Re: Kombucha:Mongolian (?)elixir of health-do you drink it?
OMG. I knew it! I mean I knew there were 'opals' in the kombucha. I'm starting to pick up the inventor's spirit.
Chaga is wonderful stuff. But people must not be allowed to become greedy with it--that would be bad, all around.
I have some white oak bark, and some red clover.
And about a T. of raspeberry leaf. Would you suggest mixing these? Kombucha talk, now.
I can't remember why I bought the white oak bark--
can you remind me about of its uses?
What is the distinction between an
Antibiotic (such as golden seal) and an atiseptic. (I mean in herbs)
And this may be very elementary--I *am* mostly self-taught:
is there a comprehensive list online of which plants contain tannins?
I once had so many SCOBYS, I was cutting them all up for the compost, after I gave up on the idea od making a sort of vegan octopus snack. (and I don't even have a yard right now; just a long balcony). And then I thought there'd be a super (!) market for them as dog chews...I've got bags of scraps in the freezer. I may have to get a new Scoby though. All this started with a nice thick mason-sized Scoby form ebay, (suspiciously -or maybe auspiciously creamy white, but gorgeous, and it grew some really large ones--there's a common picture online in kombucha communities of a nice big glass container--wide mouth; that's the one I mostly use. But I may have to return to the
quart size to experiment with herbal kombuchas...
And once I tied to cut a large SCOBY into smaller ones--but they don't like scissors, or any metal in fact. I have two very thick, big SCOBYs, but they don't seem to be producing any babies--even though they are producing more tea itself.
hmmm.
and the opal saga continues.
Oh--a question about green chai. I've developed this sort of habit lately for STASH (sorry to say, yup, a brand) green chai. I am wondering if it is in any way interfering with calcium? The spice part really seems to be something my body wants--just curious. I think I'm getting a bit achey lately. In fingers, and tingly in toes. Any ideas about that?
Thanks, as always, for the pleasure.
Chiron