<DIV>It is good news that researchers around the world are thinking on utilization aspect. Most of the herbs used traditionally by the traditional healers in my region grow as weed.This occurence makes the drugs cheap and easily available.I am forwarding my work on this aspect.You can forward it to the concerned researchers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Pankaj Oudhia<BR><B><I>Patricia_DeAngelis@fws.gov</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR><BR><BR><BR>As for actual weeds being relegated back to the useful category, perhaps<BR>it's best kept a "secret" but they do exist.<BR><BR>Below are a couple of links to fairly recent research endeavors underway at<BR>US universities in which they "discovered" that weeds may contain medicine<BR>- EUREKA!<BR><BR>Note that the first article concerns research being conducted by an<BR>anthropology student; the second involves agronomy students. These are just<BR>two examples of how we (humans in general) tend to focus in on really<BR>specific aspects of a process and then get surprised when we "realize" that<BR>it's really part of the bigger picture from which we diverged.<BR><BR>My personal opinion is that categories that we create for nature or natural<BR>processes are inherently flawed because they impose artificial constructs<BR>(with boundaries) on natural systems (which is a
continuum). So, it's very<BR>important to clarify what is meant by certain terms or classification<BR>systems and to continually remind ourselves that the label or system may<BR>not be applicable to every eventuality.<BR><BR>So, here is our monthly reminder that all of this stuff is actually<BR>related!<BR><BR>From Weeds to Medicine <BR>By Tom Zoellner (RESEARCH MAGAZINE) <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"During a seven-month study in Chiapas, Mexico, anthropology doctoral<BR>candidate John Stepp found that medicinal plants might be easier to find<BR>than originally thought. "<BR><BR>* Read the full article at:<BR>http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/researchnews/summer2001/weeds.html<BR><BR><BR>New Mexico graduate students use a grant from the National Cancer Institute<BR>to study the therapeutic qualities of plants: Seattle Post-Intelligencer<BR>story<BR><BR>By CAROL SMITH (SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER) <BR><BR><BR><BR>"Imagine if new cancer drugs grew like weeds...<BR>...Common weeds may hide
nature's way to fight cancer<BR>Imagine if new cancer drugs grew like weeds. That's precisely<BR>what a group of New Mexico graduate students was doing at the<BR>Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: trying to mine native<BR>plants for potential anti-cancer drugs."<BR><BR>* Read the full article at:<BR>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/114678_ccancer28.shtml<BR><BR><BR>Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<BR>Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority<BR>Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group<BR>US Fish & Wildlife Service<BR>4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750<BR>Arlington, VA 22203<BR>703-358-1708 x1753<BR>FAX: 703-358-2276<BR>Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural<BR>resources.<BR><WWW.NPS.GOV medicinal plants><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>pankaj oudhia <BR><PANKAJOUDHIA@YAHOO.COM>To: MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org <BR>Sent by: cc: <BR>MPWG-bounces@lists.plantconse Subject: RE: [MPWG] eat the weeds <BR>rvation.org
<BR><BR><BR>02/03/2005 10:32 AM <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Hi Bob,<BR>If corn is weed in soybean fields and a crop in monoculture then why<BR>we have declared some plants as obnoxious weeds for whole territory or<BR>country?<BR><BR>When any plant comes in the category of weeds all doors are closed for its<BR>return to the list of useful plants. Why it is so? Are we having any<BR>example when any weed has been included in the category of useful plant<BR>after the discovery of its useful properties.<BR><BR>regards<BR>Pankaj Oudhia<BR><BR><BR>Bob Beyfuss <RLB14@CORNELL.EDU>wrote:<BR>Hi Fred<BR>In the big picture I agree with you completely, humans in North American<BR>are pretty invasive weeds themselves! As you know nature abhors a vacuum<BR>and plants will fill it quickly. Human or natural disturbances create the<BR>opportunities. I think Ben Franklin defined a weed as "a plant whose<BR>virtues have yet to be discovered"! In the short term "human centric"<BR>picture however, I have
