A path-defining exploration of herbs which, using only seven key plants, provides a revolutionary guide on how you can support the planet and all humankind.
A path-defining exploration of herbs which, using only seven key plants, provides a revolutionary guide on how you can support the planet and all humankind.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Karl Elliot-Gough studied archaeology and anthropology at UCL, took techno music to SE Asia (Thailand and Indonesia), and is a former musician, producer and record label owner providing aural pleasure from non-genre specific quality electronic music. Twelve years of research and writing for his first book The Seven Deadly Whites: The Rise of the Diseases of Civilization (Earth Books, 2016). Karl lives in the Sussex countryside with his wife and 4 children and enjoys West German ceramics, a theremin, things megalithic and anthropologic, cycling fast, foraging slow and can sometimes be found taking walks and talks at festivals.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Human Plants The diseases of civilization Oikonomia Disconnection NETTLE Humble pie It's a family affair Nettle history, ethnobotany and folklore "It's got more chi, man!" A whole heap of benefits Side effects Tea terrorists and vultures Equipoise (ek-wuh-poiz) "Who's the daddy?" A bit more ChAT Phenomenal phenols The first epidemiological study Nettles for textiles What's wrong with cotton? The nettle industrial revolution Get foraging Recipes Nettle neglect DANDELION The best things in life are free Etymologicum What's in a name? Chronological cappers When folklore was the law Dawn of the lawn The Big C Duelling with the diuretics Warning! Nutrients Phreaky phytonutrients The inconvenient truth More than an opinion Taraxagum Dandelions are proper cool Foraging/harvesting Culinary dandelions Final word YARROW Armageddon Them Greeks, they knew a thing or two History and names Ethnobotanical Traditional "It's all about the phytonutrients, darling!" Axis of Evil leading the way (again) Here's more countries' opinions OTC cash registers on fire Aedes albopictus Radiation Divination "Need ya aura cleansing or chakras aligned, Mister?" Anything else? It can't all be good, can it? Foraging, growing and culinary curios Summation PLANTAIN Canine crisis The People will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough to notice ... Species specific Names First Nation peoples loved them History Traditional uses Firm scientific credentials Forbidden knowledge Psyllium (silly om) Farmers need to become the guardians of the soil CANNABIS Human Plant numero uno? Mary Jane, what's in the name? "Psst ... you wanna buy sum smoke?" Hamp or hemp Cannabis history, BC AD Into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Building a better world - Hempcrete Fabric Paper production The decorticator Plastic, bio-plastic and oil Hempire The seed - health CBD Some science Side effects Smacked out or stoned? Wrapping it up HAWTHORN Barbs of wisdom Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Botanical Folk and ethnographic Bubbling up from the depths of time Jesus Christ and the soul of London Vibrations, green men, fairies and pixilated superstitions Traditional uses Heart disease Global science Fishy science with an industrial whiff Eating Pleaching and a smeuse Enclosure It's not 'just' the land that got stolen/reappropriated BLACKBERRY Botanically and plantality Challenging etymology So little folklore, so much Devil's piss History, ethnobotanic and traditional uses Any problems? The biggest threat to the future of all Gaia's organisms Last scientific studies to digest Can't get away from those polyphenols The B17 story Foraging and Shinrin-Yoku Blackberry cultivation Yum! SOLUTIONAL SUMMATION SYSTEMIC REFORMATION 1. Health system An end to the diseases of civilization Medicine 1. Economic system What is money? Crypto or Green currency? Show us the money A Green-backed economy 2. Industrial system Building Fabrics Transport Petroleum 3. Agricultural system The great agricultural myth PermaLife 1:0 A nation is only as healthy as the soil it stands upon Permaculture 10 acres with planning consent How to get the land ... the peasants are revolting Forest charter, allotments and PCCs Land prices and subsidies Pharmas to farmers 4. Cultural system Obscenity law The Co-operator Wetiko and follow the money Socialism? Take a bow, the Seven Plants APPENDIX 1. Nutritional profiles 2. Pesticide sprayed since 1950 3. Pollution 4. GDPs vs corporation revenues 5. Humans 6. Historical pandemics BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Human Plants The diseases of civilization Oikonomia Disconnection NETTLE Humble pie It's a family affair Nettle history, ethnobotany and folklore "It's got more chi, man!" A whole heap of benefits Side effects Tea terrorists and vultures Equipoise (ek-wuh-poiz) "Who's the daddy?" A bit more ChAT Phenomenal phenols The first epidemiological study Nettles for textiles What's wrong with cotton? The nettle industrial revolution Get foraging Recipes Nettle neglect DANDELION The best things in life are free Etymologicum What's in a name? Chronological cappers When folklore was the law Dawn of the lawn The Big C Duelling with the diuretics Warning! Nutrients Phreaky phytonutrients The inconvenient truth More than an opinion Taraxagum Dandelions are proper cool Foraging/harvesting Culinary dandelions Final word YARROW Armageddon Them Greeks, they knew a thing or two History and names Ethnobotanical Traditional "It's all about the phytonutrients, darling!" Axis of Evil leading the way (again) Here's more countries' opinions OTC cash registers on fire Aedes albopictus Radiation Divination "Need ya aura cleansing or chakras aligned, Mister?" Anything else? It can't all be good, can it? Foraging, growing and culinary curios Summation PLANTAIN Canine crisis The People will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough to notice ... Species specific Names First Nation peoples loved them History Traditional uses Firm scientific credentials Forbidden knowledge Psyllium (silly om) Farmers need to become the guardians of the soil CANNABIS Human Plant numero uno? Mary Jane, what's in the name? "Psst ... you wanna buy sum smoke?" Hamp or hemp Cannabis history, BC AD Into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Building a better world - Hempcrete Fabric Paper production The decorticator Plastic, bio-plastic and oil Hempire The seed - health CBD Some science Side effects Smacked out or stoned? Wrapping it up HAWTHORN Barbs of wisdom Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Botanical Folk and ethnographic Bubbling up from the depths of time Jesus Christ and the soul of London Vibrations, green men, fairies and pixilated superstitions Traditional uses Heart disease Global science Fishy science with an industrial whiff Eating Pleaching and a smeuse Enclosure It's not 'just' the land that got stolen/reappropriated BLACKBERRY Botanically and plantality Challenging etymology So little folklore, so much Devil's piss History, ethnobotanic and traditional uses Any problems? The biggest threat to the future of all Gaia's organisms Last scientific studies to digest Can't get away from those polyphenols The B17 story Foraging and Shinrin-Yoku Blackberry cultivation Yum! SOLUTIONAL SUMMATION SYSTEMIC REFORMATION 1. Health system An end to the diseases of civilization Medicine 1. Economic system What is money? Crypto or Green currency? Show us the money A Green-backed economy 2. Industrial system Building Fabrics Transport Petroleum 3. Agricultural system The great agricultural myth PermaLife 1:0 A nation is only as healthy as the soil it stands upon Permaculture 10 acres with planning consent How to get the land ... the peasants are revolting Forest charter, allotments and PCCs Land prices and subsidies Pharmas to farmers 4. Cultural system Obscenity law The Co-operator Wetiko and follow the money Socialism? Take a bow, the Seven Plants APPENDIX 1. Nutritional profiles 2. Pesticide sprayed since 1950 3. Pollution 4. GDPs vs corporation revenues 5. Humans 6. Historical pandemics BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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