53] medicine.

[00:33:54] This is

[00:33:54] the book

[00:33:54] your doctor

[00:33:56] would use

[00:33:57] if he has

[00:33:57] any interest

[00:33:58] in herbs

[00:33:58] or wants to

[00:33:59] make sure

[00:33:59] they don't

[00:33:59] interfere

[00:34:00] with your

[00:34:00] medication.

[00:34:02] It says

[00:34:03] the efficacy

[00:34:05] of the drug

[00:34:06] is due

[00:34:06] mainly to

[00:34:07] the proportion

[00:34:08] of salicin

[00:34:08] present.

[00:34:09] After

[00:34:10] splitting of

[00:34:11] the acyl

[00:34:12] residue,

[00:34:13] the salicin

[00:34:14] glycosides

[00:34:14] converted to

[00:34:15] salicin,

[00:34:16] the precursor

[00:34:17] of salicylic

[00:34:18] acid.

[00:34:20] Salicylic

[00:34:21] acid is

[00:34:21] antipyretic,

[00:34:23] antiphilogistic,

[00:34:24] and analgesic.

[00:34:25] White

[00:34:26] willow bark

[00:34:26] is the

[00:34:28] precursor

[00:34:28] of salicylic

[00:34:29] acid,

[00:34:30] aspirin.

[00:34:30] The

[00:34:31] salicin

[00:34:31] component

[00:34:32] is responsible

[00:34:33] for the

[00:34:33] anti-inflammatory

[00:34:35] and antipyretic

[00:34:36] effects.

[00:34:36] The

[00:34:37] tannin

[00:34:37] has

[00:34:38] astringency

[00:34:38] and that

[00:34:40] property

[00:34:41] works on

[00:34:42] mucous

[00:34:42] membranes.

[00:34:43] Indications

[00:34:44] and usage

[00:34:46] approved by

[00:34:47] commission E.

[00:34:48] Rheumatism

[00:34:48] and pain.

[00:34:49] Salicin

[00:34:50] is useful

[00:34:50] in diseases

[00:34:51] accompanied by

[00:34:52] fever,

[00:34:52] rheumatic

[00:34:53] ailments,

[00:34:55] headache,

[00:34:55] and pain

[00:34:56] caused by

[00:34:56] inflammation.

[00:34:58] Folk

[00:34:58] medicine

[00:34:58] uses include

[00:34:59] toothache,

[00:35:00] gout,

[00:35:01] gastrointestinal

[00:35:01] disorders,

[00:35:02] diarrhea,

[00:35:03] and wound

[00:35:03] healing.

[00:35:04] Contraindications

[00:35:05] willow bark

[00:35:05] is contraindicated

[00:35:07] in patients

[00:35:07] that have

[00:35:08] hypersensitivity

[00:35:09] to salicylate.

[00:35:12] Salicylate

[00:35:12] should not

[00:35:13] be used

[00:35:13] in children

[00:35:14] with flu-like

[00:35:15] symptoms due

[00:35:15] to the

[00:35:16] association

[00:35:16] of salicylates

[00:35:17] with

[00:35:18] Rye

[00:35:18] syndrome.

[00:35:19] Patients

[00:35:20] with active

[00:35:21] gastric

[00:35:21] or duodenal

[00:35:25] ulcer,

[00:35:26] hemophilia,

[00:35:27] that's

[00:35:27] bleeding,

[00:35:29] asthma,

[00:35:29] and diabetes

[00:35:30] should avoid

[00:35:32] willow bark

[00:35:32] preparations.

[00:35:34] Salicylate

[00:35:35] should be

[00:35:35] avoided

[00:35:36] during pregnancy.

[00:35:37] Salicylates

[00:35:38] have been

[00:35:38] associated

[00:35:39] with rashes

[00:35:39] in breastfed

[00:35:41] infants.

[00:35:42] Usage is

[00:35:43] not recommended.

[00:35:45] Generally,

[00:35:45] no health

[00:35:46] hazards

[00:35:46] are known

[00:35:47] in conjunction

[00:35:48] with the

[00:35:49] proper

[00:35:49] administration

[00:35:50] of designated

[00:35:51] therapeutic

[00:35:51] dosages.

[00:35:52] Stomach

[00:35:53] complaints

[00:35:53] could occur

[00:35:54] as a side

[00:35:55] effect

[00:35:55] due to

[00:35:55] the

[00:35:56] tannin

[00:35:56] consent.

[00:35:57] all right,

[00:35:58] y'all,

[00:35:58] we will

[00:35:59] wrap it

[00:35:59] up there.

