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Grizzleyette___Adams said:
Hello Jazzy, fellow herbalist here! We have much in common...

I, too, am battling vision problems. I have macular degeneration and glaucoma, which is treatment-resistant, according to my doc. Like Sourdough, I am going blind, too. So, you have good company!

I am grateful for computers! I can make the print as large as I want it. Also, the Grammarly app helps to catch most of my grosser mistakes. It is a free (or paid platform if you need enhanced functions).

One of my favorite herbalists in the world is right here in this forum. You will enjoy Peanut's many "boots-in-the-field" photos that he posts about the herbs that he talks about! Reading his posts will remind you of Tommie Bass...with a college education, lol.

I hope you hang around!
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thank you!
it gets to be a real challenge still keeping up with the regular herbal recipes when the old eye balls dont want to cooperate. do you have any favorite recipes you make for your family?

every year i make a large batch of elderberry tincture, some calandula-comfrey salve, CBD oil-there is this recipe called Spaz-Ez that is terrific for stopping muscle spasms like charlie horse or regular muscle knots. ive had something called esophageal spasms-, not dangerous just stressful. this is the only thing that has ever worked, stops them flat in a minute or 2. works on any kind of muscle spasm

i make a sort of copycat neosporin salve with essential opils thats pretty good. blackberry leaf tinctue is the best ive ever found for stopping diarrhea, 1-2 T is all thats needed and there is no , um.........plugged up problem the next day or so that other things can cause.

i have my favorites i make every year, i really enjoy still making my things. helps me sstill feel useful. my housemate is helpful in weighing things for me.

today i made a large batch of homemade Baileys Irish Cream, i give pint jars to friends and neighbors for christmas. . i humbly confess it is outstanding.

not exactly a herbal remedy but i guess it depends on what kind of day or week ya had, lol.

would enoy hearing what you like to make. is there a herbal remedy thread? i need to look.
 
Hello Jazzy! Welcome from Alaska!
 
Hello Jazzy from S.W. Oregon, we have a dear friend that we have known for many years that is legally blind, actually sounds a lot like you, to us she is amazing in all that she can do to the point that we don't consider her blind, she makes soap, tinctures, cooks, and this past year has canned hundreds of pounds of vegetables and fruit, just to mention a few things she has done, of course she gets help from her husband, but to us, she is a miracle worker and both of them are more family to us than our son and other blood relatives. She also sings karaoke and sounds just like Patsy Cline, she frequently sings to us on the phone.
 
viking said:
Hello Jazzy from S.W. Oregon, we have a dear friend that we have known for many years that is legally blind, actually sounds a lot like you, to us she is amazing in all that she can do to the point that we don't consider her blind, she makes soap, tinctures, cooks, and this past year has canned hundreds of pounds of vegetables and fruit, just to mention a few things she has done, of course she gets help from her husband, but to us, she is a miracle worker and both of them are more family to us than our son and other blood relatives. She also sings karaoke and sounds just like Patsy Cline, she frequently sings to us on the phone.
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she sounds lovely and i bet she is cool to spend time with. i still love to can and make things. i try toi keep dong things, it just takes me 3X longer. lol. when im foreed to give up one things, God seems to open a door to another interesting thing. what a gift to have such a voice, that must be great fun!
God bless you and yours
 
jazzy said:
thank you!
it gets to be a real challenge still keeping up with the regular herbal recipes when the old eye balls dont want to cooperate. do you have any favorite recipes you make for your family?

every year i make a large batch of elderberry tincture, some calandula-comfrey salve, CBD oil-there is this recipe called Spaz-Ez that is terrific for stopping muscle spasms like charlie horse or regular muscle knots. ive had something called esophageal spasms-, not dangerous just stressful. this is the only thing that has ever worked, stops them flat in a minute or 2. works on any kind of muscle spasm

i make a sort of copycat neosporin salve with essential opils thats pretty good. blackberry leaf tinctue is the best ive ever found for stopping diarrhea, 1-2 T is all thats needed and there is no , um.........plugged up problem the next day or so that other things can cause.

