28-02-2016, 16:42
Herbs and Race
July 3 2006 at 9:52 PM wsdm (Login wsdm)
For some time I have been bothered by this... but I couldnt express cause I thought I might be ridiculous.
However I believe that plant animals evolve in synergy. Take for instance I was born in the tropics my parents are from the tropics...I thrive in the summer time, I really really thrive in the summer time, my health is better, my skin, vitality etc. Under tropical conditions I am quite happy.
Foods such as papaya, yam, mangoes, pineapple, coconut are much more appealing to me than apples and pears except I love cherries ... food rich with color I love
I thrive on tropical foods.
You can take an elephant out of the southern hemisphere and place it in a zoo in New York and take a polar bear out of its natural habitat and they can thrive barely but they will do better if you recreate their environment as well as their natural eating habits. My point is animals including humans I believe evolve in synergy with their habitat.
I wonder if herbs from Europe or the northern hemisphere would agree with me or be the best for my system....
Any thoughts welcome
Alison
(Login Alison.)
Re: Herbs and Race
July 4 2006, 3:52 PM
I don't think the question is a ridiculous one. I think it's a fair question to ask. But I can't see any evidence for it. In the US for example they use herbs like Saw Palmetto and Wild Yam a lot, which are native to the Americas, but now they are used a lot in Europe too do they work any differently on Europeans? I would say no, as far as I can see the effects are just the same.
fawn
(no login)
not silly at all...
July 4 2006, 8:18 PM
That's one of the reasons that I've never bothered to study chinese medicine.
I'm of european and native american heritage, and I study and use herbs found in the americas and in europe by preference.
fawn
Jacqui
(Login Jacka-b)
EVE MEMBERS
I don't think so
July 5 2006, 4:16 PM
Well we all use paracetamol for headaches and it works regardless, and that comes from willowbark,if I'm not mistaken.
Most or all medicines are derived from natural ingredients and plants, and I'm talking about prescribed medicines here as well as homeopathic and they are universal. Your argument did cross my mind, but for thousands of years people have travelled,traded and adjusted to this planet on the whole. And take into acount that humans in general have adapted through various climatic conditions, people who are now living in hot, tropical conditions, may have had ancestors who lived through icy conditions.How herbs and food effect our bodies differently has little to do with race. Some people believe in Ayurvedic principles, when trying to define what's good for one and what's not etc. Humans are so complicated.
July 3 2006 at 9:52 PM wsdm (Login wsdm)
For some time I have been bothered by this... but I couldnt express cause I thought I might be ridiculous.
However I believe that plant animals evolve in synergy. Take for instance I was born in the tropics my parents are from the tropics...I thrive in the summer time, I really really thrive in the summer time, my health is better, my skin, vitality etc. Under tropical conditions I am quite happy.
Foods such as papaya, yam, mangoes, pineapple, coconut are much more appealing to me than apples and pears except I love cherries ... food rich with color I love
I thrive on tropical foods.
You can take an elephant out of the southern hemisphere and place it in a zoo in New York and take a polar bear out of its natural habitat and they can thrive barely but they will do better if you recreate their environment as well as their natural eating habits. My point is animals including humans I believe evolve in synergy with their habitat.
I wonder if herbs from Europe or the northern hemisphere would agree with me or be the best for my system....
Any thoughts welcome
Alison
(Login Alison.)
Re: Herbs and Race
July 4 2006, 3:52 PM
I don't think the question is a ridiculous one. I think it's a fair question to ask. But I can't see any evidence for it. In the US for example they use herbs like Saw Palmetto and Wild Yam a lot, which are native to the Americas, but now they are used a lot in Europe too do they work any differently on Europeans? I would say no, as far as I can see the effects are just the same.
fawn
(no login)
not silly at all...
July 4 2006, 8:18 PM
That's one of the reasons that I've never bothered to study chinese medicine.
I'm of european and native american heritage, and I study and use herbs found in the americas and in europe by preference.
fawn
Jacqui
(Login Jacka-b)
EVE MEMBERS
I don't think so
July 5 2006, 4:16 PM
Well we all use paracetamol for headaches and it works regardless, and that comes from willowbark,if I'm not mistaken.
Most or all medicines are derived from natural ingredients and plants, and I'm talking about prescribed medicines here as well as homeopathic and they are universal. Your argument did cross my mind, but for thousands of years people have travelled,traded and adjusted to this planet on the whole. And take into acount that humans in general have adapted through various climatic conditions, people who are now living in hot, tropical conditions, may have had ancestors who lived through icy conditions.How herbs and food effect our bodies differently has little to do with race. Some people believe in Ayurvedic principles, when trying to define what's good for one and what's not etc. Humans are so complicated.