Kombucha tea

[David Merrill]

This tea is popular in the Orient. It is considered an elixer of life. I spoke with a health food expert recently about getting a new culture and he thought maybe Kombucha was taboo anymore. He could not find anywhere to get cultures. He had heard informally that people were getting very addicted to the tea and when they quit drinking it felt like they were aging again.

I suppose a fountain of youth could be considered "addictive".

I will let you do your own Googling here but am sure you will hear a lot of good things about Kombucha tea.

When I lived in the mountains a few years back I found a woman who had Kombucha going. She was a bit New Age about caring for the Kombucha cultures like pets. Oh well, to each their own and I admit that I did think kindly of the shrooms while handling them; after all, I would rather have happy Kombucha than risk unhappy Kombucha. Especially since I was drinking their excrement.

When I moved I just popped a couple shrooms into a ziplock bag and let them dry out. A few years later I put a couple crumbs into sweet tea and they grew but there were a few other fungi in there so I trashed it all.

Lately I asked around and cannot find any cultures. The lady today said a woman puts up paper on the bulletin board when she has some available (I wonder if that is the same woman, still reluctant to throw out the "babies") but she has not been there lately. You can find the tea in bottles at $3-$5 a pop but of course they will not sell cultures. However, the juice, non-pasteurized and "raw" is full of spores.

So I just poured the first half bottle into a jug of sweetened tea and four days later the spores are taking off like little tadpoles:



http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=...rys=0&itag=crv

[David Merrill]

A few more days and the rubbery spores have merged into a cover over the tea. This 'pancake' mushroom will now grow thicker and thicker until it splits laterally into a lower pancake and upper one.

Then I can take the new pancake and start a new jar of kombucha. After a while I will regulate how many jars will provide the kombucha I wish to drink. A culture produces kombucha tea in about 3-4 weeks.



Salud!


David Merrill.

[2tim215]

I have heard good things about Kombucha. Dr. Robert Barefoot the "founder" of Coral Calcium (who has been chased by the FTC and the FDA for several years now) highly recommends Kombucha in his books. Since the government has labeled Barefoot as a "scam artist" I suppose you have to be skeptical somewhat of his claims, however because of what we know about the government and their interest in the pharmaceutical business and desire to put down all natural remedies (highly competitive with their drug business), I personally do not discount his claims. Barefoot even gives a formula for making the stuff (not sure if it's the same as yours). Just though this might be of interest.

Thanks for sharing, David.

2tim215
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

[David Merrill]

You are quite welcome.

Some insist on using natural cane sugar and almost always experts insist on using glass containers. The kombucha tea in the stores comes in glass bottles.

There is a mixture of inner bark of slippery elm, green walnut, burdock root and rhubarb root that is reported good against cancer - Essiac Tea. I suppose you could grow kombucha in sugar water for that matter. But one could grow it in sweetened elixers of all sorts I am sure.

I noticed the inner bark of the slippery elm is also an ingredient in CancerX which simply burrows in through the skin and eats out tumors.

http://www.tumorx.net/cancer_info_.htm
http://www.cancerx.org/Photo_Testimonials.htm

[2tim215]

Just recently I actually sent (about two months ago) a very good friend of mine who has been fighting cancer for several years now some Essiac "fixins". Unfortunately she hasn't taken it yet as I keep prodding her since I would like to see the results. She is on about her 7th chemo treatment (supposedly her last one) and promises to try it after she is done. I keep telling her that according to what I've read, Essiac is supposed to work even when the patient is on Chemo and is safe to take. There is quite a lot of positive info on the effects of Essiac in cancer treatment. I am hopeful that my friend will give it try so I can find out whether or not it is as advertised.

2tim215
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

[David Merrill]

I plug purslane too. Google it and there are convincing studies indicating it can stop the progression of breast cancer. So I imagine it is a powerful preventive herb as well, for all kinds of cancer. The vitamin breakdown is really what convinces one to learn how to recognize this weed.

It grows all over the place and in the most absurdly difficult conditions. So in any doomsday scenario since purslane is all over the place, it is easy to envision grazing as you go, just eating this succulant as you walk.

I froze a few pounds to get me through the winter and when harvesting I will thrash the seeds out in a grocery bag before I wash it. Then throw the seeds in a corner of an empty lot nearby for next year. It is so sturdy one should be careful not to harvest near public school playgrounds because it easily survives many pesticides like diazynone and so look for it in abandoned areas.

