Hi Christine, these might help with diabetes, but if you're interested in addressing the problem at its root, Dr Robert Lustig (videos on youtube) explains that diabetes is simply sugar poisoning, and if you stop ingesting the poison, you'll get better. I also suggest checking Dr Jason Fung's videos, and those of Dr Ken Berry (on odysee.com).
Thanks for your article on the possible explanation of covid symptoms as vagus nerve damage!
Berberine is the same family of herbs as ginseng and should be avoided by women. It is a bit too hot/yang for us ladies. Odd that you should have teamed it up with dandelion here in this article because I would recommend dandelion for helping you with type 2 diabetes, oedema or any inflammatory illness. Another important point is this, only use dandelion during its growing season. It is a powerful diuretic. In winter replace it by adding diced ginger root to your cooking and/or make a winter detox from root ginger, honey and lemon.
Frances, berberine is a herbal extract taken from a variety of different plants. Different cultures and different geographical regions use different plants that are high in berberine. The barberry is the principal European plant, tree turmeric is more often used in India, etc. "Berberine is a chemical found in some plants like European barberry, goldenseal, goldthread, Oregon grape, phellodendron, and tree turmeric. " I tried to source barberry product that is made in Australia, and could not so I am using a phellodendron based product, because that tree at least grows here (although the tablets I bought came from India).
I am also simulating a scientific test that compared berberine to metformin, in case I do need some level of medical support in the future. As you well know, the medical approach is crude, but it seemed like a worthwhile process to me alongside others. All I am doing currently is keeping my blood sugar down within safe levels while I work out how to cure it.
The reason I put berberine and dandelion in the same article is that dandelion contains berberine, although I have found nothing so far on just how much berberine it contains.
The reason I am bothering to write about it at all is survivalism. I am, to a very small degree, a "prepper" and in the absence of land or money, my prepping is taking the form of skills rather than property that I would be unable to defend anyway. My most important developing skill is foraging. And that is the context for all my medical research, personal or otherwise.
And so, with 10% of the population diabetic, the collapse of supply chains is going to cut them off from all stabilising medication (probably a good thing in the long run, but potentially deadly in the short term - we cannot stockpile drugs in Australia). If we are left starving and with no access to the foods and medications we understand, we are not going to worry too much about the complexities of individual physiologies, hot/cold, wet/dry et al. We will use what is around us. I have been foraging around me to see what plants are here naturally, and work out what to do with them. Beggars can't be choosers. We start with what we have, not what we want. And dandelion is all around so I am not going to care much about what season - if it is there and if it is growing and if someone is sick and hungry, let me tell you, we are going to consume dandelion, at any time of year. And in Australia, you will find dandelion growing in all seasons - thank goodness. I will be putting up articles soon on scotch thistles and pine trees, as a major local source of food and a little bit of medicine, although the thistles have failed this year with the heavy rains.
But let me run a way out idea past you. Are the rules of our material universe changing? Some say our hurtling through space will change the laws of physics over time. Even more, could matter itself be changing? If it is, then the plant kingdom will also be changing. This will throw all our traditional herbal systems into disarray. They will also be "crude" compared to what is coming. I do not follow systems of medicine that my physical body is not evolved to deal with, so I pay only lip service to TCM, a little more attention to Ayurvedic, and much more attention to Western herbal medicine and homeopathy. I keep my Culpeper's and Kent handy at all times. But I am well aware that even my predilection for western herbalism may be past its use by date.
In the meantime, if I am to do anything useful, I have to keep myself alive and well enough. So all I can do is follow my own intuition, follow the leads placed in front of me, and let them lead me where they will. Let me tell you, I was surprised to land back at the humble dandelion for both spike protein and blood sugar issues.
I have been surprised (or not!) by the proliferation of dandelion in my local area this year. They are doing their very best to say "Hey try me!"
You ask "Are the rules of our material universe changing?" I have been listening to Suspicious Observers channel on You Tube for some time. He would confirm that we are entering an intergalactic "sheet" of fine dust. He is monitoring the effects daily.