i have my favorites i make every year, i really enjoy still making my things. helps me sstill feel useful. my housemate is helpful in weighing things for me.

today i made a large batch of homemade Baileys Irish Cream, i give pint jars to friends and neighbors for christmas. . i humbly confess it is outstanding.

not exactly a herbal remedy but i guess it depends on what kind of day or week ya had, lol.

would enoy hearing what you like to make. is there a herbal remedy thread? i need to look.
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OMGosh, I almost missed your wonderful post!!! Wow, I would love to be a fly on the wall in your kitchen. I am interested in learning some of your recipes and sharing some of mine. I started a thread (see the link below) and we can post our favorite recipes!

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/herbal-recipe-box.11911/
As you said, those esophageal spasms are not dangerous, but I learned that doctors can be, lol.

Years ago, several doctors thought I was having heart problems, but it turned out it was a series of esophageal spasms (that lasted off and on for weeks).

Initially, I went on a crazy medical-go-round of doctors, starting with the ER doc who referred me to another, who referred me to a series of cardio specialists...They were all stumped. Ran batteries of tests, prescribed beta-blockers, nitroglycerine, and other drugs, etc. etc, ad nauseum. The nitroglycerine relieved the pain, which convinced the cardio doc that I really did have heart issues.

Later another doctor (an old-fashioned family doctor) explained why that worked: the esophagus is a smooth muscle, similar to the heart muscle, and the nitroglycerine pill acted on the esophageal spasm in the same manner as it would have to a spasm in the heart!

The joke is, all the cardio docs I went to never, ever suspected what my problem was, but lo and behold...I walked into a new-to-me GP's office and he diagnosed it within ten minutes without a single test, lol.

I would love to learn of your Spaz-Ez recipe. It would be very useful to have on hand!
 
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Grizzleyette___Adams said:
OMGosh, I almost missed your wonderful post!!! Wow, I would love to be a fly on the wall in your kitchen. I am interested in learning some of your recipes and sharing some of mine. I started a thread (see the link below) and we can post our favorite recipes!

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/herbal-recipe-box.11911/
As you said, those esophageal spasms are not dangerous, but I learned that doctors can be, lol.

Years ago, several doctors thought I was having heart problems, but it turned out it was a series of esophageal spasms (that lasted off and on for weeks).

Initially, I went on a crazy medical-go-round of doctors, starting with the ER doc who referred me to another, who referred me to a series of cardio specialists...They were all stumped. Ran batteries of tests, prescribed beta-blockers, nitroglycerine, and other drugs, etc. etc, ad nauseum. The nitroglycerine relieved the pain, which convinced the cardio doc that I really did have heart issues.

Later another doctor (an old-fashioned family doctor) explained why that worked: the esophagus is a smooth muscle, similar to the heart muscle, and the nitroglycerine pill acted on the esophageal spasm in the same manner as it would have to a spasm in the heart!

The joke is, all the cardio docs I went to never, ever suspected what my problem was, but lo and behold...I walked into a new-to-me GP's office and he diagnosed it within ten minutes without a single test, lol.

I would love to learn of your Spaz-Ez recipe. It would be very useful to have on hand!
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Wife and I use magnesium it's very helpful in stopping muscle spasms, including the heart and when we've mentioned to doctors that we us magnesium they have always said it's good to use, if I don't use it I end up getting horrible foot and leg cramps in the middle of the night and the only way I can get rid of them is to jump out of bed and stand on the cramped foot or stretch the leg that's cramped.
 
Grizzleyette___Adams said:
OMGosh, I almost missed your wonderful post!!! Wow, I would love to be a fly on the wall in your kitchen. I am interested in learning some of your recipes and sharing some of mine. I started a thread (see the link below) and we can post our favorite recipes!

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/herbal-recipe-box.11911/
As you said, those esophageal spasms are not dangerous, but I learned that doctors can be, lol.

