The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Herbal Medicine for Preppers: What the heck is happening in Moore County, NC? and Milk Thistle

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey y'all, welcome of this week's show. We're going to talk about one of the most important herbs, really of all, today, and some milk thistle. Before we do, I had a little email exchange with James earlier, and he is interested in what the heck is going on in Moore County, North Carolina. And I think he's going to do some research and dive in more deeply on this subject next week. so I'll be really excited to see what he comes up with and you know maybe we can discuss it a little bit further something is going on and for what James was saying it's not just happening here and you all do need to be aware of it so okay so you all know I went through a hurricane recently up in the mountains and my home has been unlivable and the state of North Carolina will not let me uh

Starting point is 00:00:57 repair things without their approval because they want to do an environmental review on every single thing that's going on. So I essentially have not had water, power, heat in my home for about two years now, 18 months. But even before that, I was spending a lot of time in Pinehurst, North Carolina, due to a family issue, family illness, essentially. And more time than I was spending at home. But since the hurricane, it's been, you know, pretty constant. Not, okay, obviously this is not exactly like my ideal environment, but I'll try not to say much bad about the area. Granted, let me put it this way. Pinehurst is like one of the premier retirement and golf communities in the entire United States.

Starting point is 00:01:48 There are more retired military officers and millionaires living here than just about anywhere in America per capita, except like the Hamptons. and more military officers here than anywhere, okay? It's right by Fort Bragg. It's close to Pope. It's, you know, the local hospital was funded, and essentially founded and funded by Walter Reed Jr. I mean, it's, you know, you go out on a, well, it depends on where you go.

Starting point is 00:02:16 If you're a local, you go out to one of the lousy restaurants around here and eat overpriced disgusting food. I mean, seriously, it's all chain restaurants. They ran all the privately owned families, restaurants out except for like one and it's it's fairly decent there's a pretty good Italian place but then there's like you know the country club and there's always like really expensive restaurants and such and if you were to go to one of those or even go to that cool little Italian place that I actually kind of like

Starting point is 00:02:43 you're so telling who you might run into I mean you could be sitting there and well literally a couple of years ago before he became president again Donald Trump might have been sitting at the next table yeah I mean, anything from a congressman to a senator, Newt Gingrich, seen him around a few times, movie stars, millionaires, billionaires. I mean, seriously, Elon Musk has been through here a few times. This is just a really odd area. And it's all golf courses and private property. There's nowhere to fish and there's nowhere to hunt unless you go to the north end of the county or the west, northwest.

Starting point is 00:03:26 Well, different ends of the county, it's South End, actually, and you know somebody that has a farm. There's no public land. There's, you know, no recreation whatsoever that isn't very expensive and sprayed down with pesticides. And I have a lot of issues with this place. The water quality is horrible. In fact, the water is actually radioactive. And, like, literally, right on the edge of the town was a Monsanto Superfund site that used to make chemical weapons. So, I mean, they really cover up a lot of things.

Starting point is 00:03:56 in this area to make sure that the tourism and the millionaires and the summer people and well the winter people I mean a lot of people winter here keep coming in keep spending the money if something happens here it really doesn't get reported and that's I mean gosh it's very true I mean the the county is just I don't know local cop told me it was like four drug overdoses a day I mean the There's so much drugs in this county. There's so much crime that goes unreported. It parts, I mean, you've got the really nice site of pine hearse,

Starting point is 00:04:35 and then you've got Southern Pines, Aberdeen and such, that are really pretty rough in certain parts. Now, I mean, they have their, like, Southern Pines is a beautiful downtown, and you would go there and you would think you're in a resort area, and, yeah, I mean, the Campbell Soup family has a big estate over here. I mean, there's so many, it's old money, you know, then a lot of new money. So, I mean, it's a really unique place, okay? Um, not my kind of place at all. But, you know, I was born in blowing Rock North Carolina, which is also a resort town. So I'm kind of used to it, even though just because I was born there doesn't mean I wanted to take part

Starting point is 00:05:11 any of that kind of stuff. I've always just wanted to be out in the woods or out of the water. You know me. Anyway, it is a unique place for that reason. There's a lot of huge concentration of money. There's a huge concentration of power. And there's, uh, there's, uh, a major military influence. Like, everybody around here is either active duty or a veteran. I mean, it's crazy. I mean, literally. And for that reason, you know, sometimes it's a pretty safe environment.