I think it is highly likely that this material change MUST impact living beings. I can only guess at how that will manifest. All we can do is let nature speak to us. If something grows near you, it is for you. That is the old gypsy legend and I have no doubt that they know their stuff as I have seen similarities between their herbal remedies and those of Ayurveda... which would figure, given that the origins of Roma are supposedly from Indian nomads.
I had to think about why the plants grow BEFORE we need them. And we know they do. It is perhaps all to do with balance. Something is going out of balance (even if the cause is human volition) for a long while before it manifests as some disaster or other. So during the build-up phase of whatever it is, the remedy is also developing. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the humble dandelion can stop the genocide from the spike protein (or whatever) and fix the epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Not so humble.
A few years ago and long before covid, Facebook took down an article I wrote about dandelion. I did think it was very odd at the time. Now we know why.
To the last question, not that I know of. I think I am too near the beach.
I am speculating on "new knowledge". We have ton of "old knowledge" on herbs and their uses, which are largely from observation rather than understanding of the mechanics of the human body. I refer to Culpeper all the time for this old knowledge, including the planetary influences and preparation of the medicines.
But I sense there is also a "new knowledge" in relation to herbs and herbal extracts, that takes us a layer deeper than the old herbalists were able to go intellectually (although they did go there intuitively). For instance, does the vagus nerve mediate spiritual or energy healing? Or what mediates the hot/cold, wet/dry impacts of the various herbs? Why do herbs tend to grow prolifically the season BEFORE they are needed - and why is dandelion growing so well currently? Mullein grows before fire seasons, dandelions are growing now. What are they telling us and how do they know?
I am following the dandelion down all sorts of avenues currently that goes vastly further than the known medicinal uses.
And it seems that it might be just as accurate to say dandelion root for the spleen, or dandelion root for preventing the spike protein from binding to the ACE2 receptor - something the herbalists of old simply would not have known.
Hi Christine, these might help with diabetes, but if you're interested in addressing the problem at its root, Dr Robert Lustig (videos on youtube) explains that diabetes is simply sugar poisoning, and if you stop ingesting the poison, you'll get better. I also suggest checking Dr Jason Fung's videos, and those of Dr Ken Berry (on odysee.com).
Thanks for your article on the possible explanation of covid symptoms as vagus nerve damage!
Love berberine and dandelion. Been using them both for years.
Berberine is the same family of herbs as ginseng and should be avoided by women. It is a bit too hot/yang for us ladies. Odd that you should have teamed it up with dandelion here in this article because I would recommend dandelion for helping you with type 2 diabetes, oedema or any inflammatory illness. Another important point is this, only use dandelion during its growing season. It is a powerful diuretic. In winter replace it by adding diced ginger root to your cooking and/or make a winter detox from root ginger, honey and lemon.
Further thoughts:
Artemisinin and Curcumin - see this article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.00850/full
Frances, berberine is a herbal extract taken from a variety of different plants. Different cultures and different geographical regions use different plants that are high in berberine. The barberry is the principal European plant, tree turmeric is more often used in India, etc. "Berberine is a chemical found in some plants like European barberry, goldenseal, goldthread, Oregon grape, phellodendron, and tree turmeric. " I tried to source barberry product that is made in Australia, and could not so I am using a phellodendron based product, because that tree at least grows here (although the tablets I bought came from India).
I am also simulating a scientific test that compared berberine to metformin, in case I do need some level of medical support in the future. As you well know, the medical approach is crude, but it seemed like a worthwhile process to me alongside others. All I am doing currently is keeping my blood sugar down within safe levels while I work out how to cure it.
The reason I put berberine and dandelion in the same article is that dandelion contains berberine, although I have found nothing so far on just how much berberine it contains.
The reason I am bothering to write about it at all is survivalism. I am, to a very small degree, a "prepper" and in the absence of land or money, my prepping is taking the form of skills rather than property that I would be unable to defend anyway. My most important developing skill is foraging. And that is the context for all my medical research, personal or otherwise.
