Plant Wisdom Within

05/03/2022

Don't spray; it's okay...just eat it! (or turn it into tea). What can it do for you? Take a look! https://theherbalacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ground-ivy-monograph.pdf?ap_id=SusannahS

01/15/2021

“Results Gut microbiome composition was significantly altered in patients with COVID-19 compared with non-COVID-19 individuals irrespective of whether patients had received medication (p

Objective Although COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, there is mounting evidence suggesting that the GI tract is involved in this disease. We investigated whether the gut microbiome is linked to disease severity in patients with COVID-19, and whether perturbations in microbiome composition...

01/12/2021

This is pre-print, ie., not yet peer-reviewed, and in vitro, ie., one chemical component in licorice root out of the hundreds it's known to contain is isolated, modified, and introduced outside of the body in a petri dish to covid parts, vs being tested within the complexities of the human system, but still exciting to see 1000s of years of human use being translated in this way. And, the amounts used are beneath what's frequently consumed in tea. (Wear your mask.) https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210105/Glycyrrhizin-in-licorice-root-neutralizes-SARS-CoV-2-in-vitro-by-inhibiting-the-main-protease-Mpro.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2A_WcZo8zNT0-78LvxNUuQVKEVkVA11NOTbeei9mnT79xj-35MJUnbcWg

In a recent bioRxiv* preprint paper, researchers from Germany analyzed aqueous licorice root extract for its neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. They identified glycyrrhizin, the primary active ingredient in the root, and revealed the underlying mechanism of viral neutralization.

10/17/2020

"Plants and animals offer up many different ways of being, becoming, and living. From inters*x worms to flowers that transition s*x overnight, nature is non-binary! During this fun and inclusive virtual workshop, learn about and celebrate the diversity found throughout nature.

This program is open to anyone who is looking to explore nature in an environment that is representative of all identities and expressions. Led by non-binary nature enthusiast Nat Carreno, this interactive online program will offer unique insights into the diversity of biological expression in the natural world."

Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 a.m. Register now!

08/30/2020

Hi, guys. It's Joan (Plant Wisdom Within). *PLEASE AMPLIFY!*

I need to raise about $20,000 ASAP. Approx $16,000 to get radiation treatment started and approx $3000 to cover housing during treatment.

I may need to pay as much as $33,000 out-of pocket to get the treatment my oncology team and I believe is the best. This proton therapy treatment is a very targeted form of radiation therapy which is as or more effective than other radiations. Its value is in its ability to reduce collateral damage to surrounding healthy non-tumor tissues. The tumor they’re irradiating looks like a huge glial cell or a kohlrabi in my chest. It branches out around my lungs, esophagus, thyroid, and heart. I don’t want to survive Hodgkin’s lymphoma only to have the treatment I used to survive it kill me later. I want as little risk of thyroid disease, lung pathology, breast cancer, heart damage, esophageal dysfunction, and heart disease as possible.

My team at Penn is on the cutting edge of this better cancer-care technology. There are lots of scientific papers to back up the viability of proton therapy here. But, since it’s a newer technology, there aren’t as many long-term studies and it’s more expensive so the insurance company won’t agree yet to pay. If we can raise $16k (roughly half the cost of treatment), I can get started and the hospital will continue to fight for my right to be reimbursed. The insurance company may or may not then pay a portion of the remainder under pressure from the hospital. So I don’t know if I’m asking for a full long-term 36k, but I’m definitely asking for 20k right now. I’m at the end of the window when I should have already begun receiving proton therapy, so this is a timely ask.

Please spread this request throughout your networks. A little from a lot of people can do a lot of good right now and years into the future. Thanks for considering me and my kids in the middle of what is a very hard time for a lot of you right now, too.

THANK YOU to all of you who've been with me thus far helping to defray costs and ease the incredible burden of navigating cancer during an isolating pandemic. Your network of help has been a lifeline in making it through the challenges of doing too much of this costly journey alone on a daily basis.

Now you know why PWW hasn't been posting for awhile.
Much love,
Joan.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/joan039s-total-recovery

12/22/2019

12/13/2019

Well, this is interesting.

