Everyday Bliss

Just got DSL back up and within limitations, am online again. I’ve been moving house over the last few weeks. Yesterday was the big move of heavy furniture. Cleanup at the previous house ensues – there’s cleanup we have to do ourselves before the cleaning service can come in and fine finish the job. We’re moving things we’re taking to the thrift shop and selling or giving away furniture we won’t use in the new house. Through a progressive campaign of downsizing, we are happy to be giving up our storage unit shortly – in six months, we’re thinking. Yay! Moving, with its attendant oddities has meant I’ve had no time to write, work or answer the many emails I get. If you’re someone I owe something to, it will probably be another two weeks before I’m caught up.

On the other hand, there is wonderfulness in our new home. Much to our suprise, (as we would gladly have taken much humbler a home) it has larger rooms, an immense master suite with a steamer shower, hardwood floors, granite everywhere and oddly, a candy-corn-shaped pool: something we didn’t necessarily want but are enjoying anyway. The biggest plus however is: grass in the back garden and room for kitties to play! This last is important, we promised them earth under their little paws with the next house. The last house had a sub-optimal concrete back yard which stymied the spirit and chapped the precious paws.

No more time to write, the unpacking now begins. Aloha!

Could it be because I eat a lot of garlic?? We put it in our food, add it to our fresh veggie juices, make an and have it in teas when we do get ill…which isn’t often. Came across a great article from Ashland, Oregon herbalist, Julie Avena on this. If you’ve got a cough, flu or other inflammatory problem, listen up! This is great stuff:

Daily use of garlic has been known to prevent heart disease, balance blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and increase overall immunity. Eating raw or lightly cooked garlic is the best way to benefit from its healing virtues. Lightly cooking chopped garlic in olive oil helps to infuse the medicinal constituents into your meals. It is best to let the chopped garlic sit for ten minutes, adding it at the very end of the cooking process to preserve more allicin, the beneficial compound responsible for fighting disease. It is questionable whether encapsulated powdered garlic has any medicinal benefit at all.

When addressing an acute condition, only raw garlic will fight infections. Try it chopped and mixed in honey, juiced with vegetables (start with ¼ tsp garlic juice per 16 ounces of juice, up to 1 tsp garlic juice, every hour), sprinkled over soup or salad. Keep in mind that too much raw garlic can cause nausea, vomiting and irritation to the intestinal tract, so start with small doses. One should avoid taking raw garlic on an empty stomach.

Different solvents extract different constituents of garlic. Boulder herbal guru, Paul Bergner, shares this “Connoisseur’s Garlic Cocktail” in his book, The Healing Power of Echinacea and Goldenseal and Other Immune System Herbs: Blend together 3 cloves garlic with 1 tsp each red wine, vinegar and olive oil, add ¼ cup hot water and let sit 6 hours. Without straining, add 1/3 of the mix to a cup of hot water and drink up, repeating every 3-6 hours.

This sounds like a recipe for salad dressing, but this stuff really works. If you are still freaked out about the possibility of a bird flu pandemic, may I suggest a simple act to ease your conscious. Plant garlic! Simply take a healthy looking, fat clove off the garlic head and put it in the earth with the tip facing up; if you plant now you can have a harvest by mid-summer. Getting your hands in the earth and growing your own medicine is therapy in itself. Don’t let their fear tactics weaken you! Remember, prevention and peace of mind is the best medicine.

Julie Avena is a certified clinical herbalist, teacher, writer, mother, musician and dancer living in Ashland, Oregon. She creates a line of herbal body care products available at www.earthmamagoods.com. She can be reached for classes and consultations by calling 541-292-6062 or writing to mail@earthmamagoods.com.

Been moving house and don’t have the brains for anything but heavy-duty slacking and yoga sessions. So have been taking quizzes online and generally being an internetiot. Found a nice one through a colleague today that may possibly be of interest to some of you out there…

Here’s my Imagini "Visual DNA" and profile. Interesting system!Check it out by clicking the link at the bottom to take your own test of "DNA".

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