And so, with 10% of the population diabetic, the collapse of supply chains is going to cut them off from all stabilising medication (probably a good thing in the long run, but potentially deadly in the short term - we cannot stockpile drugs in Australia). If we are left starving and with no access to the foods and medications we understand, we are not going to worry too much about the complexities of individual physiologies, hot/cold, wet/dry et al. We will use what is around us. I have been foraging around me to see what plants are here naturally, and work out what to do with them. Beggars can't be choosers. We start with what we have, not what we want. And dandelion is all around so I am not going to care much about what season - if it is there and if it is growing and if someone is sick and hungry, let me tell you, we are going to consume dandelion, at any time of year. And in Australia, you will find dandelion growing in all seasons - thank goodness. I will be putting up articles soon on scotch thistles and pine trees, as a major local source of food and a little bit of medicine, although the thistles have failed this year with the heavy rains.
But let me run a way out idea past you. Are the rules of our material universe changing? Some say our hurtling through space will change the laws of physics over time. Even more, could matter itself be changing? If it is, then the plant kingdom will also be changing. This will throw all our traditional herbal systems into disarray. They will also be "crude" compared to what is coming. I do not follow systems of medicine that my physical body is not evolved to deal with, so I pay only lip service to TCM, a little more attention to Ayurvedic, and much more attention to Western herbal medicine and homeopathy. I keep my Culpeper's and Kent handy at all times. But I am well aware that even my predilection for western herbalism may be past its use by date.
In the meantime, if I am to do anything useful, I have to keep myself alive and well enough. So all I can do is follow my own intuition, follow the leads placed in front of me, and let them lead me where they will. Let me tell you, I was surprised to land back at the humble dandelion for both spike protein and blood sugar issues.
I have been surprised (or not!) by the proliferation of dandelion in my local area this year. They are doing their very best to say "Hey try me!"
You ask "Are the rules of our material universe changing?" I have been listening to Suspicious Observers channel on You Tube for some time. He would confirm that we are entering an intergalactic "sheet" of fine dust. He is monitoring the effects daily.
I think it is highly likely that this material change MUST impact living beings. I can only guess at how that will manifest. All we can do is let nature speak to us. If something grows near you, it is for you. That is the old gypsy legend and I have no doubt that they know their stuff as I have seen similarities between their herbal remedies and those of Ayurveda... which would figure, given that the origins of Roma are supposedly from Indian nomads.
I had to think about why the plants grow BEFORE we need them. And we know they do. It is perhaps all to do with balance. Something is going out of balance (even if the cause is human volition) for a long while before it manifests as some disaster or other. So during the build-up phase of whatever it is, the remedy is also developing. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the humble dandelion can stop the genocide from the spike protein (or whatever) and fix the epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Not so humble.
A few years ago and long before covid, Facebook took down an article I wrote about dandelion. I did think it was very odd at the time. Now we know why.
Wow, yes. And as Wi-Fi might be "behind" or in some way triggering both covid and diabetes, might dandelion have neutralizing or grounding properties?
To the last question, not that I know of. I think I am too near the beach.
I am speculating on "new knowledge". We have ton of "old knowledge" on herbs and their uses, which are largely from observation rather than understanding of the mechanics of the human body. I refer to Culpeper all the time for this old knowledge, including the planetary influences and preparation of the medicines.
But I sense there is also a "new knowledge" in relation to herbs and herbal extracts, that takes us a layer deeper than the old herbalists were able to go intellectually (although they did go there intuitively). For instance, does the vagus nerve mediate spiritual or energy healing? Or what mediates the hot/cold, wet/dry impacts of the various herbs? Why do herbs tend to grow prolifically the season BEFORE they are needed - and why is dandelion growing so well currently? Mullein grows before fire seasons, dandelions are growing now. What are they telling us and how do they know?
I am following the dandelion down all sorts of avenues currently that goes vastly further than the known medicinal uses.
And it seems that it might be just as accurate to say dandelion root for the spleen, or dandelion root for preventing the spike protein from binding to the ACE2 receptor - something the herbalists of old simply would not have known.