Starting point is 00:05:39 I mean, you know, if things go bad, power goes out for a couple of weeks, I can go to a neighbor who's, you know, special ops. Got a guy across the street. I mean, he's a gorilla. I mean, the other guy is the most fit. I mean, if anybody breaks in my house, I'm not calling the cops. I'm calling the neighbor across the street. The guy is, I mean, a freaking gorilla. And, I mean, he is huge and armed to the teeth and probably on deployment right now because he's not home. But, I mean, you know, so it has its ups and its towns.

Starting point is 00:06:10 You get to know, I mean, gosh, one of my mom's neighbors is, used to run the economy, the entire economy of Monaco. And work for David Rockefeller and the Bankers Association. He advises the Federal Reserve. I mean, this is the kind of powering. He worked in the Reagan administration and, let's see, the French stock exchange. He ran the entire stock market for France. You know, this is the kind of guy who might be your next door neighbor. Guy lives beside him as retired CIA.

Starting point is 00:06:40 I mean, it's really, you know, kind of a weird place. And, you know, ups and downs, good points and bad points. You know, a lot of the people here are really fantastic, actually. I mean, you couldn't ask for better. but the environment is not to my liking. I think I've said enough about that. You get my view of this. But now let me tell you, fill in the blanks.

Starting point is 00:07:01 So about two years ago, yeah, it was the winter just before the hurricane hit the house, and I was down here for the holidays. And I'm out walking the dog. It was just after sunset, and everything went black. Well, turns out a terrorist group had come and shot up to PowerSouth. stations with high powered rifles. I mean, they say high powered rifles. I mean, it's probably just a 30-odd or something, you know. I mean, but they, you know, they went and shot it up and they just damaged the equipment enough that they had to bring in new equipment that wasn't even available in the state and had

Starting point is 00:07:36 to be shipped in. So like in the middle of winter and one of the coldest times a year, basically the entire county was without power for really up to two weeks. You may think, well, that's no big deal. Well, you got a lot of retirement communities and nursing. homes and and all that and people on oxygen and life support equipment and yeah it was a pretty big deal people died you know it wasn't anything it wasn't a not big deal some people froze to death I mean it was you know not good now of course you know people that had enough money just went to their other home you know or went and stayed in one of the at the resort or somewhere you know a hotel nearby the locals and the elderly

Starting point is 00:08:22 were in pretty bad shape. They never found out who did it. They said similar attacks had happened in Washington State, and it seems like somewhere else. They believed it was a domestic terrorist group and a targeted attack, and nobody was ever prosecuted. Nobody was ever caught.

Starting point is 00:08:42 I mean, somehow, they said, you know, there may have been a van they were looking for for a while, but no one saw anything and nobody knows anything. and within a month or two, it was totally out of the headlines and forgotten. So, you know, terrorist attack in North Carolina labeled a terrorist attack and, oh, well, who knows, something happened, nobody knows who did it. That's not uncommon in North Carolina. I mean, back when I was working in journalism, it was just like right after 9-11, someone stole enough dynamite, I think it was in the Winston-Salem area, to literally level like 16 city blocks. And it made the headlines for like a day.

Starting point is 00:09:23 And the person was never caught. I mean, seriously. And like over at Bragg and stuff, there have been break-ins and stealing of military weapons and equipment. And it's just like, oh, well, ho-hum, moving along, nothing to see here. I mean, it's very much journalism in North Carolina, especially when it comes to a topic that may have anything to do with natural security, or may harm tourism or real estate values is like Leslie Nielsen and naked guns standing in front of the fireworks factory. You know, move along, nothing to see here while, you know, all hell's breaking loose behind him. That's part for the course.

