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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> Bev, I'd just try to incorporate some of the seeds into my diet if I 
> were you. They taste like sunflower seeds, only not as rich. You could 
> sprinkle them on granola, salads, pilaf, egg salad, mashed potatoes, 
> etc. Then you wouldn't feel like you were taking so many meds.
>
> If you have them growing in your pasture that's probably the most 
> appropriate place for them. Although they are medicinal, like all 
> thistles they are opportunistic and will spread. 

The goats pretty much cleaned them up and took out a lot of the ones 
there naturally.  I see a thistle pop up once in a while now, but not in 
any large quantity that would be suitable for quantity.


If I recall, a good
> sized flower will produce about a golf ball size worth of the seed but I 
> never measured or weighed them.

So, you would go through maybe one flowerhead a day or every few days? 
Is that enough to get the cleansing effect or is this something that I 
will need to take for the rest of my life?  In other words, can this be 
a seasonal med that is taken as it is available in the pasture, or do I 
need to grow enough to take year round for life?


> I have one more Friday and then a Tuesday for shots. They are now giving 
> me just one shot of something called Imovax, (Human Diploid something or 
> other). I was doing fine up until this past Friday. The shots no longer 
> hurt at the time given, but later that night my entire arm hurt and this 
> weekend I developed a swollen lymph node in that arm pit. I can't 
> remember ever having a swollen lymph node there, so I'm going to call 
> the doctor/health department today to see if this is normal. Seems like 
> my body is fighting this new shot.

I'm guessing it is a normal lymphatic system reaction, but I get swollen 
nodes, too, and they are worrisome.  Annoying, too.

Take care Sage..

B

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