[MPWG] eat the weeds

[Center for Sustainable Resources]

Thanks, Perhaps we should try it. Fred

>From: pankaj oudhia <pankajoudhia at yahoo.com>
>To: MPWG at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: Re: [MPWG] eat the weeds
>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 06:13:47 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Steven and Fred,
>
>   I have information on use of this species for insanity.It is used 
>traditionally for this purpose.
>Some well known and promising traditional formulations and home remedies of 
>Chhattisgarh, India needing scientific explanation. 127. Pagalpan Bar Arua 
>Ke Upyog.
>http://botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/publish/journal.cgi?folder=journal&next=1617
>
>regards
>Pankaj Oudhia
>
>
>Steven Foster <sfoster at stevenfoster.com> wrote:
>Fred et al.,
>
>I don't know if you should eat Ailanthus, but a range of economic uses
>can be found in the following publication:
>
>Hu, Shiu-Ying. 1979. Ailanthus. Arnoldia 39(2):29-50.
>
>Best wishes,
>Steven Foster
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>On Feb 3, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Center for Sustainable Resources wrote:
>
> > They all have a use and a purpose . It is that simple. I have been
> > trying to figure out how to use ailanthus. Foresters have made the
> > claim that it can't be used as wood because it ruins saw blades. I
> > have already figured out that that is not true but it is soft wood and
> > it stinks. It is not wanted because other trees presently available
> > have better qualities. However something that can grow thirty foot a
> > year could be valuable with even one good common use. Fred hays
> >
> >> From: pankaj oudhia
>
> >> To: MPWG at lists.plantconservation.org
> >> Subject: Re: [MPWG] eat the weeds
> >> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 06:19:14 +0000 (GMT)
> >>
> >> Bob thanks for initiating discussion on my favorite aspect.
> >>
> >> Instead of using word weed we can use the wild plants. Because when
> >> we use weed the researchers afraid of invasives come forward.
> >>
> >> In my region the utilization of weeds is not resulting in spread of
> >> these species.The natives are using it as curry, the healers are
> >> using at as medicine and the farmers are earning additional income by
> >> uprooting and selling it to local traders.This concept is known as
> >> Management through Utilization. I have written over 400 research
> >> articles on medicinal weeds .Also much on herbal dishes prepared from
> >> weedy species.Please read this article
> >> Traditional medicinal knowledge about common weeds used as potherbs
> >> (Bhaji) in Chhattisgarh, India
> >> http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/11_potherbs.html
> >>
> >> You can get more articles from
> >> http://www.iprng.org/IPRNG_MTAW.html
> >> or simply search medicinal weed or medicinal weeds at google.com ,you
> >> will get the articles in third number.
> >>
> >> regards
> >> Pankaj Oudhia
> >> http://www.pankajoudhia.com
> >>
> >> Bob Beyfuss wrote:
> >> I think eating weeds is a good idea, many of them are far more
> >> nutritious
> >> than their cultivated counterparts, i.e. dandelion. I will send her
> >> lots of
> >> recipes from an Extension bulletin I wrote in 1977. I am not so sure
> >> publishing recipes for invasive plants is a good idea. The reason we
> >> have
> >> some of these plants today is because they were purposely introduced
> >> as
> >> food crops for us or cattle, i.e., Kudzu. As recently as last year I
> >> saw
> >> garlic mustard seed for sale in a catalogue as an edible green.
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
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