Years ago, several doctors thought I was having heart problems, but it turned out it was a series of esophageal spasms (that lasted off and on for weeks).

Initially, I went on a crazy medical-go-round of doctors, starting with the ER doc who referred me to another, who referred me to a series of cardio specialists...They were all stumped. Ran batteries of tests, prescribed beta-blockers, nitroglycerine, and other drugs, etc. etc, ad nauseum. The nitroglycerine relieved the pain, which convinced the cardio doc that I really did have heart issues.

Later another doctor (an old-fashioned family doctor) explained why that worked: the esophagus is a smooth muscle, similar to the heart muscle, and the nitroglycerine pill acted on the esophageal spasm in the same manner as it would have to a spasm in the heart!

The joke is, all the cardio docs I went to never, ever suspected what my problem was, but lo and behold...I walked into a new-to-me GP's office and he diagnosed it within ten minutes without a single test, lol.

I would love to learn of your Spaz-Ez recipe. It would be very useful to have on hand!
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hi there! im sorry i havent responded sooner, my internet has been out since christmas with occasional spotty times where all i can get is youtube! its a realpain when you cant get your email, the voip phone is out and cant check your favorite sites. it just came on now and i thought id check here.

those esophageal spasms are a real bugger and im sorry youve been thru all that. going from doctor to doctor test after test and they cant figure things out is frustrating.. it made me not much of a fan of the white coats.

i also like the idea of using magnesium, i get mag oil (magnesium flakes diluted 50-50 in warm water, put in a roll on applicator and roll it on in the evening like my sstomach or arm. a little greasy but it soaks in, it also gives a terrific deep sleep for hours.

thank you for the thread and link, i will post there. i always love learning from others and really look forward to it!

happy new year!
 
Hey Jazzy - We are who we are and if people cannot accept that shame on them.
 
Hey all. I just joined this site this morning. I've been "retired" for about 7 years now and the wife retired last year, both from the oil and gas industry.
We've been prepping long before it became a fad or had a name. We moved to our mountain ranch full time 7 years ago. We raise red angus cattle, have chickens, hogs and a large garden and orchard. I've been trapping for over 50 years now.
We're 100% off grid, nearest neighbor is 5 miles away, town (pop 500) is 18 miles and our county is pop 2800. Our ranch is an inholding, which means that its fully within the National Forest boundaries. We'll never have a neighbor anywhere near our ranch/homestead.
 
Mountain trapper said:
Hey all. I just joined this site this morning. I've been "retired" for about 7 years now and the wife retired last year, both from the oil and gas industry.
We've been prepping long before it became a fad or had a name. We moved to our mountain ranch full time 7 years ago. We raise red angus cattle, have chickens, hogs and a large garden and orchard. I've been trapping for over 50 years now.
We're 100% off grid, nearest neighbor is 5 miles away, town (pop 500) is 18 miles and our county is pop 2800. Our ranch is an inholding, which means that its fully within the National Forest boundaries. We'll never have a neighbor anywhere near our ranch/homestead.
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Welcome Mountain Trapper. Looking forward to your contributions here.
 
Mountain trapper said:
Hey all. I just joined this site this morning. I've been "retired" for about 7 years now and the wife retired last year, both from the oil and gas industry.
We've been prepping long before it became a fad or had a name. We moved to our mountain ranch full time 7 years ago. We raise red angus cattle, have chickens, hogs and a large garden and orchard. I've been trapping for over 50 years now.
We're 100% off grid, nearest neighbor is 5 miles away, town (pop 500) is 18 miles and our county is pop 2800. Our ranch is an inholding, which means that its fully within the National Forest boundaries. We'll never have a neighbor anywhere near our ranch/homestead.
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Hi, MT. I once read something which attempted to describe an Attitude. As follows:
The interior valleys of New Hampshire began to attract the attention of some immigrants and the sons of immigrants to Massachusetts in the early-to-mid 1600s. The attraction was land - and Privacy. Especially the Privacy. Smoke from a chimney two valleys away was only marginally OK.
 
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