New research on mice has found a possible explanation for why autoimmune diseases are more common in females, and it has to do with their extra X chromosome.

12/09/2019

Beyond grateful to have connected with so many loving souls eager to learn and experience plant medicine yesterday! Greer Thompson, Heartwish Healing Center puts on a lovely market — can’t wait to do it again next year!! 🙏🏼🌿✨

12/08/2019

12/08/2019

Bring your jolly selves down to the Heartwish Holiday Market for some lovingly handcrafted herbal goodness. Gifts for you and those you love! Today! 12-5 Basement of Cultured Pearl Building.

12/07/2019

I wish you guys could smell this fresh batch of rose🌹milk facial cream! 😍 It and other small batch herbal products I’ve handcrafted will be available at the heartwish healing center Holiday Pop-up Shop TOMORROW (Sun 12/8) from 12-5 in the basement of the Cultured Pearl building on Rehoboth Avenue. Come hang out with me & 10 other cool vendors, have a mini reiki treatment or chair massage and support local small businesses!

12/06/2019

As a medical student I had at most, an hour of training on obtaining informed consent and only for medical procedures - not medication use. That consisted of making sure you read a patient the risks of a procedure and had them sign the form confirming this. It did not include actually explaining the risks - just reading a list of them to someone who was feeling unwell and vulnerable, but at the same time, influencing them by telling them how much they need the procedure. The implications of the risks tended to be minimized, rather than personalized - as in this is what this could really mean for you if this horrible thing happens. No breadth of alternatives were given.⁠
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In the clinic, pharmaceuticals, invasive tests, and procedures were usually afforded much less informed consent time - if any. Usually a prescription is just written, it's assumed the patient will take it, and no risks are communicated. ⁠
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Comments like "I'm just going to do a little snip because I don't like your baby's heartbeat" (l heard that one not too long ago; I stopped the OB from doing it; baby was born 30 seconds later, no problems), the vaginal exam someone went to do without even waking a sleeping mother (that person got stopped in their tracks, too!); the medication put in the IV without the patient being told....ALL NOT OKAY. ⁠
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EVERY exam, EVERY procedure, EVERY medication REQUIRES your INFORMED consent (unless a dire emergency or you're medically unable to give consent, like you're unconscious, or delirious and it's a lifesaving intervention). That means you get to ask questions until you understand AND you can SAY NO. Or I'd like to think about that. Consent doesn't just mean someone reads a list of possible risks or tells you it's needed. It's a full explanation of RISKS and ALTERNATIVES. AND what happens if you say no or wait.⁠
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Yet this is not happening!Let's take hysterectomy, for example: AT LEAST 20% are considered medically entirely unnecessary, and only 30% of women advised to have a hysterectomy, of a study of over 5,000 women, were informed of non-surgical alternatives by their doctor. Women in their 30s were the least likely to be informed!

12/06/2019

" Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are [capable of seeing, hearing and smelling](https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/plant-senses/), they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops.

Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and to***co plants made sounds at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem is cut.

Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away. A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate.

“These findings can alter the way we think about the plant kingdom, which has been considered to be almost silent until now,” they write in their study, which has not yet been published in a journal.

https://www.newscientist.com/…/2226093-recordings-reveal-t…/ "

For the first time plants have been recorded making sounds when stressed. The sounds differed when they were injured or thirsty, a finding that could help farmers

12/05/2019

Stay rooted this hectic holiday season, my friends. 🌿✨🙏🏼

12/05/2019

Come join us for wonderful holiday gifts and good cheer ! Sunday ✨

Super Excited for the Holiday Market (under cultured pearl in Rehoboth) ❄️✨💫 Goldensita will have seasonal products perfect for this weather! I want my beautiful woman to stay hydrated with vitamins, oils, and h20! 🧖🏼‍♀️ New to this season is “ Super You” exfoliator, it is packed with hydrating properties, while shedding away dead skin cells! A winter mask “ Fever For You” ✨! .
Many other local artist will be at the Market! See you Goddesses in light soon ✨

12/05/2019

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