Starting point is 00:10:01 Literally, that is part for the course. You could look at some towns in North Carolina like Lumberton or Durham or Morganton or Hickory or Charlotte. Charlotte's horrible. You will find some of the highest crime rates in the entire country, and nobody to, talks about it because North Carolina thrives on real estate and tourism. So they don't want anybody to think it might be a dangerous place. Actually, there are a lot of parts of North Carolina, even small towns like Lorenburg or Maxton, you would not want to even drive through.

Starting point is 00:10:37 You would not even want to drive through. And I mean, literally, you can get shot at random driving through. So that's, you know, you think Chicago's bad, you think Maryland's bad, Baltimore or whatever. we got our issues big time and I used to work in journalism and I would talk with people and say hey did you know this was going on they'd be like no I have no idea it's not being told sent on the TV news when I turn on WRAL no they're all smiling happy people and you know everything's wonderful and we need a lot more government money to fund our programs for all the poor and you know super liberal I hate WRAO and horrible horrible forecasting the weather as well I mean

Starting point is 00:11:16 they can get things off by days and weeks. I mean, they're just like the worst. Okay. So anyway, a couple months after that first attack, up at the north end of the county, which is actually more rural, there was a veteran, retired special ops guy from what I understand,

Starting point is 00:11:35 a seal, if I'm not mistaken. He goes out and he sees these guys like linemen. They're like in power company suits. And he knows just as they all have. have like, you know, dark hair and dark skin, and they don't look like they're from America. They look like they're from the Middle East. And he's like, huh, well, that's weird. You know, maybe they brought in a crew from Mexico or something. You know, he's not thinking anything of it. But then he gets closer and realizes that the name on their, like, vest wasn't for the power company

Starting point is 00:12:10 that owns those lines. They were wearing fake electric suits. And he went and confront him, and they started shooting at him. Now this is my understanding. This is what was reported. And I'm just going to put a caveat on this. Just about everything I'm saying is hearsay. I was not there to witness it. And I have not spoken with the primary sources. But he was, he reported it in a local publication online. I cannot remember the name of it. I only learned about it. Actually, living in the county, I only learned about it because Steve Bannon talked about it on the war room. I mean, yeah, that's about the only coverage we got of this. So a terror cell was apparently uncovered in Moore County, an actual foreign Islamic terrorist cell.

Starting point is 00:13:00 The FBI came in. FBI originally had it at the State Bureau, and the FBI comes in, took it away from the local cops. And nobody ever told us who they were, what they were doing, and what they were up to. that's it. Oh, you just had a little, you know, Islamic foreign terror cell in your county messing with power lines and we're not going to tell you a darn thing about it. Move on. Nothing to see here. Yeah. I mean, seriously, that is how all that went down. If that had happened in Virginia, it would have been national headline news. It happens, what, 300 miles away in Pinehurst, North Carolina and it's move along, nothing to see here. Okay.

Starting point is 00:13:42 So then, a few months later, this would be, I guess, last fall, I mean, just a few months ago, someone went out and cut the major fiber optic lines for the cable provider, spectrum. I mean, you know, national cable provider, just about everybody has spectrum in the area. Now, this wasn't just like some idiot went out with, you know, a pair of bulk cutters, no it wasn't that they literally took heavy equipment like a crane or a lift and went out like in on a major highway to the main line that was running between I guess what they call hubs someone had to know which of those lines was this major fiber optic cable and they knew that by cutting this fiber optic cable it would take out internet and phone for most people and

Starting point is 00:14:41 of course cable television and all that for more than the entire county i mean this actually took more county and parts of other counties uh and they didn't just go and snippet they cut out like a 10-yard section they went to one end and the other end at like 3 a.m. with heavy equipment in front of everybody and nobody noticed um again labeled a terrorist attack so um that ran in the local newspaper, the Southern Pines pilot, if you want to know what the local newspaper is, they actually wanted to know who did this. We still don't know. Again, it was labeled a terrorist attack. It did not make state news, it was statewide news, and it did not make national news whatsoever. And then, the day before yesterday, it was nighttime. I was finishing up an article.

