Just a heads up, these can be difficult to grow from seeds. They have to be conditioned in the freezer for more than a month to even have a chance to get them to hatch. Their soil must meet certain pH criteria too, I believe. Just fyi, you need to study up on this one to grow it and from what I can tell, I don't think it's going to be ready be fall when you may need it.
It's unlikely that I will ever plant this given my philosophy that if it want grow in cow shit it don't need growing. I might throw some in the ground at some point after freezing for the prescribed period though. Would be neat to be the only guy in town with heapum powerful medicine.
That is excellent, indeed. Thank you. Also, I've read 3 studies on the Pitcher plant extract. 2 from 1862 and one from 2012. I am fairly confident the primary compound of action is found in the root. At least according to those studies. So the entire plant of the just the roots may need to be used to make the extract. Just fyi.
This first study is from 2012 and they explain how they made their extract from the entire plant. The second study is from 1862 where they explain how they essentially made a tea from the root of the plant. From these two studies, I believe you need to use at least the entire plant. Roots included especially because according to the older study, the Micmac Indians said the compound is found in the roots of the plant. In the 2012 study they used the entire plant.
Also note that other plants were used in this study. Wild pitcher plants are threatened/endangered in many areas, and one wouldn't want to create the type of hysteria over a marginal theory that might cause the extirpation of a possibly important research vector.
I'm currently trying to dig deeper into the germ vs. terrain theories, and if one subscribes to the terrain theory, there is no such thing as a malevolent virus. By this line of reasoning, viruses are fragments of DNA in the process of being expelled by the body, and are the decay remnants of other processes -- usually from bacteria or toxins. So, to use an herbal preparation to inhibit the replication/spread of something that is not a source of disease is folly.
Like I said, I'm still in the process of trying to understand this better, but I also have concerns about people digging up wild plants...especially with the current fears about infections. I know that pitcher plants are extremely slow-growing, and are generally not prolific outside of rare wetland areas which are becoming more and more scarce.
Thanks. Ordered some.
Just a heads up, these can be difficult to grow from seeds. They have to be conditioned in the freezer for more than a month to even have a chance to get them to hatch. Their soil must meet certain pH criteria too, I believe. Just fyi, you need to study up on this one to grow it and from what I can tell, I don't think it's going to be ready be fall when you may need it.
It's unlikely that I will ever plant this given my philosophy that if it want grow in cow shit it don't need growing. I might throw some in the ground at some point after freezing for the prescribed period though. Would be neat to be the only guy in town with heapum powerful medicine.
Thanks for your research, and reply.
That is excellent, indeed. Thank you. Also, I've read 3 studies on the Pitcher plant extract. 2 from 1862 and one from 2012. I am fairly confident the primary compound of action is found in the root. At least according to those studies. So the entire plant of the just the roots may need to be used to make the extract. Just fyi.
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I've also seen them at Lowes. Look for the little cups with venus flytraps with the indoor plants.
Wait a minute - is this more monkeypox fear porn?
I searched around and see tons of stuff on how to grow, but find nothing so far on how to render the plant into a form that can be taken as medicine.
Does one just eat the leaves, or boil them to make a tee, or ..................
You find anything on this?
This first study is from 2012 and they explain how they made their extract from the entire plant. The second study is from 1862 where they explain how they essentially made a tea from the root of the plant. From these two studies, I believe you need to use at least the entire plant. Roots included especially because according to the older study, the Micmac Indians said the compound is found in the roots of the plant. In the 2012 study they used the entire plant.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302891/
https://ia800708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/22/items/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252802%252960584-7.zip&file=10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252802%252960988-2.pdf
Also note that other plants were used in this study. Wild pitcher plants are threatened/endangered in many areas, and one wouldn't want to create the type of hysteria over a marginal theory that might cause the extirpation of a possibly important research vector.
I'm currently trying to dig deeper into the germ vs. terrain theories, and if one subscribes to the terrain theory, there is no such thing as a malevolent virus. By this line of reasoning, viruses are fragments of DNA in the process of being expelled by the body, and are the decay remnants of other processes -- usually from bacteria or toxins. So, to use an herbal preparation to inhibit the replication/spread of something that is not a source of disease is folly.
Like I said, I'm still in the process of trying to understand this better, but I also have concerns about people digging up wild plants...especially with the current fears about infections. I know that pitcher plants are extremely slow-growing, and are generally not prolific outside of rare wetland areas which are becoming more and more scarce.