Comments on: 18 of Nature’s Most Powerful Medicinal Plants

By: Diane Davis

Diane Davis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:55:37 +0000

In your article on medicinal herbs, you mention marijuana and hemp interchangeably. This is a misnomer, since hemp grown for paper, rope, edible seeds and oil does not contain the hallucinogenic “THC” Please keep us accurately informed so we can continue to benefit from the hemp grown for food and fiber! see: http://www.livingharvest.com Thank you!

By: Carole Greer

Carole Greer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:52:49 +0000

This is a fantastic collection of knowledge. Too bad the Scientific Society is loading our bodies with non-essential drugs that do more harm than good.

By: Andy Miles

Andy Miles — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:07:15 +0000

I work in Chinese Medicine Research and study the medicinal benefits of plants. There are life saving, cancer fighting plants that didn’t make the list. The list may have better been called, the top ten, sort of beneficial plants. San qi is a life saving herb which has been used in war for thousands of years. It can stop fatal bleeding. Bai Hua she she cao can attack peritoneal cancers. Huang Qi can boost the immune system and prevent replication of HIV while at the same time making insulin more available for diabetics. There are truly powerful herbs which can take out life threatening diseases, including the top three killers in North America. Marijuana is crap for treating any disease. The Chinese had it for thousands of years and only used the seeds for constipation. There are far superior herbs which have been studied extensively for depression according to the Hamilton Scale of depression. Its poison from a traditional Chinese medical viewpoint.

As to the poppies being safe for children. Every substance has a minimum effective dose and an overdose which makes it poisonous.

While I appreciate the effort, next time consult google scholar or pubmed. There is extensive research on a variety of plants as well as potential side effects available for the general public.

By: Tony Holiday

Tony Holiday — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:33:08 +0000

THANKS for this article and link. I’m always looking for healthful herbs that I can grow in the small space I have. I use them in daily smoothies. I find it especially very easy to grow catnip.

By: Pussycat

Pussycat — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:57:50 +0000

On pot, what a way to go, people use tabet medication to releax and keep the daily stresses away, which is just as habit forming e.g.: prozak etc.
Smoke a joint, then feel how you relax. Pot is a natural form of medication.

By: GD Capstone 09 » Blog Archive » 70 Extremely Exotic Plants, Flowers, Forests & Trees

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:38:45 +0000

[...] 18 of the Most Powerful Medicinal Plants on the Planet: Some plants are deadly while others save lives – and looks can be deceiving. Some, like marijuana and poppies, are largely outlawed while others, including catnip and alfalfa, are widely harvested and put to a great many purposes every day around the world. Click Here to Continue. [...]

By: PT

PT — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:40:53 +0000

I heard once that Romaine lettuce was the natural equivalent to Valium. A “botanist” once exposed it on American tv (J. Carson presumably) and was quickly reprimanded by the FDA. I heard it. I believe it.

By: Beverly Hunter

Beverly Hunter — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:04:25 +0000

Well, whoever wrote this column certainly did NOT do their research before writing the “marijuana” article. The hemp plant that George Washington and others grew and Marijuana, although related are two entirely different varietals. This misinformation is part what has prompted the uneducated DEA to outlaw the growing of “hemp” in the US.
Industrial hemp, also comes in several varieties and is used to make fabric, string, rope – used to for everything from clothing, sails, rope, tents (WW I & II) and today has been developed for food use. In Canada it is legally grown and the hemp nut is extremely nutritious providing highly digestible protein, Omegas 3 – 6 & 9 – great energy food. Check out thegoodseedhemp.com for more information.

By: Alejo

Alejo — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:19:00 +0000

@Answer My Health Question

“marijuana[...]Its better to intensity the prohibition of this because of its bad effect to human..”

Yeah, cause prohibition works like a charm, amirite? There’s no positive outcome if you investigate marijuana health benefits… amirite? It’s better to just ban the damn thing, even though the thing is growing everywhere.
If you want to stay ignorant and disinformated do not drag us with you, thank you.

@everyone: sorry for the crappy english, that was my best try.

By: Dan E.

Dan E. — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:13:01 +0000

California poppies are not a source of opium, having almost none of the effects you claim. Looks like most of these plants have a calming or buzz factor. How about digitalis or aloe?