RE: Rocky Mountain bear medicine. Wildharvesting Osha root. "Ligusticum porteri"
<3 ahhhhhh ... ok we really are twins lol i lived in northern new mexico (taos) for a year and of course met the bear root up in a little herbal shop in the mountains... caught my eye and then... never was the same after that. buhner is one of my fav herbalists of all time (so so rich and good! touching on what it means to be human and herb allies on that journey yes! herbal antibiotics, fasting, lyme disease and more!) and i have watched that vid by michael moore. so good that you grew up around this root. i feel a very strong connection with it too.. and a couple years ago made a gallon tincture that i still have a quart left of!
i have mixed feelings about myself harvesting it as i am not native to the area and i know some people talk about it being overharvested. i do know one harvester who "tends a wild patch", only takes what he needs, replants the seeds, etc... i have had him harvest for me in the past. powerful stuff! we have native goldenseal here... perhaps our families could do a trade of freshly harvested roots?! just putting it out there if you're interested in swapping bioregional medicine, no pressure! so happy to see this this morning! <3 truly this plant is one of my favs... so close to the spirit and works not only on the body.... !! Resteeming this beauty!
yessssss total twin tribes!!!!! so cool you lived in taos and came to know the local intelligences!!! you sooo know and feel what i mean!!!!! i can see you in that herbal shop...spotting the ancient osha! so felt!!!! thanks so much sister...for you testimony and words here!!!! it truly is an herb who's affects are "legion"....as i've heard moore mention. we use it for everything too. as you mentioned lyme and so much more!!!! my next post will be on usnea...one of buhner's other favorites.. as you know. we tincture osha and usnea together...as you can see in the image in the post. totally feel you on the sacredness of harvesting. we tend to a small slope on the mountain very similar to this herbalist's description in the video..below. we seed and harvest down slope...from larger mothers. we hope to tend to this hillside for years to come! magic!
totally feel ya on harvesting and the sacredness of that. it took me two years to find them at the right altitude. once i did....i honed in on some private land....they were growing on. for the last many years...i have been gathering from this one hillside..and the colony that grows on it. seeding new babies..and carefully tending to the colony. i love them so much!!! this video...is kin...to how i work with the colony here. perhaps you even know this herbalist. ;)
we would absolutely trade ya'll....for fresh roots of your local land!!!!!!!!!! native goldenseal?!!! wow!!!! what an honor and a JOY!!!!!! we will harvest more super fresh roots..in august/september...as the seed pods develop. :) @mountainjewel we appreciate you so dang much!!!!!!!! truly humbled and honored by your support of our expressions! STEEM ON..... SISTER AND BROTHER!!!!!! i love these words you wrote "so close to the spirit and works not only on the body." mmmmmm!
ahhhh such a good reply from you. thanks for the nourishment, connection, enthusiasm, inspiration, teaching, and vibrant life you lead. much respect and care!!! ok cool! i made a gallon of hydrastis canadensis tincture (with organic alcohol) last fall. my friend vinnie, who is in her 70s living here for 40 years!) is the one who i got the roots from. she grows certified organic and biodynamic woah!! and has for many many years. goldenseal is native to our area so it grows well. we planted over 200 plants last year on our land that will be ready in 2 years. i actually traded her my time for the goldenseal and for her organic grass fed beef last fall... a cool connection. i have that tincture and willing to trade that in bulk ooooor i can get some fresh roots depending on what you and your family want. i am so excited to hear of your holistic and respectful connection to our friend Osha... what a blessing. this medicine is so close to me and now i feel close to you. it has connected me to the bear and so much else. i feel like we could have a great talk about this medicine lol! <3
thanks so much mountainjewel sister. my goodness...the land of goldenseal!!!!! organic and biodynamic?!!!! geez...and wow!!!!!! :) priceless! we are down for trading for tincture or root. sounds like you're tincturing like us....so it alllll sounds good....whatever you feel like trading us. i love handling the actual root...so i can feel the plant in as many ways as i can. no rush on our end....but a root even to hold and look at from your sacred land or your friends...is more than worth the wait! mmm...the grass fed beef sounds amazing too lol. cheers! :) big weston price fan here! we have a great local source for the grass fed beef also.
same here...we can send you fresh root around september....or tincture ...or both. :) we will have plenty! i look forward to learning from goldenseal...since she's so close to your heart and land. i'll start studying it now. i feel blessed beyond words for the potential to receive some of that magic from ya'll! i haven't work with that one at ALL yet! thank YOU...for your respectful connection....to the plant nation...and our beloved osha. I FEEL YOU! no doubt we could enjoy deep sangha....about osha and many others lol!!!!!! so grateful to connect with ya'll here on steemit!!!!!!!! tribe. earth family!!!!!! cheers sister...thanks again!!!!!! deep respect and gratitude.