[00:36:00] As always,

[00:36:01] this is from

[00:36:02] my book,

[00:36:02] The Medicinal

[00:36:02] Trees of the

[00:36:03] American

[00:36:03] Southeast.

[00:36:05] These trees

[00:36:06] grow pretty much

[00:36:07] everywhere because

[00:36:07] that's what

[00:36:08] trees basically

[00:36:09] do.

[00:36:10] Like I said,

[00:36:13] the palmettos,

[00:36:14] the cabbage

[00:36:16] palms and

[00:36:16] such,

[00:36:17] tropical tree.

[00:36:18] So that's

[00:36:18] not one that

[00:36:18] grows everywhere,

[00:36:19] but you're

[00:36:19] going to find

[00:36:20] willow pretty

[00:36:21] much everywhere.

[00:36:22] So anyway,

[00:36:23] y'all,

[00:36:24] go back and

[00:36:24] enjoy your

[00:36:25] turkey.

[00:36:26] Time to make

[00:36:26] some of that

[00:36:27] good turkey

[00:36:27] testrazini with

[00:36:28] the leftovers.

[00:36:29] If you're already

[00:36:30] tired of your

[00:36:31] turkey and mashed

[00:36:31] potatoes with

[00:36:32] gravy, which I

[00:36:32] certainly am not,

[00:36:33] and got some

[00:36:34] good ham and

[00:36:35] all kinds of

[00:36:36] good stuff.

[00:36:38] It's my favorite

[00:36:39] time of the

[00:36:40] year.

[00:36:40] So I'm

[00:36:41] going to go

[00:36:41] and enjoy

[00:36:42] that.

[00:36:42] I hope you

[00:36:43] all have a

[00:36:43] good one,

[00:36:44] and I'll talk

[00:36:44] to you next

[00:36:45] week.

[00:36:46] The information

[00:36:47] in this podcast

[00:36:48] is not intended

[00:36:49] to diagnose or

[00:36:50] treat any

[00:36:50] disease or

[00:36:51] condition.

[00:36:52] Nothing I say

[00:36:53] or write has

[00:36:54] been evaluated

[00:36:54] or approved

[00:36:55] by the FDA.

[00:36:56] I'm not a

[00:36:57] doctor.

[00:36:57] The U.S.

[00:36:58] government does

[00:36:59] not recognize

[00:36:59] the practice of

[00:37:00] herbal medicine,

[00:37:01] and there is no

[00:37:02] governing body

[00:37:02] regulating

[00:37:03] herbalists.

[00:37:04] Therefore, I'm

[00:37:04] really just a

[00:37:05] guy who studies

[00:37:06] herbs.

[00:37:06] I'm not offering

[00:37:07] any advice.

[00:37:08] I won't even

[00:37:08] claim that

[00:37:09] anything I write

[00:37:09] or say

[00:37:10] is accurate

[00:37:10] or true.

[00:37:11] I can tell

[00:37:12] you what herbs

[00:37:12] have been

[00:37:13] traditionally used

[00:37:14] for.

[00:37:14] I can tell

[00:37:14] you my own

[00:37:15] experience and

[00:37:16] if I believe

[00:37:16] in herbs

[00:37:16] help me.

[00:37:17] I cannot

[00:37:18] nor would I

[00:37:19] tell you

[00:37:19] do the same.

[00:37:20] If you use

[00:37:21] an herb

[00:37:21] anyone recommends,

[00:37:23] you are

[00:37:23] treating yourself.

[00:37:24] You take

[00:37:25] full responsibility

[00:37:26] for your health.

[00:37:27] Humans are

[00:37:27] individuals and

[00:37:28] no two are

[00:37:29] identical.

[00:37:29] What works

[00:37:30] for me may

[00:37:30] not work for

[00:37:31] you.

[00:37:32] You may

[00:37:32] have an allergy,

[00:37:33] a sensitivity,

[00:37:34] an underlying

[00:37:35] condition that

[00:37:36] no one else

[00:37:36] even shares and

[00:37:37] you don't even

[00:37:38] know about.

[00:37:38] Be careful with

[00:37:39] your health.

[00:37:40] By continuing

[00:37:41] to listen to my

[00:37:42] podcast or read

[00:37:43] my blog,

[00:37:44] you agree to be

[00:37:44] responsible for

[00:37:45] yourself,

[00:37:46] do your own

[00:37:46] research,

[00:37:47] make your own

[00:37:47] choices,

[00:37:48] and not to

[00:37:48] blame me for

[00:37:49] anything ever.