to disagree. We have always chosen plants we find<BR>useful regardless of their origin. 90% of our US food supply is derived<BR>from "exotic" plants and animals, including such "American" staples as<BR>sweet apples and beef cattle. When we manipulate an environment for our<BR>own<BR>purposes, WE decide what are weeds and what are not. Corn is a highly<BR>edible plant but "volunteer" corn growing in a soybean field is a weed.<BR>Kudzu was first introduced as both an erosion control plant and a food<BR>crop<BR>for cattle. It is actually highly nutritious. I don't necessarily believe<BR>that "native" is superior to "exotic". Indeed, I find that a rather<BR>fascist<BR>concept. As the self appointed steward of the land I temporarily own I<BR>decide what plants I want growing on it. Plants that I consider<BR>undesirable<BR>will be removed, including my native poison ivy. There is often a<BR>significant lag time between when a plant or for that matter an insect<BR>pest<BR>is introduced
into a new area and when it actually become naturalized.<BR>Gypsy moths and the hemlock wooly adelgid in Asia do not cause the massive<BR><BR>defoliation and havoc they wreck in the Northeastern U.S. In time, they<BR>will cease to cause such havoc but for my lifetime and probably my<BR>children's lifetime, they will. Humans have manipulated ecosystems for<BR>their own purposes since fire was domesticated. Eliminating invasive<BR>plants from a landscape is not much different than weeding your vegetable<BR>garden. So what does this have to do with medicinal plants? (I can hear<BR>Patricia yawning right about now) Actually, quite a lot. If a plant in<BR>India is identified as medicinal but has the potential to grow like Kudzu,<BR><BR>I don't want my neighbor planting it next to my property regardless of its<BR><BR>virtues.<BR>Bob<BR><BR>is At 04:21 PM 2/2/2005 -0900, you wrote:<BR>>Bob, I have to disagree with with your statement about concern over using<BR><BR>>unwanted plants
that you refer to as "invasive". Actually that is what<BR>>needs to happen and will eventually happen with all of these plants at<BR>>some point. They will become useful. If you go back far enough<BR>eliminating<BR>>plants viewed as invasive at some point there would be no plants in north<BR><BR>>america. Lets not discriminate also. We need to get rid of apples, brown<BR>>trout, tomatoes, cabbage, and on and on. What we are really talking about<BR><BR>>is a political system applied to nature that puts political timelines on<BR>>species which have always moved about with or without mans help. When<BR>>plants first arrive on new land they become dense monocultures and can at<BR><BR>>first cause havic. Eventually they come under control and just add to the<BR><BR>>biodiversity. If you really think about it you will realize that is true.<BR><BR>>Nature finds ways to bring things back into line.<BR>>As a knifemaker I use all sorts of materials and my
favorite is<BR>multiflora<BR>>rose. This past weekend I sold three hunting knives with multiflora<BR>grips.<BR>>It is a truly beautiful wood with exotic grain and it is very hard. I am<BR>>running out on this farm between this use and the fact that both cattle<BR>>and goats eat it. It is very high in protein as a forage. The deer like<BR>it<BR>>also. It helps as successional plants in old fields returning to forest<BR>>and then it gets shaded out as the canopy develops. These do gooders will<BR><BR>>do far more harm and waste a lot of time and money killing such plants<BR>>than any harm it could ever cause. The problem with the presence of too<BR>>many of any kind of plant has more to do with poor land management than<BR>>anything. As a certified educator of Holistic Resource Management certain<BR><BR>>principles apply that are unchanged over the eons. The way these plants<BR>>behave is nothing new. Fred Hays<BR>><BR>>>From: Bob
Beyfuss<BR>>>To: MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org<BR>>>Subject: [MPWG] eat the weeds<BR>>>Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:40:45 -0500<BR>>><BR>>>I think eating weeds is a good idea, many of them are far more<BR>nutritious<BR>>>than their cultivated counterparts, i.e. dandelion. I will send her lots<BR><BR>>>of recipes from an Extension bulletin I wrote in 1977. I am not so sure<BR>>>publishing recipes for invasive plants is a good idea. The reason we<BR>have<BR>>>some of these plants today is because they were purposely introduced as<BR>>>food crops for us or cattle, i.e., Kudzu. As recently as last year I saw<BR><BR>>>garlic mustard seed for sale in a catalogue as an edible green.<BR>>>Bob<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>_______________________________________________<BR>>>MPWG mailing
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