Comments on: Dawn of Breathing Season http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Krista http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/comment-page-1/#comment-12726 Krista Fri, 08 May 2009 04:54:09 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=303#comment-12726 Well, someone already mentioned local honey and cooking with juniper berries--you can also chew the berries (of course after making sure the variety you are dealing with isn't deadly in certain doses) to help your kidneys, drink juniper tea to clear your lungs, and tinctures help with prostate and kidney functions--a good bacteria/infection fighter; slow and low doses and before the season hits help one's body get used to the plant. All in all it sounds like a harrowing experience you've dealt with...I must say congrats on your book being translated into Chinese (i dig the new cover)...next is in India if that hasn't happened already. Thanks for being an inspiration! Well, someone already mentioned local honey and cooking with juniper berries–you can also chew the berries (of course after making sure the variety you are dealing with isn’t deadly in certain doses) to help your kidneys, drink juniper tea to clear your lungs, and tinctures help with prostate and kidney functions–a good bacteria/infection fighter; slow and low doses and before the season hits help one’s body get used to the plant. All in all it sounds like a harrowing experience you’ve dealt with…I must say congrats on your book being translated into Chinese (i dig the new cover)…next is in India if that hasn’t happened already. Thanks for being an inspiration!

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/comment-page-1/#comment-11592 OrgoCowboy Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05:18 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=303#comment-11592 Wow. That might be the solution for edible juniper, Arlo. I'll let you know if I can breathe next year. Wow. That might be the solution for edible juniper, Arlo. I’ll let you know if I can breathe next year.

]]> By: Arlo Petersen http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/comment-page-1/#comment-11571 Arlo Petersen Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:39:19 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=303#comment-11571 Doug Have you made sourdough starter yet? Two types of berries work; Oregon Grape and Juniper. And you will have plenty of Juniper berries! Just mix water, flour and whole berries. The yeast on the berries is what makes it all work. Here is a very interesting blog about this type of adventure. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=105634 Doug

Have you made sourdough starter yet? Two types of berries work; Oregon Grape and Juniper. And you will have plenty of Juniper berries!

Just mix water, flour and whole berries. The yeast on the berries is what makes it all work.

Here is a very interesting blog about this type of adventure.

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=105634

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/comment-page-1/#comment-11366 OrgoCowboy Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:19:09 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=303#comment-11366 That is not just an excellent suggestion, Evan, but one I meant to include in my list of self-medications. Indeed a neighbor one canyon over has bees, and I get vats of the honey every year just for this purpose. OK, also because I am the sweets addict mentioned in the Dispatch. I love when the "spoonful of sugar" IS the medicine. So thanks for bringing that up. It's in the kit bag. As far as "the solution is in the problem," there is one step I have not yet been willing to take: some of my fellow juniper veterans insist that they get relief by actually -eating- the juniper berries. They admit it's unpleasant at first, but that it works. I haven't been able to go there. Not yet, at least. That is not just an excellent suggestion, Evan, but one I meant to include in my list of self-medications. Indeed a neighbor one canyon over has bees, and I get vats of the honey every year just for this purpose. OK, also because I am the sweets addict mentioned in the Dispatch. I love when the “spoonful of sugar” IS the medicine. So thanks for bringing that up. It’s in the kit bag.
As far as “the solution is in the problem,” there is one step I have not yet been willing to take: some of my fellow juniper veterans insist that they get relief by actually -eating- the juniper berries. They admit it’s unpleasant at first, but that it works. I haven’t been able to go there. Not yet, at least.

]]> By: Evan From Los Angeles http://www.dougfine.com/2009/04/14/dawn-of-breathing-season/comment-page-1/#comment-11354 Evan From Los Angeles Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:59:08 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=303#comment-11354 Hey Doug, see if you can find anyone in your area that produces local honey. If the bees are using the Juniper pollen to make honey it will act like a Vaccination against your allergies. Take a tablespoon a day, or more in the beginning, and in a year your allergies will be greatly reduced. The solution is in the problem. Hey Doug, see if you can find anyone in your area that produces local honey. If the bees are using the Juniper pollen to make honey it will act like a Vaccination against your allergies. Take a tablespoon a day, or more in the beginning, and in a year your allergies will be greatly reduced. The solution is in the problem.

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