[MPWG] eat the weeds

Sun Feb 6 00:23:18 CST 2005

Fred,

  Here is additional information on potential uses of Ailanthus.

In India the gum collected from bark is known as Hor or Bassora in commerce. In my region the healers use it commonly as veterinary medicine.According to ancient Indian literatures bark is bitter,astringent,febrifuge,stomachic,anthelmintic,antispasmodic and expectorant. Our healers use it as promising substitute of Holarrhena antidysenterica.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia 

Center for Sustainable Resources <sustainableresources at hotmail.com> wrote:
Steven, Last year we had a list discussion on the Holistic list about it and 
a chinese shaman told us about how it is revered in the orient. He suggested 
talking to the plant and asking it to behave but did not get down to any 
practical uses. Besides, what is practical for them may not be here. Where 
or how do I find this book.?Is Arnoldia a publisher? Fred

>From: Steven Foster 
>To: "Center for Sustainable Resources" 
>CC: pankajoudhia at yahoo.com, MPWG at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: Re: [MPWG] eat the weeds
>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:07:17 -0600
>
>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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