Beauvallon Today!

[Carl Wrbka]

Ok, you got me. Copy and paste. Mayo Clinic, USA. :emot78:   Apparently the US government still doesn't want to legalize  spinningweed even under strictly controlled conditions. Must be the ou toppies sitting on the board of the FDA.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

I have no experience with Marijuana

The only thing i know is for years i hear different stories about it

I always say, the " WISDOM  OF YESTERDAY "  is " the errors of today".

Tomorrow will be another story again

I tend to disbeleive all those clever people on those grounds

I.E. Yesterday 1 glass of redwine a day made me an alcoholic and is not good for my health,

today the advice is, 1 glass redwine a day is good for my health.

Take your pick

I took my pick long ago, 1 glass daily since many years.......

[Carl Wrbka]

I agree Snr, it's still a touchy subject. I believe it has it's good and bad points, but if used for medicinal purposes under controlled conditions, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The big problem lies in the control part.

[Bertie Horak]

Medicinal value it has, no doubt.
Regarding the red wine - good choice made years ago!  Red wine contains many flavonoids, tannins and best of all, anti-oxidants, including "resveratrol".  So, a glass every now and then is medicinal!!!!
Just think of the French paradox - red wine and meat - maybe they have low incidence of heart disease compared to other countries due to this fact!


So,  !

[Michael Alexander]

I'm into the avocados lately....they are meant to be healthy, lower blood pressure and cholestrol...chase away the heart disease and all.......mmmh! wonder how they taste with beer?

[SandyB]

Great stuff ..  spinningweed  .. lots of medical potential  . of  course as mentioned the  side effects  ... apart from  the teenage  rebellion use of it  which i stopped  and of  course the odd toke at a party when it is  handed around .. i find i can tolerate a few puffs provided I'm on an even keel  emotionally cos if not .. i find myself getting paranoid about whatever is bothering me ..
great laugh I had a few years ago  .. Our lodger  had a "special "banana loaf made for him by some of the girls at his work ..  brought it home  after finishing his evening  shift  ... I did not know  that this was a special  banana loaf..  so upon  finding it the next morning  wrapped in  its foil in the kitchen i decided to have a couple of  slices  for  breakfast ... On  went  lekker  dik butter .. a cup of  coffee  and  four  thick  slices were consumed  .. delicious !! got  to  work  and  sitting  in  our  reportback meeting  at  about 09:00  I was  sitting  there  when  all of  a  sudden  i  started to feel  really  strange . to the point I found myself having  to  hold onto  the  ledge of the  table to  try  keep  my  composure ..  I  found myself answering questions  very nonchalantly  and  sloowly ..  meeting over .. Hoo boy !  to keep a  staright line walking when I was indeed floating ..  the    spacy feeling  and stupid grin lasted    well into the day cos i  had  ingested  a  fair whack on an empty stomach ... slowly came down to earth  .. in the course of the morning i  had the  the  frantic fone call  to not  eat it .. too late i said .. I'm on cloud nine and I'm  going to  donder you  when I get home ..  you  should ahve  hidden it .. I  was  effectively  ambushed .. bushwhacked ..  told my boss about  it  a  few  days  later  to  much amusement ..
Avo's Mike .. food of the gods .. especially the nice soft buttery tasting ones ..

[Michael Alexander]

Hahahaha Sandy, enjoyed the tale......

[bobbysmith]

talking of avos mike,ive just watched a cookery programme on tv,the chef made avos,with crayfish,large amount of cheese sprinkled over it and baked in the oven,eaten with a tomatoe and onion and lettuce salad and warm french bread,MY IDEA OF HEAVEN FOOD

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

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Cool, now at least I know of an interesting treatment for glaucoma. It runs in my dad's side of the family and after going to have my eyes tested at the optician in Cape Town I ended up at the Eye & Laser clinic because the optician was concerned about the pressures in both eyes. Turns out everything is okay but still - good to know about the 

spinningweed



Sandy - really enjoyed your story - reminded me of someone I knew who is now probably smoking, eating and drinking loads of the stuff up in that castle in the sky!

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

@ Carl  -  that was the best thing that could ever happen to you -  eating a whole lemon.  Look where it has brought you in life  -  you can still endure all the sour stuff without screwing up your face.    And no  -  not  Bio-plus or Salusa 45  for the memory  -  Lemon tree no.1 at 63/1 Oranjemund.  It's the zest of lemons that contributes to this.

@ Bertie  -  start preparing the herbal rubs for Carl's neck muscles  -  I'm gonna wring it for him real good, 'cos he's implying that I'm old!

[SandyB]

Apparently there  are eyedrops made with the extract for glaucoma ..  I saw it on Tv article some years ago .. cannasol or someting like that ??

[SandyB]

Just did a quick search  under MSn search  . indeed  it is mentioned ..  check up cannasol ..

[Bertie Horak]

@ Michelle - Probably the first time I've met somebody who's almost excited about the possibility of having glaucoma!

@ Carl - Warned you!!!  I suggest you get an Arnica massage oil so long!

@ Sandy B - A good book you can have a look at, in most bookshops like Exclusive books, is "Medicinal plants of the world" by Ben-Erik van Wyk and Michael Wink.

@ Dalene - Mac is beautiful (Pet's post).  Wish I had soil like yours, looks ideal for herbs, not like here where I am - light sand only.  I have 82 different medicinal plants in my garden.  I also remember we used to grow almost anything in Oranjemund, those of you staying there - you're lucky.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

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spinningweed

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[Carl Wrbka]

 :emot19: Good one Sandy. I had a similar experience in Std9 with Pseudoephedrine. We managed to get a box of 30 at the pharmacy after spinning the pharmacist a long sob story about how we needed it for a friend with asthma. We each took 15 of the pills and after about 30 mins nothing had happened yet. We were on holiday at Badplaas at the time and decided to spend the day at the pool. After another half hour the stuff kicked in.

We spent the day staring at everybody with that 1000 yard Vietnam stare and downing beer after beer to get rid of the dry mouth. At about 4pm when we went home, we had the mother of all sunburns from sitting in the blazing sun all day. Many lessons learned that day.