Starting point is 00:15:34 Thank God, I was almost completely done because it published automatically. And like the last two sentences got cut off and I probably would have taken them out when I edited it anyway so that was all right but it's like 11 p.m. at night suddenly I'll lose internet turn on the TV there's no no cable no nothing you know the the phone system around here you know landlines are on the cable but you know I have my cell so I called the the cable company and you got the automatic recording it'll be restored at 1130 okay it didn't call back in it'll be restored at 2.30 a.m. It wasn't. I got up at 4 in the morning to try to work on that article. Still no internet.

Starting point is 00:16:18 And, you know, I can get internet on my cell, but I can't write. I mean, I just, I cannot write or edit on a cell phone. I have to have a big screen. I have to have a keyboard. I have massive hands. And texting just does not work for me. So anyway, and really the signal I was getting for the internet on the cell phone was really weak. really sluggish and slow you know how that can be so anyway um i went back to bed no no point in being up at 4 a.m. if i have nothing to do right um and we learned some lessons the last time things went down around here um like most of the stores like the grocery store and everything couldn't process credit or debit cards because they had to have the internet to do that a lot of things were affected by that from banking to the hospital system, stores, commerce, and all that.

Starting point is 00:17:10 So I thought, hey, you know, I'm not even going to bother going to go get some groceries or anything. I'm just going back to bed. So went to bed, woke up again at 10 a.m. I mean, I really slept in. This was yesterday. Went, still no internet. Call the number again.

Starting point is 00:17:23 It will be restored by two. No, by noon. That was by noon. By noon there's no internet. Call again. It will be restored by 230. I thought something's going on. This is not, you know, somebody didn't just.

Starting point is 00:17:35 just run off the road and hit a pole or, you know, you know, somebody wasn't digging in their yard and hit a line. This something's going on. So I finally got through to customer service, like speak with a real human being. And the guy's up in New York. And I said, so, you know, here's the deal. I keep calling. It keeps saying it's going to come on.

Starting point is 00:17:54 Just to fill you in, we got a little history around here of people kind of attacking the grid, the infrastructure. Could you check into it and tell me what's going on so I know what to expect? You know, if I need to drive over the next town. get on Wi-Fi somewhere so I can get my work done. That's what I'm thinking. And he says, yeah, this is really weird. He says, I'm pulled up the everything. He said you got about 8,000 people without service in your county. And it's not telling me a reason why. It says there's a power outage. And I said, well, that's weird. I said, because everybody's got their power on. There haven't been any reported power outages.

Starting point is 00:18:27 And he said, hold, you know, and it comes back in about 10 minutes. He's like, I mean, I have to give it to the guy. I was honest. He's like, dude, this is really weird. He said, someone has cut the power to our facility. So our technicians are down there, basically trying to get your cable back on, but they have to wait for Duke power or progress energy or whatever it is now to come repair the lines.

Starting point is 00:18:53 And I'm like, okay, this makes sense. Because he's like, so tell me what's happened before. And I told him what I just told you. And he's like, I'm going to look into this. He said, this is freaking me out. And he says, because I'm pulling up the engineering reports. And it's supposed to be the technicians on the ground telling us what's going on. And we're getting no information.

Starting point is 00:19:14 Something weird is happening. So that's where we stand. Everything's back now. Obviously, I'm talking to you. I got power. I got internet. I got all that. But, yeah, something's going on.

Starting point is 00:19:25 In the course of two years, three confirmed and a possible fourth terrorist. tech in a pretty unique county right by the like what the biggest military base in the southeast at least one of the biggest in the entire country what's going on i don't know i don't know so james is looking into it hopefully he can get you some more information on this soon but he said it looks like a pattern he says he thinks there's maybe stuff like this going on in other states as well there's so many possibilities we have no idea what this is all about is it trial runs you know are they feeling us out are they trying to see how they might be able to do something bigger at some point are they taking down like you know causing a blackout interrupting internet and

Starting point is 00:20:22 communications and also yesterday you know i turned on my radio and the GMRS repeater for the area was down apparently. So whatever they did that took out the cable line, I don't know what it did. That could have been a completely separate issue, but normally I turn it on. If there's something happening in the county, this is GMRS for the entire county. There's one in the next county over. It was fine. But this one, I turned it on and it was just static. Like, you know, it goes like really annoying. You can't listen to it very long. I kept trying. The one over in, like, closer to the military base, I was just getting Morris Cut and digital signals, which was kind of weird. So that could be a completely separate issue.

