"Killer Germs" Obliterated by Medicinal Smoke (Smudging), St

Yes.....what more can I say. Smoke is an adjuvant. It can be a medicine if used right. It can protect us. We have quit burning firewood and this means that the smoke containing many medicines has disappeared from our lives. Instead we live in an environment void of this necessary chemistry.

I just finished eating some fresh smoked salmon, something my ancestors ate for many generations. I get it from an Indian friend. From looking at my genetics I see I need the pyrophosphates. I know I need them without the genetics, I crave smoked stuff and love the smell of a campfire. Especially the smell of birch bark used to start the fire. Some smokes are not pleasant smelling to me and too much smoke is not good either. This is going in a different direction than you are looking in but remember, even trees have special medicinal properties. To burn wood, which has natural antibiotics in the bark, you have to touch it. If you think of it, your fingers are not dirty from adding a chunk of wood to the campfire so you cut up some onions and tomatoes. The dust from your hands is on the food and we eat it. It is not harmful, it is helpful.

This is a very big subject.

Up till about a hundred years ago most people would teach their young what they needed to know about eating certain foods and doing certain things to provide treatment for diseases. But for some reason people decided that it was better to have healthcare. Back in the fifties most medications were plant based concoctions. Nothing has really changed that much but people now will pay big bucks to get a prescription instead. Aspirin used to be cheap, people knew other sources for the same chemistry but being so cheap people wouldn't need to go out and get birch or poplar leaves to steep in water anymore to get this chemistry. But aspirin is not cheap anymore. And they have found way more expensive things to talk us into taking than aspirin, stuff that is not much better.

It sure looks like most of medicine is a long running scam to get us dependent on the system they are creating. I know we do need a surgeon and a doctor many times, but this for profit expanding industry is not something that should be such a big part of our economy. We can't afford this.

That's interesting. I never heard of this. But looking back on it, ever since my bud got his farmette, we are always clearing brush, pruning trees, etc and we burn regularly I love the smell of a good campfire as well and while there are times I haven't felt all that great, I have never been really sick in all that time since we started this. The occasional runs yea, but you should see what I eat sometimes. Lots of hot peppers and spices and maybe a few to many beers here and there. So that's my fault!

What? TMI?