Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 i read on one web site that periwinkle is so medicinal. all parts of it and then, in my herb book, i read that periwinkle leaves are poisonous. does anyone know the accurate story on periwinkle? db Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I have not studied periwinkle, but I have this story: A woman I know around here suffered uterine cancer, and had been basically given up by the medical profession. She retreated to the woods, tuned in intuitively, and concocted drinks based on tree twigs, from all sorts of trees. She also did red clover and some other herbs. For ten years, she kept her cancer at bay, but it was never totally gone. Then she started adding periwinkle. Not the fancy rosy Madagascar kind, just the plain blue local one. The whole plant, as a tea. Once she started doing that she could feel the cancer going away. This was years ago. This woman is the picture of excentric health. This story is not meant to diagnose, cure, etc etc. It is just one woman's story. Ien in the Kootenays ***************************** You ought to be Thankful, a Whole Heaping Lot for the places and people you're lucky you're not! ~Dr Seuss who is this Kootenay person anyway? http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/ien ****************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 sounds very believable. i guess use at your own discretion. good story too. thanks, db , " Ieneke van Houten " <ienvan@t...> wrote: > I have not studied periwinkle, but I have this story: > > A woman I know around here suffered uterine cancer, > and had been basically given up by the medical profession. > She retreated to the woods, tuned in intuitively, and concocted drinks based on tree twigs, from all sorts of trees. > She also did red clover and some other herbs. > For ten years, she kept her cancer at bay, but it was > never totally gone. Then she started adding periwinkle. > Not the fancy rosy Madagascar kind, just the plain > blue local one. The whole plant, as a tea. > Once she started doing that she could feel the > cancer going away. > This was years ago. This woman is the picture of > excentric health. > This story is not meant to diagnose, cure, etc etc. > It is just one woman's story. > Ien in the Kootenays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 .... mmh, just wondering... the periwinkle (Vinca minor) is sometimes called " myrtle " , but OTOH the " Myrtle " (Myrtus communis) is said (allegedly) to have " anti-mutagenic " powers ... Just wondering, even more... Barbara On 4/25/05, Ieneke van Houten <ienvan wrote: > I have not studied periwinkle, but I have this story: <snip> > For ten years, she kept her cancer at bay, but it was > never totally gone. Then she started adding periwinkle. > > Not the fancy rosy Madagascar kind, just the plain > blue local one. The whole plant, as a tea. > > Once she started doing that she could feel the > cancer going away. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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