Starting point is 00:21:14 It could have nothing to do with it. I have no idea. But, yeah, I couldn't even figure out, I mean, like, I could get the local police scanner network. And I was able to kind of, you know, at least no, you know, nothing horrible is happening. You know, that was about all I could do. And some guys over in the next county talking. about their radios and antennas and some, you know, idiot that had been on there doing all kinds of silly stuff they thought was hilarious. But, you know, that was probably an aside, but did they

Starting point is 00:21:44 create some kind of information or, and they've done this again with taking out the power at times, blackout to perhaps access something they couldn't have accessed when security systems were on? there's not been in a report of any theft where they after data I mean like I said this is a major major military brass live here and major people like in the CIA and the FBI were talking like really you know this is like

Starting point is 00:22:14 people who have spent their lives like in Arlington and up in the D.C. area retire here and they keep a toe in and then we've course do have the military installations here. Could that be an issue? I don't know. But, you know, James thought of this was important. He thinks he may see a pattern and hopefully you'll have some more information on this. And all I can tell you is be prepared. Just be prepared. It always comes down to the same thing. Have your alternative means of communication in place, your power in place in case

Starting point is 00:22:56 They cut the power and, you know, generator or candles, whatever you prefer. I hate electric generators. The noise drives me insane. So I tend to go a little primitive in that regard. But then, you know, I've got a little solar and such to charge batteries. Or the old crank radio and that kind of crap. But, you know, be prepared for that. Always keep cash on hand because when stuff like this goes down, your credit card, your debit card may not work.

Starting point is 00:23:23 You may not be able to pull money from an ATM. Good idea to have at least maybe 800 bucks if you can do it at least 100 if you're thinking you're going to get through a couple of days I mean what's that going to do it's going to put some gas in your vehicle and buy you some groceries Yeah, I mean like 800 bucks will probably carry you for several weeks if you're frugal and and you know not stupid and don't order a lot of takeout I've made it on five bucks a week much of my life so but you know most people say have $800 on hand. Okay, that's a ballpark range for like if you had a family of four. Me, I'm good if I got 50 or 60 bucks. I know I can get through a week. No problem.

Starting point is 00:24:06 But, you know, then leave that up to you. Use your own intelligence guided by experience as Neuro Wolf used to write. I always love that line. Use your intelligence guided by experience. And that's what I'm going to leave it. Use your intelligence guided by experience. They keep telling us there's nothing to see here. my intelligence my experience is telling me there's something to see here there's something pretty daggum big to see here

Starting point is 00:24:33 and anybody that knows what's going on is covering it up if anybody even knows what's going on and that it may be the more scary scenario I mean we got these antifa and that weird

Starting point is 00:24:50 like transgender vegan terrorist group that I mean have really been doing some crazy, dangerous, violent stuff. And then just like your normal wackos, your Islamic terrorists, your Chechens and your Iranians and all that. I mean, you know, the tranny vegans make them look normal, right? Anyway, y'all, just as my old buddy used to say, keep your chin up and your head down.

Starting point is 00:25:20 All right, now let's talk about herbs. Milk thistle. Milk thistle is so good. But milk thistle is the very best herb for liver health bar none. Modern science has proven that what herb was known for a long time. Milk thistle is a bitter herb that not only protects the liver, but can help heal it from damage. Plants for a Future says recent research has confirmed that it has a remarkable ability to protect the liver from damage resulting from alcoholic and other types of poisoning. The whole plant is a stringent, bitter, coliogog, diaphragm, diuretic, amic.

Starting point is 00:25:54 medica, menagogic, hepatic, stimulant, stomatic, and tonic. It does a lot of great stuff, in other words. Use internally in the treatment of liver and gallbladder diseases, jaundic, cirrhosis, hepatitis, and poisoning. Plant is harvested in one flower, dried for later use. Silly marion is the Latin name. Was it Silliamerine or, yeah, saliva, I cannot remember. Dr. Jones always says, silly bum, but it's, I think it goes by two names.