Note that pigweed looks a lot like purslane. Pigweed is toxic and hard on the kidneys so be careful. Pigweed is not a succulent; therefore it has no hollow, wet stem like purslane. Pigweed has a much harder red stem.

Purslane is delicious with its lemony-oily flavor complimenting Ranch Dressing. It compliments eggs too. I sprinkle the frozen harvest on cereal for breakfast. It works like a laxative but your system should grow quickly accustomed to that. If you are getting on in years you may notice the prostate regains its youthful behavior, like sleeping through the night and even waking without having to pee.


Regards,

David Merrill.

[2tim215]

You got me on that one, David. Never heard of purslane before. It definitely looks like a weed. I'll have to research that one.

2tim215
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

[David Merrill]

Originally Posted by 2tim215

You got me on that one, David. Never heard of purslane before. It definitely looks like a weed. I'll have to research that one.

2tim215
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Yes indeed. And I understand the frustration of giving tips to those scared enough to poison themselves, hopefully only near death instead of healthy natural foods. I mentioned purslane last summer to the neighbor who was weeding it out of her yard. Her husband died of prostate cancer a few weeks ago. There's only so much to do.

[2tim215]

Originally Posted by David Merrill

Yes indeed. And I understand the frustration of giving tips to those scared enough to poison themselves, hopefully only near death instead of healthy natural foods. I mentioned purslane last summer to the neighbor who was weeding it out of her yard. Her husband died of prostate cancer a few weeks ago. There's only so much to do.

It's really sad how much America is brainwashed regarding pharmaceuticals versus nutraceuticals, herbal and homeopathic remedies. Why don't people consider that maybe God provided all the things we humans need in a natural way to survive the earths diseases and maintain health in our lives? Man lived good and healthy lives long before chemistry was even invented. Of course those who do not believe the Biblical account would disagree as well as would those who don't believe in God at all. I suppose that this is somewhat of a faith issue. Yet so many will put into their bodies many of these poisonous chemicals without hesitation, just because someone labeled "doctor" tells them to do so (without even a second opinion. I guess this is where they place their faith. Chemotherapy is just one very good example of this: while it tries to poison the cancer, it poisons the entire body in the process, weakening the immune system. Although I do realize they are getting more skilled at how they do it, in many cases not only is the cancer killed, but the patient is as well since with their drastically weakened immune system, they wind up becoming very susceptible to many of the other diseases out there, thereby destroying some other organ (or severely damaging it) in their body during the process. I AM NOT SAYING MEDICAL SCIENCE IS ALWAYS WRONG AND SHOULD NEVER be relied upon, but what I am saying is that it should never be taken for granted and that it is always better to use alternatives when available and that one should make wise decisions and not just rely on one doctors opinion (get several) and what's better, rely on the creator (assuming that one believe's they have a creator). For those who do have a relationship with their creator, you might be surprised, He may advise you to follow the doctors oreders. So for those who believe in natural healing alone, I would caution you there as well. I have seen too many cases where believers took that approach and the results were catastropic. Yet I have probably seen more cases where people used medicine and got bad doctor's advice and things turned out just as bad. That is why the Bible teaches Gods people that they are to have wisdom and discernment in all things and are not to be presumptuous by taking certain things for granted. What's interesting is that more and more doctors are seeing this (the advantages of natural methods of healing) and are actually turning to some of these alternatives and recommending them to their patients (rather than strong medications or the knife) as they see the light and realize that natural alternatives are usually way less problematic (and in some cases even more effective) in certain circumstances and are thus making them part of their repertoire. That is, those who are more concerned for their patients than the AMA and the ************ Medicine Companies. It is probably also worthy to note how many of the Pharmaceutical companies are in fact diversifying and putting out their own vitamins and herbal labels which you can now find on the shelves of just about any drugstore and supermarket in anticipation of some of the changes which are taking place in the health and wellness arena.

Here's some good books on this from a Biblical perspective:

Miracle Food Cures from the Bible
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073...lance&n=283155

Healing Secrets from the Bible
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...Fencoding=UTF8

The Bible Cure
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006...lance&n=283155

Of course there are umpteen others available on natural methods of healing for those of you are anti-biblical.

2tim215
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

[David Merrill]

Thanks, I agree. I have found it interesting that homeopathic doctors suggest cleansing of excess yeast, especially in women. Low sugar intake, no bread and soforth. Dr. Leonard Horowitz includes it in his book Healing Codes - for the Biological Apocalypse.

A good Jew spends a week out of the year doing just that on Biblical command.


Regards,

David Merrill.