Thanks for posting Art, and relating your personal experiences to your images.
Cheers,
Brian
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To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com
From: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 16:00:33 -0800
Subject: [Anaglyphs] Milk Thistle [1 Attachment]
I?ve always enjoyed seeing this attractive
spring plant. Supposed to be an invasive species, but it never bothered me. I?ve
eaten it raw and cooked, and it tastes similar to spinach. The real difficulty
is not that evident in the photo, but each point on the leaves has a spine on
the tip, and you have to trim these away with scissors. Been there, done that.
Too much work. Now I just look.
Art
Found this about it on
EdibleWildFoods.
For over 2,000 years people around the world
have enjoyed milk thistle in their diet. Just about all parts of the plant have
been used as food with no reports of toxicity. Although it can be used as food,
milk thistle is better known as having medicinal benefits. It is a great tonic,
increases appetite and aids in digestion. It is used by many people, including
those who were addicted to alcohol to cleanse the liver. Milk thistle is used
internally in the treatment of liver and gall bladder diseases, jaundice,
cirrhosis, hepatitis and poisoning (including mushroom
poisoning).