Starting point is 00:26:27 Anyway, the extract made from the seeds acts on the membranes of the liver cell to prevent the entry of virus toxins and other toxic compounds that would damage the cells. It also dramatically improves liver regeneration in hepatitis cirrhosis and mushroom poisoning. Like if you eat aminitas, they turn your liver to like jelly to jello. in the blink of an eye, that's what kills you. They make you sick, but they kill you by destroying your liver. German scientists, German doctors have used milk fissile to prevent that from happening. That's actually primary treatment in much of Europe. Has it really caught in the United States yet, of course, because our doctors don't like to use things God gives us for free.

Starting point is 00:27:11 They like to use things that cost a lot of money to the patient, the insurance company. So German research suggests that saliva, that's the saliva, that's, the flavonoid is clinically useful in the treatment of severe poisoning by amnita mushrooms. Seed extracts produced commercially in Europe. Regeneration of the liver is particularly important in the treatment of cancer, since this disease is always characterized by severely compromised and often partially destroyed liver. Been used for many, many centuries. Here's the Latin name.

Starting point is 00:27:45 Saliba Marianum. And the Marianum actually means Mary. It was called Mary Sthistle. and it's named for the mother of God. It has a lot of religious significance as well. But going back to ancient Greece, Theophrastus and Galen recommended it for liver health. It's literally been used this way for like 4,000 years, if not more.

Starting point is 00:28:11 Pliny the Elder recommended mixing the juice of milk thistle with honey. That was in about 23 to 79 AD. So again pretty darn far back there. That was for liver health as well. St. Hildegrode von Bingen writing about 10, 80 or so, said anyone who has a stitch in his side, especially or a pain in the heart, both can be caused by liver inflammation, by the way. Like when you run, you get the stitch on your side. That's because really you're breathing quickly and the lining around the lungs, the pleroma, kind of begins to rub against the liver or abdominal area.

Starting point is 00:28:54 That is how you get the stitch in that case. You can also get a stitch in your side if you have bronchitis or asthma because really for the same reason. But of course it can have the other way if the liver's inflamed. She said anyone who has a stitch in the side or pain in the heart should take a little lady sisal and a little less sage and reduce them into juice and a little water. And when he is tormented by the same,

Starting point is 00:29:17 stitch, he should immediately drink this and he will be better because it reduces liver inflammation. Also very good for the lung. So, um, Gerard, um, wow, when was Gerard? Elizabeth in England. Um, King Henry the 8th. Yeah, he was the official herbalist and physician for King Henry. So this one we're talking. I can't remember the, what's that? 15, right around 1500. I'll just go with that. Um, um, let's see he said

Starting point is 00:29:49 he goes on to describe it a lot you can just look it up we have that anyway very good for anyway I'm getting confused here because he started talking about another plant and then came back to this one yeah liver health good for infants that have their

Starting point is 00:30:16 sinews drawn together I'm not quite sure about that I don't know also good for those who be troubled with cramps and good for those that be bitten of serpents. And he said, now this isn't Gerard at this point. Oh, anyway, I think we're moving on a coal pepper. Anyway, I'm not sure about the serpent thing.

Starting point is 00:30:40 There actually is a long European. You find this in various cultures and countries. People used to believe that if you hung milk this hole around the neck, it would keep poisonous snakes from biting you. Probably not true at all, but that was something believed. But because of its effect on the liver, it may help the body process the poison from the snake. So, you know, you could have some use there. Yeah, Cole Pepper pretty much said the same thing.

Starting point is 00:31:13 Ms. Grieve in the 30s. Let's see what she, I'll just skip her. She gives a lot of history, but we're already going along here. Let's get to medicinal use. Yep, again. Liver health. I'm not seeing anything really new. I guess I could wrap it up.

Starting point is 00:31:34 More modern here, Michael Moore liked to use it, the herbalist Michael Moore used to use it in formulas. And he had a detox formula, which was pretty good. It was a combination of Oregon graperoot, saliva or milk thistle fluid extract, Yellow Doc, Aristoloki, and Laria. It would cleanse the blood, liver, and lymph system, and was especially good when recovering from alcohol or drug abuse.

