Session 18 July 2015
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treugolnik
The Force is Strong With This One
Personally, I was reminded of Lucerne at the mention of parasites. Cs mentioned before that Lucerne appear to be striking with properties that can significantly help in cleansing the body, and therefore the growth of consciousness.
Anyway, thank you for the great session!
Anyway, thank you for the great session!
treugolnik said:
I am sorry treugolnik, but when you say "Lucerne", what do you mean? The Lucerne I know of is a city
Also, you are welcomed to visit our newbies thread and write a little intro of yourself there, as I've seen you haven't written one. Just things about yourself you feel comfortable sharing, how you found the forum, what have you read so far, etc. This will give the rest of us the opportunity to welcome you properly.
I am only on page 8 reading the comments but need to stop and post .
Thanks Skyfarmr for your very thought provoking post. I've been looking at iodine deficiency as well recently. AND I have a black walnut tree in my yard so will be looking into making my own tincture!
Considering parasites, the first order of business for me would be a regular cleanse for the usual suspects which I haven't done in years
I'm also unclear about the role of iron here. It is needed for a healthy immune system but to much causes one to be a receptor for the negative or shuts down higher insights. More study for me on this.
I'm using a cast iron skillet and perhaps I should ditch this?
Great information provided by all! This is so inspiring. Thanks again.
Thanks Skyfarmr for your very thought provoking post. I've been looking at iodine deficiency as well recently. AND I have a black walnut tree in my yard so will be looking into making my own tincture!
Considering parasites, the first order of business for me would be a regular cleanse for the usual suspects which I haven't done in years
I'm also unclear about the role of iron here. It is needed for a healthy immune system but to much causes one to be a receptor for the negative or shuts down higher insights. More study for me on this.
I'm using a cast iron skillet and perhaps I should ditch this?
Great information provided by all! This is so inspiring. Thanks again.
Yeah, the iron thing can be scary but, don't ditch the skillet just yet. :)
There an entire thread on iron overload here. You might also want to read this article The Iron Elephant. There's also a book
Have fun!
There an entire thread on iron overload here. You might also want to read this article The Iron Elephant. There's also a book
Have fun!
treugolnik
The Force is Strong With This One
Lucerne is alfalfa, indeed. In Russian alfalfa sounds like lucerne, and alfalfa is associated with the brand — Alfalfa. There is an interesting excerps:
Regarding Alfalfa, I turned up the following:
ALFALFA Properties:
Herbal:
http://www.botanical-online.com/english/alfalfa.htm
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/herbs/alfalfa.html
http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-alfalfa.html
soil remediation for PAH contaminated soils:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11368-011-0382-z
Heavy metal uptake
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749102001057
and most excitingly..
Extracting gold:
https://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/98Proceed/11Gardea2/11gardea2.pdf
"Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO RECOVER GOLD(III) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY
USING MEDICAGO SATIVA(ALFALFA)
JL Gardea-Torresdey, K.J. Tiemann, G. Gamez, K. Dokken, M.J. Yacaman
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso, Texas
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, KM. 36.5 Carretera Federal
Mexico-Toluca, Municipio de Ocoyoacac Estado De Mexico - CP 52045
There is a need for the development of a system that can extract gold out of aqueous solutions
without the use of hazardous chemicals.
A biorecovery system using alfalfa biomass may be the answer for the recovery of gold(III) from
aqueous solutions in an environmentally friendly manner.
Batch laboratory experiments indicate that alfalfa binds gold(III) quickly and in a pH-independent
manner.
Gold(III) binding capacity experiments performed with the alfalfa roots and shoots have shown the following results:
40.9 mg gold per gram of shoot tissues;
18.7 mg gold per gram of root tissues.
We were able to recover up to 99.1% of the bound gold metal by treatment with 0.2 M acidic
thiourea.
Surprisingly we discovered that the bound gold turned purple in color, meaning that gold(III) had
been reduced to gold(0).
This was confirmed by transmission electron microscopic analysis (TEM).
In addition, column experiments were performed with silica-immobilized alfalfa to determine the
gold(III) binding ability under flow conditions.
This in turn could constitute an innovative pollution prevention technology to reclaim gold from
natural and industrial processes and prevent the use of hazardous chemicals that might contaminate groundwaters."
So, as well as being excellent at purging parasites, and absorbing PCBs and PAH chemicals, we find that the plant can absorb heavy metals and even gold.
The Shepherds of Arcadia might have been on to something.
ALFALFA Properties:
Herbal:
http://www.botanical-online.com/english/alfalfa.htm
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/herbs/alfalfa.html
http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-alfalfa.html
soil remediation for PAH contaminated soils:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11368-011-0382-z
Heavy metal uptake
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749102001057
and most excitingly..
Extracting gold:
https://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/98Proceed/11Gardea2/11gardea2.pdf
"Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO RECOVER GOLD(III) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY
USING MEDICAGO SATIVA(ALFALFA)
JL Gardea-Torresdey, K.J. Tiemann, G. Gamez, K. Dokken, M.J. Yacaman
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso, Texas
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, KM. 36.5 Carretera Federal
Mexico-Toluca, Municipio de Ocoyoacac Estado De Mexico - CP 52045
There is a need for the development of a system that can extract gold out of aqueous solutions
without the use of hazardous chemicals.
A biorecovery system using alfalfa biomass may be the answer for the recovery of gold(III) from
aqueous solutions in an environmentally friendly manner.
Batch laboratory experiments indicate that alfalfa binds gold(III) quickly and in a pH-independent
manner.
Gold(III) binding capacity experiments performed with the alfalfa roots and shoots have shown the following results:
40.9 mg gold per gram of shoot tissues;
18.7 mg gold per gram of root tissues.
We were able to recover up to 99.1% of the bound gold metal by treatment with 0.2 M acidic
thiourea.
Surprisingly we discovered that the bound gold turned purple in color, meaning that gold(III) had
been reduced to gold(0).
This was confirmed by transmission electron microscopic analysis (TEM).
In addition, column experiments were performed with silica-immobilized alfalfa to determine the
gold(III) binding ability under flow conditions.
This in turn could constitute an innovative pollution prevention technology to reclaim gold from
natural and industrial processes and prevent the use of hazardous chemicals that might contaminate groundwaters."
So, as well as being excellent at purging parasites, and absorbing PCBs and PAH chemicals, we find that the plant can absorb heavy metals and even gold.
The Shepherds of Arcadia might have been on to something.
Also regarding alfalfa, it has been discussed in another context in the thread "Getting a handle on things". Fwiw.