Starting point is 00:32:00 He dealt with a lot of that in his practice. As a liver tonic, he combined it with Barbaria, Oregon Grape, Chaparral, Toad Flax, Echinacea, Burdock, Yellow Dog, and Blue Flag Route. That's an iris. He said that's an old-fashioned shotgun-type formula, but was really good for the liver, especially for passive liver heaviness,

Starting point is 00:32:26 characterized by periodic light stools, frontal headaches, especially when eating rich foods, greasy hair, acne on the cheeks, and acne around the mouth. That was an indication of a sluggish liver. Interesting. Especially good, and we talked about this recently,

Starting point is 00:32:43 he says especially good for those that work regularly with solvents or drink. regularly. And also for people who when they wake up are grouchy and sluggish in the morning. Interesting. Now for liver access, or again, we discussed this recently when the liver's inflamed, burdock, dandelion, milk thisylaria, and tributous, terrestious. That's an herb we don't use a whole lot. these days. It's often used in athletic formulas. But anyway, really good. Milk this was fantastic. If you drink alcohol, definitely take a little milk thistle. If you use Tylenol, take twice as much milk thistle. If you work with solvents, toxic chemicals, if you're in a place like Pinehurst on municipal water that's full of toxic chemicals and radiation,

Starting point is 00:33:42 you're probably going to want some milk thistle. Yeah. And all like the plastics and such. you know definitely yeah as interestingly I here I had a note at the end at the end of my notes Colpeper wrote this stately and very beautiful plant had it been brought from a remote part of the world would be much esteemed in our gardens I thought that was an interesting way of saying it like we take it for granted because it's so common milk thistle it's not as common in America as it was in England but it is a really really pretty plant and definitely one you should be growing and really whether you can grow it or not the best way to use it is at this point in time a commercial extract

Starting point is 00:34:26 you can get them at probably any grocery store any drugstore heck dollar general carries Rexall brand vitamins and they have a decent milk thistle extract so anyway unless you have a press you can actually make the extract from with the seeds that's your best bet um It works pretty well as a tincture. It works pretty well as a decoction. But the extract, commercially produced extract, is actually much more potent. So this is one of those few herbs. I'm going to tell you it's probably better to buy.

Starting point is 00:35:00 But there's no reason you can't grow it and learn to work with it anyway. The more you have, the better. And parts of it are edible. And they have medicinal value as well. So you all stay safe. Stay warm. Stay out of more county if you can help it. Unless you love golf.

Starting point is 00:35:16 Hey, it's the home of golf. You know, people spend their entire lives dreaming of playing the Pine Horse golf courses. That is not my thing. That is not my thing at all. Now, if they would let me take my deer rifle out there and harvest some meat, you know, I might be a lot happier with this area. But they're not going to do that. Of course, surrounded by houses as well. Okay, my bow.

Starting point is 00:35:37 I can take my bow out there. Get up a tree. You know, I can take care of that deer problem for you. You might have some beavers over there by the lake, you know. I can take care of that for you. but no, no, totally off limits. All right, y'all, have a good one. I'll talk to you next time.

Starting point is 00:35:54 The information in this podcast is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or condition. Nothing I say or write has been evaluated or approved by the FDA. I'm not a doctor. The U.S. government does not recognize the practice of verbal medicine, and there is no governing body regulating herbalists. Therefore, I'm really just a guy who studies herbs. I'm not offering any advice. I won't even claim that anything I write or say is accurate or true.

Starting point is 00:36:18 I can tell you what herbs have been traditionally used for. I can tell you my own experience and if I believe an herb has helped me. I cannot nor would I tell you to do the same. If you use an herb, anyone recommends you are treating yourself. You take full responsibility for your health. Humans are individuals and no two are identical. What works for me may not work for you. You may have an allergy, a sensitivity, an underlying condition that no one else even shares

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The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Herbal Medicine for Preppers: What the heck is happening in Moore County, NC? and Milk Thistle

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